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ABC News(RAFAH AND LONDON) -- In the sand dunes above Rafah in southern Gaza, a ricochet of childrens laughter rings out, mixing with the unrelenting sound of Israeli reconnaissance drones. This odd combination can be heard most days as children from the tent city populated by the displaced gather to fly their kites, finding some joy amidst the horrors of war. "We just forget everything, we make kites and fly them, we forget the bombing," 12-year-old Oday Abu Odeh told ABC News. "...

Paramount+/Adrienn SzaboThe second season of Halo just got underway on Paramount+, and star Pablo Schreiber is psyched.  The actor plays Master Chief in the adaptation, and portraying the hero of the global phenomenon video game franchise can put you in the crosshairs with the fans. However, the actor tells ABC Audio that he takes all of it in stride. "From the moment I got this job ... I felt so honored to get to be the guy that brings this to life," Pablo says. He adds, "Th...

Kryssia Campos/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Conservationists said they have obtained the first-ever video of a baby spider monkey birth in the wild as the critically endangered species struggles to repopulate amid continued habitat loss. A baby brown-headed spider monkey named Anku was born on Jan. 22 in the Chocó, a tropical forest region in northwest Ecuador, Felipe Alfonso-Cortes and Nathalia Fuentes, co-founders of conservation group Proyecto Washu told ABC News. The first documentation of a w...

Two men found hanging from the third floor of a burning building were rescued in Atlantic City Thursday evening. The Press of Atlantic City reports firefighters came upon them arriving at a blaze on the 1500 block of Belfield Avenue. The pair were hanging out of the third-floor window, standing on top of the bay ... Read more

Ditto/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Honda and Acura recalled a combined 750,000 cars this week over an airbag defect, becoming the latest in a series of recalls this year that has touched carmakers from Tesla to Ford. The near-daily headlines warning of a recall amount to more than an eye-catching coincidence. Car recalls have surged in recent years, owing largely to the increased complexity of vehicles replete with electronic components that increase the likelihood of a malfunction, according to an...

Frazer Harrison/Getty ImagesMark Ruffalo was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, with his 13 Going on 30 co-star Jennifer Garner paying tribute to her longtime pal with a hilarious and heartfelt speech. Ruffalo, who scored his fourth Oscar nomination last month for his work in Poor Things, attended the event with his wife, Sunrise Coigney, and their three children: Keen, Bella and Odette. Garner, who 20 years ago starred opposite Ruffalo in the 2004 rom-com 13 Going on...

Scott Olson/Getty Images(DETROIT) -- Record warm winter weather is having severe ramifications on the ice cover that typically engulfs the Great Lakes at this time of year. Just 5.9% of the Great Lakes are currently covered with ice compared to an average of about 40% for this time of year, according to the latest Great Lakes ice analysis by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Warmer winters increase the likelihood of ice-free lakes, and the upper Midwest has experienced some o...

US President Joe Biden speaks in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 8, 2024. Photographer: Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden came out with a fiery defense against Special Counsel Robert Hurs report that questioned his mental acuity and suggested his memory could be "hazy." Speaking from the Diplomatic Reception Room at the White House on Thursday night, Biden addressed the issue, stati...

Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images(MOSCOW) -- Tucker Carlson, the former Fox News anchor and right-wing media personality, has recorded an interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Kremlin and Carlson. The interview, which has yet to air, would be the first interview Putin has granted to a Western journalist since he launched his full-scale invasion of Ukraine nearly two years ago. Carlson’s presentation of the interview has drawn intense criticism from ind...

35 year old Lewis Johnston from Pleasantville was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 17-year-old juvenile on the 2000 block of Blaine Avenue in 2020. On June 8, 2020, Johnson drove down to Atlantic City from Easton, PA to help his then-girlfriend Shaquana Lewis confront the parents of her daughter’s boyfriend after ... Read more