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Trump fraud trial live updates: Michael Cohen to return to witness stand
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
Mother of Travis King, soldier charged with desertion, says family plans to ‘fight charges hard’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The mother of Travis King, a U.S. Army private charged by the Army with desertion for crossing the Demilitarized Zone into North Korea this summer, said that her family plans [Read More…]
Jewelry store customer trapped in locked room overnight in New York
Tim Drivas Photography/GETTY Images (NEW YORK) — A jewelry store customer was trapped in a locked Diamond District safe room for about 10 hours overnight — only freed when the doors, on a timer, popped [Read More…]
Mother of 6-year-old Muslim boy stabbed to death in alleged hate crime issues first remarks
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The mother of Wadea Al-Fayoume, a 6-year-old Palestinian boy who was fatally stabbed in Illinois in an alleged hate crime linked to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, urged [Read More…]
Mother leaves her two babies inside idling unlocked car while she goes to a bar
Facebook / West Melbourne Police Department (WEST MELBOURNE, Fla.) — A mother of a 2-year-old and an 8-month old has been arrested after leaving them alone in an unlocked car with the engine running while [Read More…]
House speaker vote live updates: Rep. Johnson wins speaker nomination
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Mike Johnson became the GOP’s last man standing on Tuesday night after winning the House speaker nomination from his party. He becomes the fourth speaker designee. [Read More…]
Trump tries to taunt DeSantis with the ‘kiss of death,’ and more campaign takeaways
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump and Ron DeSantis traded memes and criticisms while, elsewhere on the trail, South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott made an unusual warning about Chinese students in the U.S., President [Read More…]
SCOTUS affirmative action ruling was ‘blow’ to Black students, but it put ‘spotlight’ on HBCUs: Advocates
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In June, the Supreme Court all but closed the door on the use of race-conscious college admissions, touching off major changes in higher education. Education advocates said they believe the [Read More…]
Young adults twice as likely as teens to suffer from anxiety and depression, study finds
xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While there have been warnings about the state of children and teenagers’ mental health over the past several years, a new report says another age demographic is suffering even more. [Read More…]
AMC announces new Screen Unseen program: What to know
LPETTET/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — AMC Theatres is adding a bit of mystery to the moviegoing experience. On Tuesday, the theater chain announced its first Screen Unseen event, which it said allows customers to watch [Read More…]
This airport will let non-travelers accompany loved ones to their gate just in time for holiday travel
onurdongel/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For travelers who wish they could squeeze in a final hug or few more minutes at the gate with friends or family before departing on their holiday flights, one airport [Read More…]
Vanessa Hudgens shoots down pregnancy rumors
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for Michael Kors Vanessa Hudgens has set the record straight after posting to her Instagram Tuesday, October 24, showing highlights of her “iconic bachelorette weekend in Aspen Colorado,” prompted followers to ask if she and her [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF says it targeted Hamas, Hezbollah, Syrian military
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]
‘Catastrophic damage’ likely as Hurricane Otis makes landfall in Mexico as Category 5 storm, NOAA says
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Otis strengthened on Wednesday to a Category 5 storm as it made landfall in Mexico, where it’s likely to bring “catastrophic damage,” the U.S. National Hurricane Center said. The [Read More…]
Sudan now one of the ‘worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history’
AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — United Nations Humanitarian and Emergency Relief Chief Martin Griffiths has said half-a-year of war has plunged Sudan into “one of the worst humanitarian nightmares in recent history.” As battles [Read More…]
Blinken backs Israel at UNSC but says ‘humanitarian pauses must be considered’ to protect civilians
State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy (NEW YORK) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday delivered a forceful defense of Israel’s military actions but said that “humanitarian pauses must be considered” to protect civilians [Read More…]
Biden is ‘persona non grata’ for many Arab and Muslim Americans
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After President Joe Biden’s primetime address from the Oval Office where he announced he was requesting that Congress pass $105 billion in aid predominantly to Israel and Ukraine and expressed his [Read More…]
Long COVID research opens door for further exploration on post-viral illness
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For decades, scientists have been studying why some people experience prolonged illnesses in the wake of even mild infections. Now, due to the millions of people suffering from a [Read More…]
Richard Roundtree, ‘Shaft’ star, dead at 81
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Richard Roundtree, best known for playing the titular character in the groundbreaking Shaft franchise, passed away Tuesday, October 24, at age 81. His longtime manager, Patrick McMinn, confirmed to ABC News Roundtree died following a [Read More…]
Comedian and actor Bill Burr’s ‘Old Dads” new trick: Debuting at #1 on Netflix
Netflix/Michael Moriatis Comedian and King of Staten Island actor Bill Burr can add another descriptor to his job title: successful director. Burr’s debut behind the camera, the comedy Old Dads, in which he stars with character actors Bobby Cannavale and Bokeem Woodbine, debuted [Read More…]