ABC News(NEW YORK) -- Mondays total solar eclipse will come to Americans in varying degrees of visual clarity, according to ABC News meteorologists, who say that the clearest skies are likely to appear in the Northwest in cities like San Francisco, Salem and Seattle.

New York, and parts of the Tennessee Valley, around Nashville, are also more likely to have unobstructed viewing of the phenomeno...

US Navy/Petty Officer 3rd Class James Vazquez(WASHINGTON) -- A Navy guided-missile destroyer, the USS John S. McCain, collided with a commercial vessel east of Singapore early Monday morning local time, the Navy said.

There were 10 sailors missing and five injured, the Navy said.

The collision with the merchant ship Alnic MC occurred east of the Straits of Malacca and Singapore at 6:24 a.m. Japan...

ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump is set to unveil a new U.S. strategy in Afghanistan.

The president will address the nation Monday night from Fort Myer in Arlington, Virginia, "to provide an update on the path forward for Americas engagement in Afghanistan and South Asia," according to a statement from the White House.

Trump and his team have been in talks for months about a s...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- No one wants to think about Thanksgiving now. Not when theres still a sliver of summer left.

But its an absolute must for anyone who will be traveling during the November holiday, especially those who will head to the airport on the two most popular days of the year to fly. Thats right -- the two most popular days are the Wednesday before and Sunday after Thanks...

Danny Martindale/WireImage(NEW YORK) -- Hollywood stars took to Twitter Sunday to remember legendary comedian and entertainer Jerry Lewis, who died at age 91.

Penn and Tellers Penn Jillette was one of the first to tweet the news, writing, "Jerry Lewis just died. When I met him, I [fell] apart, just sobbed. I guess its time for that again. He then tweeted a photo of himself shaking a smil...

Troy Perkins USCG FD(CAPE MAY, N.J.) -- Lifeguards and rescuers in Cape May, New Jersey, formed a human chain in the water to save a swimmer on Friday.

Eyewitnesses said there were originally three victims, but all were able to make it to shore, according to the Cape May Fire Department, except for a fourth person, who officials said was trying to attempt a rescue.

Two rescue swimmers with the ...