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Ghislaine Maxwell and Jeffrey Epstein are seen in one of the images released by the US Department of State. (The US Justice Department / Handout /Anadolu via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Ghislaine Maxwell, the convicted co-conspirator of the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, is again asking a federal judge in New York to vacate her sex trafficking conviction and release her from prison.Maxwell submitted her new request, which she […]

A general view of Times Square on October 09, 2025 in New York City. (Emilee Chinn/Athlos/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- A baby girl was found abandoned in a stroller in New York City's Times Square, and a search is underway for the child's father, authorities said.Police responded to a report of an abandoned baby by West 44th Street and Seventh Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Tuesday night.The 1-year-old girl was […]

A captured rattlesnake is held with snake tongs by Jason Magee of OC Snake Removal in Mission Viejo on Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (Photo by Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images) (MENDOCINO, Calif) -- A 78-year-old woman has died from snake bites in Northern California, marking the third deadly snake bite victim in the state this year.The woman was walking in a rural area in Redwood Valley on […]

(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 […]