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Spanish king swears in cabinet with majority of women
Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images(MADRID) — The King of Spain, Felipe VI, swore in the new government of the 46-year-old prime minister, Pedro Sanchez — including a majority of women. The government of the self-proclaimed feminist [Read More…]
Anthony Bourdain dies at 61 in apparent suicide
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images(KAYSERSBERG, France) — Award-winning chef, writer and television personality Anthony Bourdain has died in an apparent suicide. He was 61. Bourdain was found dead on Friday morning in his room at a luxury [Read More…]
New Jersey man wins $315.3 million Powerball jackpot during trip to return orange juice that wasn’t on sale
ABC News(HACKENSACK, N.J.) — A New Jersey man who heeded his wife’s instructions to return a bottle of orange juice is now a multi-millionaire after he bought the winning ticket for the $315.3 million Powerball [Read More…]
3 teens ejected, killed when stolen SUV overturns on Long Island parkway
ABC News(LONG ISLAND, N.Y.) — Three people believed to be teenagers were ejected and killed when the stolen SUV they were traveling in overturned and crashed on Long Island on Friday, police said. The driver [Read More…]
Pope Francis gets his own bespoke space suit so he can ‘go flying’
ABC News(VATICAN CITY) — First was a one-of-a-kind Lamborghini. Now his own space suit. Italian astronaut Paolo Nespoli, along with American Commander Randolph Bresnik, presented Pope Francis on Friday with his very own blue flight [Read More…]
Guatemala opens probe into possible negligence in wake of devastating volcanic eruption
ABC News(GUATEMALA CITY) — Guatemala has opened an investigation into possible negligence in the wake of Sunday’s volcanic eruption, as the death toll continues to climb. Guatemala’s attorney general and head of the Public Ministry, [Read More…]
Trump’s call for Russia to join G7 faces swift backlash
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s call Friday for Russia to re-enter the G7 four years after the country was kicked out from the group of countries over its annexation of Crimea has resulted in [Read More…]
Mom takes issue with classroom rhyme explaining school lockdown procedure for kindergarteners
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — A Massachusetts mother posted a now-viral photo online of a kindergarten classroom poster explaining lockdown procedures through a rhyme. Somerville resident Georgy Cohen, 38, was touring a kindergarten room before her 5-year-old daughter [Read More…]
How Anthony Bourdain became a vocal supporter of the #MeToo movement
@Bourdain/Twitter(NEW YORK) — The sudden death of renowned chef Anthony Bourdain is spurring reflection on the accomplishments that catapulted him to stardom. But aside from his successful books and TV shows, Bourdain recently gained attention [Read More…]
Pope Francis expected to address world’s top oil execs at Vatican climate change conference
iStock/Thinkstock(ROME, Italy) — While the G-7 leaders meet in Canada, the world’s top oil company executives are gathering at the Vatican for a two-day conference on climate change and the possibility of countries’ transitioning away [Read More…]
Gloria Williams, who kidnapped baby and raised her, sentenced to 18 years
ABC News(MIAMI) — The woman who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby from a Florida hospital hours after she was born was sentenced Friday to 18 years in prison. Gloria Williams posed as a nurse [Read More…]
Police zero in on age, origin of newborn girl found dead off Florida coast
Palm Beach Sheriff(PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Authorities are zeroing in on the age of the newborn girl who was found dead in the ocean off the Florida coast as they continued to try to determine [Read More…]
2 more Mesa, Arizona, police officers placed on administrative leave after bodycam video surfaces
Mesa Police Dept.(MESA, Arizona) — Two more Mesa, Arizona, police officers have been placed on administrative leave following the release of bodycam footage showing a violent arrest. Video released on Thursday that showed a 15-year-old [Read More…]
Anthony Bourdain dies at 61
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Celebrity chef, longtime television personality and storyteller Anthony Bourdain has died in an apparent suicide, according to CNN. He was 61. CNN confirmed his death in a statement posted to Twitter [Read More…]
Teacher claims school made him resign for not using transgender student’s preferred name
Brett Taylor/Thinkstock(INDIANAPOLIS) — An Indiana orchestra teacher claims his former school forced him to resign after he refused to refer to a transgender student by their preferred name. Brownsburg High School has a policy that [Read More…]
Mom of ‘affluenza teen’ jailed after failing drug test: Report
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — The mother of “affluenza teen” Ethan Couch was sent back to jail on Thursday after a Texas judge issued an arrest warrant indicating she tested positive for drugs, ABC affiliate WFAA reported. Tonya [Read More…]
‘They’re all gone,’ woman says of family members lost in aftermath of volcano eruption
ABC News(GUATEMALA CITY) — Outside of an emergency shelter for evacuees of the Volcan de Fuego eruption in Guatemala, Norma Mavilia Azcon broke down in tears, desperate for any word on whether her two children, [Read More…]
New warning says you may need to change your tires sooner than you think
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — As summer storm season rolls in, new research offers fresh guidelines to ensure drivers roll safely to a stop. The American Automobile Association released a study on Thursday showing that worn tires [Read More…]
One suspect dead, another in custody after ATF agent ambushed, shot during undercover operation, officials say
WLS-TV(CHICAGO) — One suspect is dead and another is in custody after a federal agent with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives was shot multiple times when he and other agents were ambushed [Read More…]
Pompeo distances administration from Giuliani’s North Korea comments
ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was forced to distance the administration Thursday from comments made by President Donald Trump’s lawyer Rudy Giuliani, who said this week that Kim Jong Un begged “on his [Read More…]