Gay and targeted in Uganda: Inside the extreme crackdown on LGBTQ rights
ABC News (LONDON) — At a small shelter in Uganda, members of the LGBTQ community seek refuge from persecution after their government enacted one of the world’s harshest anti-homosexuality laws earlier this year. Henry, whose full name
Birkenstock goes public on New York Stock Exchange
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Birkenstock took a big step forward on Wall Street this week, taking the nearly 250-year-old German shoe and sandal maker public. The footwear, often seen as a counter culture shoe for
Palestinian-American family stuck in Gaza despite pleas to US officials: 'We feel abandoned'
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (GAZA) — Haneen Okal, a Palestinian-American who lives in New Jersey, reunited in recent months with family in the Gaza Strip for the first time in more than 10 years, she told
Death came from sea, air and ground: A timeline of surprise attack by Hamas on Israel
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Israelis were wrapping up the seven-day-long Jewish festival of Sukkot on Saturday, sirens echoed across the country just before dawn, and citizens soon realized it was not a false alarm. A
Hamas attack in Israel: State Department issues Level 3 advisory for travel to Israel
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hundreds of people have died and thousands more are injured after Hamas militants launched an unprecedented attack from Gaza into Israel Saturday, Israeli authorities said. The Israeli Defense Forces declared “a state
Fundraiser for Olympian Mary Lou Retton exceeds goal as she's 'fighting for her life' in ICU
David Livingston/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A fundraising effort for Mary Lou Retton, the American gymnast who became a sports icon when she won Olympic gold in 1984, has reached its goal as she continues to battle
Fresh inflation data expected to show slight cooldown
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation data to be released on Thursday will show whether price increases cooled or accelerated in September, offering the latest snapshot of expenses faced by U.S. households as the Federal Reserve
Bombarded by Israeli airstrikes, conditions in Gaza grow more dire as power goes out
Ahmad Hasaballah/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With communities across the Gaza Strip already laid to waste by a relentless barrage of airstrikes in retaliation for the Hamas surprise attack on Israel, conditions for Palestinians grew even more
Music festival survivor recounts harrowing escape from Hamas terrorists: 'They hunted us for hours'
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A woman who fled for her life as Hamas terrorists gunned down festivalgoers in southern Israel is sharing the terrifying details of her survival. Daniel Levi, who was working at the Supernova
How AI can fuel financial scams online, according to industry experts
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There is growing fraud online in which scammers manufacture other identities to dupe financial institutions or their customers out of money — and the crimes are only expected to grow more frequent