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Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- German automaker Mercedes-Benz has seen its share of the U.S. luxury market slip as customers traded in their V8 sedans and sport utility vehicles for Teslas. Now, the company is following in Teslas footsteps by building out its own charging network, accelerating its electrified fleet and adding Level 3 autonomous driving technology to its vehicles. Mercedes goal is simple: Become the "most desirable electric vehicle luxury brand," acco...

Nick Ansell/PA Images via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Two members of a climate activist group were arrested and charged Friday for allegedly defacing an art exhibit at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., during a protest last month. Timothy Martin of North Carolina, and Joanna Smith of New York, both 53, surrendered to authorities after they were indicted on conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States and injury to a National Gallery of Art exhibit, according to the U...

DOD/108th Public Affairs Detachment(KUWAIT CITY) -- An American soldier was killed in a non-combat rollover accident in Kuwait, U.S. officials said late Friday. Spc. Jayson Reed Haven, 20, of Aiken, South Carolina, died from a rollover accident that occurred in a non-combat situation on Thursday at Camp Buehring in the northwestern desert of Kuwait, about 20 miles from the southern border of Iraq. The fatal incident remains under investigation, according to a press release from the U.S. Departm...

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images, FILE(UVALDE, Texas) -- A year after the shooting at Robb Elementary School that left 21 people dead, some families in Uvalde, Texas, are troubled that the authorities still have not finished investigating the events of that day, including the botched police response. "We feel theres no justice for the fallen 21 — accountability," said Jessica Orona, whose 10-year-old son, Noah, was shot but survived the attack. "I think thats what hurts the most...

Tom Soufi Burridge/ABC News(WASHINGTON) -- Earlier this week, an unknown number of heavily armed soldiers stormed over Ukraine’s north-eastern border with Russia. At around the same time, Russian media reported explosions inside Belgorod. Russian officials later said Ukrainian artillery was used to fire into Belgorod. The official version of events from the Ukrainian side is that only Russian nationals, belonging to two far-right paramilitary groups, were involved in the assault. So far there ...

Walt Disney PicturesThe live action remake of The Little Mermaid is expected to easily swim to the top of the box office in its debut this weekend. The film stars Halle Bailey in the lead role, and when her casting was announced there was some grumbling from anonymous corners of the internet about an African-American woman getting the role. Daveed Diggs voices Sebastian the crab in the film, and he thinks the diversity celebrated in the film is a beautiful thing, telling ABC Audio, "Th...

JazzIRT/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- With Memorial Day weekend travel underway, U.S. airports recorded the highest number of passengers on Thursday since before the COVID-19 pandemic began. The Transportation Security Administration said it screened 2,658,057 people at checkpoints across the country on Thursday, the highest daily number since 2019. Even more passengers could be screened on Friday. According to AAA, airports could see the busiest Memorial Day weekend since 2005. Nearly 3.4 million p...

Courtesy Reanna Bendzak(NEW YORK) -- A mom in Canada is sharing a warning about eating and drinking outdoors as summer approaches. Reanna Bendzak said she, her husband and their two children were at an outdoor barbecue in March when she gave her then-7-month-old daughter a piece of celery to chew on. "Our daughter was cutting her second tooth, so we gave her a piece of celery to chew on, just to help soothe those gums," Bendzak, who asked that her daughters name not be used, told ABC N...

Warner Bros. PicturesMargot Robbie teases whats to come in the upcoming Barbie movie in Vogues new summer issue. The actress, who stars as the titular doll and is also producing the film through her production company, LuckyChap Entertainment, told the outlet that recognizing the iconic brands impact was important, along with recognizing those who arent fans of it. "We of course would want to honor the 60-year legacy that this brand has," she said in the cover story. "But we have ...

Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Biden administration is investigating claims that American munitions initially supplied to the Ukrainian government have been used in a rare cross-border attack on Russia by groups of anti-Kremlin assailants, U.S. officials said on Wednesday. "Were looking into those reports that the U.S. equipment and vehicles could have been involved," White House National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby told reporters. Matthew Miller, the St...