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South Korean president to visit US ahead of Trump’s North Korea visit
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be visiting the White House later this month ahead of the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The White House [Read More…]
Trump administration ends protected status for 86,000 Hondurans in US
Zehbrauskas/UNICEF(WASHINGTON) — After nearly two decades, the Trump administration is ending special immigration status for around 86,000 Hondurans who live in the U.S. – status granted following Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Critics called the decision [Read More…]
Woman who kidnapped infant apologizes to biological parents: ‘I know I wronged you, and I’m so sorry’
iStock/Thinkstock(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The Florida woman who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby hours after birth apologized to the child’s biological family for the first time at a sentencing hearing Friday. Gloria Williams, who faces [Read More…]
Trump’s Syria aid freeze hits ‘White Helmets’ rescue workers
Ahmed Al Jarban /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has suspended aid to the Syrian humanitarian group known as the White Helmets, the State Department confirmed to ABC News. The money is part of a [Read More…]
Police searching desperately for persons who fired on undercover ATF agents, injuring 1
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — More than 100 local and federal officials are combing parts of Chicago as authorities try to track down the people responsible for shooting at undercover agents, injuring one, in the early morning hours [Read More…]
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un scores surprising favorability among South Koreans after summit
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — The well-choreographed production of last week’s promising summit between North and South Korea appears to have given a boost to public approval ratings for the countries’ two leaders among South Koreans. South Korean [Read More…]
Data usage, insurance and family plans? Tips on saving on your cellphone bill
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — With T-Mobile and Sprint opting to merge and promising lower prices, wireless wars are starting to heat up — but consumers don’t have to wait to start saving on their wireless bills, [Read More…]
InSight, NASA’s latest mission, hopes to dig deep into Mars’ surface
NASA(NEW YORK) — InSight will do more than light up the skies over California when it launches Saturday morning — it will launch on a daring mission to find out if Mars has quakes and [Read More…]
New Facebook transparency efforts heavily criticized ahead of Irish abortion referendum
Facebook(DUBLIN) — Facebook’s latest effort to prevent the spread of misinformation by groups such as the Russians, who according to the FBI meddled in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, is getting mixed reviews during a [Read More…]
Authorities search for ‘person of interest’ in woman’s stabbing death at upscale mall
iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Authorities are searching for a “person of interest” after a woman was found stabbed to death outside an upscale shopping mall in Southern California. Deputies from the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department [Read More…]
Kansas bill protects adoption agencies that cite religious beliefs to reject LGBT homes
iStock/Thinkstock(KANSAS CITY, Kan.) — Faith-based agencies in Kansas will likely be allowed to provide adoption or foster care services for the state even if they refuse to place children in homes that conflict with their [Read More…]
Arizona teachers end their six-day walkout
iStock/Thinkstock(PHOENIX) — Students are headed back to the classroom after teachers ended their six-day walkout in Arizona, the latest state to join a nationwide wave calling for better pay and more school funding. On Friday [Read More…]
Lava from volcano eruption in Hawaii destroys two homes
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate on Thursday because of an erupting volcano, a Hawaii County Civil Defense spokesperson told ABC News. No injuries have been reported so far and [Read More…]
NRA to host company with ties to sanctioned Russians at annual convention
Amazon(DALLAS) — An ammunition distributor with ties to a recently sanctioned Russian oligarch is listed among the expected exhibitors at the National Rifle Association’s Annual Meetings opening in Dallas, Texas, on Friday. TulAmmo USA is [Read More…]
Freehold woman shot dead in New Jersey while driving home
WABC-TV(FREEHOLD, N.J.) — A man has been arrested in connection with the fatal shooting of a woman as she was driving on a rural stretch of highway in Freehold, New Jersey, according to the Monmouth [Read More…]
School superintendent arrested for repeatedly defecating on another school’s property
Holmdel Township Police Department(HOLMDEL, N.J.) — The superintendent of a New Jersey school district has been arrested for repeatedly defecating on a neighboring school’s property, police said. Thomas Tramaglini, the superintendent of the Kenilworth School [Read More…]
Trump says date, location set for meeting with Kim Jong Un
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump said Friday that a date and location has been set for his upcoming summit with Kim Jong Un. “The trip is being scheduled,” Trump said as he departed the White [Read More…]
Meghan Markle’s dad will walk her down the aisle at her wedding to Prince Harry
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Meghan Markle’s dad, Thomas Markle, will walk her down the aisle at St. George’s Chapel when she weds Prince Harry, Kensington Palace announced Friday. Her mother, Doria Ragland, will accompany her by car [Read More…]
One of ‘Golden State Killer’s’ youngest victims recalls attacker in her bedroom
Courtesy of Margaret Wardlow(SACRAMENTO) — When Margaret Wardlow recalls her childhood in Sacramento, California, she divides it into two distinct time frames. There’s the Sacramento before 1977, which she described as “a beautiful place” where [Read More…]
Evacuations ordered as Hawaii volcano erupts
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least 1,800 people were ordered to evacuate on Thursday because of an erupting volcano, a Hawaii County Civil Defense spokesperson told ABC News. No injuries have been reported so far and [Read More…]