Mark Wilson/Getty Images(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) -- The city of Charlottesville covered two Confederate statues with giant black veils on Wednesday in remembrance of 32-year-old counter-protester Heather Heyer, who was killed at a rally of white nationalists and neo-Nazis earlier this month.

The Charlottesville city council voted unanimously to cover the statues in a contentious meeting on Monday ...

JitkaUnv/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- U.S. officials confirmed to ABC News on Wednesday that more than 10 officials had been affected by "incidents" appearing to target U.S. staff and government officials in Cuba.

State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert called the situation "unprecedented" in a briefing today.

"We have not seen this type of activity take place before," Nauert said. "Those...

rui_noronha/iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) -- President Donald Trump on Tuesday night told supporters at a rally in Phoenix that clean coal was back. Only his description of "clean coal" was scientifically wrong.

"Weve ended the war on beautiful, clean coal and its just been announced that a second brand new coal mine where theyre going to take out clean coal - meaning theyre taking out coa...

demaerre/iStock/thinkstock(LONDON) -- A father has developed a cellphone app to encourage his teenage son to be more responsive to his text messages.

Two weeks ago, Nick Herbert, a United Kingdom-based product manager, launched ReplyASAP--an app that allows users to send urgent messages to others that cannot be ignored without the sender
knowing.

The recipient then gets a notification that the te...

Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney(LOS ANGELES) -- Scarlett Johansson is sporting a massive back tattoo on the Atlanta set of Avengers: Infinity War, according to Entertainment Tonight, but its unclear whether the new ink is real or just part of her
Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow character in the film.

The body art, which appears to be floral design, stretching across her upper back, was on d...

iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) -- Despite recent headlines across the web, drinking sparkling water does not have any harmful effects, a nutrition expert tells ABC News.

Americans spent $2.3 billion on seltzer or sparkling water over the past year, according to data from the market research company Information Resources, Inc. Some attribute the recent uptick in seltzer waters popularity with the f...