(LONDON) -- An ecstatic couple slow danced surrounded by their loved ones in an opulently decorated wedding hall flanked by pyrotechnics. Within an hour, over 200 of their closest friends and family suffered severe burns and smoke inhalation. More than half did not survive. Videos verified by ABC News and…
(NEW YORK) -- The year 2023 is already on track to be the warmest year on record, according to Copernicus, Europe’s climate change service. The month of September saw several unprecedented temperature anomalies around the world, following the hottest summer ever recorded, according to the monthly climate report released by…
(NEW YORK) -- A bus crash on Tuesday in Mestre, Italy, a suburb near Venice, left 21 dead, including two babies, and another 15 riders injured, according to officials. Prosecutors are investigating whether the 40-year-old driver suddenly became ill before the coach plunged off an overpass and onto a highway,…
(NEW YORK) -- A major class of vertebrate species is experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to new research. Amphibians, the most threatened class of vertebrates, are deteriorating globally, with about 40% of more than 8,000 amphibian species studied categorized as threatened -- a greater percentage than…
(LONDON) -- Over the last few years, fluorescence under ultraviolet light has been reported among many animals, including birds, reptiles, insects and fish. However, not much has been known about the frequency of fluorescence among mammals. Until now. In a new study published today by researchers from the Western Australian…
(DUBAI, United Arab Emirates) -- A 21-year-old New York City college student who was recently sentenced to prison time in the United Arab Emirates over an altercation at a Dubai airport has been freed, an advocacy group said. Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, a student at Lehman College in the…
(LONDON) -- A 16-year-old girl's alleged assault at the hands of Iran's "morality police" is renewing criticism of the regime more than one year after the death of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini sparked nationwide protests. Armita Geravand, a student, was hospitalized in Tehran after an alleged encounter with police officers in…
(LONDON) -- The City of Light is battling an infestation of bedbugs as it prepares to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. Videos recently posted on social media purportedly show the tiny, bloodsucking insects crawling on public transport in Paris and even in Charles de Gaulle Airport. With the Olympic Games…
(NEW YORK) -- Pope Francis suggested it may be possible to bless same-sex unions in a newly public response to cardinals who questioned the pope's affirmation of the LGBTQ community in the Catholic Church. In the July letter, which is written in Spanish, he reaffirmed that "the Church has a…
(TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) -- Eleven people have died following a roof collapse at a church in Mexico on Sunday, according to local authorities. Everyone else has been removed from the debris, Mexican officials said Monday. The collapse, which trapped between 30 to 40 people, happened at the Iglesia Santa Cruz Church,…
