Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

Disappointing jobs report fuels recession worries and calls for interest rate cut
The U.S. added 114,000 jobs in July and the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%.
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

Police investigating hate speech targeting Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly
Paris prosecutors say an investigation into hate speech online has been open following a complaint by Olympics opening ceremony artistic director Thomas Jolly for “death threats,” “p...
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

Imane Khelif's Olympic participation decried in letter from her next opponent's boxing federation
The Hungarian Boxing Association says it is sending letters of protest to both the IOC and Hungary’s Olympic committee over Anna Luca Hamori’s quarterfinal matchup with Imane Khelif of Alg...
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

'Swifties for Kamala' ready to speak now
Taylor Swift fans have a blank space on their ballots this year, and they're ready to write Kamala Harris' name.
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

Extreme heat, bone-dry vegetation, human misconduct makes for intense wildfire season
It's only August, but already the U.S. wildfire season has burned more than 4.4 million acres, up 278% from last year.
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

Swimmer Tamara Potocka collapses after race at the Olympics
Slovakia swimmer Tamara Potocka collapsed poolside Friday morning after a qualifying heat of the women’s 200-meter individual medley at the Paris Olympics
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

Harris raised $310 million in July, as she looks to reset race against Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has announced raising $310 million last month
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

LGBTQ athletes take their marks on the track at the Paris Olympic Games
This year's U.S. Olympic team has a star-studded cast of LGBTQ athletes headed to Paris.
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

Firefighter dies in the line of duty in while battling Kansas house fire
A firefighter in Kansas has lost his life in the line of duty while battling a house fire in Wichita, according to the Wichita Fire Department.
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

'I'm glad I'm home. I'm never going back there again,' says Paul Whelan
Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and Alsu Kurmasheva deplaned just before 4:30 a.m. eastern at Joint Base San Antonio, officially marking the start of their next chapter.
ABC News: Top Stories Aug 02, 2024

