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Courtesy Suellen Desmarais (NEW YORK) — An American husband and wife who went missing after three escaped prisoners boarded their boat in the Caribbean are likely dead, authorities said on Monday. Ralph Hendry and his wife, Kathy Brandel, from Falls Church, Virginia, disappeared last week from their yacht, which was docked in the waters off […]

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 […]

Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American man and his two daughters were among four people killed Thursday when a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from a Caribbean island, authorities said. The deadly crash happened in the waters off Bequia, a small island that’s part of the southern Caribbean nation of St. Vincent and […]

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 […]

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Texas man who is currently on trial in Russia over child abuse allegations plans to take the stand in his own defense. David Barnes, who has been detained in Moscow for nearly two years, is expected to testify in front of the judge who will decide his fate at […]

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 […]

darrenirwin/Getty Images (LONDON) — American XL Bully dogs could be banned in the U.K. by the end of the year, British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said Friday. There have been a string of attacks involving the canine breed, including a fatal one in Staffordshire, England. In a statement, West Midlands Ambulance Service (WMAS) said a […]

Piccell/Getty Images (LONDON) — American caver Mark Dickey said he could tell he was “pretty close to fading” after he fell ill while on an expedition to map a 4,186-foot-deep cave system in southern Turkey. “There’s not that much that you tell yourself. You kind of just survive,” Dickey recalled during an interview Thursday with […]

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 […]