Jack Taylor/Getty Images(LONDON) — The Churchill Arms’ 3-story display of nearly 100 trees and more than 21,500 Christmas lights in London has earned it the title of “most festive pub” in the United Kingdom. The Kensington bar was widely recognized by Esquire, ITV News and Time Out London, among others, with the honor. “It’s the …
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Dec 03
George H.W. Bush’s touching letter about his late daughter Robin
Ida Mae Astute /ABC via Getty Images(HOUSTON) — Former President George H.W. Bush was known for speaking and writing emotionally about his beloved family, including one family who died 65 years ago. His eldest daughter Pauline Robinson “Robin” Bush was born five days before Christmas in 1920 and died before her fourth birthday after battling …
Dec 03
Waitress carries son on her back during shift
Kelly Gentry(GREENBACK, Tenn.) — It’s a situation every working mom faces at one time or another: you need to get to work, but you have no one to watch your child. What can you do? If you’re Kori Dotson, the answer is simple. You strap your toddler to your back and you go work your …
Dec 03
First Soyuz rocket since October accident launches with U.S. astronaut aboard
Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / POOL / AFP(BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan) — A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying astronauts bound for the International Space Station has taken off for the first time since a Soyuz rocket failed midair in October. American astronaut Anne McClain joined Canada’s David Saint-Jacques and Russia’s Oleg Kononenko aboard the rocket that launched from the Baikonur …
Dec 03
One child killed, at least 45 injured when charter bus carrying youth football team crashes in Arkansas
iStock/Thinkstock(BENTON, Ark.) — A child was killed and at least 45 other passengers, most of them children, were injured when a charter bus carrying a youth football team skidded off a highway in Arkansas early Monday and overturned, authorities said. The driver, who survived the wreck, told Arkansas State Police that he lost control of …
Dec 03
Bush grandkids recall 41’s ‘incredibly goofy’ side
ABC News(NEW YORK) — While he was the serious leader of the free world, to Ashley and Marshall Bush, former President George H.W. Bush was the lovable, joke-cracking granddad who attended their school plays and even had a cameo in one of their high school musicals. In an interview Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America, …
Dec 03
Israeli authorities recommend charges of bribery, fraud for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Israeli Police and the Israeli Securities Authority announced the conclusion of a joint investigation into the conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, recommending indictments for both Netanyahu and his wife Sara. Investigators believe there is sufficient evidence to support the indictment of Netanyahu on counts of bribery, breach of …
Dec 03
Legal questions swirl around fate of $50 million penthouse in Trump Tower Moscow
Sergey Alimov/Contributor/ABC News (MOSCOW) — A pair of Trump associates discussed offering the penthouse apartment in Trump Tower Moscow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, a source familiar with the prospective deal told ABC News, which would have amounted to a $50 million gift to one of the United States’ key geopolitical adversaries. Felix Sater, who …
Dec 03
‘A lot of us are misunderstood’: Moms in prison visited by daughters in Girl Scouts
Rachel Scott/ABC News(JESSUP, Maryland) — Inside this Maryland’s women’s prison, you’ll find about 800 inmates — and every other Saturday morning, a dozen or so girl scouts. Girl Scout Troop 7856 is special. All of the scouts’ mothers are incarcerated at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, Maryland. Twice a month, their troop …
Dec 03
Moon says Kim will get what he wants from Trump by following through on denuclearization
ABC News(BUENOS AIRES, Argentina) — U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to grant what North Korea wants as long as denuclearization goals are fulfilled, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told the media on Sunday. Moon held a brief press meeting on his way to New Zealand from the the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. …