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omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — A Russian missile strike killed one person and wounded nine others early on Friday morning, Ukrainian officials said, an attack that U.S. Ambassador Bridget A. Brink described as “brutal.” “Early this morning Russia launched a ballistic missile attack against the capital, killing a civilian and resulting in debris and fires around […]
Bo Zaunders/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The workers union representing Starbucks baristas across the country announced members in Los Angeles, Chicago and Seattle will go on strike in the days leading up to Christmas. Workers United, which has unionized more than 525 U.S. Starbucks locations, said in a press release Thursday that unfair labor practices […]
martin-dm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Christmas and New Year’s holiday period is expected to be the busiest on record for both air and road travel, according to AAA — continuing this year’s trend where every major travel period has set new records. Here’s what you need to know before you head to the airport or hit […]
Amazon workers in New York striking Thursday morning. Image via WABC. (NEW YORK) — Workers affiliated with the Teamsters began striking at Amazon facilities across the country Thursday morning — in what the union calls the largest strike in history against the online shopping giant less than a week before Christmas. In a news release […]
William Morrow The limited series adaptation of The Good Daughter has found its stars. Based on the bestselling novel of the same name by Karin Slaughter, the upcoming Peacock series will star Rose Byrne and Meghann Fahy as sisters Samantha and Charlotte Quinn. Byrne will also executive produce the show. Fahy takes over the role […]
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The stopgap spending plan negotiated between House Republicans and Democrats to avoid a government shutdown appears to be dead two days before the deadline after it was condemned by President-elect Donald Trump and his ally Elon Musk. Johnson’s original plan called for extending government spending at […]
Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in their election interference case. “After carefully considering the trial court’s findings in its order, we conclude that it erred by failing to disqualify DA […]
This illustration shows the locations where ABC News tested abandoned oil and gas wells for leaks; ABC News (WEST TEXAS, Texas) — Rancher Laura Briggs rises early to care for the livestock scattered across her homestead on the arid plains of West Texas. Briggs and her husband saved up for years to purchase the land […]
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday took credit for killing the House Republican-proposed government funding bill, telling ABC News there will be a government shutdown unless Congress eliminates or extends the limit on government borrowing. “We’re not going to fall into the debt ceiling quicksand,” Trump said in an exclusive phone interview. “There […]
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) has reached a settlement with Amazon over allegations of hazardous workplace conditions, ABC News first reported Thursday. The settlement requires that Amazon adopt “corporate-wide ergonomic measures” to reduce the risk of injuries to workers. The 10 facilities cited in the […]
