57-year-old woman opens up about trachea transplant
Doctors at Mount Sinai Head and Neck Institute performed the world’s first successful trachea transplant on Sonia Sein after she suffered a life-threatening asthma attack.
Doctors at Mount Sinai Head and Neck Institute performed the world’s first successful trachea transplant on Sonia Sein after she suffered a life-threatening asthma attack.
Newly reelected president of Chad, Marshal Idriss Déby Itno, died Tuesday on the battlefield in clashes with rebels, according to the Chadian army. One of Africa's longest-ruling leaders, Déby was injured on the front line in the Kanem region where rebel groups took control of the territory, Chad's presidential office told ABC News. Déby's death comes amid the nation's army's battles with rebel group Front for Change and Concord in Chad (FACT).
YouTube beauty vlogger James Charles has lost the ability to make money off videos on the platform after underage fans accused him of sending them inappropriate messages. At least 15 underage fans have alleged Charles sent them nude pictures, demanded explicit photos in return or pressured them into sexual conversations since 2019, YouTube announced Monday, explaining why Charles' channel was demonetized. The company confirmed to "GMA" that Charles violated its "creator responsibility policy" and has been removed from its YouTube Partner Program.
Just in time for spring, Target's latest Designer Dress Collection has a lot of people ready to step out in full bloom. The company announced that it's tapped rising fashion forces Christopher John Rogers, Alexis and Rixo to create over 70 original dresses featuring a rich mix of bright bold patterns and statement silhouettes. With prices starting at $40, shoppers will get to indulge in high fashion designer-style dresses at Target prices.
One person was killed and two others were injured in a shooting at an office of a Stop & Shop supermarket in West Hempstead, New York, on Tuesday, police said. Police said the suspect, who was or is an employee of the store, used a "small handgun" to shoot either current or former co-workers in a manager's office in the upstairs of the building. A couple hundred shoppers were in the store at the time, Nassau County Police Commissioner Patrick Ryder said.
President Biden weighed in on his hopes for a verdict in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the first time Tuesday, after speaking with George Floyd's family at the start of jury deliberations. "I’m praying the verdict is the right verdict, which is -- I think it’s overwhelming, in my view," Biden told reporters in the Oval Office. Biden did not explicitly say whether the "right verdict" is guilty or not guilty.
NBA legend Scottie Pippen announced on Monday the sudden death of his son, Antron. Pippen, who played for the Chicago Bulls, shared a series of photos of his eldest child on Instagram and penned an emotional tribute to his memory. "I'm heartbroken to share that yesterday, I said goodbye to my firstborn son Antron," said Pippen, 55.
Apple's first event of the year is slated for Tuesday afternoon, with new announcements about iPads rumored to be at the center of the virtual show. The cryptically named "Spring Loaded" event kicks off at 1 p.m. ET (10 a.m. PT) from Apple's Cupertino, California, headquarters. The hyped-up event will be broadcast on Apple's website.
Chrissy Teigen marked the start of National Infertility Awareness Week by opening up about her struggle to start a family. Teigen, who shares 5-year-old Luna and 2-year-old Miles with singer John Legend, spoke with Refinery29 about a host of issues, from her pregnancy loss last year to leaning on IVF to get pregnant. The "Cravings" author revealed she used IVF -- specifically an embryo transfer -- to became pregnant with her eldest daughter.
A stranger who found a little girl's balloon that traveled hundreds of miles, from Kansas to Louisiana, has granted her and her sister's wishes. "It was something different for the girls -- a memory they could keep after a rough 2020," mom Leticia Gonzalez of Liberal, Kansas, told "GMA." Alvin Bamburg of Shreveport, Louisiana, was on the receiving end of the balloon, which asked Santa for candy, a Spider-Man ball, a "Frozen" doll, a puppy and My Little Pony.
Police departments across the U.S. are bracing for potential protests after the Derek Chauvin verdict. Thousands of National Guard soldiers have been deployed throughout Minneapolis, where George Floyd was killed and Chauvin, now a former Minneapolis police officer, waits to learn his fate from the jury, who are on their second day of deliberations. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz said Monday, "I am grateful to our colleagues in Ohio and Nebraska for their willingness to provide assistance and relief to our state troopers and law enforcement officers as they continue to work to keep the peace in our communities."
The backlash to the announcement on Sunday that 12 of soccer’s biggest teams would be forming their own breakaway "European Super League" has been nothing short of seismic. Each of the teams involved are household names in the U.S. -- with Real Madrid, Barcelona and Manchester United leading the charge. The other clubs to have signed up to the competition are Arsenal, Tottenham, Liverpool, Manchester City, Chelsea, Atletico Madrid, Inter, Milan and Juventus.
A late season cold blast is expected to hit millions from the Rockies to the East Coast on Tuesday. Already up to 17 inches of snow fell in the Rockies with up to 5 inches reported in Denver. This storm system that brought all the snow to the Rockies will move east today and Wednesday bringing snow from Colorado to New York.
Get your final questions ready, because Tuesday marks the last day users can post on Yahoo Answers. First created in 2005, Yahoo Answers is a message board for people to post questions that could then be answered by anyone on the internet willing to help. Unlike posting questions to a Facebook group, Yahoo Answers has been almost completely unregulated, which meant anyone could anonymously post whatever's on their mind -- and some people who posted to Yahoo Answers have had some big questions.
The Biden administration is voicing increasing concern about the reported atrocities committed in Ethiopia's Tigray region and continued restrictions and challenges for aid organizations responding to a crisis that has only grown since fighting erupted last November. The U.S. deployed a disaster response team to the region last month, but its leader told ABC News in an exclusive interview that its personnel and aid partners still need greater and sustained access to civilians in the region, warning of a growing humanitarian crisis without international aid. "Humanitarians absolutely need unhindered access to populations in need, and we are concerned about the fact that there are populations that we haven't yet been able to reach," said Emily Dakin, the senior U.S. Agency for International Development official leading the U.S. response in Tigray.
The question for President Joe Biden is whether he can afford to cut them -- or whether he can afford not to. Much of what comes next could rest on how Biden chooses to define his terms. Words including "bipartisanship" and "infrastructure" may seem to have relatively straightforward meanings, yet whether the White House is comfortable scaling back ambitions could be the biggest factor determining the success of the Biden agenda from here.
At least nine teenagers and juveniles have been injured after a gunfight broke out at a 12-year-old’s birthday party. The incident occurred on the evening of Saturday, April 17, at approximately 8:37 p.m. in LaPlace, Louisiana -- about 28 miles west of New Orleans -- when officers received a call to reports of gunfire, according to St. John The Baptist Parish Sheriff’s Office. When authorities arrived they discovered that multiple people had been shot after an alleged verbal confrontation at a 12-year-old child’s birthday party somehow erupted into a gunfight.
The alleged gunman who killed eight people at a FedEx facility in Indianapolis last week apparently browsed white supremacist websites a little over a year before the deadly shooting, police said. On March 3, 2020, Brandon Hole's mother went to the Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department seeking help after her son had purchased a shotgun with no bullets, according to new details in an incident report released Monday. The mother said her son told her that he was going to point the unloaded gun at police officers so they would shoot him, saying, "This is not the life I want to live, I'll end it my way," according to the report.
For years, Nora Garza and her husband Delfino have fought with the Justice Department and Army Corps of Engineers over 30 acres of land near the U.S.-Mexico border in Rio Grande City, Texas -- a parcel sought by the Trump administration for construction of the border wall. After running for office vowing not to build "another foot" of Donald Trump's wall, President Joe Biden signed an order on Inauguration Day ending the national emergency at the border and launching a 60-day review of the project, pausing all construction and calling for a plan to redirect unspent funds. Nearly a month after that 60-day mark, the wall's future remains in limbo and the review continues, according to a White House official, as the Biden administration struggles to address competing pressures over Trump's signature project meant to prevent the very flow of illegal migration Biden is now working to contain.
All U.S. adults in all 50 states became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine Monday, but with the virus still widespread, it is inevitable that some people will test positive for COVID-19 or have a known exposure right before their first vaccine appointment or between their first and second shot. Experts interviewed by ABC News say if you develop COVID-19, or even if you are exposed, you should probably delay your appointment. “It’s not safe,” said Dr. Amesh Adalja, an infectious disease specialist and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.
More than a quarter of the county has been fully vaccinated, and more than 200 million COVID-19 vaccine shots have been administered as of April 16. A sizable portion of the population has what experts call "vaccine hesitancy." On Monday, the hesitancy that so many people feel about the vaccine pushed President Joe Biden to plead with Americans to get the jab.