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Jason Marz/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — In a first-of-its-kind lawsuit, California Attorney General Rob Bonta and a coalition of environmental nonprofit groups are suing ExxonMobil for the company’s alleged role in the global plastics pollution crisis. The state claims the oil and gas giant engaged in a “decades-long campaign of deception” to lie to consumers […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A potential hurricane — which would be named Helene — is churning in the Caribbean and is forecast to make landfall in Florida on Thursday. The system is forecast to become Tropical Storm Helene early Tuesday morning. It will then move into the Gulf of Mexico and strengthen to a […]
FDA.Gov (NEW YORK) — Lactaid milk is being recalled due to the potential presence of almonds, a common tree nut allergen. The Food and Drug Administration and HP Hood LLC announced the voluntary recall Sept. 20. HP Hood said it discovered the potential almond contamination following a “routine maintenance” review but also said they have […]
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Sen. JD Vance prepares to face Gov. Tim Walz in next week’s vice-presidential debate, the Ohio senator is turning to Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer to help him in debate rehearsals by playing Walz, sources familiar with the plans told ABC News. One of the sources said Emmer was invited […]
mrs/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The first person in New York state to be diagnosed with eastern equine encephalitis (EEE) in nearly a decade has died, Gov. Kathy Hochul’s office announced Monday. The case was confirmed on Sept. 20 in Ulster County — located along the Hudson River — by the state Department of Health. […]
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week. Here’s how the news is developing: At least 356 killed in Israeli strikes on Lebanon At least 356 people were killed and over 1,200 injured in Lebanon […]
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Murders in the United States were down 11.6% in 2023, according to statistics released by the FBI Monday morning. The murder rate went down from 6.2 per 100,000 people in 2022 to 5.7 per 100,000 people in 2023. The steep decline last year comes after a 6.1% drop in 2022 […]
Kali9/Getty Images (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Officials have announced up to $100,000 in reward money for information leading to the arrests of the gunmen behind a mass shooting in Birmingham, Alabama. Multiple shooters are wanted for killing four people and injuring 17 others outside a lounge in the Five Points South Entertainment District on Saturday night. […]
Bettmann / Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jimmy Carter will turn 100 years old on Oct. 1. The former president of the United States will reach the milestone birthday, about 20 months since entering home hospice care in February 2023. Carter’s late wife of 77 years, Rosalynn Carter, died on Nov. 19, 2023, two days […]
In this April 9, 2022, file photo, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson joins the stage with former President Donald Trump during a rally in Selma, North Carolina. — Allison Joyce/Getty Images, FILE (WILMINGTON, N.C.) — Former President Donald Trump returned to the key battleground state of North Carolina for a rally Saturday, but declined to mention […]