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Niagara County Sheriff’s Office (SEATTLE, Wash.) — A month after a woman was caught stowing away on a Delta Air Lines flight headed to France, ABC News has confirmed another unticketed individual was caught on a flight headed to Hawaii, this time on Christmas Eve. The recent stowaway was apprehended after boarding a flight from Seattle […]
Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Holiday spending surged in 2024, blowing past expectations and outpacing customer purchases over the gift-buying season last year, according to data released on Thursday by Mastercard SpendingPulse, which gauges in-store and online retail sales. The end-of-year flex of consumer strength marks the latest indication of resilient U.S. buying power, which has […]
Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Bill Clinton has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for the flu, a spokesperson said on Tuesday. “He and his family are deeply grateful for the exceptional care provided by the team at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital and are touched by the kind messages […]
Millo Moravski/agence Zoom/Getty Images (LONDON) — Swiss Olympic snowboarder Sophie Hediger was tragically killed in an avalanche on Monday, according to the Swiss-Ski federation. Hediger, 26, got caught in an avalanche at the mountain resort of Arosa in eastern Switzerland, the federation said. “We are stunned and our thoughts are with Sophie’s family, to whom […]
CDC and NIAID Los Angeles County health officials reported the first human case of bird flu in the area less than a week after a statewide emergency declaration was announced. In a statement released on Monday, the L.A. County Department of Public Health said the human case of H5 bird flu was detected in an […]
Rarrarorro/STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEWPORT, Ore.) — Several officials in Lincoln County, Oregon have received an anonymous letter urging people to report “brown folks” they suspect are undocumented immigrants, according to the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office. “The Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office recently learned about a letter being circulated throughout Lincoln County which encourages community members to […]
John Keeble/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of Starbucks baristas are set to walk off the job on Tuesday, expanding the dayslong holiday strike to 300 stores in dozens of cities and towns nationwide, according to the union Starbucks Workers United. In all, 5,000 Starbucks employees will go on strike in more than 25 states on Tuesday, spanning from […]
ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday that more 3,000 North Korean soldiers are believed to have been killed or wounded fighting for Moscow in Russia’s western Kursk region. Zelenskyy posted to Telegram on Monday following a briefing by Kyiv’s top commander — Gen. Oleksandr Syrskyi — on the ongoing […]
Leon Neal/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The bipartisan House Ethics Committee on Monday released a scathing report concluding its yearslong investigation into former Rep. Matt Gaetz, finding “substantial evidence” that he had sex with a 17-year-old in 2017 in violation of Florida’s statutory rape law, and engaged in a broader pattern of paying women for sex. […]
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEBRASKA) — Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen is recovering from serious but non-life-threatening injuries after being bucked off a horse, his office said Monday. The incident happened when the Republican leader was riding on horseback with family members near Columbus on Sunday. The governor was thrown from a new […]
