iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Russia fired on and then seized three Ukrainian navy ships in the Black Sea close to Crimea on Sunday, injuring six crew members, according to Ukraine, marking a sharp spike in tensions between the two countries. In a statement posted on its Facebook page, Ukraine’s navy said that ships belonging to Russia’s …
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Nov 25
U.S.-Mexico border near Tijuana closed as migrants attempt to breach fence, Border Patrol says
Mario Tama/Getty Images(SAN YSIDRO, Calif.) — U.S. border officials have temporarily closed a port of entry along the U.S.-Mexico border as thousands of Central American migrants wait in Tijuana to apply for asylum in the U.S. The port of entry at San Ysidro, north of Tijuana and south of San Diego, have been closed since …
Nov 25
Snowstorm causing headaches in Midwest on one of busiest travel days of year
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — More than 30 million Americans in 15 states were under weather alerts on Sunday as hazardous weather conditions threatened one of the busiest travel days of the year. Hundreds of flights were delayed or canceled across the Midwest, as major cities from Kansas City, Missouri, to Chicago were hit with heavy snow, …
Nov 25
16-year-old arrested for allegedly making threats to gay bars, police say
iStock/Thinkstock(BOSTON) — A 16-year-old has been arrested for allegedly making threatening phone calls to two Boston bars, according to police. The teen allegedly threatened Alley Bar and dbar, both gay bars, ABC Boston affiliate WCVB-TV reported. The owner of dbar told WCVB that the bar got a “bigoted” phone call around 7:30 p.m. Friday from …
Nov 25
Brexit: What is it, and what are the key issues?
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — European Union leaders in Brussels have approved an agreement that lays out how the U.K. will leave the bloc, and what future relations will be like. It is now up to the U.K. to approve it, and the EU warns that the current agreement is the “only deal possible”. What is “Brexit”? On …
Nov 25
John Allen Chau detailed efforts to convert islanders to Christianity in final diary entries: ‘You guys might think I’m crazy’
ABC News(BANGKOK, Thailand) — The American missionary who was killed by an isolated tribe on North Sentinel Island detailed his attempts to convert the tribal members to Christianity in his final diary entries before his death. In photos obtained by ABC News of the final journal entries by Josh Allen Chau before his death, he …
Nov 25
Family inside home when man allegedly set it on fire willing to testify in his defense
WABC(OCEAN TOWNSHIP, N.J.) — Paul Caneiro, the man accused of setting a fire at his New Jersey mansion last week, will next appear in court on Wednesday, but his family is already stepping up to defend him in a mysterious case that may include the quadruple murder of Caneiro’s brother’s family. Caneiro, 51, allegedly used …
Nov 25
Parents of man killed at Alabama mall ‘outraged’ by police conduct: ‘You shot a loving person’
ABC News(HOOVER, Alabama) — The mother and father of the man shot and killed by police at an Alabama mall on Friday are calling for “equal justice” after they say authorities shot someone who was simply a good Samaritan. Emantic Fitzgerald Bradford Jr., 21, was killed by police at Riverchase Galleria mall in Hoover, Alabama, …
Nov 25
California’s Camp Fire now almost completely contained, officials say
iStock/Thinkstock(PARADISE, Calif.) — After more than two weeks of catastrophic infernos that indiscriminately devoured thousands and thousands of homes and structures and claimed scores of lives, both of California’s wildfires are now almost completely contained. Northern California fire officials reported late Saturday night that the devastating Camp Fire in Butte County is 98 percent contained, …
Nov 25
Mexico sends mixed signals on plan to host US asylum-seekers, as Trump doubles down
ABC News(MEXICO CITY) — After the White House declined on Saturday to deny a new report saying that President Donald Trump’s administration had reached a deal with Mexico that would require asylum-seeking migrants to wait there while their claims are decided by U.S. courts, Mexican officials denied it themselves. “There is no agreement of any …