First stadium built for professional women's sports team going up in Kansas City
Kansas City (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — As the Women’s World Cup shines a global spotlight on women’s soccer, Kansas City, Missouri, is paying more permanent tribute to the sport. The first stadium in the world built for
New study shows alcohol deaths on the rise in women. What are the warning signs?
Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A new study is sounding the alarm about a rise in alcohol-related deaths, especially in women.
The investigation, published by JAMA’s Substance Use and Addiction on July 28, examined 605,948 alcohol-relat…
Wicked weather slams millions in US as storms snap heat wave on East Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Millions of people in the eastern United States awoke to cooler, drier air on Monday morning after blustery storms helped bring an end to the first heat wave of the season.
Over the weekend, severe storms swept through Virginia, …
In Brief: ‘Days’ production halted amid real-life misconduct drama, and more
Inga Swenson, best known for her role as Gretchen the Cook the ABC Soap spinoff Benson, died of natural causes after months of declining health at a Los Angeles board and care facility, the actress’ son Mark tells TMZ. She was 90. In addition to Benson…
Death toll rises to 54 after blast at Pakistan political gathering
KeithBinns/Getty Images(LONDON) — The death toll after an apparent suicide bombing in Pakistan has risen to 54, officials said on Monday.
No organization has yet taken responsibility for the apparent suicide bombing, which injured dozens of others wh…
Scoreboard roundup — 7/30/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Miami 8, Detroit 6 Colorado 2, Oakland 0 Seattle 4, Arizona 0 San Diego 5, Texas 3 San Francisco 4, Boston
Millions in Haiti starve as food, blocked by gangs, rots on the ground
Matt Rivers/ABC News(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) — Haiti is in the grips of a ravaging hunger crisis, where nearly five million Haitians — half of the country — do not get enough to eat on a daily basis.
Nearly two million people are in what the World F…
Haiti’s gang violence worsens humanitarian crisis amid political turmoil
KeithBinns/Getty Images(PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti) — When handing out machetes on the streets of Haiti to people who’ve never really used them, it’s important to wrap up the blades.
They’re really sharp, and it’s easy to hurt yourself, says Mertil Marcel…
Mar-a-Lago property manager does not enter plea in classified documents probe
Scott Olson/Getty Images(MIAMI) — The newest defendant charged as part of the classified documents case brought by special counsel Jack Smith against former President Donald Trump made his initial appearance in Miami federal court Monday morning on th…
Harris raises alarm about abortion restrictions but has ‘faith in the people of America’
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Vice President Kamala Harris called out leaders in several states who she says have been diminishing the reproductive rights of women after last year’s Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, but she expressed some hope th…