Dwayne Johnson makes 7-figure donation to SAG-AFTRA strikers relief fund
Allen Kee / ESPN ImagesDwayne Johnson lent his support to the SAG-AFTRA strike with a “historic” donation for union members who are currently out of work.
The seven-figure donation to the SAG-AFTRA Foundation’s relief fund — the most ever received fr…
In Brief: Julian Sands’ cause of death revealed, and more
Results are in for the cause of death for Julian Sands, the British actor who was found dead in June near Mt. Baldy, CA after he went missing in January. The San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Dept tells ABC News his death has been ruled “undetermined.” T…
Grand jury probing efforts to overturn 2020 election reconvenes
Creativeye99/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The grand jury that has been hearing evidence about former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election has reconvened.
Grand jurors were seen by ABC News arriving at the courthouse in Washing…
DeSantis uninjured in car crash while heading to event: Campaign
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was in a car crash on Tuesday morning in Tennessee on the way to an event, his campaign said.
While a spokesman, Bryan Griffin, initially said DeSantis and his team were uninjured i…
Russian fighter jet damages US Reaper drone with flare over Syria: Officials
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Russian fighter jet fired flares directly at an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Syria on Sunday, damaging its propeller, according to U.S. Air Forces Central — the latest in a string of what military official…
Dozens dead, hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in Algeria
Billel Bensalem/APP/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — At least 34 people have died and thousands more have been forced to evacuate as authorities battle raging wildfires in Northern Algeria, Algeria’s Interior Ministry announced.
At least 8,000 f…
US heat wave stretches into Midwest, heading for Northeast: Latest forecast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A relentless heat wave that has had a swath of the southwestern United States in its chokehold is stretching into the Midwest on its way to the Northeast this week.
The National Weather Service has issued heat alerts that are in …
School supply sales tax holidays starting in several states
Stella/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Books, binders, pens and pencils are just a few of the necessities students across the country will need as the upcoming school year awaits. But a lengthy list of school supplies may have families sweating the price tag…
TikTok adds text-only posts as social media landscape shifts with Facebook, Twitter
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — TikTok has added a new feature that allows users to create text-only posts with the change coming just a day after Twitter rebranded itself and less than three weeks after Facebook released Threads as…
White House to push private insurance companies to cover mental health care
xijian/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s administration plans to try to force private insurance companies to offer the same coverage for mental health services as they do for physical health services, improving upon a well-known hole in…