Groundhog handler AJ Dereume holds Punxsutawney Phil after he did not see his shadow predicting an early Spring during the 138th annual Groundhog Day festivities on Friday February 2, 2024 in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Jeff Swensen/Getty Images) (PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa.) — Punxsutawney Phil — perhaps the world’s most famous groundhog […]
Ableimages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elementary and middle school students have only made up some of the losses in math and reading they experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report finds. For the report, published Wednesday, a collaborative team at the Center for Education Policy Research at Harvard University […]
Alex Kent/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Trump Org. Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is in plea talks with the Manhattan district attorney’s office to resolve a potential perjury charge, sources familiar with the matter confirmed to ABC News. If the negotiations succeed, Weisselberg would plead guilty to […]
Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 140 people have fallen sick during a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a three-week Queen Victoria cruise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Cunard Cruise Line ship departed Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on Jan. 22. Overall, 123 passengers and […]
Kali9/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Authorities in Georgia are searching for 30-year-old murder suspect Zion River Shaka, who was mistakenly released by Clayton County authorities last week, according to ABC affiliate WSB in Atlanta. Last week, Shaka was transferred from the Fulton County Jail and sent to the custody of the […]
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joshua Schulte, who was convicted of orchestrating the largest leak of classified material in CIA history, was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday. Schulte, 35, handed WikiLeaks a trove of CIA cyber espionage tools known as Vault 7, in what federal prosecutors called […]
Stuart Hammer/Kentucky Lottery (FLORENCE, Ky.) — A group of current and former staffers at Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence, Kentucky, are celebrating this week after they played the Kentucky Powerball and won $1 million. The group calls themselves the “Jones 30” and among them are Sharon Reynolds, Jones’ […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, testified she and her husband often argued with their son about missing school assignments and said she could have “easily” taken him home on the day of the attack as her manslaughter trial continued […]
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, testified she and her husband often argued with their son about missing school assignments and said she could have “easily” taken her son home on the day of the attack as her manslaughter trial […]
FDA (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is urging consumers to take another look at the packaging for their eye drops. On Wednesday, the FDA warned not to purchase or use South Moon, Rebright or FivFivGo brand eye drops because of the potential risk of eye infection, according […]
