Texas Department of Public Safety speaks out on migrant abuse allegations
Suzanne Cordeiro/AFP via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Texas authorities are doubling down and pushing back on disturbing allegations of migrant abuse along the United States-Mexico border.
A spokesperson for the Texas Department of Public Safety, Lt. Chr…
US halts funding access to Wuhan lab at heart of COVID-19 origins debate
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The virus lab at the heart of the contentious debate around COVID-19’s origins has been cut off from U.S. funding opportunities for likely violating National Institutes of Health’s biosafety rules, according to a…
Five things to know about the US Women’s National Team ahead of the Women’s World Cup
Brad Smith/USSF/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. Women’s National Team is getting ready to defend its title at the 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup in New Zealand and Australia, which kicks off Thursday.
Ahead of their opener on Friday, here are five fac…
Grand jury probing efforts to overturn 2020 election will speak with at least one more witness: Sources
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — At least one witness is expected to appear Thursday before the grand jury in Washington, D.C., investigating former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources tell ABC News.
Trump a…
‘Stay indoors’: Escaped wild animal on the loose in Berlin prompts urgent citywide search
Alexander Nolting / EyeEm/Getty Images(LONDON) — A suspected lion is loose in Berlin, prompting authorities in Germany to send emergency alerts to thousands of people in Berlin warning them to stay indoors.
The message has warned thousands of people …
Senate committee advances Supreme Court ethics bill after alleged justice misconduct
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday — for the first time — voted to advance legislation that would require the U.S. Supreme Court to adopt a binding code of ethics more stringent disclosure requiremen…
Extraterrestrial ‘technical supremacy’ is a top concern, Pentagon UFO investigator says
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — The scientist and military intelligence officer leading the Pentagon’s task force for unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs) — which the public calls UFOs — says being caught off guard by “intelligent or extraterrestrial tech…
Mom says 8-year-old daughter was injured by magnets in reusable water balloon
Courtesy of Kelley Whitty(NEW YORK) — An Ohio mom says her 8-year-old daughter was injured by magnets from a reusable water balloon.
Kelley Whitty of Morrow, Ohio, told ABC News’ Good Morning America her daughter Leah was swimming earlier this month …
Delta passengers fall sick while waiting on Vegas tarmac in triple-digit temperatures
DuKai photographer/Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — At least one Delta passenger was taken to the hospital for heat-related illness after the plane sat on the tarmac for hours on Monday in Las Vegas, where temperatures reached triple digits.
Passengers on a…
Trump screens “Sound of Freedom,” seeking to rally evangelicals around fear of child trafficking
Angel Studios(NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday night hosted a screening of the film Sound of Freedom at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey, one day after the revelation that special counsel Jack Smith has informed Trump he i…