Year: 2017

ABC News(AUSTIN, Texas) -- The University of Texas at Austin is removing four Confederate monuments that it says have become symbols of modern white supremacy and neo-Nazism, the school announced on Sunday.The university said the monuments -- which honor four figures tied to the Confederacy -- were erected during the period of segregation and “represent the subjugation of African Americans” and therefore should be taken down.The statues -- which depict […]

ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Millions of people in the United States are expected to be within the path of today's total solar eclipse, when the moon moves between the sun and Earth and casts a dark shadow across our planet. But whether or not you see it depends entirely on clear skies.ABC News meteorologists predict the Pacific Northwest and the Tennessee Valley will have the best weather conditions for viewing […]

Erik Millsap(STERLING HEIGHTS, Mich.) -- A 1-year-old girl thought she spotted her dad in the mall. Instead, it was a statue of Batman.Melissa Millsap was taking her four kids back-to-school shopping at Lakeside Mall in Sterling Heights, Michigan, but she couldn't understand why her 1-year-old daughter Layla kept yelling, "Da da!""I was trying to figure out what she was talking about," she told ABC News.Millsap, 37, eventually discovered that her […]

Tim Vorderstrasse(WASHINGTON) -- A new mother of two decided to take a fresh approach on pregnancy posts by showing the honest and sometimes humorous side of what it's really like to be pregnant.Exactly two months after the birth of her first daughter, Zoey, Maya Vorderstrasse found out she was pregnant with another baby girl. "I was in absolute shock," Vorderstrasse told ABC News.But the new mother took it in stride […]

ABC News.(ST. JOSEPH, Mo.) -- Newlyweds Samantha and Cameron Kuhn had an out-of-this-world wedding today during the total solar eclipse. They celebrated with their closest friends and family in the path of totality in St. Joseph, Missouri.“Being able to do the wedding on the day of the solar eclipse couldn’t be any more perfect,” bride Samantha Kuhn, 28, told ABC News.After completing their vows, the bride and groom joined their […]

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- From Oregon to South Carolina, a total solar eclipse on Monday will darken the sky as it arcs across the contiguous United States.A total solar eclipse is when the moon moves between the sun and Earth, an occurrence that lasts up to three hours from beginning to end. Monday's total solar eclipse is particularly rare because it's the first time in 99 years that the path of […]

ABC News.(GREENVILLE, S.C.) -- A baby girl born today in South Carolina, hours before the total solar eclipse, has been legally named Eclipse.Eclipse Alizabeth Eubanks came into the world at 8:04 a.m. weighing 6 pounds, 3 ounces and measuring 19 inches long, Greenville Memorial Hospital in Greenville, South Carolina, confirmed to ABC News.The child's mother, Freedom Reid of Spartanville, was not due to deliver until September 3, she said."I kind […]