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Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SITKA, Alaska) — The Coast Guard is searching for four missing people after a luxury charter fishing boat sank off the coast of Alaska. Rescuers located one deceased individual near the vessel partially submerged near a small island close to Sitka, Alaska. Kingfisher Charters, a Sitka-based company that operates all-inclusive fishing trips, […]
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, has been severely beaten in Peruvian prison, his lawyer told ABC News on Monday. Van der Sloot is awaiting extradition to the U.S. on extortion and wire fraud charges stemming from […]
Hinds County Sheriff’s Office (HINDS COUNTY, Miss.) — Two inmates allegedly escaped from a Mississippi jail on Monday, just weeks after four others broke out from the same facility. Michael Lewis and Joseph Spring were both found missing during Monday morning’s headcount at the Raymond Detention Center, according to the sheriff’s office in Hinds County, […]
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni signed one of the world’s harshest anti-LGBTQ bills into law on Monday. The Anti-Homosexuality Act 2023, which was introduced in Uganda’s Parliament in early March, calls for the death penalty for “aggravated homosexuality,” which is defined as cases of same-sex relations involving people who are […]
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After months of back and forth, House Republicans and the White House this weekend unveiled a deal on raising the nation’s $31.4 trillion borrowing limit while implementing some caps on government spending and other policy changes. The legislation, which was released publicly on Sunday, will need to […]
georgeclerk/Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — An eighth person was rescued overnight from a partial apartment building collapse in Davenport, Iowa, officials said, adding that no one appears to remain missing. More than a dozen people self-evacuated when the six-story residential and commercial building partially collapsed on Sunday afternoon, Davenport Fire Chief Michael Carlsten said. “It […]
discan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Memorial Day is here and that means there are plenty of deals and sales to shop across multiple retailers. ABC News’ Becky Worley appeared on Good Morning America Monday to discuss the best deals consumers can find for the holiday: Copyright © 2023, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For people with Type 2 diabetes, could the time of day when you exercise have an impact on your blood sugar averages? A new study seems to suggest so. After studying more than 2,400 adults over a four-year period, researchers suggest that patients with Type 2 diabetes who exercise in […]
PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (BOSTON) — After falling 0-3 to the Miami Heat in the East Finals, the Boston Celtics have clawed their way back to tie up the series. And on Monday night, both teams will be fighting for a spot in the NBA Finals in a do-or-die Game 7. The Celtics tied […]
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy announced at a brief presser on Saturday night that House Republicans and the White House have reached a tentative deal to raise the federal government’s debt limit, ending a monthslong stalemate. “I just got off the phone with the president — I talked to him twice today — […]
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