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pop_jop/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — A train presumed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departed Pyongyang on Monday, beginning its journey to Russia for a planned meeting with Russian President Vladimir [Read More…]

Novak Djokovic wins US Open 2023

Tim Clayton/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Novak Djokovic won the U.S. Open on Sunday, beating Russian Daniil Medvedev in straight sets. The three-hour and 17-minute slugfest ended with the Serbian winning 6-3, 7-6 [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 9/10/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE NY Mets 2, Minnesota 0 Houston 12, San Diego 2 NY Yankees 4, Milwaukee 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay [Read More…]

‘The Nun II’ scares up $32.6 million debut to top the weekend box office

Warner Bros. The Nun II opened with an estimated $32.6 million to top the domestic box office. The ninth film in the Conjuring universe — starring Taissa Farmiga and Jonas Blouquet reprising their respective roles of Sister Irene and Maurice, along with [Read More…]

Morocco earthquake live updates: More than 2,100 dead in rare, powerful quake

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MARAKECH, Morocco) — A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed at least 1,037 people in the country’s strongest quake in more than a century, [Read More…]

Hurricane Lee now a Category 3: Projected path, maps and tracker

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Lee is increasing in strength, becoming a Category 3 hurricane on Sunday as it churned over the Atlantic Ocean with maximum sustained winds of 120 mph. The hurricane is currently [Read More…]

Blinken pledges aid after Morocco earthquake, defends G20 statement on Ukraine war

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. “reached out immediately” to the Moroccan government in the wake of a devastating earthquake there and “made very clear to them that we are prepared to assist in any [Read More…]

Coons defends Biden amid poor polling as Sununu sticks with prediction Trump is in trouble

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Delaware Democratic Sen. Chris Coons and New Hampshire’s Republican Gov. Chris Sununu on Sunday weighed in on their respective parties’ 2024 prospects ahead of what appears to be an increasingly likely rematch [Read More…]

COVID numbers are rising again, but Fauci not predicting another ‘tsunami of hospitalizations and deaths’

ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Amid a rise in COVID-19 infections — as seen by first lady Jill Biden’s recent bout with the virus — public health experts are tracking the numbers but aren’t “predicting that this [Read More…]

Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis apologize over letters of support for Danny Masterson

Anna Webber/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize Ashton Kutcher and Mila Kunis issued an apology on Saturday in response to criticism over their character letters in support of convicted rapist Danny Masterson, with whom they both [Read More…]

US Open women’s singles final: Tennis phenom Coco Gauff vies for 1st Grand Slam title

Clive Brunskill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Open women’s singles final is set to kick off Saturday afternoon, with 19-year-old American Coco Gauff playing against Aryna Sabalenka from Belarus. The championship match, which is scheduled [Read More…]

Maui mayor dismisses criticism of fire response, touts community’s solidarity

ABC News (MAUI, Hawaii) — A month after wildfires destroyed parts of Maui, killing at least 115 people and displacing thousands of others, Mayor Richard Bissen said there is still a long road ahead for residents [Read More…]

Some millennials ditch dating app culture in favor of returning to ‘IRL’ connections

ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than a decade since the launch of dating apps, they have become unavoidable players in the modern dating game. In the U.S., 3 in 10 adults say they have used [Read More…]

Governor suspends right to carry firearms in public in Albuquerque due to gun violence

Toya Sarno Jordan/Getty Images (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham has temporarily banned the right to carry firearms in public in Albuquerque in response to recent gun violence. Lujan Grisham issued on Friday [Read More…]

What are the latest COVID protocols amid rising cases and hospitalizations?

Thanasis/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise across the United States, many Americans may be wondering how to best keep themselves and their loved ones safe. In the years since the pandemic [Read More…]

Evacuation now underway for American trapped 3,400 feet underground in cave

Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ANAMUR, Turkey) — The evacuation of an experienced American caver and researcher who fell ill more than 3,000 feet below the entrance of a cave in Turkey has begun, [Read More…]

Morocco earthquake live updates: At least 1,037 dead in rare, powerful quake

Said Echarif/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MARAKECH, Morocco) — A rare and powerful 6.8-magnitude earthquake struck Morocco late Friday night and killed at least 1,037 people in the country’s strongest quake in more than a century, [Read More…]

A New York nonprofit theater company has made sustainability its mission

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Artists and environmentalists are one and the same at a New York theater company, that has made it its mission to put sustainability at the forefront of its operations. The Hudson [Read More…]

Hurricane Lee now a Category 4: Projected path, maps and tracker