Israeli families desperate to get hostages home protest to demand action: 'We have no time'
ABC News (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Some families of Israeli hostages say they have reached their breaking point and have begun to take extreme measures to express their frustration more than four months into the Israel-Hamas war. Dozens
Fears grow in Gazan city of Rafah ahead of potential Israel ground operation
Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL AVIV and LONDON) — Before war erupted between Israel and Hamas in October, the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was home to around 250,000 people. Now, the population
Number of striking US workers more than doubled last year, study shows
ArtistGNDphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of striking workers in the U.S. more than doubled last year due to massive work stoppages carried out by autoworkers, nurses and Hollywood writers and actors, according to a study
Kansas City Chiefs player Trey Smith reacts to parade shooting, recounts helping boy
ABC News (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — Fans were celebrating alongside the Kansas City Chiefs at Wednesday’s victory parade following their recent 2024 Super Bowl win when gunshots rang out and chaos erupted. Chiefs offensive lineman Trey Smith
Over 200 dead as thousands flee and violence flares in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
AUBIN MUKONI/AFP/Getty Images (LONDON) — At least 200 people have been killed and thousands have been forced to flee following a sharp uptick of violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). In a “dramatic resurgence” of violence, the March
Road Name Change in Honor of Jackson County Military Hero
2nd Lt. Roosevelt Stiger, one of the Tuskegee Airmen, deserves recognition State Rep. Kathy Schmaltz is leading a new effort to name a local roadway in honor of a Purple Heart recipient and member of the
New York City sues social media companies, accuses them of contributing to 'youth mental health crisis'
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The City of New York on Wednesday sued the companies behind SnapChat, Instagram, YouTube and TikTok, accusing them of fomenting a “nationwide youth mental health crisis” by exposing children “to a nonstop
Nearly half of the world's migratory species are in decline, UN report warns
Gyamfi Prince / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fish, sea turtles, elephants, sharks, shorebirds and more of the world’s migratory species are in dire decline, according to the first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report from
American David Barnes' conviction in Russia 'based on lies,' sister says
David Barnes appears in a courtroom for sentencing, Feb. 13, 2024, in Moscow. (Anastasia Bagaeva/ABC News) (MOSCOW) — On Tuesday David Barnes of Texas became the latest American to be convicted and sentenced in a Russian court on what experts
Scoreboard roundup — 2/14/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Charlotte 122, Atlanta 99 Orlando 118, New York 100 Miami 109, Philadelphia 104 Boston 136, Brooklyn 86 Indiana 127, Toronto 125 Cleveland