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(NEW YORK) — Relatives of four children who survived a plane crash followed by 40 days alone in Colombia’s Amazon rainforest are reportedly fighting for custody of the siblings. Astrid Caceres, director of the Colombian Institute of Family Welfare (ICBF), told a Bogota-based radio station that a caseworker has been assigned to the children at […]

(NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukraine has begun its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, officials told ABC News. Multiple reports have said a major battle […]

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONDON) — A 31-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder after three people were killed in the English city of Nottingham and a van attempted to run over more people early Tuesday morning, police said. Police were called to Ilkeston Road in the center of the city shortly after 4 […]

Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — A bus driver was arrested and charged on Monday after the vehicle rolled over while transporting wedding guests on a foggy night in Australia’s wine country, killing 10 of them, authorities said. The rollover occurred just after 11:30 p.m. local time on Sunday as the bus was making […]

Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images (LONDON) — Former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said she was “innocent of any wrongdoing” after facing hours of questioning in police custody on Sunday. Sturgeon, a staunch independence supporter who resigned earlier this year, was questioning for several hours on Sunday in connection with an ongoing probe into her party’s […]

Franco Origlia/Getty Images (ROME) — Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has died in Milan at 86, Italian media reported. The three-time premier and former leader of the Forza Italia party had suffered with a series of medical ailments over the past several years. The billionaire media tycoon — worth approximately $7 billion — has […]

(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, appeared in court in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday, pleading not guilty to federal extortion and wire fraud charges. Holloway’s mom, Beth Holloway, looked on as van der Sloot, who is accused of trying to extort […]

(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Joran van der Sloot, the main suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, is heading to a federal courthouse in Birmingham, Alabama, on Friday to face federal extortion and wire fraud charges. Van der Sloot, who is accused of trying to profit from his connection to the Holloway […]

(NEW YORK) — At least nine people were killed by the devastating flooding caused by destruction of the Nova Kakhovka dam in the Kherson region of Ukraine and nine were injured during the shelling the Russians did during the evacuation, local authorities said. Regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said the average water level is more than […]

(NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukraine has begun its long-awaited counteroffensive against Russia, officials told ABC News. Multiple reports have said a major battle […]