ABC News has confirmed that Joe Biden will announce he’s entering the 2020 race Thursday morning in a video. The move will mark Biden’s third run for the presidency and he enters the crowded Democratic field in the top spot in several polls. Biden brings a long career in public […]
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Teen activist says future has been stolen by climate change
Teenage climate change activist Greta Thunberg has accused adults of stealing young people’s future as she met senior British politicians at Parliament. The 16-year-old Swede, who has sparked a global wave of youth environment protests, met Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn and other lawmakers Tuesday. She told a meeting in […]
Winner of $768 million Powerball jackpot to be revealed
The winner of last month’s $768.4 million Powerball jackpot is set to come forward on Tuesday. The winning ticket was sold in March at a Speedway in New Berlin, about 15 miles west of Milwaukee. The jackpot — the third-largest in U.S. history at $768.4 million — has a lump […]
Palace: Trump to pay state visit to Britain in June
U.S. President Donald Trump will pay a state visit to Britain in June as a guest of Queen Elizabeth II, Buckingham Palace said Tuesday. The palace said Trump and his wife, Melania, had accepted an invitation from the queen for a visit that will take place June 3-5. Though many […]
WATCH: Democrats divided over impeaching Trump
Now Playing: Will Trump be impeached? Now Playing: Democrats divided on how to proceed after Mueller report Now Playing: Democrats navigate how to respond to Mueller report Now Playing: Death toll in Sri Lanka terror attack rises to at least 310 Now Playing: Democrats divided over impeaching Trump Now Playing: […]
Southern Plains brace for more severe weather, flooding
Severe storms moved through western Texas and parts of the Midwest overnight, delivering hail, damaging winds, flooding and at least two reported tornadoes. Although the system is moving out of the Midwest, it will continue to soak the South, especially Texas today — more severe storms and floods are predicted. […]
‘Start Here’: Sri Lanka bombings blamed on Islamist group, SCOTUS hears census case
It’s Tuesday, April 23, 2019. Let’s start here. 1. ‘They must’ve had help’ Authorities in Sri Lanka have made more than 20 arrests after a series of bomb attacks in churches and hotels killed at least 310 and injured hundreds more on Easter Sunday. “The army are positioned outside our […]
United Airlines CEO says the time has come to stop shrinking seats
United Airlines CEO Oscar Munoz thinks airlines are reaching a breaking point with shrinking seat sizes. “I think we are nearing a point certainly that we can’t do that anymore,” he told ABC News’ Senior Transportation Correspondent David Kerley. Munoz acknowledged having to stay competitive with peers and match many […]
‘New IRA’ admits killing N Ireland journalist Lyra McKee
An Irish Republican Army splinter group has admitted that one of its “volunteers” killed journalist Lyra McKee, who was shot dead while reporting on rioting in Londonderry. In a statement issued Tuesday to the Irish News, the New IRA offered “full and sincere” apologies to McKee’s family and friends. The […]
‘They don’t know what they took’: Father of US boy killed in Sri Lanka speaks out
An 11-year-old Washington, D.C., boy was among at least four American citizens who were killed in a series of terrorist attacks at churches and hotels in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday. Kieran Shafritz de Zoysa, a fifth grader at Sidwell Friends School in D.C., was attending an Easter breakfast buffet […]