Pence, anti-abortion Republicans denounce Trump-backed RNC platform

Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has joined a faction of conservatives decrying the updated Republican National Committee platform rubber-stamped by former President Donald Trump for its inclusion of
Lena Dunham out of 'Pocket', decides she can't follow 'Barbie' in toy-to-film adaptation of 'Polly Pocket'

Photo by Karwai Tang/WireImage There will still be a movie made about the diminutive doll Polly Pocket from Mattel Films, but after three years working on it and writing a script, Lena Dunham tells The New Yorker
Son's drowning death leads to Seattle mom starting nonprofit to promote water safety

Credit: ABCNews.com (SEATTLE) — A Seattle mom who lost her 3-year-old son in a drowning incident has now established a nonprofit organization dedicated to saving lives through water safety education, legislation and increasing equitable access to swimming
Gypsy Rose Blanchard announces 1st pregnancy: “Very excited to take on this new journey”

ABC News Gypsy Rose Blanchard is expecting her first child. Blanchard announced her pregnancy in an Instagram post Tuesday, featuring a photo collage of her alongside her boyfriend, Ken Urker, and holding an ultrasound picture. Blanchard wrote
Dartmouth fraternity member's death prompts hazing investigation

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HANOVER, N.H.) — The death of a Dartmouth College student and fraternity member has prompted a hazing investigation, police said. Won Jang, 20, was reported missing Sunday afternoon, having been last seen the prior
Jim Inhofe, former US senator from Oklahoma, dies at 89

Stefani Reynolds/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jim Inhofe, the longest-serving U.S. senator from Oklahoma, has died, his family announced. He was 89. Inhofe died early Tuesday after a stroke over the July 4 holiday, his family said in
Adopt Sherman!

Meet Sherman! Sherman is a smart boy and a great companion; crate-trained and potty-trained! In foster he loves the back yard where he likes laying in the sun, chewing on sticks, and getting the occasional zoomie. He
Marshal guarding Supreme Court justice's home shoots 18-year-old who tried to carjack him

Metropolitan Police Department (WASHINGTON) — A deputy U.S. Marshal allegedly shot an 18-year-old who tried to carjack him while he was on guard outside a Supreme Court justice’s home in Washington, D.C., according to officials. The shooting
Democrats' debate over Biden in stark contrast to GOP message discipline on Trump

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After Joe Biden’s disastrous debate, Democrats worried about the president’s chances in November are mired in a debate of their own: shut up or shout louder. Biden, whose decades-long career in Democratic
Can you dig it? Lin-Manuel Miranda looking to NYC gang flick 'The Warriors' for next musical project

ABC “Warriors! Come out and (press) playyy…” Hamilton creator and everything-winner Lin-Manuel Miranda is reportedly looking to the 1979 cult classic The Warriors as inspiration for his latest musical project. Bloomberg is reporting the EGOT-winner will be