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ABC NewsRepublican presidential candidate Chris Christie said on Sunday that the U.S. should provide Israel with "everything that it needs to be able to take whatever actions it needs to take" in the wake of a large-scale attack by the militant group Hamas that shook the country and the region. Christie, a former New Jersey governor, told ABC "This Week" anchor George Stephanopoulos that his top priorities if he were president would be engaging allies in the region, such as J...

ABC NewsHundreds of people have died and thousands more are injured in Israel and Gaza after Hamas militants fired rockets from Gaza into Israel Saturday, Israeli authorities said. The Israeli Defense Forces have declared "a state of alert for war," according to a statement issued by the IDF early Saturday morning. Is there a travel advisory to Israel? The U.S. State Department is advising citizens to exercise increased caution if traveling to Israel or West Bank due to "terrorism...

Universal PicturesThe Exorcist: Believer, a direct sequel to the 1973 classic and the sixth film in the franchise, topped the North American box office, delivering an estimated $27.2 million in its opening weekend. The film -- starring country singer Jennifer Nettles, Fosse/Verdons Norbert Leo Butz and Ellen Burstyn, who reprises her role as Chris MacNeil from the original -- snatched up an estimated $17.9 million overseas, for a global haul of $45.1 million. That knocked, last weeks box of...

Catherine McQueen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- No Powerball jackpot winner was declared in Saturdays Powerball drawing which means the prize has soared to an estimated $1.55 billion for the next drawing. The winning numbers drawn for Saturdays jackpot were: 47, 54, 57, 60, 65 and red Powerball 19. The power play was 3. The Powerball jackpot was last hit in the July 19, 2023 drawing. There have now been 34 consecutive drawings with no jackpot wins. This is the first time back-to-back Powerball jackp...

Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Transplant centers across the United States are reporting more patients in need of a new liver than ever before, sometimes seeing double the number of patients needing transplants compared to pre-pandemic levels. In fact, alcohol-related liver disease has surpassed other conditions such as hepatitis C and fatty liver disease as the number one reason for liver transplants. The demographics have also changed. Historically, patients needing liver trans...

Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for FLCSofia Coppola missed an appearance promoting her newest film Priscilla to be with her mother, Eleanor Coppola. The films stars Jacob Elordi and Cailee Spaeny, who play Elvis and Priscilla Presley, fulfilled their scheduled appearances at a New York Film Festival press conference Friday, while producer Youree Henley read a statement from Sofia. “Im so proud to have our film at the New York Film Festival in my hometown,” Sofia said in her statemen...

Joel Carillet/Getty Images(GAZA) -- Over 100 Israelis have died and more than 900 were injured after rockets were fired from Gaza by Hamas militants, Israeli officials said Saturday. The Palestinian Health Ministry said 198 were killed in Gaza and at least 1,610 were injured Saturday in retaliatory attacks from Israel. At least 50 Israelis were being held hostage as of Saturday evening, the Israeli Command told ABC News. There is still ongoing fighting in at least four towns, the officials said....

Shutterjack/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A deaf man who says a truck driving company told him that they would not hire him because he couldnt hear won over $36 million in damages by a jury a month ago. Victor Robinson, who is in his 40s and has lived his whole life deaf, told ABC News that Werner Enterprises trucking company passed him in their commercial drivers license (CDL) training program, but when he applied for a job in 2016, the companys Vice President of Safety and Compliance Jamie Hamm, w...

TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Evelin Miranda first noticed something was off with her husband, Eddie, about 10 years ago, when he started picking her up from work late. Then, her son Miguel told her Eddie hadnt been paying bills on time. "Things just werent getting better," she told ABC News. "I was saying to myself, well, theres something wrong." Eddie was eventually diagnosed with Alzheimers disease in 2018. He lives at home, and Evelin is his fu...

Taylor Swift ProductionsHow high can the box office go for TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR? A week before its official premiere, AMC, the company distributing the movie, has announced that as of October 4, the film had sold more than $100 million worth of advance tickets globally. The film is set to open October 13 in nearly 8,500 theaters in 100 countries. TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR, which was filmed in August during one of Taylors shows in LA, will play at least four times per day on Thurs...