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Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has been hospitalized at a military hospital since Monday night due to complications resulting from a recent elective medical procedure, the Pentagon announced Friday night. "On the evening of January 1, Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III was admitted to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center for complications following a recent elective medical procedure," Pentagon Press Secretary Maj. Gen. Pat Ryd...

ABC News/Plant(NEW YORK) -- Beginning in December, after the end of the temporary truce between Israel and Hamas, the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) expanded its ground operation in Gaza — both in the south, and more recently, in the central region of the territory. This has also resulted in more evacuation warnings for civilians in areas of combat, and with the addition of warnings for cities in the central region, 60% of Gazas territory is now under evacuation orders, according to an analysis ...

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Days away from the first ballots cast in the 2024 primary election, former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead over his Republican rivals and tops President Joe Biden in some head-to-head polls. Trumps standing appears to stem in part from widespread frustration over Bidens handling of the economy. Only 30% of voters approve of what Biden has done on that issue, according to an ABC News/Washington Post poll from the fall. While such voter sen...

Ernie Troiano makes his return as mayor of Wildwood. The Press of Atlantic City reports the city has been without a mayor since former Mayor Pete Byron resigned in September. Now, the city is without an administrator and a city attorney. Neither was appointed at the reorganization.Byron resigned under pressure from the state after pleading ... Read more

Farmer images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a small group of veterans diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury, treatment with a psychedelic drug, ibogaine was associated with improvements in daily function and mental health symptoms, a new study out of Stanford found. "This could be one of the first treatments for traumatic brain injury," said Dr. Nolan Williams, associate professor of psychiatry at Stanford, and principal study investigator. "I think its a moment of hope for ve...

Disney/John & Joseph PhotographyGerry Turner and Theresa Nist, the couple who met on Turners season of The Golden Bachelor, tied the knot on Thursday, January 4, at the La Quinta Resort in Palm Springs in front of family and friends. Turners and Nists children and grandchildren made up their wedding party and each walked down the aisle to a song performed by a string quartet. Nist, who wore a white mermaid-style gown by designer Badgley Mischka, walked down the aisle with her son, Tommy Nis...

Pawel.gaul/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- More than a month after a temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended, Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 of the more than 200 people its militants took hostage during the Oct. 7 surprise attack on Israel. In exchange, Israel released more than 200 Palestinians from Israeli prisons. Heres how the news is developing. All times Eastern: Jan 05, 7:37 AM EST Israeli kibbutz announces death o...

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(VALLEY FORGE, Pa.) -- In his first major campaign event of 2024, President Joe Biden on Friday, the eve of the third anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, will deliver a speech near Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, to argue democracy and fundamental freedoms are under threat if former President Donald Trump returns to the White House. The Biden campaign has billed the location in the election battleground state as being a "stones throw&q...

FILE photo, Ross Harrison Koty/Getty Images(RAPID CITY, S.D.) -- Four crew members from Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota ejected safely from their aircraft Thursday night when their bomber crashed while attempting a landing. The crash happened around 5:50 p.m. local time, according to the base. The crew had been on a training mission, Ellsworth Air Force Base confirmed Thursday night. An officer board will investigate the incident, authorities said. No further details were immediately av...

David Crespo/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The FBI said Wednesday it is "aware" of "numerous" hoax bomb threats sent to various secretaries of state and state legislatures around the country on Wednesday. "The FBI is aware of the numerous hoax incidents wherein a bomb threat at a state Capitol building is made," the FBI said in a statement. "The FBI takes hoax threats very seriously because it puts innocent people at risk." "While we have no information t...