Myriam Borzee/iStockBy WILLIAM MANSELL and EMILY SHAPIRO, ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now killed more than 556,000 people worldwide.

Over 12.3 million people across the globe have been diagnosed with COVID-19, the disease caused by the new respiratory virus, according to data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University....

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(NEW YORK) -- As President Donald Trump has vowed to punish those who destroy monuments in the U.S., a wooden sculpture of American first lady Melania Trump, near her hometown in Slovenia, was torched on July 4.

Authorities dont know who torched the life-size statue, carved by local folk artist Ale "Maxi" upevc, or why it was burn...

ABC News/Ipsos PollBy KENDALL KARSON, ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- President Donald Trump is facing broad disapproval for his management of the two major crises gripping the nation, with two-thirds of Americans giving him low marks for both his response to the coronavirus pandemic and his handling of race relations, according to a new ABC News/Ipsos poll released Friday.

Evaluation of Trumps oversight...

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(NEW YORK) -- Goya Foods, the New Jersey-based producer of many canned foods that have become staples in American homes, is facing calls for a boycott from prominent Latino voices after its CEO Robert Unanue lauded President Donald Trump.

"We are so blessed to have you as our leader," Unaue told Trump on Thursday at t...

Photo by Albert L. Ortega/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- Writer-directorMatt Reevesis in the early production days of his big-screenThe Batman, but hes already inked a deal for a small-screen spin-off.

Reeves, along withSopranosveteran andBoardwalk EmpirecreatorTerrence Winter,have just announcedtheyre developing an HBO Max show centering on Gotham Citys cops. Set in the same unive...

PeopleImages/iStockBy ANASTASIA ELYSE WILLIAMS, KATIE KINDELAN and KATE HODGSON, ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The death of a 26-year-old Black woman during an emergency C-section is putting a spotlight on the disparities women of color face during childbirth, and leading to calls for change.

Sha-asia Washington died earlier this month during an emergency C-section at NYC Health Hospitals/Woodhull, a...