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(NEW YORK) -- It’s been 100 years since the 1st modern rocket launched. Humans are heading back to the moonThe experiment lasted only two and a half seconds, but it ignited a century of space exploration that sent humans to low Earth orbit and eventually to the moon.On March 16, 1926, Robert H. Goddard launched the world’s first liquid-fueled rocket on a snowy farm in Massachusetts. Historians say that Goddard's […]

(NEW YORK) -- Several developments came out of Washington, D.C., regarding the war with Iran over the weekend as strikes continue across the Middle East and economic impacts are beginning to be felt domestically.  President Donald Trump and administration officials continued to comment on the timeline of the war, the possibility of a deal with Iran, securing the Strait of Hormuz and the release of oil reserves.The administration has maintained […]

(NEW YORK) -- The first of two storms has passed through the Great Lakes and is now moving through the northern tier of the Northeast, bringing widespread strong winds and snow from the eastern Great Lakes to northern New England.On Friday, wind gusts greater than 70 mph were reported in Ohio, Minnesota, Michigan and Indiana. Wind alerts remain in place from northeast Ohio and central Pennsylvania up to Upstate New […]

(NEW YORK) -- El Nino is increasingly likely to return later this year, bringing potentially significant impacts to our weather, the upcoming hurricane season and global temperature trends, though its timing and strength remain uncertain, experts told ABC News.The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) issued an El Nino Watch on Thursday, meaning that conditions are favorable for its development over the next six months. NOAA’s latest forecast puts the […]

(WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.) -- Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on people to "lower the temperature" and call out antisemitism following Thursday's attack on a Detroit-area synagogue that she said on Friday "could have looked a lot more like Sandy Hook" had it not been for security.And while the governor and other leaders said law enforcement is trying to comb through more evidence about the incident, more information is coming to light about […]

This image provided by the FBI Feb. 5, 2026, shows a missing person Nancy Guthrie. (FBI) (TUCSON, Ariz.) -- The FBI has recovered additional imagery from cameras at the Arizona home of Nancy Guthrie, the missing mother of "Today" show host Savannah Guthrie, sources briefed on the investigation told ABC News.The images were recovered in recent weeks from motion-activated cameras trained on the swimming pool, backyard and side yard, the […]

(NEW YORK) -- Six service members were killed when their refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command."All six crew members aboard a U.S. KC-135 refueling aircraft that went down in western Iraq are now confirmed deceased. The aircraft was lost while flying over friendly airspace March 12 during Operation Epic Fury," CENTCOM said Friday.The KC-135 aircraft went down at approximately 2 p.m. […]

(WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich.) -- Dearborn Heights Mayor Mo Baydoun said that 41-year-old Ayman Mohamad Ghazali -- the suspect involved in the shooting and vehicle-ramming attack at a Detroit-area synagogue on Thursday -- had “lost several members of his own family … in an Israeli attack on their home in Lebanon."Strongly condemning the attack, Baydoun said “everyone deserves to worship in peace and we must unequivocally condemn any attack on a […]

A Boeing C-135 Stratotanker / Stratolifter military aircraft known as KC-135 of the United States Air Force USAF configured as Air Tanker Transport for aerial refueling. (Photo by Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) -- Four service members were killed when their refueling aircraft "went down" in friendly airspace in western Iraq, according to U.S. Central Command."Four of six crew members on board the aircraft have been confirmed deceased […]