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New ‘Iridescent’ cupcake at Walt Disney World will be a hit on Instagram
Walt Disney World Resort(ORLANDO, Fla.) — If there’s one thing Disney food fans can’t seem to get enough of, it’s cupcakes. Now there’s brand-new cupcake to add to your cupcake-till-you’re-in-a-food-coma list. It’s called the Iridescent [Read More…]
Parents of boys rescued from cave and now at Thai hospital are told, ‘no hugging’ yet
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The eight boys rescued from a jungle cave in Thailand where they were trapped for more than two weeks are still out of reach from their relieved parents. The boys brought [Read More…]
Mountain goats shot at close range on Colorado hiking trail
Colorado Parks and Wildlife(BRECKENRIDGE, Colo.) — Near the peak of a well-traveled mountain trail in Colorado, on the day before July 4, some hikers found a grim scene: Two mountain goats lay dead after apparent [Read More…]
Police release sketches of suspected killer in 45-year, unsolved murder
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Exactly 45 years after an 11-year-old girl’s unsolved murder, police in Southern California have released new sketches of her suspected killer in the hopes of finally solving the decades-old case. Linda Ann [Read More…]
Gretchen Carlson responds to petition calling for her resignation
Paula Lobo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Representatives of the Miss America Organization are calling for the resignations of its board members, including chairwoman Gretchen Carlson and Regina Hopper, the president and CEO. The divide within the [Read More…]
Harvey Weinstein pleads not guilty to new sexual assault charges
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Disgraced movie mogul Harvey Weinstein pleaded not guilty Monday to new sexual assault charges that could put him in prison “for a very, very long time.” Weinstein, 66, was driven [Read More…]
Kidnap victim defiant in exclusive interview: ‘I’m a survivor’
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles actor who was a victim in an alleged kidnapping-for-ransom scheme said in an exclusive interview with “Good Morning America” that he is not a victim, but a survivor. “I [Read More…]
Police call Virginia mom’s disappearance ‘suspicious’
Virginia Beach Police Department(NEW YORK) — A Virginia Beach woman mysteriously vanished over one week ago and police have deemed her disappearance “suspicious.” Bellamy Malaki Gamboa, 39, was last seen in Virginia Beach the night [Read More…]
Tropical Storm Chris to become hurricane, approaching East Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Chris is set to turn into a hurricane Monday and is forecast to bring dangerous rip currents and high surf along the East Coast. The storm — which will [Read More…]
Royal family announce Prince Louis’ godparents
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince William and Princess Kate have announced the godparents for today’s christening of Prince Louis at the Chapel Royal at St. James’s Palace. The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be [Read More…]
Officer investigated for pointing gun at young children on video
iStock/Thinkstock(EL PASO, Texas) — An El Paso, Texas, police officer has been relegated to desk duty after a disturbing video surfaced of the cop pointing a gun at a group of children and roughly arresting [Read More…]
Issa Rae on the worst advice she never took
Taylor Hill/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — “Insecure” creator and star Issa Rae has forged her own path in Hollywood. Forgoing the conventional route often taken by actors dictated by casting directors, agents and producers, Rae created [Read More…]
Rescue effort restarts for boys and coach trapped in Thailand cave
ABC News(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — Divers have restarted the rescue effort to bring the final eight boys and their soccer coach from a cave in Thailand one day after the first four were safely evacuated. [Read More…]
5th boy rescued from Thailand cave as operations continue
ABC News(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — A dive team brought a fifth boy out of a cave in Thailand Monday and were working at lightning speed to recover his coach and seven soccer teammates still trapped [Read More…]
Plane crew comes to rescue of dog
Steve and Michele Burt(NEW YORK) — Plane passengers rarely describe air travel as a breath of fresh air, but it was literally that for one family’s bulldog on a recent JetBlue flight. The French bulldog, [Read More…]
1 dead, 1 missing in Virginia helicopter crash
Scott Gorslene(WILLIAMSBURG, Va.) — One person is dead and the pilot of a helicopter is missing after a helicopter crashed into a condo complex in the popular destination town of Williamsburg, Virginia, on Sunday. Virginia [Read More…]
The cave odyssey that captured the attention of the world
ABC News(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — These are the faces of hope that captured the hearts and prompted the prayers of millions across the world — and drew dozens of the world’s most elite rescue divers [Read More…]
Woman sickened by nerve agent Novichok in England dies
Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — A woman who was exposed to the nerve agent Novichok in southern England has died, police announced Sunday. Dawn Sturgess, 44, succumbed to her injuries in a hospital in Salisbury, according [Read More…]
What it’s like inside the Thai caves
ABC News(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — To get an idea of what rescuers are facing during the attempted extraction of a dozen Thai soccer team members and their coach, ABC News correspondent Matt Gutman crawled, slid, [Read More…]
Where was US when Europe, Canada slapped new sanctions on Myanmar over Rohingya treatment
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Trump administration has a list of between six and nine senior Myanmar officials to sanction over the Rohingya crisis, but the effort has stalled amid internal debates over sanctions’ effectiveness and [Read More…]