Year: 2024
ABC Business News
Why credit card rates remain high, even after interest rate cuts
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans’ credit card debt has hit a record high, the Federal Reserve of New York said in a report released this week. Credit card debt climbed $24 billion over [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Trump may try to reverse TikTok ban. Here’s how he could.
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Social media platform TikTok is hurtling toward a U.S. ban that could upend its business and frustrate more than 150 million American users — unless President-elect Donald Trump finds a [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation expected to have increased in October
Hispanolistic via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government is set to release new inflation data on Wednesday, offering a fresh look at price increases little more than a week after the issue appeared to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Patients are stockpiling birth control over fears Trump could limit access to contraception
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — Women are stocking up on birth control and asking for long-term contraception methods following President Donald Trump being elected to a second term last week, doctors say. Searches for [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Black infant mortality rate more than double the rate among white infants: CDC
FatCamera/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Infant mortality rates remained relatively unchanged from 2022 to 2023, but racial and ethnic disparities still persist, new provisional federal data released early Thursday finds. The U.S. provisional infant mortality [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Exclusive: Woman told House Ethics panel she witnessed Gaetz having sex with minor, lawyer says
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An attorney representing two women who were witnesses in the House Ethics Committee’s investigation into now-former Rep. Matt Gaetz is calling for the release of the committee’s report, telling ABC [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Mike Johnson says he doesn’t think House Ethics Committee should release Gaetz report
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said on Friday that he does not think the House Ethics Committee should release the findings of its investigation into Matt Gaetz, now that the Florida [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump transition live updates: Trump team aware of sex assault claim against Hegseth
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead. Via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — After a sweeping victory over Vice President Kamala Harris on Nov. 5, President-elect Donald Trump is now set to become just the second ever [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Mike Pence opposes RFK Jr. for HHS because of support for abortion access
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence, who did not endorse or support President-elect Donald Trump during the 2024 election cycle, said Friday that he opposes Trump’s choice [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Republicans applaud Trump’s picking Kennedy to lead HHS — with a few concerns
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans had mixed reactions to President-elect Donald Trump’s announcement that he would nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be secretary of Health and Human Services in his administration. Kennedy [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hispanic, LGBTQ communities receive hateful emails after racist text surge
Anita Kot/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — A week after cellphone users across the U.S. reported a flurry of racist text messages, members of the Hispanic and LGBTQ communities are now receiving text messages saying they [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mom arrested after son was reported walking alone
Courtesy of Fannin County Sheriff’s Office (FANNIN COUNTY, Ga.) — A mom in Georgia is speaking out about being arrested for reckless conduct after her then-10-year-old son was found walking alone. Brittany Patterson, 41, was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Malcolm X’s family files $100 million wrongful death lawsuit, claims cover-up of his murder
Bettmann Archive/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The family of Malcolm X, the Black resistance leader who was assassinated in 1965, has filed a $100 million lawsuit against the U.S. government, they announced Friday. Ilyasah [Read More…]
ABC National News
Robert Roberson’s execution can resume, Texas Supreme Court declares
ABC News (AUSTIN, Texas) — The execution of Robert Roberson — whose “shaken baby syndrome” murder conviction in the death of his 2-year-old daughter has come under scrutiny — can resume, according to a Texas Supreme Court [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman arrested for impersonating nurses at several LA hospitals
Burbank Police Department (BURBANK, Calif.) — A woman is facing felony charges after she allegedly was hired as a nurse at several California hospitals using “a variety of false identities” despite not having a nursing [Read More…]
ABC World News
Climate and environment updates: Climate leaders call for major overhaul of summit
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]
ABC World News
Māori lawmakers in New Zealand interrupt vote on controversial bill with Haka
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WELLINGTON, New Zealand) — Māori lawmakers interrupted a New Zealand parliamentary vote with a Haka on Thursday to protest a proposed law that critics say would erode the land and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Iranian activist takes his own life to protest country’s dictatorship
Kianoosh Sanjari speak onstage at the Amnesty International Concert presented by the CBGB Festival at Barclays Center on February 5, 2014 in New York City (Photo by Theo Wargo/Getty Images for CBGB). (LONDON) — Prominent [Read More…]
ABC World News
In Ukraine, Trump election met with anxiety but also hope he might end the war
Valentyn Semenov /EyeEm/Getty Images (LONDON) — Donald Trump’s election has already triggered intense discussion about how his presidency might impact the war in Ukraine, with all sides now preparing for potential negotiations once he takes [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia increases Ukraine drone attacks by 44% since Trump election
Ukrainian emergency services extinguish a fire in a house, after Russian shelling, in the city of Kostiantynivka, Ukraine on November 13, 2024. (Photo by Diego Herrera Carcedo/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Russia increased the [Read More…]