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ABC (UKRAINE) — It can be difficult to sleep in Kharkiv. Ukraine’s second-largest city is now under continuous attack, its residents waking many nights to the sounds of huge blasts. Less than 20 miles from the border with Russia, Kharkiv has become known around the world as a symbol of Ukraine’s resistance. Two years ago, […]
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican National Committee is launching a nationwide recruitment effort for poll workers ahead of November’s election as former President Donald Trump continues to spread doubts about election security. The RNC says it has promised Trump it will enlist at least 100,000 people to serve as poll watchers, poll […]
ABC (CHICAGO) — A teenager now faces murder charges after a 7-year-old boy was fatally shot in the chest in a random act of gun violence in Chicago, police announced Friday. The victim, Jai’mani Amir Rivera, had just left his apartment and was on the sidewalk Tuesday afternoon when shots rang out, police said. Responding […]
Getty Images – STOCK (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — This is a KFF Health News story. Abigail Arellano keeps her son Samuel’s medical bills in a blue folder in a cabinet above the microwave. Even now, four months after the 11-year-old was shot at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl parade, the bills keep coming. There’s […]
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations are apparently stalled to secure the release of hostages taken […]
Patrick Van Katwijk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is issuing a total ban on the use of a Russian-backed cybersecurity software in the United States due to the Russian government’s alleged influence operations over the software, the U.S. Commerce Department announced on Thursday. Kaspersky Lab’s software has been a concern of U.S. government officials […]
Rescue crews work the scene where a couple drowned in a rip current while vacationing, June 20, 2024, in Hutchinson Island, Florida. — Marion County Sheriff’s Office via Facebook (HUTCHINSON ISLAND, Fla.) — A Pennsylvania couple drowned in a rip current while on vacation in Florida with their six children, according to authorities. The parents, […]
Manuel ROMARIS/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Iberian Lynx has rebounded from “endangered” to “vulnerable,” a new study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Thursday. The population of the rare wild cat has more than tripled since 2022 — growing from 648 in 2022 to a population estimated to be over […]
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — A smaller number of the women voters who cast ballots for President Joe Biden in 2020 said they’d vote for him again in 2024 than the share of women voters who supported former President Donald Trump in 2020 who said they’d do so again this year, according to a […]
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Friday upheld a federal ban on firearms for domestic violence offenders. The 8-1 opinion was authored by Chief Justice John Roberts. Justice Clarence Thomas dissented. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
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