Mary McCartney: 'This was a way of bringing the audience into Abbey Road'
ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke to Mary McCartney, director of "If These Walls Could Sing," unpacking her personal ties and the 90-year history of the legendary studio
ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke to Mary McCartney, director of "If These Walls Could Sing," unpacking her personal ties and the 90-year history of the legendary studio
A couple from Texas experienced a shocking incident from their visit to a wildlife center after a giraffe picked up their toddler during a safari drive-through. Over the weekend, the family visited Fossil Rim Wildlife Center, where the visitors are allowed to drive themselves through a path to get a closer look at the wildlife and feed them. Paisley Toten, 2, was sitting at the back of her family's truck with her mom when she was feeding the giraffe before the animal grabbed her by the shirt and lifted her into the air.
Nearly every Democrat running in a competitive 2024 Senate race this year has backed reforming or abolishing the chamber's filibuster. Democratic operatives and Capitol Hill hands told ABC News that candidates risk boxing themselves in on the filibuster amid liberal handwringing that a possible GOP Senate majority next year would push restrictions on abortion, voting rights and more, with nothing other than the arcane rule stopping them if Republicans win a trifecta in Washington this November. The 60-vote threshold, a procedural rule requiring a supermajority to start or end debate on most legislation before a final vote, has long been hailed as a way to encourage bipartisanship in an increasingly bitter Senate.
A retired NASCAR driver and his son were arrested Wednesday and charged along with two other Pennsylvania men for allegedly assaulting police during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, according to the D.C. U.S. Attorney's Office. Tighe Scott, 75, and his son Jarret Scott, 48, face two felony offenses each as well as a multiple misdemeanor offenses for a series of alleged assaults prosecutors say they engaged in outside the Capitol among the pro-Trump mob. Charging documents show the FBI confirmed Tighe Scott's identity in part because a witness told agents he was a retired NASCAR driver.
Halsey is opening up about her health struggles she sings about in her new song "The End." The "Without Me" singer took to Instagram on Wednesday to share that she has been diagnosed with both systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) and a "rare" T-cell lymphoproliferative disorder beginning in 2022. SLE is the most common form of lupus, a chronic autoimmune disease that can cause inflammation and pain in any part of the body, according to the Lupus Foundation of America.
California Sen. Laphonza Butler sat down with ABC News to discuss her unique status as the only Black woman in the Senate, the current state of democracy and the personal reasons behind her decision not to run in the upcoming election. This follows her appointment to the Senate by Gov. Gavin Newsom following Sen. Dianne Feinstein's death.
Six people, including the alleged gunman, have been arrested in connection with a shooting Wednesday morning near the entrance to the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, that injured a Lebanese guard, authorities said. The alleged gunman was shot by the Lebanese Army and suffered non-life-threatening injuries, local authorities said. The suspect, a Syrian national, was arrested and taken to a hospital for treatment, the Lebanese Army said in Arabic on its official social media account.
A woman allegedly stabbed a 3-year-old boy to death outside an Ohio grocery store in a random attack, according to police. The boy, Julian, and his mother, Margot Wood, were both stabbed around 3 p.m. Monday in the parking lot of a Giant Eagle in North Olmsted, about 15 miles outside of Cleveland, according to North Olmsted police. Bionca Ellis allegedly stabbed Julian multiple times as he sat in the shopping cart, and when Julian's mom tried to pull him out, Ellis also stabbed her, according to Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley.
The Senate is poised to vote Wednesday on legislation that would codify the right to access contraceptives nationwide, as Democrats look to put reproductive care at the front of their messaging agenda in the lead up to the November elections. The bill, put forward by a group of Senate Democrats in the aftermath of the 2022 Supreme Court decision that overturned the constitutional right to abortion, would protect a person's right to access contraceptives and a doctor's right to provide information and access to them. The Right to Contraception Act will need 60 votes to advance during a vote scheduled for late Wednesday afternoon.
"Boy Meets World" star Trina McGee is opening up about her fourth pregnancy at the age of 54. McGee, who gave birth to her three younger children in her 20s, told "Good Morning America" she became pregnant again in her 50s naturally. The actress, who played Angela Moore on the popular '90s TV sitcom, said she began trying natural remedies such as elixirs one year ago as she and her husband Marcello Thedford started trying to conceive.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Wednesday she has indefinitely postponed the implementation of congestion pricing, which had been scheduled to begin at the end of the month. In a pre-taped address released Wednesday, Hochul said congestion pricing would have been too great a financial burden on "everyday New Yorkers," and that implementing the toll would risk hurting the city's economic recovery from the pandemic. "I understand the financial pressures you're facing," Hochul said.
A Texas district attorney said he plans to file a petition to overturn Gov. Greg Abbott's pardon of Daniel Perry, who was convicted of murder in the fatal shooting of a protester at a Black Lives Matter rally in 2020. "The Board of Pardon and Paroles, and the governor, put their politics over justice and make a mockery of our legal system," Travis County District Attorney José Garza said in a press conference on Tuesday that was streamed by local ABC news outlet KVUE. Perry was sentenced to 25 years in prison, but was pardoned by Abbott last month.
Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg opposes former President Donald Trump's request for Judge Juan Merchan to lift the gag order in his hush money case despite the conclusion of the criminal trial. Trump argued the trial's conclusion meant the gag order was no longer needed, but prosecutors disagreed. Bragg said Merchan should maintain the gag order "at least through the sentencing hearing and the resolution of any post-trial motions."
Disney and appointees of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have officially approved an agreement that could result in the company investing $17 billion into its Florida properties, as well as a potential fifth major theme park. The news comes two months after the two parties agreed to end their drawn-out legal battle, which centered on oversight of the Disney World district that provides municipal services like fire suppression, emergency medical services, law enforcement services, environmental protection and public utilities. The DeSantis-appointed supervisors of the Central Florida Tourism and Oversight District -- formerly the Reedy Creek Improvement District -- are one step closer to cementing a final agreement with Walt Disney Parks and Resorts U.S., after the appointees unanimously voted Wednesday to accept proposed revisions and approve the new development agreement.
This year's World Environment Day comes with a sobering reminder about the severity of global warming, according to climate experts. New climate warnings were announced Wednesday, including that the planet is experiencing its warmest May on record – in turn bringing the tally to twelve consecutive months of record-breaking globally, according to a report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). The WMO report includes more evidence that the planet is very close to failing to meet the Paris Agreement climate targets, which aim to limit the average global temperature increase to 1.5 Celsius since the Industrial Revolution on the moderate emissions scenario, and a 2-degree Celsius rise in the worst-case scenario.
President Joe Biden arrived in France early Wednesday morning where he looks to highlight America’s world stage leadership -- past and present -- as conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza remain top focuses for him and allies, the White House said. Biden will begin his "action-packed" trip commemorating the 80th anniversary of D-Day on Thursday, the day Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy, France, in World War II, according to the White House. While there, he will also meet with American veterans who "exhibited remarkable bravery, skill and intrepidity" and deliver remarks touting "the continued impact of their contributions" during the war, White House national security communications adviser John Kirby told reporters Tuesday.
Jennie Garth is soaking up all her life milestones as a mom. The "Beverly Hills, 90210" alum, 52, shared an Instagram post Tuesday of her youngest daughter Fiona all dressed up for her high school prom. "This will be my second to last prom with my girls," Garth wrote in the caption.
Boeing’s Starliner capsule launched Wednesday its first astronaut-crewed flight into space to the International Space Station (ISS) after several delays. Derrol Nail of NASA Communications said during a livestream that the team had been keeping an eye on the cumulus cloud forecast because if the rocket flies through cumulus clouds, it could create its own lightning strike. About 15 minutes after the launch, the rocket separated from the spacecraft, allowing Starliner to fly on its own.
Evangeline Lilly announced on her Instagram this week she's following a dream she had for herself back in 2006 to become a "retired actress." The actress joined the Marvel Cinematic Universe as Hope van Dyne in 2015's "Ant-Man," reprising her role in the 2018 sequel "Ant-Man and the Wasp" and the 2023 threequel "Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania," as well as the mega-hit "Avengers: Endgame" in 2019. Lilly's video was shot back in 2006, in the heyday of "Lost."
There were "serious breaches" of international law and crimes against humanity were committed during the two-year Tigray War, according to a report released by U.S think tank New Lines Institute. The report said it found "reasonable basis" that all parties in the conflict committed war crimes and "serious" breaches of international law. Ethiopia's Defence Force and allied forces also appeared to have committed "crimes against humanity" and "acts of genocide" against Tigrayans as an ethnic group, the report said.
As a heat wave envelops the West, 32 million people from Texas to California are on alert for life-threatening temperatures. Thursday and Friday will be the hottest days, when temperatures could surpass 110 degrees in some places. Record highs were recorded in Texas on Tuesday, including 111 degrees in San Angelo and 109 degrees in Del Rio.