Category Archives: ABC News: Top Stories

NYC taxi cab victim speaks out: 'Didn't even know what happened'
The taxi cab jumped the curb and struck six pedestrians in Herald Square shortly after 4 p.m. on Christmas Day after the driver suffered a medical emergency, police said.
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

WATCH: "Santa" helps save Christmas at 2 a.m. after mom is missing keyboard
Marisa Shumaker went to assemble her daughter's keyboard as a gift only to realize it was just a stand. With only a few hours left until Christmas morning, Shumaker needed a miracle - and she got one.
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

New York state government to monitor its use of AI under a new law
New York state government agencies will have to conduct reviews and publish reports that detail how they’re using artificial intelligence software, under a new law signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

Azerbaijan Airlines crew member who survived plane crash speaks out from hospital
The Azerbaijan Airlines passenger aircraft crashed near Kazakhstan's Aktau Airport on Wednesday morning, killing 38 of the 67 people on board, Kazakh officials said.
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

Woman sleeping in truck killed in explosion at Tyson Foods plant
A 61-year-old woman was killed and several others were hurt when a fire caused an explosion at a Tyson Foods poultry plant in Georgia, officials said.
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

Warren Upton, the oldest living survivor of the attack on Pearl Harbor, dies at 105
The oldest living survivor of the 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and the last remaining survivor of the USS Utah has died
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

A 9th telecoms firm has been hit by a massive Chinese espionage campaign, the White House says
A top White House official says a ninth U.S. telecoms firm has been confirmed to have been hacked as part of a sprawling Chinese espionage campaign that gave officials in Beijing access to private tex...
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

US homelessness up 18% as affordable housing remains out of reach for many people
Federal officials say the United States saw an 18.1% increase in homelessness, a dramatic rise driven mostly by a lack of affordable housing as well as devastating natural disasters and a surge of mig...
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

Fire engulfs section of popular Manhattan holiday market
An outdoor holiday market in New York City’s Bryant Park briefly caught fire, sending flames and plumes of smoke above the popular midtown Manhattan tourist draw
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

High avalanche danger in the Rockies as another tornado threat heads to the South
A parade of storms is continuing to pound the West Coast, bringing high waves, strong winds, heavy rain, snow and the threat of avalanches.
ABC News: Top Stories Dec 27, 2024

