Tom Burridge

1 month ago | abc7.com | Tom Burridge

The parents of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who was freed Monday after being held captive by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, said they always maintained hope he'd be released. "We always believed that this moment will come, always," his father, Adi Alexander, told ABC News in an exclusive interview Tuesday from the hospital in Tel Aviv where their son is being treated. "Hope is mandatory.

1 month ago | abcnews.go.com | Tom Burridge

Edan Alexander, 21, was the last living American hostage in Gaza. Edan Alexander is reunited with his father Adi, mother Yael and a sibling at Reim Military Base in Israel, May 12, 2025. Israel Prime Minister's OfficeThe parents of American-Israeli hostage Edan Alexander, who was freed Monday after being held captive by Hamas in Gaza since Oct. 7, 2023, said they always maintained hope he'd be released.

2 months ago | abcnews.go.com | Tom Burridge

Researchers said they discovered a coral that can survive extreme heat stress. The Acropora corals stick out of the water because the tide is low and the wind pushes the water out of the closed lagoon on November 27, 2021 in Tatakoto, French Polynesia. Tatakoto, a remote atoll in the Tuamotu Archipelago of French Polynesia, is surrounded by a lagoon rich in marine life. Like many regions worldwide, its corals are subjected to thermal stress caused by elevated temperatures.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Tom Burridge

A possible "biological treasure chest" of corals located in an underwater lagoon off a remote island in the South Pacific appear to be surviving extreme heat stress caused by climate change, scientists say. In the pristine waters off a French Polynesian island in the South Pacific, a team of marine biologists believes it has made a "miracle-like" discovery -- a type of coral which can survive in abnormally warm water.

Mar 27, 2025 | yahoo.com | David Brennan |Tom Burridge

Russian strikes injured five people, and damaged homes and a gas pipeline in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson overnight on Wednesday, regional Governor Oleksandr Prokudin said. One Russian strike drone was shot down over the Kherson region -- most of which is occupied by Russian forces, with the region bisected by the frontline marked by the Dnieper River -- and one woman was killed by a drone attack on Thursday morning, Prokudin added.