Asian elephants have lost 64% of their suitable habitat, scientists say
Mother and calf elephants inhabit a dry deciduous forests in Sri Lanka. — Shermin de Silva(NEW YORK) — Habitats for Asian elephants have decreased by more than 64% across the continent, equating to about 3.3 million square kilometers — more than 850…
One-third of US teen girls seriously considered attempting suicide in 2021: CDC
Elva Etienne/Getty Images(ATLANTA) — The number of teenage girls experiencing suicidal thoughts and behaviors increased during the second year of the pandemic, new federal data showed.
The percentage of high school female students who seriously consi…
Massachusetts man accused of killing missing wife allegedly thought she was having an affair
ABC (QUINCY, Mass.) — Massachusetts man Brian Walshe pleaded not guilty on Thursday to killing his wife, mother of three Ana Walshe, who has been missing since New Year’s Day.
Brian Walshe was indicted by a grand jury last month for murder, misleadin…
Bob Odenkirk saved Carol Burnett from an untimely death on ‘Better Call Saul’
(L-R) Peter Gould, Burnett, Gilligan, Rhea Seehorn, Odenkirk — Greg Lewis/AMC/Sony Pictures TelevisionCarol Burnett owes her life — or at least her Better Call Saul character’s life — to series star Bob Odenkirk.
Burnett, who joined the sixth and f…
Famous Wendy’s chili now coming to the canned aisle in grocery stores
Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — An iconic Wendy’s menu item will soon be available to consumers without pulling up to a drive-thru window.
On Wednesday, Wendy’s announced a partnership with Conagra Brands to bring its beloved chili…
Jerry Springer, former mayor who transformed daytime TV, dead at 79
Slaven Vlasic/Getty ImagesJerry Springer, the former mayor of Cincinnati, Ohio, whose eponymous daytime show transformed talk television, has died, ABC News has confirmed. He was 79.
According to his rep, Springer “died peacefully Thursday at his home…
Fed Chair Jerome Powell duped by Russian tricksters pretending to be Zelenskyy on prank call
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell spoke over the phone with two Russian pranksters falsely posing as Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, the central bank confirmed to ABC News on Thursday.
The inci…
South Korea’s Yoon addresses joint meeting of Congress amid state visit
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol touted his country’s longstanding partnership with the United States in an address before a joint meeting of Congress on Thursday.
Yoon, who received a st…
Unleash the ‘Beasts’: Paramount drops new trailer to ‘Transformers: Rise of the Beasts’
Paramount PicturesOn Thursday, Paramount Pictures dropped an action-packed trailer for its June 9 release, Transformers: Rise of the Beasts.
Set in 1994, the movie has In The Heights’ Anthony Ramos as a human caught in the middle of an intergalactic c…
Gov. Jim Justice to announce W.Va. Senate bid, setting up potential ‘nailbiter’ with Joe Manchin
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice is set to announce a Senate campaign on Thursday afternoon, setting up a potential challenge to incumbent Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin, who has not yet said if he’ll…