Oscar-winning director Hamdan Ballal speaks to ABC News from hospital: 'It was a hard, hard attack'

Monica Schipper/Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Three weeks ago, Hamdan Ballal stood on the stage at the Oscars, golden statue in hand, winner of the award for best documentary as the co-director of “No Other Land.” It was an
Asphyxiation ruled out as cause of death for former Yankees player Brett Gardner's son: Costa Rican National Police

Mike Stobe/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Asphyxiation has been ruled out as the cause of death for the 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees outfielder Brett Gardner, officials with the Costa Rican National Police told ABC
Oscar-winning Palestinian director Hamdan Ballal freed by Israel, friend says

Disney/Kelsey McNeal (LONDON and JERUSALEM) — Palestinian Academy Award-winning filmmaker Hamdan Ballal was released from Israeli custody on Tuesday, friend and fellow filmmaker Yuval Abraham said, after Ballal was detained by Israeli security forces on Monday. The co-director of
Consumers announces aggressive tree clearing program

Consumers Energy will move forward with what they call an aggressive plan to clear trees near power lines and strengthen the grid to deliver energy to nearly 2 million homes and businesses, under spending that was approved
Spring Abor couple detained in Mexico

A Spring Arbor couple is being held in a maximum-security Mexican prison after their arrest at a Cancun airport earlier this month. Family members say Paul and Christy Akeo were detained on March 4 over a disputed
Consumer attitudes worsen more than expected amid Trump's tariffs: Survey

97/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer attitudes worsened in March as President Donald Trump’s tariffs set off a market rout and warnings of a possible recession, Conference Board survey data on Tuesday showed. Sentiment worsened more than
Scoreboard roundup — 3/24/25

(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONTimberwolves 103, Pacers 119Lakers 106, Magic 118Raptors 112, Wizards 104Mavericks 120, Nets 10176ers 99, Pelicans 112Bulls 129, Nuggets 119Bucks 106, Suns 108Celtics 113, Kings
The Atlantic editor details moment he realized he was included in Yemen group chat

ABC News Live (NEW YORK) — Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg joined ABC News Live to discuss the moment he realized he had been added to a Signal group chat with top government officials discussing a U.S. attack
Boeing seeks to withdraw guilty pleas over 2 deadly 737 MAX crashes: Sources

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Boeing is seeking to withdraw its guilty plea agreement with the Department of Justice in the criminal cases surrounding two deadly 737 MAX crashes, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.
Details of US-Russia talks on Ukraine won't be published, Kremlin says

Valeria Zarudna/Suspilne Ukraine/JSC “UA:PBC”/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — The details of talks between the U.S. and Russia that took place in Saudi Arabia on Monday will not be made public, Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov