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About 14 percent of children aged 5-17 reunited, US government says
Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government said late Thursday that it has reunited about 14 percent of the migrant children aged 5-17 separated from their families at the border, as a court-ordered deadline looms [Read More…]
Three-year-old dies after spending more than three hours in scorching bus
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — A 3-year-old boy left unattended in a blistering-hot daycare bus for more than three hours has died. The child was unresponsive when discovered inside the vehicle by police, who said the temperature inside [Read More…]
US citizen, believed to have been fighting for ISIS, detained in Syria
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. citizen, believed to have been fighting for ISIS, was captured in northern Syria this summer, according to a U.S. defense official. Ibraheem Musaibli, who is now at a holding facility, was [Read More…]
Tornadoes touch down in Iowa, causing several injuries and destruction
Gloria McAllister(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Tornadoes have touched down in central Iowa, displacing families and causing destruction across multiple counties. A number of people have been injured and sent to the hospital, Lt. Shane Cox [Read More…]
Florida, California among top sites for shark attacks in the US
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York may have been the site of two suspected shark attacks on Wednesday, but attacks by the creatures in these waters are so rare that there have been only 10 documented [Read More…]
‘I pray for our cops every day’: Law enforcement deaths spiking, guns No. 1 cause
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When New York State Police trooper Nicholas Clark responded to a reported suicidal person barricaded in a home this month, the suspect gunned him down before taking his own life. “A 29-year-old [Read More…]
Harvey Weinstein asks court to dismiss Ashley Judd lawsuit, says they had a ‘bargain’
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein’s legal team said in new court documents that Ashley Judd struck “a bargain” with him in which she would allow him to touch her “if [Read More…]
Prosecutors allege Russian agent maintained ‘duplicitous relationship’ with political operative
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors believe that Maria Butina, the Russian gun-rights activist who was recently arrested and charged with acting as a foreign agent, maintained a “duplicitous relationship” with an American political operative for the [Read More…]
England’s swans population counted in annual ‘swan-upping’
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Among the most quirky of Britain’s historic traditions, the practice of counting swans, or “swan-upping,” has a long history dating back hundreds of years. The tradition is named after the officials who carry [Read More…]
Steam pipe blast spews asbestos and creates bus-size crater in the middle of New York City
ABC News(NEW YORK) — An 86-year-old underground steam pipe exploded in New York City Thursday morning, spewing dangerous asbestos-tainted debris throughout the area and leaving a crater in a street the size of a city [Read More…]
‘We avoided a disaster’: Bystander saves baby boy from car on hot day, mom arrested
ABC News(VOLUSIA COUNTY, Fla.) — After a quick-thinking bystander noticed a baby boy in the back seat of a car on a hot Florida day, Volusia County Sheriff Mike Chitwood said, “We avoided a disaster.” [Read More…]
South Korean government, shipping company ordered to pay compensation for 2014 Sewol ferry disaster that killed 304
ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) — South Korea’s court has ordered the government and a shipping company to pay compensation to the families of victims of the Sewol ferry that sank in 2014, killing 304 on [Read More…]
Israel passes controversial Jewish nation-state law
iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) – Israel adopted a contentious law on Thursday that defines the country as the nation-state of the Jewish people, a move critics described as racist and a step toward an apartheid state. The bill, [Read More…]
Steam pipe blast creates huge crater in the middle of New York City
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A New York City neighborhood was rocked Thursday morning when a steam pipe exploded and created a huge crater in a street. The blast occurred about 6:40 a.m. in Manhattan’s Flatiron [Read More…]
Police rescue baby from bank robbery suspect who allegedly used child as a shield
SOPA Images / Contributor / Getty Images(MURPHY, Texas) — Police in northern Texas rescued a baby from a suspected bank robber who allegedly tried to use the child as a shield when officers attempted to [Read More…]
Activists fear mass roundup of wild horses with government rule change
Ascent/PKS Media Inc./Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Wild horses, often considered elegant symbols of the American West, may be in danger with a new rule change by the U.S. Department of the Interior’s Bureau of Land Management. [Read More…]
Mega Millions jackpot surges to $422M before Friday’s drawing
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot has surged to $422 million for Friday night’s drawing after there were no winners Tuesday night for the top prize. This is the seventh time the [Read More…]
Thai boy rescued from cave speaks out: ‘Thought about my parents’
ABC News(CHIANG MAI, Thailand) — Chanin “Titan” Vibulrungruang said he was surprised the entire world was waiting to see him. “Was it a good surprise?” ABC News asked the boy, following his recent extraction from [Read More…]
Grannies across the U.S. unite to caravan to the southern border to protest
ABC News(McALLEN, Texas) — Nearly 30 grandparents will pack into two 15-seat vans to caravan from New York to the U.S.-Mexico Border at the end of this month to protest President Donald Trump’s immigration policies. [Read More…]
Teachers show off their creative summer side hustles
Courtesy Max Bawarksi(NEW YORK) — This can be your summer to lean into your side hustle. A side hustle can be something that fuels your passion, fills up your bank account or, ideally, does both. [Read More…]
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