Articles by ABC News

ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbor from multiple directions despite warnings of dire consequences from the United States and [Read More…]

Meet entrepreneurs of color building Tulsa’s former Black Wall Street into hot, new tech hub

ABC News (TULSA, Oklahoma) — A community of Black entrepreneurs are shaking up the tech and innovation ecosystem and forming a new hub for digital creators, developers and investors based in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Founders building [Read More…]

GOP Sen. Tom Cotton won’t condemn Trump’s praise of Putin

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., has refused to condemn former President Donald Trump’s praise of Russian President Vladimir Putin amid his invasion of Ukraine. “George, if you want to know what [Read More…]

Putin’s nuclear alert part of ‘pattern’ of ‘manufacturing threats’: Psaki

ABC News (NEW YORK) — White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decision to put his nation’s nuclear deterrent forces on a state of heightened alert was part of [Read More…]

Economic concerns hurt Biden’s approval, keep Democrats in peril ahead of midterms: POLL

ABC News/Washington Post (NEW YORK) — Economic discontent is hurting President Joe Biden and his party’s midterm election prospects, with six in 10 Americans reporting inflation hardships, three-quarters saying the economy’s in bad shape and [Read More…]

NAACP Image Awards: Issa Rae, Will Smith, Angela Bassett win big; Jennifer Hudson takes Entertainer of the Year

Rich Polk/Getty Images for ESSENCE;Paras Griffin/Getty Images;Jason Merritt/Getty Images At the 53rd NAACP Image Awards, airing Saturday on BET, singer and actress Jennifer Hudson took home the biggest award of the night: Entertainer of the Year. The [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians frustrated by lack of momentum: US official

ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbor from multiple directions despite warnings of dire consequences from the United States and [Read More…]

14 shot, leaving 1 dead in hookah lounge shooting

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Fourteen people suffered gunshot wounds, one of whom died, after two people exchanged gunshots at a Las Vegas hookah lounge on Saturday, according to a statement from the Las [Read More…]

Scientists are working on combo flu and COVID-19 shot, but don’t expect one this fall

Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With more scientists predicting COVID-19 boosters will be needed each year, some are now working on combining those with the annual flu vaccine. The idea, experts say, is a [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine conflict impacts sports, entertainment

Panayotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The effects of the Russian attack on Ukraine are rippling out to the sports and entertainment world, where figures have spoken out and events have been changed [Read More…]

LGBTQ youth fight back against Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill

Courtesy Maxx Fenning (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — When CJ Walden heard the news that some Florida classrooms would limit LGBTQ topics under a proposed bill in the state legislature, first he felt shock. Then, the pain [Read More…]

Why ‘stand your ground’ laws may be connected to higher homicide rates

Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “Stand your ground laws,” have proliferated around the country after they were first introduced in Florida in 2005, with proponents contending that they’ve kept neighborhoods safer. A study released [Read More…]

COVID-19 pandemic forces a nationwide reckoning for American churches on how to safely reopen

Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the start of the pandemic, in-person church attendance dropped a staggering 45% nationwide, according to an ABC analysis of churches across more than 3,000 U.S. counties from cellular [Read More…]

Ukrainian leaders vow to arm themselves as Russian troops close in on Kyiv

Presidency of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine’s capital Friday and thousands of refugees continued to flee the country, several Ukrainian officials vowed to remain in [Read More…]

Fears of a growing refugee crisis in Europe loom amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine

Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Russian invasion of Ukraine is forcing many Ukrainians to leave their homes to seek shelter, with long lines already forming at the border and the potential [Read More…]

Ukrainian leaders vow to arm themselves as Russian troops close in on Kyiv

STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE (KYIV, Ukraine) — As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine’s capital Friday and thousands of refugees continued to flee the country, several Ukrainian officials vowed to remain in Kyiv and [Read More…]

The waiting is the hardest part: Foo Fighters talk devilish new movie, ‘Studio 666’

Open Road Films In a career filled with best-selling albums, worldwide tours and jam sessions with nearly every legendary rock star on the planet, Dave Grohl may have found his most unexpected project yet with [Read More…]

Hayden Panettiere backs ex, Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko, as he prepares to fight “Putin’s war”

Venturelli/WireImage They may have broken up in 2018, but Hayden Panettiere is backing her ex-fiance, champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko, amid the crisis in his native Ukraine. Klitschko’s brother Vitali Klitschko, also a former champion boxer, has served as the [Read More…]

Amanda Bynes lobbies judge to end conservatorship

GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Following Britney Spears being freed from her conservatorship, former Easy A star Amanda Bynes has reportedly lobbied a Los Angeles judge to end hers. Bynes’ mother Lynn was put in charge of her affairs temporarily following a 2013 incident in which Bynes [Read More…]

Things you may not know about the NAACP Image Awards