What is ableism and what are some words to avoid using when talking to a disabled person? ABC7 News hosts a panel discussion with disability advocates on the latest in access, education and attitudes this Disability Pride Month.
Apple shares popped after it reported better-than-expected Q2 earnings and boosted its dividend and share repurchase plans.
How could the differences between Biden and Trump reshape U.S. border policy going forward?
For the first time, China has publicized what it claims is an unwritten 2016 agreement with the Philippines over access to South China Sea islands. The move threatens to further raise tensions in the disputed waterway, through which much of the world's trade passes and which China claims virtually in its entirety. A statement from the Chinese Embassy in Manila said the “temporary special arrangement” agreed to during a visit to Beijing by former president Rodrigo Duterte allowed small scale fishing around the islands but restricted access by military, coast guard and other official planes and ships to the 12 nautical mile (22 kilometer) limit of territorial waters.
The FSIS has announced a recall of around 16,000 lbs of raw ground beef products.
The U.S. government has loosened some rules governing electric vehicle tax credits a bit, potentially making more EVs eligible for credits of up to $7,500. The Treasury Department announced final regulations for the credits under the 2022 Inflation Reduction Act on Friday, giving automakers more time to comply with some provisions about where battery minerals can come from. This year the credits are available at the time a vehicle is purchased from an authorized dealer rather than waiting for an income tax refund.
The busiest two weeks of first quarter earnings season are over. Here are the most significant reports.
Kenyan President William Ruto put the flood-ravaged country on high alert on Friday and postponed the reopening of schools indefinitely as the nation braced for its first-ever cyclone. Schools, which were due to reopen on Monday, will now remain shut indefinitely.
Friday’s government report showed that last month’s hiring gain was down sharply from the blockbuster increase of 315,000 in March.
Yemen's Houthis will target ships heading to Israeli ports in any area that is within their range, military spokesman Yahya Sarea said in a televised speech on Friday. "We will target any ships heading to Israeli ports in the Mediterranean Sea in any area we are able to reach," he said. The Iran-aligned Houthi militants have launched repeated drone and missile strikes on ships in the crucial shipping channels of the Red Sea, the Bab al-Mandab strait and the Gulf of Aden since November to show their support for the Palestinians in the Gaza war.
Torrential rain inundated southeastern Texas on Friday, forcing schools to cancel classes and closing numerous highways around Houston. More than 9 inches (23 centimeters) of rain fell during the past 24 hours, according to the National Weather Service, which has issued a flood warning until Tuesday for the region. A flash flood warning was also in effect in the area Friday morning.
Former U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson was turned away from a polling station for failing to bring a photo ID - required under a law introduced by his government.
Captain Jerry Boylan is sentenced to four years in federal prison following a deadly fire on the dive boat Conception that killed 34 people.
The High Court ruled Friday that the UK government had acted unlawfully when it approved elements of its plans to meet net-zero targets based on "vague and unquantified" information.High Court judge Clive Sheldon agreed, calling the plan presented to Shapps for sign-off "vague and unquantified" and saying it lacked "sufficient" information.
US job growth came in markedly below analyst expectations in April while unemployment crept up, government data showed Friday, signaling that the labor market is cooling.Analysts had expected growth of 250,000 jobs, according to Briefing.com.
Tunisian journalists and opposition figures have voiced alarm about a surge of prosecutions since President Kais Saied issued a decree outlawing what authorities deem to be "false news".Since the decree came into force, more than 60 journalists, lawyers and opposition figures have been prosecuted under it, said Zied Dabbar, head of the National Union of Tunisian Journalists.
Police on Friday entered the Sciences Po university in Paris to remove dozens of students staging a pro-Gaza sit-in in the entrance hall, AFP journalists saw, as protests fire political debate about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.Protesters had occupied the entrance hall in a "peaceful sit-in" following a debate on the Middle East with administrators on Thursday morning that their Palestine Committee dubbed "disappointing".
The former president’s criminal hush money trial resumes Friday in Manhattan, where the prosecution will continue presenting its case.
Consuming unpasteurized dairy is a trend some people are promoting online. It's dangerous, but it could be an even worse idea with the bird flu spread.
A bomb at a refugee camp in eastern Congo has killed at least 5 people, including children, a spokesperson for the Congolese army said Friday. Two children and their mother were among the dead, and more than 20 other people were injured, John Banyene, a civil society activist based in Goma, the provincial capital of North Kivu, told The Associated Press. Lt Colonel Ndjike Kaiko, the army spokesperson, blamed the attack on the Mugunga refugee camp in North Kivu on a rebel group, known as M23, with alleged links to Rwanda, in a statement provided to the AP.
The judge presiding over Donald Trump's criminal trial told him Friday he has an "absolute right" to testify after the former president complained to reporters the gag order in the case prevented him from doing so.
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