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Mohamed El-Shemy/Anadolu via Getty Images (MALMO, Sweden) — Thousands of pro-Palestinian protesters gathered in Sweden on Thursday to oppose the participation of an Israeli contestant in the semifinals of the massively popular Eurovision Song Contest. Protesters in Malmo, Sweden — where the competition is being held after the country won the 2023 contest — could […]
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for JDRF (WASHINGTON) — Montana Democratic Sen. Jon Tester will continue his efforts to distinguish himself as a border security hard-liner on Thursday by becoming the first Senate Democrat to back an immigration bill that has been championed by Republicans in both chambers of Congress. On Thursday afternoon, Tester will announce his […]
Jon G. Fuller/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — Two skiers were killed and a third was hospitalized following an avalanche on Utah’s Lone Peak, according to the Unified Police Department of Salt Lake City. The skiers are believed to have been buried by an avalanche in the backcountry, according to police. […]
ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — On Sept. 10, 2022, Michael and Jill Katz received a devastating phone call that their 21-year-old daughter Sarah had collapsed while out to dinner with friends. They raced from their New Jersey home to Philadelphia, where Sarah was attending college. Sarah Katz had suffered cardiac arrest and was then transported to […]
People walk in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the border with Egypt on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group Hamas. (AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war approaches the seven-month mark, renewed negotiations are underway […]
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is taking heat from all sides as he faces what could be the most fraught moment in the Israel-Hamas war since fighting broke out seven months ago. A dizzying number of recent developments, both at home and abroad, have underscored the politically perilous path Biden finds himself […]
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. It marks the first time in history that a former U.S. president has been tried on criminal charges. Trump last […]
ABC News (MAUI, Hawaii) — For the thousands of people who survived the Maui fires last August, the trauma of what they lived through still lingers. Lahaina painter Kirk Boes and his wife Laura have lived on Lahaina together for more than 40 years. They evacuated on August 8, only to return three days later. […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The borrowing cost for student loans is poised to reach a 16-year high. The interest rate on a federal undergraduate student loan is expected to climb to 6.5% in July, which would mark its highest level since 2008, financial-aid expert Mark Kantrowitz told ABC News. The current interest rate […]
DuKai photographer/Getty Images (LONDON) — A Boeing 737-300 airplane crashed during takeoff at Senegal’s Blaise Diagne International Airport, local officials said. Air Senegal flight HC301, which was operated by Transair, “overran the runway” at about 1:14 a.m. on Thursday, Senegal’s Ministry of Infrastructure, Land and Air Transport said in an statement in French. The aircraft […]
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