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Kevin Winter/Getty Images for Critics Choice AssociationThe 29th annual Critics Choice Awards, hosted by Chelsea Handler, aired live on The CW from The Barker Hangar in Los Angeles on Sunday, January 14. Oppenheimer led the winners in the film categories, earning eight awards including Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor for Robert Downey Jr., Best Acting Ensemble, Best Director for Christopher Nolan, Best Cinematography for Hoyte van Hoytema, Best Editing for Jennifer Lame, Best Visual Ef...

Thinkstock Images/Getty Images(ELOY, Ariz.) -- Four people were killed and one person was critically injured when a hot air balloon crash-landed in the desert in Eloy, Arizona, on Sunday morning, the Eloy Police Department said. The crash happened in Pinal County, a rural desert area about five miles north of town, at 7:30 a.m. local time, Eloy Police said. The mayor of Eloy confirmed that a total of 13 people were in the hot air ballon at the time of the crash -- eight skydivers, four passenger...

Lacaosa/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Run down, depressed, or trying to stay positive? Don’t reach for a tub of ice cream or a big bag of chips. There’s growing evidence that you can boost your mood with food, but it has to be the right food. Diet decisions that improve the rest of the body may also improve the brain’s outlook on the world. Overall healthy eating -- fruits, vegetables, healthy fats and whole grains -- has been linked in studies to lower risks of depression and even suicide. Nu...

Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/ Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a dispiriting sign of the times, barely more than a quarter of Americans say the American dream still holds true -- about half as many as said so 13 years ago. Defined as "if you work hard youll get ahead," just 27% in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll say the American dream still holds, down sharply from 50% when the question first was asked in 2010. Eighteen percent now say it never held true, up from 4%. The rest, 52%, say the pr...

KeithBinns/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- A U.S. fighter aircraft shot down a missile fired toward an American warship from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen, U.S. military officials said. The USS Laboon was fired on in the Southern Red Sea at about 4:45 p.m. on Sunday, U.S. Central Command said on social media. "The missile was shot down in vicinity of the coast of Hudaydah by U.S. fighter aircraft," officials said. "There were no injuries or damage reported." The missile launc...

Henrik5000/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Iowas first-in-the-nation caucuses are on Monday night. The Republican caucuses will be held at 7 p.m. CST -- or 8 p.m. EST -- at precinct locations in all 99 counties. Voters must be registered as a Republican to participate and bring a valid form of ID. They can register to vote or register as a Republican in person at their caucus location that night. The Democratic caucuses will also be held on Monday, though this time no presidential preference will take...

ABC NewsThe 2024 primary season begins with Donald Trump well ahead of his Republican opponents on key measures of popularity, while Joe Bidens job approval rating has dropped to a low for any president in the past 15 years, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll finds. With the Iowa caucuses Monday, the national survey finds Trump especially well rated by Republicans and Republican-leaning independents on three metrics: having the best chance to win in November, being a strong leader and being the partys mo...

ThePerryNews.comThe Iowa high school principal who was shot and wounded while trying to protect his students during a school shooting earlier this month has died from his injuries, according to the school district. Perry High School Principal Dan Marburger was among seven people injured in the Jan. 4 shooting. One student, 11-year-old sixth grader Ahmir Jolliff, was killed, authorities said. The suspected shooter -- a student at the high school -- died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound...

ABC NewsAll of the Ecuador prison guards and administrative employees who were being held by inmates were released, the country’s prison agency said Saturday night. As nationwide civil unrest unfolded in Ecuador, a total of 178 employees were taken hostage on Monday in at least five different prisons, according to the SNAI prisons agency. According to SNAI, one prison guard had been killed in the El Oro prison. The guards and staffers were being held by inmates in detention facilities in Azuay...

Seng kui Lim / 500px /Getty Images(BOSTON) -- A group of Jewish students at Harvard University has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the school has "become a bastion of rampant anti-Jewish hatred and harassment" and alleging the administration has failed to protect them. The lawsuit, on behalf of members of the Students Against Antisemitism Inc., was filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court in Boston and asks a judge to compel the Cambridge, Massachusetts, university to enforce rules alre...