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Bill OLeary/The Washington Post via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) confirms to ABC News it is "looking into" accusations that several members of an agency team tasked with COVID-19 pandemic analysis were paid off "significant" hush money in order to buy a shift in their position about where the virus came from -- but the agency emphasized it does not pay its analysts to reach particular conclusions. "At [the] CIA we are committed to th...

Brais Seara/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Boreal forests in regions all over the world have been experiencing the worst wildfires in recorded history in 2023, according to new research. Record-breaking wildfires have been especially scorching boreal forests across the Northern Hemisphere this year, according to a report released Wednesday by Copernicus, the European Unions climate change service. In Canada, which broke the record in late June for wildfire smoke emissions released in a single year, w...

SDI Productions/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- California is making history with a first-of-its-kind bill to ban four harmful chemicals from candy, cereals, salad dressings and other processed foods, legislation that will soon hit Gov. Gavin Newsoms desk to be signed into law. However, the bill spares one of Americas favorite candies. The California Food Safety Act, AB 418, passed in the state legislature on Tuesday after first passing in the Assembly earlier this spring with approval from the health...

Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Bidens son Hunter Biden has been indicted by special counsel David Weiss on felony gun charges. The charges bring renewed legal pressure on the younger Biden after a plea agreement he struck with prosecutors imploded in recent months. The younger Biden has been charged with two counts related to false statements in purchasing the firearm and a third count on illegally obtaining a firearm while addicted to drugs. The two counts of ...

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A surge of work stoppages this year involving hundreds of thousands of employees has drawn attention to bold demands over wage increases and benefits as unions pursue raises that outpace rapid price hikes. However, at a moment when a tight job market affords unions considerable leverage, many workers out on strike have also advocated terms for the adoption of technology that could shape their workplaces for years or even decades, according to ABC New...

Fulton County Sheriffs Office(ATLANTA) -- Lawyers for attorney Kenneth Chesebro on Tuesday filed a motion to dismiss the charges against him in the Georgia election interference case, arguing that his actions were "justified" because he was acting "within his capacity as a lawyer" for the Trump campaign. "Mr. Chesebro, being an expert in constitutional law, acted within his capacity as a lawyer in researching and finding precedents in order to form a legal opinion which...

Mark Ruffalo, Edward Norton, Julianne Moore, and Joaquin Phoenix were among 200-plus filmmakers who signed an open letter to Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey to protest the festivals sponsor Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). According to Deadline, the stars blasted the institution as a "world-leading enabler of fossil fuel extraction" and its alleged, "indiscriminate enabling of projects" on Indigenous lands... Netflixs beloved dramedy, Sex Education, dropped ...

Bgwalker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than 5,200 people are believed to have died in devastating floods across eastern Libya, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said Tuesday. Another 10,000 people are believed to be missing, according to Tamer Ramadan, Libya envoy for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. "The death toll is huge," Ramadan said during a press briefing on Tuesday. In just the city of Derna, the worst hit area, at least 700 people ...

Евгения Матвеец/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With kids back in school, COVID hospitalizations on the rise across the country and flu season right around the corner, health experts say now is the time to get young people vaccinated. In addition to COVID-19 and flu, another respiratory virus, RSV, is also circulating, according to Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, a primary care pediatrician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. "Most kids are going back to school,...

Win McNamee/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced he was ordering House Republicans to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, alleging a "culture of corruption" involving him and his family. McCarthy had signaled the impeachment inquiry for weeks, but his announcement Tuesday comes at a time when he is facing mounting pressure from GOP hard-liners, who threaten to oust him if he doesnt follow through on a Biden impeachment. While Democr...