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Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order allowing the U.S. to impose another level of sanction enforcement on Russia that will go after financial institutions that have indirectly allowed Russia to keep building its war arsenal. "The new executive order by the president will simply give us a tool that will allow us to go after financial institutions that failed to make the choice to either stop allowing their companies...

A young Palestinian injured in Israeli airstrikes arrives to be treated at Nasser Medical Hospital, Dec. 20, 2023, in Khan Yunis, Gaza. (Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- There are no more functioning hospitals in northern Gaza amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas conflict, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). During a briefing given to U.N. Geneva correspondents on Thursday, the WHO said that just nine out of 36 health facilities in Gaza are operating, all partially and all in t...

Idaho judge ruled that 16-year-old Tylee Ryan’s remains can now be released to her next of kin

Chris Sattlberger/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Inflation is falling toward normal levels, according to fresh data released Friday from the Federal Reserves preferred measure, the Personal Consumption Expenditures price index. The information is the latest in a string of good news for price increases, but a major disruption of global trade could threaten that progress, some experts said. Attacks on ships along a key route through the Suez Canal have forced freight companies to divert deliveries, sha...

Claire FolgerThe new film American Fiction touches on an array of things — race in America, family drama, personal and professional satisfaction. Jeffrey Wright stars as an author who makes a morally compromising choice with his work, and also a man dealing with the declining health of his mother. The Critics Choice and Golden Globe-nominated film expands into theaters nationwide December 22, and Wright tells ABC Audio he wanted to take on the role because he felt a strong connection to h...

Atlantic City has received a $2.32 million Transit Village grant from the state to buy 19 electric vehicles for the city’s Department of Public Works. According to the Press of Atlantic City, the vehicles include service vehicles, trash trucks, a passenger bus and a pickup. Vehicle charging stations will also be installed at the public ... Read more

Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a hearing at the Latah County Courthouse on June 27, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. -- Photo by August Frank-Pool/Getty Images(MOSCOW, Idaho) -- Prosecutors leading the case against Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last fall, are asking for his trial to be scheduled for the summer of 2024, and that the timeframe of the trial steers clear of the academic calendar for all area high schools and universities. In a new filing Thu...

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President Joe Biden meets with staff in the Oval Office, Tuesday, September 27, 2022. -- (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden announced Friday he was granting clemency to nearly a dozen people who have been serving long prison sentences for non-violent drug offenses. The president also announced he was signing a proclamation to pardon certain marijuana offenses, building on action he took back in 2022 to pardon thousands of Americans who had been convic...

Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Respiratory virus season has kicked off in the United States as Americans get ready to travel to celebrate the holidays. Flu and COVID-19 emergency department visits and hospitalizations are continuing to increase throughout the United States, while vaccination rates lag, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, levels are still elevated in many areas of the country, although CDC dat...