(NEW YORK) -- Locust outbreaks, a visual often used in entertainment to signify an upcoming apocalypse, could worsen as global temperatures continue to climb, according to new research. Far-reaching, synchronized desert locust outbreaks are strongly coupled to climate change in the last several decades, a study published Wednesday in Science…
(NEW YORK) -- Tawfic Abdel Jawwad went to spend a year with his family in the West Bank after he finished high school in New Orleans, where he was born and raised. Tawfic, 17, was enjoying connecting to his roots and spending time with his cousins, the teen's father, Hafez…
(LONDON) -- Ukraine said it "destroyed" another one of Russia's warships in the Black Sea on Wednesday -- a claim not yet confirmed by Moscow. Ukrainian naval drones struck the Caesar Kunikov landing ship, part of the Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet, near the city of Alupka on the southern…
(LONDON) -- The suspect accused of killing his girlfriend at Boston's Logan International Airport and fleeing to Kenya was recaptured Tuesday after he escaped custody a week ago, police said. Kevin Kangethe was caught after they conducted an intelligence-led operation, Kenyan officials said. Earlier this week, police said they arrested…
(NEW YORK) -- As Americans gear up for the total solar eclipse in April, eclipse watchers can feast their eyes on a similar astronomical event that partially shadowed Mars. NASA's Perseverance rover captured images of Mars' moon, Phobos, traversing the sun and casting a shadow across the surface of the…
(NEW YORK) -- A Russian judge convicted a Texas man on Tuesday of abusing his two sons between 2014 and 2018 in the United States, even though the law enforcement officials in suburban Houston who previously investigated the allegations never found cause to file charges. David Barnes, 66, was sentenced…
(NEW YORK) -- What is a day in the life of an Alaskan polar bear like? Researchers recently found out after strapping collar cameras to several bears. Scientists have long hypothesized what would happen to polar bear populations in the Arctic as sea ice continues to melt at unprecedented rates.…
(LONDON) -- Wildlife authorities in Kenya are intensifying the search for Olobor, an iconic lion of the Maasai Mara National Reserve in southwestern Kenya. The well-known lion, a member of the Black Rock lion pride, has reportedly been missing since mid-January. "KWS [Kenya Wildlife Service] tasked the top management of…
(WASHINGTON) -- As the U.S. attempts to push Israel and Hamas closer to an agreement that would see all remaining hostages in Gaza freed in exchange for an extended truce, U.S. officials say CIA Director William Burns will travel to Egypt for negotiations -- but that his Israeli counterparts had…
(NEW YORK) -- A snapping alligator turtle -- with a bite fierce enough to sever human bone -- was mysteriously discovered an ocean away from its natural habitat. Dr. Dominic Moule, a veterinary surgeon at Wild Side Vets in Cumbria, England, explained to ABC News on Monday how a snapping…
