A major coastal storm is expected to blow through the Northeast Sunday into Monday, arriving exactly five years after Superstorm Sandy devastated the area. On Saturday, the storm system — which is expected to be significantly less powerful than Sandy — is forecast to spread heavy rain across Florida, after […]
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ANALYSIS: Catalonia’s fateful independence vote was spurred by Spain’s rigidity
They did it. Catalonia’s regional parliament voted this afternoon to secede from Spain. The vote in the 135-seat parliament was 70 yes and 10 no with two blank ballots. Members of three pro-Spain opposition parties, after bitterly attacking the independence resolution, boycotted the motion and walked out of the chamber […]
Dueling votes in Madrid, Barcelona over Catalan independence
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 […]
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 […]