American

Budapest Metropolitan Police (BUDAPEST, Hungary) — A 31-year-old American tourist in Hungary who had been missing for several days was killed, and a suspect has been arrested for her murder, authorities said Friday. Mackenzie “Kenzie” Michalski, a nurse practitioner, was last heard from early Tuesday while visiting Budapest, according to her friends, who spread the […]

ABC News (NEW DELHI) — An American climber along with her British climbing partner have been rescued at an altitude of more than 20,000 feet after becoming stranded in the Himalayas for three days. American Michelle Dvorak and her British climbing partner, Fay Manners, were trying to climb Chaukhamba Mountain in northern India last Wednesday […]

amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. national has been mistakenly accused of involvement in last weekend’s attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Cole Patrick Ducey, an engineer living in Eswatini, told ABC News Monday that he was not involved, despite reports online and in the media. DRC government officials also confirmed to […]

Turks and Caicos officers stand outside a police station. (ABC News/Nightline) (NEW YORK) — Police in Turks and Caicos have charged an American woman with ammunition possession — a crime that carries a minimum penalty of 12 years — after airport officials alleged they found illegal ammunition in her luggage. Sharitta Shinise Grier, 45, of […]

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 say are trumped-up charges with little evidence. Svetlana Koptyaeva, Barnes’ ex-wife and a Russian national, accused him of […]

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American woman has been killed by a shark while paddleboarding in the Bahamas, according to the Royal Bahamas Police Force. The woman was paddleboarding with a male relative near the back of the Sandals resort, about three-quarters of a mile out to sea, when she was attacked, police […]

Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Wednesday that the U.S. anticipates American citizens will exit Gaza “today” and that more are expected to depart “over the coming days,” the result of weeks of effort. “Today, thanks to American leadership, we secured safe passage for wounded Palestinians and for foreign nationals to […]

Courtesy Raanan Family (WASHINGTON) — The long nightmare in captivity for two of the hostages taken by Hamas during its deadly surprise attack on Israel has ended, Israeli authorities said. The Israeli Defense Forces confirmed to ABC News that two American women were released by Hamas and are back in Israel. The women were identified […]

Mustafa Unal Uysal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mark Dickey, 40, had been trapped inside the Morca Cave in southern Turkey’s Taurus Mountains since Aug. 31, when he fell ill more than 3,400 feet below the surface, according to the New Jersey Initial Response Team, a group he leads. “It is amazing to […]

Chung Sung-jun/Getty Images (LONDON) — An American soldier who had just been released from a South Korean prison fled across the border to North Korea where he was detained and remains in custody. Here’s what we know about the situation. Who is the detainee? The soldier in question was identified as 23-year-old U.S. Army Private […]