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Getty Images – STOCK/David Sacks (DURHAM, N.C.) — As hospitals and health care facilities work to get back up and running after Hurricane Helene slammed into Florida’s Big Bend, affecting several states, the medical supply chain could be at risk. Baxter International, a health care and medical technology company, announced this week that it must […]
Getty Images – STOCK/Anton Petrus (NEW YORK) — Oil prices climbed more than 3% on Tuesday in the immediate aftermath of an Iranian missile attack on Israel. The spike in prices is expected to push up the price of U.S. gasoline, experts told ABC News. Drivers could face a price increase of between 10 and […]
Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israeli troops are now active in southern Lebanon in what the Israel Defense Forces called “limited, localized, and targeted ground raids” targeting Hezbollah positions. Israel believes it has eliminated around […]
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter smiles during a book signing event for his new book ‘Faith: A Journey For All’ at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Midtown Manhattan, March 26, 2018 in New York City. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — In honor of former President Jimmy Carter’s 100th birthday, the North Lawn of the White […]
John Norwood, who was injured as Hurricane Helene made landfall, speaks with “Good Morning America” about his missing fiancé, Oct. 1, 2024. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — As Helene swept through North Carolina last week, John Norwood and his fiancé, Julie le Roux, sought shelter at a neighbor’s house. As they attempted to wait out […]
Isaac Lane Koval/Corbis/VCG/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Breast cancer deaths have fallen by 44% compared to 35 years ago, saving nearly 520,000 lives, according to a new report by the American Cancer Society. The dramatic decrease is a major milestone in the fight against breast cancer, according to Dr. Lisa Newman, a co-author of the […]
Michael Dobuski/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Back in the 1980s, Honda sold a city car in Japan called, appropriately, the Honda City. It would have been a normal hatchback, were it not for what came in the trunk: a Honda motor scooter that drivers could fold up and store in the trunk of the City. […]
Downed trees on a home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Sept.r 29, 2024, in Rutherfordton, N.C. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Helene flooded properties and devastated buildings in recent days as it tore across a vast stretch from Florida to Tennessee. Over the coming days and weeks, households will start to rebuild […]
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tens of thousands of U.S. dockworkers are set to walk off the job early Tuesday morning, clogging dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts and potentially raising consumer prices ahead of the holiday season. “Moments ago, the first large-scale eastern dockworker strike in 47 years […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just 36 days until Election Day, the campaign trail is taking a sharp turn toward how Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are responding to the devastation caused by Hurricane Helene and its aftermath. It’s also one day before the vice presidential debate on Tuesday. Here’s how […]
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