99-year-old woman ‘absolutely ecstatic’ to meet her 100th great-grandchild
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A 99-year-old Pennsylvania woman got to meet her 100th great-grandchild in person earlier this month.
It was a once-in-a-lifetime event for Marguerite “Peg” Koller — also known as “grandmom” to Christine Stokes Balster and her h…
DOJ opposes news media request to unseal Trump search affidavit, calls it ‘roadmap’ to criminal investigation
CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department said in a new court filing Monday that it opposes an effort by multiple media organizations, including ABC News, to unseal the supporting affidavit behind the now-public se…
A fatwa against author Salman Rushdie led to more than 30 years of terror: a timeline
Sean Zanni/Patrick McMullan via Getty Images(LONDON and CAIRO) — Since 1989, when the Iranian supreme leader of the time, Ayatollah Khomeini, issued an apostasy fatwa against the Indian-British Salman Rushdie, it has not been just the “The Satanic Ver…
6th child tests positive for monkeypox in US: What parents should know
ABC News(NEW YORK) — As monkeypox continues to spread across the U.S., the number of children infected with the virus is growing as well.
At least six children have tested positive for monkeypox since July, including a child in Maine and two each in …
Trump-backed Kari Lake walks fine line with Ron DeSantis in Arizona
Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE(PHOENIX, Ariz.) — Republican candidate for Arizona governor Kari Lake, a former Phoenix news anchor who has seized the conservative spotlight in recent weeks, was careful not to forget former President Donald Trump when s…
Woman killed in alligator attack in South Carolina
Tom Wozniak / 500px / Getty Images(SUN CITY HILTON HEAD, S.C.) — A woman was killed in an apparent alligator attack in South Carolina on Monday, officials said.
The large alligator was spotted “near the edge of a pond” in Sun City Hilton Head, an adu…
1 year later, Republicans, Biden White House argue over Afghanistan withdrawal
prasit photo/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — On the one-year anniversary Monday of the Taliban’s takeover of Kabul, House Republicans and the Biden administration quarreled over who is to blame for the series of events that led to the Taliban victory and t…
More than 2 million infant rockers and swings recalled due to entanglement and strangulation hazards
Amanda Maile via GMA(NEW YORK) — More than 2 million infant rockers and swings have been recalled due to entanglement and strangulation hazards, leading to at least one death.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall Mond…
Alaska uses ranked-choice voting for first time in special election with Sarah Palin
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — On Tuesday, for the first time, Alaska voters will use ranked-choice voting — and it’ll be for a special general election to fill the state’s only House seat following the death of Republican Rep. Don Yo…
Burned-out employees are ‘quiet quitting’ their jobs: What to know about the trend
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When Paige West decided to scale back the amount of effort she was putting into her corporate job, she joined a growing workplace trend known as “quiet quitting.”
“When I was quiet quitting, I didn’t want…