Spain faced a territorial showdown Friday with dueling votes over the future of Catalonia. Lawmakers in the regional parliament voted to secede and establish an independent Catalan Republic — an extraordinary move met moments later by a Spanish Senate vote to authorize the government to take control of the prosperous […]
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JFK files: British newspaper got mystery call before killing
A British newspaper received an anonymous phone call about “big news” in the United States minutes before President John F. Kennedy was shot, newly released files on the assassination say. A batch of 2,800 declassified documents includes a memo from the CIA to the director of the FBI, dated Nov. […]
WATCH: Snow and wind whipping in Minnesota
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WATCH: Exhibition devoted to Prince opens in London
Now Playing: Pop Superstar Prince Dead at 57 Now Playing: Sheila E. discusses her new album, ‘Iconic: Message 4 America’ Now Playing: ‘GMA’ Hot List: ‘Croissant crisis’ looms in France Now Playing: ‘Stranger Things’ fans go Upside Down for Halloween as season 2 drops Now Playing: Boy bullied for Irish […]
Political analyst Mark Halperin faces new sexual harassment allegations
Political analyst Mark Halperin is seeing career fallout as more women have come forward alleging the “Game Change” author sexually harassed them. MSNBC announced it has removed Halperin from his role as a political contributor at the network. The book Halperin was working on about the 2016 presidential election has […]
Nearly half of refugees still blocked under Trump’s new ban
With a new ban on refugees from 11 countries, except in certain cases, the White House is blocking nearly half of all refugees admitted into the U.S. each year, according to data collected by ABC News. It’s a change to the U.S.’s longstanding refugee admissions program that may mean its […]
Delta flight from Atlanta makes emergency landing in Canada after engine trouble
A Delta flight from Atlanta to the Netherlands was forced to make an emergency landing in Newfoundland late Thursday after suffering what the airline termed an “engine performance issue.” Delta Flight 70 took off at 3:31 p.m. and was expected to make a landing in Amsterdam just before 6 a.m. […]
JFK assassination files show Hoover’s frustration over Oswald’s death, USSR reaction
The National Archives released more than 2,800 previously classified or redacted records related to the 1963 assassination of President John F. Kennedy Thursday evening, but will withhold some of the records due to national security concerns, according to a memo from President Donald Trump. The documents related to the investigation […]
Defense Secretary James Mattis visits Korean DMZ amidst nuclear tension
U.S. Defense Secretary James Mattis visited Friday morning the heavily fortified border between North Korea and South Korea known as the Demilitarized Zone amid heightened tensions over the North’s nuclear program and the war of words between President Trump and Kim Jong Un. At the DMZ, Mattis was briefed at […]
Trump administration moves forward on Russia sanctions following four-week delay
The Trump administration broke its silence on new Russia sanctions Thursday, sending to Capitol Hill a list of Russian entities that it will sanction individuals for doing business with, following a four-week delay that infuriated senior members of Congress. The State Department‘s delivery — a list and technical guidance regarding […]