Cancer-causing chemical found in Michigan pond
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images/Stock (NEW YORK) — Michigan state investigators said test samples taken Thursday from Hubbell Pond in Milford showed low-level presence of a toxic chemical that was released into the Huron River System by the Tribar Manufacturing
Multistate manhunt for person of interest sought after four people fatally shot in Ohio
Alfredo Alonso Avila/EyeEm/Getty Images (BUTLER TOWNSHIP, Ohio) — The FBI is involved in a multistate manhunt for a person of interest sought in the fatal shooting of four people in Ohio. The person of interest, identified by police
People in Beirut reflect on what they've lost two years after port blasts: Reporter's notebook
Ibtissem Guenfoud/ABC News (BEIRUT, Lebanon) — An explosion of 2,750 tons of ammonium nitrate in Lebanon’s biggest seaport in 2020 has left deep trauma in the Lebanese psyche. Opera singer Michel Bou Rjeilly says Beirut will never be
Flash flooding threats and extreme heat on tap this weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Flooding is possible on Saturday for large swaths of the country — including hard-hit eastern Kentucky — as millions of Americans are also under heat advisories. Flash flooding is possible in the Ohio
Biden tests negative for COVID but will keep isolating out of 'caution'
Evan Vucci – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden tested negative for COVID-19 on Saturday after experiencing a rebound infection but will continue to isolate until he gets a second negative result, the White House physician said.
Senate parliamentarian gives green light to most of Democrats' drug pricing plan
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Senate parliamentarian has signed off on key climate and health care provisions in the Democrats’ major spending bill. The rulings from Elizabeth MacDonough, the chamber’s non-partisan rule keeper, come before an expected
How the U.S. struggled to respond rapidly to the monkeypox outbreak: Experts
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In early May, when the first cases of monkeypox surfaced in the United Kingdom and Europe, health officials in the United States advised Americans not to panic. There had been outbreaks of
Indiana governor signs bill banning nearly all abortions into law
Michael Hickey/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb signed an abortion bill into law Friday, banning the procedure with very few exceptions, making it the first state to pass such a bill since Roe v. Wade
Former WNBA star Niesha Butler opens first Afro-Latina-owned STEM camp in New York City
S.T.E.A.M. Champs (NEW YORK) — Former WNBA player Niesha Butler has opened the first Afro-Latina-owned STEM camp, S.T.E.A.M. Champs, in New York City to reduce accessibility barriers to tech educational resources for Brooklyn youth. “If a kid could
Sensors, 4D imaging, flashing lights: How automakers are trying to prevent hot car deaths
Toyota (NEW YORK) — An average of 38 children die every year in hot cars. Tuesday marked the 14th hot car death in the U.S. this year, a number that is expected to rise as heat waves continue