The actor, best known for his roles in “Top Gun,” “Tombstone” and “The Doors,” died Tuesday in Los Angeles, his daughter told The New York Times.https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/video/actor-val-kilmer-dead-65-120402929
Phoebe Beltran, 15, was taking a swim test for the cadet lifeguard program in Long Beach, California, when she was attacked.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/bloody-teen-attacked-aggressive-sea-lion-120403832
Security camera video captured the moment an unsuspecting woman in Texas, walking to her car, briefly found herself inside a dust devil.https://abcnews.go.com/US/video/120398317
Passengers were rattled after their cruise ship returning from Antarctica experienced huge waves while crossing the Drake Passage, which is known for its rough conditions.https://abcnews.go.com/WNT/video/cruise-ship-endures-huge-waves-voyage-antarctica-120390672
Education Secretary Linda McMahon interrupted a press conference by House Democrats to give an impromptu statement after they met in a closed-door meeting.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mcmahon-hijacks-house-democrats-presser-after-closed-door/story?id=120416571
Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, who has a U.S. citizen wife and 5-year-old child, is currently at CECOT, the notorious prison in El Salvador.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-admin-working-return-maryland-man-el-salvador/story?id=120422543
GOP senator defends telling man who said he was fired from HHS he 'probably deserved' it.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/gop-senator-defends-telling-man-fired-hhs-deserved/story?id=120430268
President Donald Trump indicated to top advisers that Elon Musk could be taking a step back from his current role, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.https://abcnews.go.com/US/trump-privately-elon-musk-step-back-current-role/story?id=120415238
The battle over taxpayer funding for Planned Parenthood takes center stage at the Supreme Court in a South Carolina dispute over Medicaid providers.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/supreme-court-takes-bid-defund-planned-parenthood/story?id=120381909
The mayor of Minot, North Dakota, has resigned after an investigation into him sending a lewd video to the city attorney by mistakehttps://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/north-dakota-mayor-resigns-after-sending-lewd-video-120420091
Elizabeth Warren is launching a "Save Our Schools" campaign against Donald Trump and Linda McMahon's attempt to dismantle the Department of Education.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/elizabeth-warren-launches-campaign-investigate-department-education-closure/story?id=120388078
Democratic Rep. Brittany Pettersen said the decision to bring her 9-week-old was "difficult" but illustrated the need to pass the petition.https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-pettersen-difficult-decision-bring-infant-son-house/story?id=120411458
UN Secretary-General António Guterres expressed grave concern on Wednesday over the human toll resulting from the intensified hostilities in Gaza. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161816
The “world is failing” people living with disabilities, UN deputy chief Amina Mohammed has told a major summit which aims to galvanize global efforts to ensure they are fully integrated into all parts of society.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161806
Amid alarming reports of sexual violence being used as a weapon of terror across Sudan, UN reproductive health agency, UNFPA, is warning that over 12 million women and girls – and increasingly men and boys – are estimated to be at risk.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161801
Friday’s devastating earthquakes in Myanmar not only caused mass casualties and widespread destruction, they also deepened long-standing gender inequalities – leaving millions of women and girls at heightened risk, UN aid agencies warned on Wednesday.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161791
Two senior UN officials appealed in the Security Council on Wednesday for an end to attacks against humanitarians and personnel working for the global organization. https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161786
2024 saw the highest increase in missing persons in at least two decades, with 56,559 new cases recorded, according to the International Committee of the Red Cross.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161781
The United Nations on Tuesday expressed deep concern over the latest escalation of violence in Lebanon, despite the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hezbollah, following an Israeli airstrike in southern Beirut that reportedly killed four people – including a woman – and injured several others.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161776
Civilians continue to bear the brunt of the violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) with 602 victims of extrajudicial or summary executions in North and South Kivu recorded over just two months, the Human Rights Council heard on Tuesday.https://news.un.org/feed/view/en/story/2025/04/1161771