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SolStock/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Four years since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, new data shows how severely the pandemic impacted young peoples mental health, particularly girls.During the pandemic, there was an increase in severe emergency room psychiatric visits for children and teens, including for conditions like bipolar disorder, substance abuse disorders, and schizophrenia, according to research published in the journal Academic Emergency Medicine.In addition, mental health-rela...

Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden spoke on the phone Tuesday with Chinese President Xi Jinping, their first conversation since meeting last November in California.The two leaders were set to speak about climate change, the economic relationship between the U.S. and China as well as progress on artificial intelligence and countering illegal drug flow, such as fentanyl, according to a senior administration official.Officials downplayed expectations ahead of...

Dave Benett/WireImageChance Perdomo, one of the stars of Prime Videos The Boys spinoff Gen V, died in a motorcycle accident Friday, his family and representatives announced Saturday.Perdomo was 27."His passion for the arts and insatiable appetite for life was felt by all who knew him, and his warmth will carry on in those who he loved dearest," his family and representatives said. "We ask to please respect the familys wish for privacy as they mou...

Getty Images - STOCK(NEW YORK) -- Gas prices have surged higher at the outset of 2024, stressing household budgets and complicating efforts to cool inflation.Since the beginning of the year, the average national price for a gallon of unleaded regular gas has jumped nearly 14%, amounting to an increase of more than 40 cents per gallon, according to AAA data shared with ABC News.In some states, prices have climbed dramatically over the past month. In Utah, the average price of a gallon of gas has ...

Former FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried arrives for a bail hearing at Manhattan Federal Court on August 11, 2023 in New York City. -- Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Former crypto entrepreneur Sam Bankman-Fried told ABC News in an exclusive interview that he is remorseful for his actions that last week resulted in a 25-year prison sentence for fraud."Its most of what I think about each day," he said.Bankman-Frieds sentence capped off a 17-month saga that began in November 2022 w...

Brendon Thorne/Getty Images for AFI(NEW YORK) -- Rebel Wilson is getting candid about her weight loss journey.During her interview with The Sunday Times, the Pitch Perfect star shared she has tried weight loss drug Ozempic as one of the methods to help maintain her size.Discussing the medication, which use has skyrocketed in popularity over the past year, Wilson told the outlet, "Someone like me could have a bottomless appetite for sweets, so I think those drugs can be good."Noting tha...

KOLOTwo people were killed as a single-engine plane crashed while attempting to land in Truckee, California, on Saturday, local airport and law enforcement officials said.The Daher TBM 900 took off from Denver, Colorado, on Saturday afternoon, according to aircraft tracker FlightAware.The aircraft crashed at about 6:38 p.m. "near the area of Glenshire Drive and Olympic Blvd.," a crossroads northwest of the Truckee Tahoe Airport, police said in a statement."At this time there is no...

ABC News"Eclipse Across America," will air live Monday, April 8, beginning at 2 p.m. ET on ABC, ABC News Live, National Geographic Channel, Nat Geo WILD, Disney+ and Hulu as well as network social media platforms.Millions of people across North America will soon be gathering to watch the historic total solar eclipse on April 8.While it may be enticing to observe the sun slowly covered, and eventually completely blocked, by the moon, doing so with the naked eye can lead to long-lasting,...

Pentagon Press Secretary U.S. Air Force Maj. Gen. Pat Ryder. Via Joseph Clark/Department of Defense(WASHINGTON) -- The United States hasnt given Israel every weapon it has asked for as it continues military operations against Hamas in Gaza, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff told reporters on Thursday."Although weve been supporting them with capability, theyve not received everything theyve asked for," Gen. CQ Brown said at an event hosted by the Defense Writers Group,That is pa...

NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Friday marks a year since Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich was arrested in Russia. The first American reporter to be imprisoned by Moscow since the Cold War, he remains trapped in jail while the United States struggles to find a deal with Russia to free him.Gershkovich, 32, has now spent 12 months in Moscows Lefortovo Prison on espionage charges that his newspaper, dozens of leading international media organizations and the U.S. go...