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Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images (PUERTO RICO) — An island-wide blackout in Puerto Rico Tuesday left millions of residents without power ahead of New Year’s Eve celebrations. As of Tuesday afternoon, less than 10% of customers on the island had their power restored, according to power company LUMA. LUMA said the exact cause of the […]
The Bettmann Archive via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As world leaders mourn the death of former President Jimmy Carter and remark on his political and policy legacy, doctors are remembering his efforts to prevent disease, and his legacy in furthering global public health. The 39th president spent five decades working to eradicate a parasitic disease, […]
Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Chip Roy said Tuesday that he doesn’t think House Speaker Mike Johnson has the necessary votes to remain speaker in Friday’s leadership election. “Right now, I don’t believe that he has the votes on Friday, and I think we need to have the conference get together […]
STOCK PHOTO/Adobe Stock Whether your New Year’s resolution is to finally book a dream vacation or put some points to good use and fly to a new destination, there are some travel requirements taking effect in 2025 that everyone should keep in mind. REAL ID Americans should make sure their identification is up to date […]
Provided to ABC News (NEW YORK) — A man was left in critical but stable condition after he was pushed onto the subway tracks at the 18th Street Station in Manhattan’s Chelsea neighborhood. The 45 -year-old victim was pushed onto the southbound 1 train tracks by an unknown individual, according to the NYPD. The victim […]
Photo by Jessica McGowan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Tributes are pouring in for former President Jimmy Carter, who died Sunday at the age of 100. His life and legacy will be celebrated in Washington, D.C., Atlanta and in Carter’s hometown of Plains, Georgia, over the coming days. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reporter Ernie Suggs covered Carter and the work of […]
(NEW YORK) — A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police. The woman was identified as 61-year-old Debrina Kawam of Toms River, New Jersey, according to the New York Police Department. Kawam was sleeping on a stationary F train […]
Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Multiple rounds of frigid, arctic air could sweep across the eastern half of U.S. in the coming weeks, ushering in an abnormally cold start to 2025. The first blast of bitter cold hits the Northern Plains and the Midwest on Wednesday and Thursday and then reaches the […]
(NEW YORK) — A woman who died after being set on fire on a New York City subway train this month has been identified, according to police. The woman was identified as 61-year-old Debrina Kawam of Toms River, New Jersey, according to the New York Police Department. Kawam was sleeping on a stationary F train at the […]
Jessica McGowan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Though Jimmy Carter was a U.S. president, a Nobel Peace Prize winner and the founder of a global organization, The Carter Center, to his more than one dozen grandchildren and great-grandchildren, he was a grandfather first and foremost, his grandson Jason Carter told “Good Morning America.” “He’s an interesting guy, but he really […]