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© 2011 Dorann Weber/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Actress Felicity Huffman broke her silence on the college admissions scandal that gripped the nation four years ago, discussing serving 11 days in jail for paying to help get her daughter into college. In an exclusive interview with Los Angeles ABC station KABC, Huffman said she owes an apology to the academic community and students and families that sacrifice and work hard to get into college. "It was sort of like my daughters future, which me...

ATU Images/Getty Images(MASON, Ohio) -- A county in Ohio has recorded 142 cases of pediatric pneumonia since August, caused by a mix of known infections, including common cold, strep and a bacterial infection called mycoplasma pneumonia, according to a press release from the Warren County Health District. "We do not think this is a novel/new respiratory disease but rather a large uptick in the number of pneumonia cases normally seen at one time," the release stated. Some European count...

Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Marvel actor Jonathan Majors trial on domestic violence charges began Wednesday in New York. Majors, 34, faces misdemeanor assault and harassment charges stemming from an incident in March with his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Majors has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he could serve up to a year in prison. The actor entered criminal court early Wednesday in a long black coat and sunglasses accompanied by his girlfriend, actress Meagan Good, and hi...

Michael Siluk/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Thousands of employees at 13 non-union automakers -- including Tesla, Toyota, BMW and Nissan -- have moved to join the United Auto Workers, according to the union. Autoworkers are signing union cards online at the UAWs website as part of simultaneous campaigns across the 13 automakers, the union said Wednesday, calling it an "unprecedented move." "To all the autoworkers out there working without the benefits o...

Pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A four-day cease-fire between Hamas and Israel has been extended by two days, Qatari officials announced on Monday. Dozens of the more than 200 people taken hostage during Hamas Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel and held in war-torn Gaza for nearly two months were released over the last few days during the cease-fire. Fifty-eight hostages -- 40 Israelis and 18 foreign citizens -- have been released by Hamas, exchanged for 117 Palestinians released from Israeli...

Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on Wednesday warned about growing antisemitism in the U.S. and the "deep fear" he said Jewish people are experiencing. Schumer, the highest-ranking Jewish official in America, called the rise in antisemitism following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack on Israel a "crisis" in a more than 40-minute speech on the Senate floor. The United States has designated Hamas as a terrorist organization. "I have notice...

Majors, Good - Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty ImagesMajors, 34, faces misdemeanor assault and harassment charges stemming from an incident in March with his then-girlfriend, Grace Jabbari. Majors has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he could serve up to a year in prison. Majors entered criminal court early Wednesday in a long black coat and sunglasses accompanied by his girlfriend, actress Meagan Good, and his defense attorney, Priya Chaudhry. He appeared to be carrying a Bible in his left hand. Bef...

The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Progress in womens health since the 1960s is backsliding, with millennial and Gen Z women facing heightened risks to their physical well-being and safety compared to their moms or grandmothers, according to a report released on Thursday by the Population Reference Bureau. The analysis, which looked at how women in their 20s and early 30s fared across generations, found that women born after 1981 are more likely to be at risk of suicide, death in childbi...

Mustafa Hassona/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. is warning Israel to fight in a more targeted way once the pause ends in order to avoid displacing more Palestinians and worsening the humanitarian crisis, senior administration officials say. If the sort of displacement that happened in northern Gaza happens in the south -- where Israeli forces are now on the ground -- it would cause a crisis beyond the ability of any humanitarian support network, one official said on a call with...

Brynn Anderson-Pool/Getty Images(ATLANTA) -- Former President Jimmy Carter made a rare public appearance when he attended Tuesdays memorial service for his late wife, Rosalynn Carter, who died earlier this month. Jimmy Carter, who has been in hospice care since February, paid tribute to his wife -- who served as first lady from 1977 to 1981 -- at Glenn Memorial Church at Emory University in Atlanta. The 99-year-old former president had a new suit made Monday for the occasion, and was accompanie...