Pope Francis, whose time as head of the Catholic Church was noted for humility and outreach efforts to people of disparate backgrounds and faiths, has died at 88, the Vatican said. The pontiff's funeral is scheduled for Saturday, April 26, accordin...
President Donald Trump's severe tariffs against virtually all U.S. trading partners are set to take effect on Wednesday at 12:01 a.m. ET. Among his sweeping new trade moves is a hefty 104% tariff rate on China. Trump has described the tariffs as &...
Billionaire Elon Musk will visit the Pentagon on Friday and will attend a meeting with the Joint Chiefs of Staff that will touch on China a U.S. official told ABC News. Trump and other top officials have lashed out at a federal judge as the adminis...
President Donald Trump's administration is continuing its radical effort to cut much of the federal government and crackdown on immigration -- and is being met with dozens of legal challenges. More than 6,000 Internal Revenue Service wor...
President Donald Trump's administration, including Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency, is continuing its sweeping effort to cut much of the federal government -- but it's being met with legal challenges. Trump is also making his seco...
President Donald Trump's second administration continues its swift recasting of the federal government, prompting pushback from Democrats and legal challenges. The administration is expected on Friday to reduce the USAID workforce from 14,000 to on...
As President Donald Trump's second administration continued its swift recasting of the federal government and American foreign policy, the president issued a stunning proposal, saying the U.S. would "take over" the Gaza Strip, "level...
Food expiration dates don’t mean what you think - Carolyn Beans...
At least 25 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires across 45 square miles of densely populated Los Angeles Cou...
At least five people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Thousands of firefighters are battling at least five major wildfires dotted around the Los Angeles ...
An Army veteran who was "hell-bent" on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around a parked police car serving as a barricade and plowed through a crowd of New Year's revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, leav...
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American hurt by Hezbollah rocket fire: US Embassy A U.S. citizen was injured Sunday by one of multiple rockets fired into Israel from Lebanon by the terrorist group Hezbollah, according to the U.S. embassy in Israel. Embassy officials sai...
Deaf scientists and sign language experts have created hundreds of new signs for British Sign Language (BSL). Expanded BSL vocabulary now includes climate-related terms like "greenhouse gas" and "carbon footprint", for...
The coronation of King Charles III will take place next year, Buckingham Palace announced Tuesday. The coronation ceremony, at which Queen Camilla will also be crowned, will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023, according to the palace. The date coi...
The United States continues to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine \\\"any day\\\" amid escalating tensions in the region, with Secretary of State Antony Blinken telling ABC News Wednesday the U.S. has seen \\\"no meaningful pullback&...
The US Supreme Court has blocked President Joe Biden's rule requiring workers at large companies to be vaccinated or masked and tested weekly. The justices at the nation's highest court said the mandate exceeded the Biden adminis...
The variant was first identified in Botswana and has now been detected in more than 12 countries. It hasn't been found in the U.S. yet, but officials are making changes to prepare....
As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 766,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University's Center for Systems Scienc...
Apple launches a healthy update for iPhones...