Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll climbs as at least 53 confirmed dead
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous wildfires are spreading rapidly on Maui due to very dry conditions stemming from a drought combined with powerful trade winds being squeezed across Hawaii. At least 36 people
Ohio referendum jolts marquee Senate race
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (SANDUSKY, Ohio) — Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose put Ohio’s Issue 1, a measure that could have ultimately hindered statewide attempts at protecting abortion access, at the center of his recently announced campaign
SCOTUS pauses Purdue Pharma bankruptcy plan over whether it can shield founders from opioid liability
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday temporarily blocked Purdue Pharma’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy that shielded the founding Sackler families from liability in the nation’s opioid epidemic. The
The perfect storm of weather conditions that led to the devastating wildfires in Maui
NOAA (NEW YORK) — A perfect storm of weather conditions led to the massive inferno that has killed dozens of people in Maui and caused widespread destruction on an island best known as paradise. The fires, which
Gun violence prevention group returns to place they were mass shooting victims
Members of the Southeast Network SafetyNet program with Boys and Girls Clubs of King County have a moment of prayer before updating us on their efforts Nearly 2 weeks after a mass shooting at an event aimed
Political jockeying follows presidential candidates to the annual Iowa State Fair
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Grilling pork chops, chowing down on corn dogs, visiting the famous “Butter Cow” dairy sculpture: these festivities and more await the 2024 presidential candidates starting Thursday at the Iowa
Ohio's abortion-related ballot vote: Takeaways and political fallout
ilbusca/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Republicans suffered their latest electoral setback on a vote related to abortion, this time over a referendum in Ohio on Tuesday, leaving party operatives who spoke with ABC News saying the same
Who are the detained American citizens released from prison in Iran?
Neda Sharghi via Twitter (WASHINGTON) — Five American citizens considered to be unjustly detained have all been moved into house arrest in Iran after previously being imprisoned there, U.S. officials said Thursday. Four of the five were
Alabama riverfront melee: 4th suspect turns herself in, police say
Christa Owen (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Police say a fourth suspect in the Riverfront Park melee turned herself in on Thursday. Charges were originally filed against three white boaters who allegedly assaulted a Black ferry co-captain in Montgomery,
Group behind affirmative action case sues Black venture fund for alleged racial bias
Paras Griffin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fearless Fund, a venture capitalist firm that invests in female entrepreneurs of color, is now the target of a lawsuit launched by a group founded by the man who led the