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Replenishment of Sea Isle City beaches is ongoing. Beaches from 83rd to 94th street should be completed within the next week, after which beach-fill will be placed from 83rd to 73rd street. Following work at the south end, beach-filling operations will move downtown, where replenishment will take place between about 29th and 53rd streets. Based ... Read more

Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In a first-of-its-kind procedure, a terminally ill patient has become the first person in the world to undergo a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and also have a mechanical heart pump surgically implanted.Surgeons at NYU Langone Health, in New York City, performed the operation in two steps, the first being the implantation of the heart pump. The second took place days later, with the transplant of a genetically modified pig kidney and the pi...

Craig Hastings/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- As the surge of summer travel draws near, the race to book a great vacation is on."If youre looking to travel domestically within the U.S., I think you should be booking now for summer travel," Clint Henderson, travel expert and managing editor of The Points Guy, told ABC News Good Morning America.Earlier this month while reporting quarterly earnings, Delta Airlines CEO Ed Bastian projected "record advance bookings for the summer," tel...

Emergency personnel work at the site of helicopter crash in Lumut, Perak, Malaysia on April 23, 2024. (Fire and Rescue Department of Malaysia / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images)(LONDON) -- Two Malaysian navy helicopters have collided in mid-air killing all 10 crew members aboard the two aircraft, according to a statement from the Royal Malaysian Navy on Tuesday.Video on social media shows the moment of impact between the two helicopters as parts of both helicopters, including the rotor, flying o...

Bryan Koberger listens during a hearing to overturn his grand jury indictment on Oct. 26, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. (Kai Eiselein-Pool/Getty Images)(NEW YORK) -- Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of stabbing to death four Idaho college students in 2022, can continue their survey of prospective jurors in the state, the judge overseeing his case has ruled.Kohbergers lawyers had hired a consultant to conduct community phone polling ahead of his upcoming capital murder trial in order to gaug...

President Joe Biden delivers remarks to commemorate Earth Day at Prince William Forest Park in Triangle, Va., April 22, 2024. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- President Joe Biden will travel to Tampa, Florida, on Tuesday to deliver remarks on abortion access and "reproductive freedoms" one week before the states six-week ban goes into effect -- his latest high-profile effort to spotlight the issue as his general election fight against former President Don...

The Atlantic County Veterans Cemetery is getting a new name. County Executive Dennis Levinson announced Sunday that the cemetery, located at Atlantic County Park, will be named after former County Executive Richard E. Squires, who died April 2 at 91. Levinson said in a news release. “It is only fitting that it be renamed in ... Read more

A24Civil War held on to the top spot at the domestic box office, despite some tough competition from the horror film Abigail. Civil War earned an estimated $11.1 million, bringing its two-week domestic tally to $44.9 million. The film has snagged $61.7 million globally.Breathing down Civil Wars neck was the aforementioned Abigail, with an estimated $10.2 million in North America for a second place finish. A24s reimagining of the 1936 film Draculas Daughter, starring Alisha Weir, added an es...

Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The Supreme Court said Monday it would take up the issue of "ghost guns" next term and the Biden administrations appeal seeking to regulate the self-assemble weapons kits as any other firearm.The 5th Circuit Court of Appeals struck down a 2022 regulation from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives that determined the sale of weapons kits requires a background check and serialization of the parts for law enforcement tracking.Pre...

ABC News(LITTLETON, Colo.) -- When 12 students and one teacher were gunned down in a mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, the tragic event marked a turning point for America.Twenty five years later, some survivors recall how they have dealt with the physical and mental impact of PTSD, anxiety and depression."Its a big part of my identity and who I am and not necessarily that day, but more who Ive become," Heather Martin, a Columbine survivor, told ABC News Live. "And a ...