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Passengers in air for 16 hours forced to return to where they started after JFK electrical fire
Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE(NEW YORK) -- One of the longest commercial flights in the world did a U-turn over the Pacific Ocean to return to its departure airport over 16 hours late...
Peter Charalambous, ABC News Feb 17, 2023

Turkey earthquake: Two men rescued from rubble 261 hours later, official says
Riza Ozel / dia images via Getty Images(LONDON) -- Nearly 11 days after a massive earthquake and powerful aftershocks rocked southeastern Turkey, two men trapped beneath the rubble have been rescued a...
Morgan Winsor, ABC News Feb 17, 2023

First ever images of Antarctica's 'Doomsday glacier' show melting from below
NASA(THWAITES GLACIER, Antarctica) -- Scientists studying one of the most crucial glaciers that's been deteriorating by climate change got a new look at what's going on underneath the surface. In...
Stephanie Ebbs and Ivan Pereira, ABC News Feb 16, 2023

US intercepts Russian bombers off Alaska for two straight days
FILE, photo -- aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- The U.S. intercepted Russian aircraft flying off Alaska in international airspace as they approached an identi...
Luis Martinez, ABC News Feb 16, 2023

New Titanic footage released from 1986 exploration of wreck
Woods Hold Oceanographic Institution(NEW YORK) -- Never-before-seen footage from the 1986 exploration of the site of the Titanic shipwreck was released Wednesday. The footage was captured by cameras i...
Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News Feb 16, 2023

UN secretary-general warns of impact of sea level rise, could cause 'mass exodus' of populations
Xie E/Xinhua via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Billions of people are at "unthinkable" risk because of rising sea levels, according to the United Nations. Speaking at the United Nation's Security Council ...
Teddy Grant, ABC News Feb 15, 2023

Two teens charged in death of transgender TiKTok personality Brianna Ghey
Cheshire Police(WARRINGTON, U.K) -- Two teens have been charged in the death of Brianna Ghey, a transgender girl found dead in the English town of Warrington. Emergency services were called to a local...
Kiara Alfonseca, ABC News Feb 15, 2023

How people survive for days under earthquake rubble as survivors are found in Turkey, Syria
Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and hundreds of powerful aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, survivors were...
Mary Kekatos, ABC News Feb 15, 2023

A women-led activist group in France is supporting a 'revolution' in Iran, 45 years after the Islamic Revolution
Anna Rabemanantsoa/ABC News(PARIS) -- “The revolution is getting organized,” said Maneli Mirkhan, a 41-year-old French-Iranian management and strategy consultant, “it is not very spo...
Anna Rabemanantsoa, ABC News Feb 15, 2023

Queen Camilla to wear controversial Queen Mary's Crown at coronation
ALASTAIR GRANT/POOL/AFP via Getty Images(LONDON) -- The exact crown Camilla, the queen consort, will wear at the coronation in May has finally been announced. Camilla, who will be crowned alongside he...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Feb 15, 2023
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