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Europol director says Islamist terrorism remains the biggest terror threat to Western Europe. With two deadly acts of terrorism confirmed in Western Europe in the last six days, the European Union's top law enforcement official said she is worried about what might happen in the wake of the Hamas attack on Israel and Israel's military response. "I am concerned," executive director of Europol Catherine De Bolle told ABC News. "With our latest report on terrorism and the status in the European Union, we see that a lot of youngsters, in fact, are influenced and recruited through internet. We see a lot of lone actors that believe that they have to go and commit a terrorist attack because they want to belong to a bigger family." Europol headquarters in The Hague, Netherlands, Oct. 10, 2018. Peter Dejong/AP On Oct. 13 in northern France, a man who was under surveillance since the summer by French security services stabbed a teacher to death at his former high scho...

"We'd all wish for COVID to be in the rearview mirror but, unfortunately, it's still here," CDC Director Mandy Cohen told ABC News. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed updated COVID booster shots on Tuesday for Americans ages 6 months and older amid rising cases and hospitalizations across the country. It comes a day after the FDA authorized and approved the new shot that is formulated to target variants of the virus that are currently circulating. The vaccines for Moderna, Pfizer and its partner BioNTech will be available by the end of the week in pharmacies and some doctor’s offices. It will be mostly free through private insurance, Medicare or Medicaid. In a Tuesday night interview with ABC News Live, CDC Director Mandy Cohen stressed the importance of getting the updated shot and addressed concerns around its safety, saying the shots have been studied “more than any vaccine in history.” In this May 26, 2020 file photo Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretar...

"Rust" first assistant director David Halls has been sentenced to six months unsupervised probation in connection with the fatal on-set shooting. The first assistant director for "Rust" has been sentenced to six months unsupervised probation as part of a plea deal in connection with the fatal on-set shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. David Halls, 63, was charged with negligent use of a deadly weapon in connection with the October 2021 shooting on the Santa Fe set of the Western. Halls had handed a Colt .45 revolver to Alec Baldwin that fired while the actor was practicing a cross-draw, striking Hutchins. Attorneys for Halls and Baldwin have said neither knew there were any live rounds in the firearm. This aerial photo shows the movie set of "Rust" at Bonanza Creek Ranch in Santa Fe, N.M., on Oct. 23, 2021. Jae C. Hong/AP, FILE During a virtual plea hearing on Friday, Halls pleaded no contest to his misdemeanor charge. He answered the judge...