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ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S.-led retaliatory strikes launched against Iranian-backed Houthi militants in the Red Sea are intended to prevent future conflict, and the U.S. does not want to "go down a path of greater escalation," Gen. CQ Brown, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, told ABC News Chief Global Affairs Correspondent Martha Raddatz in an exclusive interview. Brown spoke with Raddatz as the Houthis stepped up their attacks Friday off the shores of Yemen, launching anti-...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For the last seven years, Rohingya Muslims in southeast Asia have been facing a never-ending nightmare that they say follows them to every place theyve fled. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar, where they were targeted in the countrys genocide of Muslims. The refugees said that, despite making the journey through treacherous terrain and waters, they are still at risk for violence, health problems and racism almost everywhere they go. Shahed, a Rohingya who...

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagicOscar nominee Colman Domingo has some very interesting projects coming up.  Variety reports Colman will star in and direct an upcoming biopic about legendary singer Nat King Cole. The actor revealed his involvement in the project during an appearance on Variety’s Awards Circuit podcast, sharing, “I’ve been working on it quietly for a few years. It’s something I’m looking forward to putting together with some great partners.” Domingo, who earned a Best A...

In this June 21, 2023, file photo, the Golden Pass LNG plant is shown under construction in Sabine Pass, Texas. -- picture alliance via Getty Images, FILE(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration announced a pause on applications for liquified natural gas export terminals on Friday to consider their impact on climate change, a major step coming from the world’s largest exporter of natural gas. The Department of Energy will be launching a review to determine how to factor in the impact of climat...

A cameraman takes footage of the painting Bildnis Fraeulein Lieser (Portrait of Miss Lieser) by Austrian artist Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918) during a press conference of the Kinsky Art Auction House in Vienna, Austria on January 25, 2024. (Photo by ROLAND SCHLAGER/APA/AFP via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- One of the last paintings done by the renowned Austrian artist Gustav Klimt has miraculously been found after vanishing nearly 100 years ago. The painting, titled Portrait of Fräulein Lieser, was fou...

ABC News(WASHNGTON) -- Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm can relate to Americans anxiety over electric vehicles. The former governor of Michigan and longtime EV owner (who currently drives a Ford Mach-E) says she has experienced her own challenges with public charging on road trips. She has heard from drivers who are reluctant to give up their eight-cylinder engines and large trucks and SUVs for an electric model. But she is convinced that more Americans will soon realize the benefits of owning...

Jose A. Bernat Bacete/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More rain is on the way as another winter storm takes aim at the southern and eastern United States. As of early Friday, a flood watch remains in effect for five states -- Alabama, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana and New York. Some of the flooding thats impacting the Midwest and the Northeast is due to the heavy rain on top of snow melt and ice jams. There are also numerous flood warnings issued from Texas to Ohio due to rainfall over the past few days ...

Darrin Klimek/Getty Images(ATMORE, Ala.) -- An Alabama man has become the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged role in the 1988 murder of Elizabeth Sennett. Her husband, Charles Sennett, allegedly hired someone -- who, in turn, hired two men, including Smith -- to kill his wife and make it look like a burglary gone wrong. Smith was to be executed in November 2022 via lethal injection, but, despite...

An exterior view of the Dunkin Donuts restaurant in Muncy, Pennsylvania, June 10, 2023. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Lactose intolerant coffee drinkers who opt for nondairy alternatives like soy, almond or oat milk in their drinks at Dunkin may pay as much as $2 more for the alternatives, which a new potential class-action lawsuit claims could constitute discrimination. The suit, filed last month in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Calif...

Mark Chivers/Getty Images(MOREHEAD CITY,  N.C.) -- Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued by researchers off the coast of North Carolina this week. The North Carolina State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology said it saved 36 cold-stunned sea turtles from Cape Lookout. While they took in 109 cold-stunned sea turtles, only 36 survived, the marine center said. The surviving turtles are being examined and treated. The turtles will then be transferred to the North Carolin...