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Sam Sweeney/ABC News (NEW YORK) — After serving the skies for nearly 67 years, Bette Nash, the world’s longest-tenured flight attendant, has died at 88 years old. “It is with sadness that we inform you of the passing of our dear colleague, Bette Nash, the longest-tenured flight attendant at American Airlines,” according to a memo […]
Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kenyan President William Ruto is the first African leader to make an official state visit to the United States in over 15 years. On Thursday, the White House held a state dinner, honoring Kenyan President Ruto with stunning Washington, D.C. views, a high-class menu, and a dose of celebrity […]
Getty Images – STOCK (SAN DIEGO) — Families of five Marines killed in a June 2022 Osprey crash in southern California have filed a federal wrongful death lawsuit, blaming companies that make the aircraft for the tragedy. The lawsuit, filed this week, names Boeing, Rolls Royce and Bell Textron, which are each involved in producing […]
ilbusca/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — The GOP civil war has reached a new beachhead: blood-red Missouri. The state’s Republican attorney general primary is pitting incumbent Andrew Bailey against Will Scharf, a lawyer for Donald Trump. And while intraparty battles elsewhere in states such as Texas and Idaho have ostensibly focused on issues like school […]
WABC-TV (WASHINGTON) — Pioneering aviator Captain Theresa M. Claiborne has retired after 43 years of flying, first as a second lieutenant and the first Black female pilot in the U.S. Air Force, and then as a captain at United Airlines. Claiborne was hired by United in January 1990 after seven years of active duty with […]
James Devaney/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump ratcheted up his anti-immigrant rhetoric at a rally in the South Bronx, where he claimed, without evidence, that migrants coming to the U.S. are forming an “army.” The comments are part of the dark narrative Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, is advancing on the 2024 […]
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Families of the Uvalde victims have filed a lawsuit against Daniel Defense, the makers of the AR-15 assault rifle, and Activision, the publisher of the first-person shooter video game series “Call of Duty,” and Meta, the parent company of Instagram over what they claim was their role in promoting […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin will undergo what the Pentagon is describing as “a scheduled, elective and minimally invasive follow-up non-surgical procedure related to his previously reported bladder issue” on Friday night that will lead him to temporarily transfer his authorities to Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks. Austin will undergo […]
Fotosearch/Getty Images (BATON ROUGE, La.) — The law puts the abortion pill regimen — mifepristone and misoprostol — in the same category as opioids and other addictive medications. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following former President Donald Trump’s announcement in April that he would leave the issue of abortion to the states, effectively saying that he would not sign a national abortion ban, some vice presidential hopefuls have had to walk a fine line when it comes to abortion, with many moderating […]
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