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(NEW YORK) -- There is evidence that the planet is healing amid massive efforts to mitigate climate change and fight biodiversity loss.Once-threatened species are rebounding, lawmakers are making policy changes that increase protections against harmful practices and preservation of ecosystems has come to the forefront, according to recent events.The wins, however, don't cancel out the realities that the planet continues to be on a tipping point. The world is currently […]

(NEW YORK) -- Nearly three weeks after American Lynette Hooker went overboard and disappeared in the Bahamas, an attorney for her husband Brian Hooker is asking the public "to give him the benefit of the doubt."Michigan-based attorney Crystal Marie Hauser told ABC News that Brian Hooker never would have harmed his wife of 25 years.Lynette Hooker has been missing since April 4. That evening, after the couple departed Hope Town […]

(WASHINGTON) -- Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. was pressed on cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), vaccine messaging and the firing of the former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) during a hearing on Tuesday.The hearing before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health marked the final session of four budget hearings before House lawmakers.Research cutsRep. Lizzie […]

The Carnival Horizon cruise ship sits docked in the Caribbean Sea at the Aruba Cruise Terminal, November 11, 2025, in Oranjestad, Aruba. Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (MIAMI) -- A 16-year-old boy charged as an adult with first-degree murder and aggravated sexual abuse in the death of his stepsister during a family cruise has pleaded not guilty, court records show.The teenager was due in court in Miami on Wednesday morning for his arraignment, though he […]

(PALM BEACH, Fla.) -- Mike Tyson, Tony Robbins, and President Donald Trump walk into Mar-a-Lago. It's not the setup to a joke -- it's a pitch to investors.On Saturday, all three men and 297 of the top holders of Trump's meme coin, called $TRUMP, are expected to convene for what organizers call "the most exclusive crypto & business conference in the world" at Trump's Florida estate -- the second such bid to boost interest in Trump's […]

(DILLEY, Texas) -- The wife and five children of the man suspected of throwing Molotov cocktails at a crowd of pro-Israel demonstrators last June were ordered released from federal custody by a judge on Monday.The family of the suspect, Mohamed Sabry Soliman, has been detained in immigration custody for more than 10 months at the family detention facility in Dilley, Texas.Eric Lee, an attorney representing Hayam El Gamal and her […]

Burbank police caption: Sergio Fraire has been arrested and booked for murder and attempted murder in Burbank, California, according to police. (Burbank PD) (BURBANK, Calif.) -- A man is in custody for allegedly stabbing a woman to death and stabbing and wounding her daughter, according to authorities in Los Angeles County, California.Officers responded around 6 a.m. Monday, to a house in Burbank where they found two women suffering from stab […]

The Department of Justice logo is displayed on May 6, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) -- The Southern Poverty Law Center is facing an investigation and potential criminal charges by the Justice Department, apparently stemming from its past use of paid informants, the organization's interim CEO said in a statement Tuesday. A Justice Department spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment from ABC News. "For 55 years, the […]

(SHREVEPORT, La.) -- As an investigation continued into the motive of Sunday's fatal shootings of eight children in Shreveport, Louisiana, allegedly by the father of seven of the victims, police officials released a timeline detailing the 68-minute massacre."April 19 ... will be written in the pages of history as one of the worst days that could have ever happened here in Shreveport," Chief Wayne Smith of the Shreveport Police Department […]