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Hungary commemorates 1945 liberation of Budapest ghetto

Hungary's Jewish community on Sunday commemorated the 75th anniversary of the liberation by Soviet troops of the Budapest ghetto, where over 70,000 Jews were confined near the end of World War II. While some 550,000 Hungarian Jews were killed during the Holocaust in Nazi-run death camps, in forced labor battalions or by the Nazis' Hungarian allies, many Budapest Jews survived the war.

Couple together for nearly 65 years die on the same day

Jack and Harriet Morrison's beds were placed next to each other in their final hours, allowing them to hold hands, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported. Harriett, who was 83, died later on Jan. 11. "They went to a little diner and never separated from that day on," Wagener said.

As Democrats push for witnesses in Senate trial, Alan Dershowitz slams impeachment case

Alan Dershowitz, a Harvard professor emeritus who recently joined President Donald Trump's defense team, made the constitutional case against impeachment in an interview on ABC's "This Week" Sunday. It's an argument that he said was successfully argued in President Andrew Johnson's impeachment trial. "When you read the text of the Constitution, treason bribery or other high crimes and misdemeanors, other really means that crimes and misdemeanors must be akin -- akin to treason and bribery," he told ABC News Chief Anchor George Stephanopoulos.

Clones help famous elm tree named Herbie live on, for now

A massive elm tree nicknamed Herbie is long gone, but it is going to live on, thanks to cloned trees that are being made available to the public. At 110 feet and more than 200 years, Herbie was the tallest and oldest elm in New England and survived 14 bouts of Dutch elm disease because of the devotion of his centenarian caretaker, Frank Knight, the late tree warden of Yarmouth, Maine. The duo became famous after Knight spent half of his life caring for the tree, which he referred to as “an old friend.” Knight realized he couldn't save the town's elms as they succumbed by the hundreds to Dutch elm disease.

Man drives off cliff and escapes with no injuries in 'miracle' crash

Emeka Nwokolo was driving along Mulholland Highway in Malibu, California, last Thursday in the rain when all of a sudden he heard a loud noise, lost control of his car and plunged down the mountainside he was driving on. The car flipped and turned on the way down eventually landing on its roof trapping Nwokolo inside the badly damaged vehicle.

Vows of peace, fears of violence at Virginia gun rally

The top Republican in Virginia's lower house said that any group planning to incite violence at a large gun rights rally on Monday in Richmond should stay home, while far-right leaders of militias planning to attend swore they were coming in peace. Richmond was braced on Sunday for the rally, aimed at showing gun enthusiasts' disdain for swift moves the newly Democrat-controlled legislature is making to pass stiffer gun laws - and many residents feared a repeat of violence seen at a white supremacist rally in nearby Charlottesville in 2017. Other leaders of well-known militias also vowed they were not seeking confrontations in Richmond.

Major storm moves offshore while cold air rushes in behind, new Western storm brews in Pacific

While some of these alerts will expire early this morning, many will remain in place throughout the day due to high winds driving lake effect snow in the typical lake effect regions through Sunday evening. This morning, lake effect snow is blowing off the Great Lakes and impacting parts of I-80 and I-90 in western Pennsylvania and New York State. As the storm system continues to push offshore through Sunday, gusty winds will bring in cold air down from the Arctic region.

Stepfather shoots son in stomach during alleged domestic dispute

A 38-year-old man is in critical condition after his own stepfather allegedly shot him during a dispute in their home. The incident occurred on Saturday evening when police responded to a call in Harris County, Texas, that a man had been shot in his stomach, according to ABC News' Houston station KTRK. When police arrived on the scene they found a man with a gunshot wound to his abdomen.

Controversial group ADOS divides black Americans in fight for economic equality

Reparations and the lingering racial wealth gap have been conversations largely within the black American community. Both issues have received wider attention of late, particularly among the current crop of Democratic presidential candidates. All the Democratic presidential candidates, except for former Vice President Joe Biden, said they support legislation to at least study the issue of reparations.

Fire at Czech asylum for mentally ill kills 8 patients

A fire swept through a Czech asylum for the mentally ill on Sunday, killing eight male patients, officials said. Prokop Volenik, spokesman for the regional rescue service, said the fire in the northwestern town of Vejprty broke out early Sunday before 5 a.m. (0400 GMT). There were 35 patients and three staff members at the home at the time of the fire, officials said.

China will increase imports from U.S. according to 'market principles': official

China will negotiate with American companies and increase imports of U.S. goods and products according to market principles, an official with its state planner said on Sunday. The United States has high quality supply in the fields of energy, manufactured goods, agricultural products, medical care and financial services, said Meng Wei, spokesperson for China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), at a press conference on Sunday. China will boost purchases of U.S. goods and services by $200 billion over two years in exchange for the rolling back of some tariffs under an initial trade deal between the world's two largest economies.