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Dana Bethea/NOAA Fisheries (FLORIDA) — Scientists are puzzled over what’s causing hundreds of fish to wash up dead in South Florida, including an endangered species native to the region. The fish are “spinning and whirling” onto shore in the Florida Keys, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Commission (FWC), which is labeling the incident […]
Royalty-free/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The jackpot for Saturday’s Powerball drawing is expected to be $935 million, the lottery said. If a jackpot winner chooses a one-time lump sum payment, the value is expected to be $452.3 million, Powerball said. Saturday’s estimated jackpot is the fifth-largest in Powerball’s history. There have been 37 consecutive drawings […]
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — A cargo ship crashed into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge early Tuesday morning, causing a near-total collapse of the span and halting vessel traffic into and out of the Port of Baltimore. Six construction workers believed to have fallen from the collapsing bridge into the frigid waters of […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Numerous weather alerts have been issued for California, Nevada and Arizona, including a flood watch for Santa Barbara, Los Angeles and San Diego, with a significant storm on its way to the West Coast. After a storm brought 10 to 13 inches of snow from California to Utah earlier this […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Electrical engineer Katya Echazarreta made history nearly two years ago when she became the first Mexican woman in space. Echazarreta was aboard Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin flight as part of The Space For Humanity initiative. Before that feat, she was already a star through her viral social media posts about […]
Getty Images – STOCK (KENYA) — A baby eastern black rhino has been born in Kenya, an event wildlife researchers are dubbing as a conservation success for the critically endangered species. The calf, estimated to be 6 months old, was discovered in the Chyulu Hills in southern Kenya via a complex system of cameras and […]
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Gas prices have surged higher at the outset of 2024, stressing household budgets and complicating efforts to cool inflation. Since the beginning of the year, the average national price for a gallon of unleaded regular gas has jumped nearly 14%, amounting to an increase of more than 40 […]
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, top lawmakers and administration officials are condemning Russia’s wrongful detention of journalist Evan Gershkovich and reiterating their commitment to bringing him home. Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal reporter, has now spent one year in Moscow’s Lefortovo Prison on espionage charges his newspaper and the U.S. government have […]
ABC News (ROCKFORD, Ill.) — Keith Fahreny was driving home from his trigonometry class at Rock Valley College Wednesday afternoon when he saw a commotion outside his neighbor’s home. “She kind of turned towards me, and her face was just bright red with blood,” Fahreny told ABC News. Fahreny didn’t know it at the time, […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — “The Godmother” of Manhattan’s go-to spot for everything bling has neither a cat nor cannolis, but she has cemented her position as a leading jeweler in a field dominated by men. Kerri Lavine, who earned her nickname after a photo captured her holding a cognac snifter in one hand and […]
