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 &...
Explore how seawater desalination methods transform saltwater into potable freshwater, and what drawbacks this technology has....
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...
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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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As the summer comes to an end, I cannot tell you what a relief it is to have finally completed my chemotherapy treatment. The last nine months have been incredibly tough for us as a family. Life as you know it can change in an instant and we have h...
Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from husband Ben Affleck on Tuesday after two years of marriage, according to legal documents obtained by ABC News. ABC News has reached out to reps for Lopez and Affleck. The Hollywood power couple marrie...
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...
A woman in California has been convicted of stealing over $60,000 worth of merchandise over a span of more than 100 visits to the same Target store in San Francisco, officials said. Aziza Graves, a 43-year-old woman from San Francisco, allegedly ent...
Fuelled by climate change, the world's oceans have broken temperature records every single day over the past year, a BBC analysis finds. Nearly 50 days have smashed existing highs for the time of year by the largest margin in the satellite era. ...
The quest to return rock samples from Mars to Earth to see if they contain traces of past life is going to go through a major overhaul. The US space agency says the current mission design could not return the materials before 2040 on the existing fu...
The world's largest cruise ship has set sail from Miami, Florida, on its maiden voyage, but there are concerns about the vessel's methane emissions. The 365m-long (1,197 ft) Icon of the Seas has 20 decks and can house a maximum of 7,600 passengers...