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Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice AssociationThe 29th annual Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, aired live on The CW from The Barker Hangar in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 14. Oppenheimer led the winners in the film categories, earning eight awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Best Cinematography for Hoyte van Hoytema, Best Editing for Jennifer Lame, Best Visual Ef...

Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a dispiriting sign of the times, barely more than a quarter of Americans say the American dream still holds true -- about half as many as said so 13 years ago. Defined as "if you work hard youll get ahead," just 27% in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say the American dream still holds, down sharply from 50% when the question first was asked in 2010. Eighteen percent now say it never held true, up from 4%. The rest, 52%, say the pr...

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(ELOY, Ariz.) -- Four people were killed and one person was critically injured when a hot air balloon crash-landed in the desert in Eloy, Arizona, on Sunday morning, the Eloy Police Department said. The crash happened in Pinal County, a rural desert area about five miles north of town, at 7:30 a.m. local time, Eloy Police said. The mayor of Eloy confirmed that a total of 13 people were in the hot air ballon at the time of the crash -- eight skydivers, four passenger...

Lacaosa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Run down, depressed, or trying to stay positive? Don’t reach for a tub of ice cream or a big bag of chips. There’s growing evidence that you can boost your mood with food, but it has to be the right food. Diet decisions that improve the rest of the body may also improve the brain’s outlook on the world. Overall healthy eating -- fruits, vegetables, healthy fats and whole grains -- has been linked in studies to lower risks of depression and even suicide. Nu...

Adamkaz/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- After months of hearing from presidential candidates, Iowans will face frigid temperatures Monday evening as they register their preferences in the first-in-the-nation Republican 2024 caucuses. In a state of a little more than 3 million people, the caucuses -- which can take hours to participate in -- usually attract just 150,000 to 250,000 Iowans. That small group of Americans has the very first say about who will go on to vie for the presidency. Ahead of caucu...

ABC NewsKurt Kreuger attended a presidential campaign event for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, on Thursday -- not that he felt it would make much of a difference. Kreuger, a 33-year-old from the city, is still deciding who to vote for in Mondays caucuses, which kick off the race for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination after months of candidates on the trail. Kreuger said hes leaning toward backing entrepreneur and commentator Vivek Ramaswamy but is seriousl...

UK Ministry Of DefenseWhile the Israeli army has gradually reduced the number of troops it has in northern Gaza, many residents and relief organizations said that part of the region had been largely isolated from humanitarian aid and is in dire need of help. "People are absolutely desperate," United Nations Relief and Works Agency Director of Communications Juliette Touma told ABC News. "Very, very little has been allowed to reach the north." The Israeli army has gradually dr...

ABC NewsA record-breaking Arctic cold snap is sweeping across much of the United States as the Great Lakes deal with heavy snow and the South prepares for a significant winter storm. Saturday brought record-breaking cold to much of the northern Plains, with Montana feeling the deepest chill. Chester, Montana, clocked in as the coldest spot in the nation when the temperature plunged to a mind-numbing minus 54 degrees. In Kansas City, Missouri, on Saturday, football fans braved negative-degree win...

Seng kui Lim / 500px /Getty Images(BOSTON) -- A group of Jewish students at Harvard University has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the school has "become a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment" and alleging the administration has failed to protect them. The lawsuit, on behalf of members of the Students Against Antisemitism Inc., was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boston and asks a judge to compel the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university to enforce rules alre...

On Jan. 11, 2024, at 2:30 a.m. (Sanaa time), U.S. Central Command forces, in coordination with the United Kingdom, and support from Australia, Canada, the Netherlands, and Bahrain conducted joint strikes on Houthi targets to degrade their capability to continue their illegal and reckless attacks on U.S. and international vessels and commercial shipping in the Red Sea. (U.S. Central Command)(YEMEN) -- The U.S. launched another retaliatory strike against Houthi militants in Yemen on Friday followi...