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D3sign/Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- The Dow Jones Industrial Average closed above 38,000 for the first time ever on Monday, setting a record high and capping a steady rise that stretches back to last week. The S&P 500 also reached a record high, closing at about 4,850. The tech-heavy Nasdaq inched up to 15,360 by the end of trading on Monday. The major stock indexes kicked off the year with sluggish performance but began to turn upward in the middle of last week. The recent surge follows a st...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. and U.K. on Monday staged airstrikes against multiple targets in Yemen aimed at stopping Iran-backed Houthi militants from attacking ships in the Red Sea. The White House has insisted the airstrikes have been effectives despite repeated Houthi attacks. This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

20th Century StudiosAs fans are figuratively pumped to see Hugh Jackman return as Wolverine in Deadpool 3, the Australian actor is literally getting pumped. The Logan actor took to Instagram over the weekend to once again share a video of him lifting weights in the gym, with veins showing in his arms and neck. "No days off - except for tomorrow," he captioned the post, adding #becomingwolverineagain. Fans took to the comments to share GIFs of Jackman as Wolverine, as well as a ...

Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A narrowly divided Supreme Court on Monday sided with the Biden administration in a tense dispute over the Texas-Mexico border and razor wire fencing installed by the state that had prohibited federal border agents from performing their duties. The court, by a vote of 5-4, cleared the way for federal agents to remove the wire, which administration officials and immigration advocates had called dangerous and inhumane. The Department of Homeland Security has...

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As a surge of respiratory viruses, including COVID-19 and influenza, continue to spread across the United States, experts are warning it could lead to a rise in cardiovascular complications. Weekly COVID hospitalizations are currently sitting at 32,861 for the week ending Jan. 13, lower than the week before but similar to levels seen in January 2023, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Similarly, there were 14,874 week...

ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, who endorsed Donald Trump after suspending his own Republican presidential campaign, on Sunday tried to downplay the former presidents inflammatory new attacks on former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haleys name and heritage. When pressed by ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz on Trumps intentional mispronunciations of Haleys first name -- Nimarata -- and elevation of a false conspiracy theory that she is unable to be presid...

Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images(KATY, Texas) -- Three people were killed and at least two people were injured during an overnight shooting at a home that may have been used as a short-term rental in Katy, Texas, law enforcement said. Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzalez said that reports for the shooting came in at about 2 a.m. Sunday morning, during a gathering that included up to about 20 people. Those who attended appear to have been in their 20s, officials said. One man and one woman were pronounced...

A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that governs Gaza, freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on southern Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians...

Jojo Whilden/ParamountThe Mean Girls movie musical topped the North American box office for the second week in a row, delivering an estimated $11.7 million, bringing its domestic total to $50 million. Its worldwide total is now at $66.2 million. The Beekeeper held on to second place, collecting an estimated $8.4 million, bringing its domestic box office tally to $31 million in its second week of release. The Jason Statham-led action thrillers global haul now stands at $75.3 million. Third pl...

Isabel Pavia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The Biden administration announced new steps Monday to expand access to contraception, abortion medication and emergency abortion care at hospitals on what would have been the 51st anniversary of Roe v. Wade. Its the latest attempt by the federal government to preserve abortion access and protect reproductive health care since the Supreme Courts decision in June 2022 to end federal protections for abortion rights. The initiatives are expected to be announce...