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KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Iranian-backed militants killed three American service members and wounded several others in an aerial drone attack in Jordan near the Syrian border, President Joe Biden announced on Sunday. Biden said in a statement that the U.S. is "still gathering the facts" surrounding the "wholly unjust attack" that occurred Saturday night. The president praised the killed service members for being "unwavering in their bravery. Unflinching in ...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Fifteen million Americans are under flood watch and eight million are facing winter and snow alerts Sunday as a coastal storm drenching the Northeast is predicted to downpour for most of the day. What’s falling from the sky depends on where you are and when. The dynamic storm is running into just enough cold air to help change the rain to wet snow, especially in the higher elevations. Winter weather advisories are in effect for several locations in the Northeast with an ...

Atlantic County Prosecutor William Reynolds has called for the commissioning of an independent study on the issue of police staffing. The Press of Atlantic City reports the city has 297 police officers, Reynolds said during the city’s Clean and Safe meeting Friday morning, and 30 new officers on the way, which would increase that number ... Read more

Stephen Maturen/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Muslim and Arab American leaders in Michigan canceled a meeting with President Joe Bidens campaign team amid increasing opposition to his administrations response to the Israel-Hamas war, multiple people tell ABC News. "Were dumbfounded," the National Executive Director of The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, Abed Ayoub, told ABC News. "Why does this administration still believe that were just going to be willing to meet with...

Warner Bros. PicturesAfter picking up eight Oscar nominations earlier this week, Barbie is back in theaters. The exclusive one-week engagement kicks off Friday, January 26. In an announcement, Warner Bros. president of domestic distribution, Jeff Goldstein, and the studios head of international distribution, Andrew Cripps, said, "Weve said it before and we’ll say it again, weve never seen anything like the absolute cultural phenomenon that is Barbie." Their joint statement continues,...

Koichi Kamoshida/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As car prices have climbed in recent years, bright-colored signs at dealerships and boldface headlines have blared warnings to buyers. But less attention has been paid to the jump in price for a stiff expense that comes along with the vehicle: insurance. Car insurance rates have climbed 36% since January 2020, according to an ABC News analysis of consumer price data released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Within the past year alone, rates for car in...

Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll additional damages for defaming her in 2019 when he denied her allegations of sexual assault. Last year, in a separate trial, a jury determined that Trump was liable for sex...

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- For the last seven years, Rohingya Muslims in southeast Asia have been facing a never-ending nightmare that they say follows them to every place theyve fled. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have fled Myanmar, where they were targeted in the countrys genocide of Muslims. The refugees said that, despite making the journey through treacherous terrain and waters, they are still at risk for violence, health problems and racism almost everywhere they go. Shahed, a Rohingya who...

Bilanol/Getty Images/STOCK(NEW YORK) -- The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is warning clinicians to remain on alert for measles cases due to a growing number of infections. Between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles including seven cases from international travelers and two outbreaks with five or more infections each, according to an email sent this week. Cases have been reported in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Washingt...

Ocean City Council unanimously approved an ordinance raising the cost for permits and imposing new limits on where buskers can play. According to the Press of Atlantic City, performers will now need a $200 permit and will be kept from the busiest areas of the Boardwalk, limited instead to two performance areas which each include ... Read more