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Brookfield Zoo(BROOKFIELD, Ill.) — Two endangered Amur leopard cubs have been born at the Brookfield Zoo in Illinois. The 8-week-old male cubs are “thriving,” Amy Roberts, the Brookfield Zoo’s senior curator of mammals, told ABC [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — From its humble beginning as a small newspaper to what is now a full-fledged sports media company, Barstool Sports is one of the most popular brands for men, but it’s a [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Back in January, Ji Seong-ho was President Trump’s special guest at his State of the Union address, where the president told the story of Ji’s harrowing escape from North Korea. Having [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Florida man who allegedly killed four children and shot a police officer in an hours-long standoff with authorities this week was almost sent to prison just 19 days before. Gary Wayne Lindsey [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(HARTWELL, Ga.) — A Georgia woman saved her own life when she was attacked by a bobcat by overpowering the large feline and strangling it, according to local authorities. Emergency dispatchers received a call about [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — JetBlue has returned to its full flight schedule to Puerto Rico, nearly nine months after Hurricane Maria, the airline announced Friday. The return to full capacity comes six months ahead of schedule, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Days before he was scheduled to board a flight from New York to Honduras, Nelson Rosales Santos was told he could stay in the U.S. for another six months as he awaits [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Kan) — One sheriff’s deputy was fatally shot and another was shot and critically wounded when an inmate overpowered them near a Kansas courthouse on Friday, officials said. The deadly altercation took place [Read More…]

Daniel Cardenas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) — Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman asked a federal judge in Brooklyn to suppress statements prosecutors claim the drug kingpin made during his January 2017 extradition to the United States. In [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(QUEBEC) — When some musicians go through a harrowing break up, they write sad love songs. One Canadian clarinetist got a court-awarded $266,000 payout instead. A Canadian court determined this week that the alleged deceptions [Read More…]

Ben Stansall – WPA Pool /Getty Images(LONDON) — Stephen Hawking, a giant of science and celebrated British physicist who died in March, was honored Friday before more than 1,000 people at London’s Westminster Abbey, where [Read More…]

Daytona Beach Fire Department(DAYTONA BEACH, Fla.) — Chaos erupted at a Florida boardwalk Thursday night when a roller coaster derailed, causing two riders to fall about 34 feet to the ground, officials said. When rescue [Read More…]

Toronto Police(TORONTO) — An original print by the famous graffiti artist Banksy was stolen from a Toronto art exhibit over the weekend, with the theft caught on camera. Police said the print, valued at $45,000, [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(BEIJING) — China said Friday it is retaliating against U.S. tariffs by imposing penalties on the same scale against the United States. China’s commerce ministry announced the tariffs after President Donald Trump said earlier Friday [Read More…]

Jessica Kourkounis/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — Gabby Giffords is set to join the Stoneman Douglas survivors at a rally and march in Chicago on Friday — the first event in the young activists’ new push to take [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — South Korea and the United States have begun discussions to end joint military displays that have long angered North Korean leadership. President Donald Trump surprised many with his announcement on Tuesday that the [Read More…]

ABC News(NEW YORK) — Monsoon season begins Friday in the Southwest, which could see flash flooding. Phoenix and Tucson, Arizona, which haven’t seen rain in more than three months, could see 1 to 2 inches [Read More…]

Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — Comedian Bill Cosby has fired all seven attorneys on his legal team just months ahead of his September sentencing, replacing them with a single Pennsylvania criminal-defense lawyer. The move, confirmed by [Read More…]

iStock/Thinkstock(WESTMINSTER, Colo.) — One male who was among the four people shot Thursday afternoon in a Colorado business complex has died, while his mother and brother were in critical condition, police said. Another male victim [Read More…]

ABC News(ROMA, Texas) — A 22-year-old Guatemalan woman alleges that she and other mothers were treated inhumanely by immigration officers after she crossed the U.S.-Mexico border into Texas and was separated from her 5-year-old daughter [Read More…]