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Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday passed a short-term funding bill that averts a partial government shutdown that was expected late Friday night. The final vote tally was 77-13. The measure now heads to the president’s desk. The new funding deadlines for the government spending bills are now March 8 and March […]
(NEW YORK) — Half of Americans are burdened by the cost of housing, according to a recent Harvard study, officially capturing the grim reality facing renters nationwide. Marianne Smith, a 65-year-old Oklahoma resident, is one of them — paying about 35% of her income toward rent, she said in an interview with ABC News. “I […]
Get out your passport – it’s time to travel and eat again with Phil Rosenthal. A new season of his show Somebody Feed Phil drops Friday on Netflix, and this season Rosenthal journeys to Mumbai, Kyoto, Iceland, Dubai, Washington, D.C., Orlando, Taipei and Scotland. The Everybody Loves Raymond creator tells ABC Audio that one of his best […]
Al Pereira/Michael Ochs Archives The internet was sent into a frenzy when a photo of iconic girl group Destiny’s Child circulated in January. One of the four originating members, LaTavia Roberson, who posed alongside Beyoncé, Kelly Rowland, LeToya Luckett and Michelle Williams in the picture posted to Instagram, said that the long-awaited reunion was a “magical moment” for […]
(AMARILLO, Texas) — Several large wildfires continue to tear through northern Texas, including one that has grown into the largest blaze in state history. The Smokehouse Creek Fire that ignited in Hutchinson County remained active as of Thursday morning, having burned an estimated 1,075,000 acres and was just 3% contained, according to the Texas A&M […]
WFTV (ORLANDO, Fla.) — One person is dead and six others have suffered gunshot injuries stemming from a disagreement over when a vehicle was to be returned, which resulted in an exchange of gunfire between two groups in Orlando, Florida, police said. The six injured victims were transferred to the hospital and are now in […]
(SPARTA TOWNSHIP, PA.) — The predominantly Amish community in Spartansburg, Pennsylvania, is shocked and scared after a 23-year-old pregnant Amish woman was killed this week, a community member told ABC News. “Everyone is stunned — this doesn’t happen here,” said Charleen Hajec, a pharmacist who was born and raised in Spartansburg. “Everyone is talking. It’s […]
(LOS ANGELES) — The effects of the El Niño event currently bringing extreme moisture to the southwestern U.S. are expected to linger for months, with record heat recorded all over the world, scientists say. Several regions around the planet are expected to experience record-breaking average surface air temperatures through the summer as a result of […]
(AUSTIN, Texas) — A federal judge granted a preliminary injunction Thursday to temporarily prevent one of the strictest immigration bills in the country from going into effect in Texas on March 5. The law, known as SB 4, would authorize local and state law enforcement to arrest migrants they suspect crossed into the state illegally. […]
(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump are both visiting the southern border on Thursday, with the issue of the border and high rates of illegal immigration as a flashpoint between them in the race for the White House. The Biden campaign slammed Trump in a statement ahead of his border visit […]
