Month: December 2021
ABC Business News
Flight attendants say they’re nearing breaking point: ‘My job is not to manage you’
Mutlu Kurtbas/iStock (NEW YORK) — A year and a half into the global pandemic, with the Omicron variant lurking and holiday travel looming, many flight attendants say they’ve reached their breaking point with unruly passengers, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Starbucks cafe in Buffalo votes to form coffee chain’s first union in US
mattjeacock/iStock (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Workers with at least one Starbucks outpost in Buffalo, New York, voted on Thursday to form the coffee chain’s first labor union in the U.S., according to results of the vote [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky: No concerns about myocarditis with nearly 5 million children vaccinated
Matt Miller/ABC (ATLANTA) — With nearly 5 million children ages 5 to 11 now vaccinated against COVID-19, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky says real-world monitoring finds vaccines are safe for [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Five things parents can do as surgeon general warns of youth mental health crisis
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A report released this week from the United States surgeon general warns of a growing mental health crisis among young people amid the coronavirus pandemic. Citing statistics like an over [Read More…]
ABC Health News
‘All options’ on the table as Rhode Island sees rise in COVID-19 cases, hospitalizations
Lubo Ivanko/iStock (NEW YORK) — As COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations rise in Rhode Island, hospitals are strained by staffing shortages and testing turnaround times are delayed, Gov. Dan McKee is urging residents to “take these [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 12/9/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Utah 118, Philadelphia 96 Memphis 108, L.A. Lakers 95 San Antonio 123, Denver 111 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Chicago 2, Montreal [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Social spending plan will help ease pain from record-breaking inflation: White House
Oleg Albinsky/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has weighed in on the Department of Labor report out Friday that shows the consumer price index, which measures the prices consumers pay for a market basket of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden eulogizes former Sen. Bob Dole at Washington National Cathedral funeral
Jonathan Ernst-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Sen. Bob Dole — decorated World War II veteran, longtime lawmaker and former presidential candidate — was honored Friday at Washington National Cathedral before being brought back to his [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court allows challenge to Texas abortion law to continue but lets SB8 stand
YinYang/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday allowed Texas’ near-total ban on abortions to stay in effect more than three months after a majority of justices allowed the law, SB8, to be implemented, denying [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Stop the Steal’ organizer cooperating with Jan. 6 committee probe, sits for 8-hour interview
Jon Cherry/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ali Alexander, a prominent conservative activist who organized “Stop the Steal” rallies after the 2020 election, spent eight hours Thursday taking questions from the House select committee investigating the Jan. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
New York City gives noncitizens right to vote in local elections
JasonDoiy/iStock (NEW YORK) — For Julieta Larsen, elections are bittersweet. Hailing from Argentina, Larsen moved to New York City after meeting her husband, a firefighter with the FDNY. Now, seven years and two children later, [Read More…]
ABC National News
City settles for $5.75 million with those injured in 2020 summer protests
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The city of Columbus, Ohio, has agreed to pay $5.75 million in damages to people injured during a wave of protests last year, according to a settlement reached Thursday. Protests [Read More…]
ABC National News
Omicron live updates: CDC signs off, recommends boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds
jacoblund/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 793,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
Michigan school shooting: District reopens for first time with new protocols in place
Emily Elconin/Getty Images (OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.) — Michigan’s Oxford school district is reopening for the first time since last week’s deadly shooting at Oxford High School. Four students were killed and seven people were hurt [Read More…]
ABC National News
Last hospitalized Michigan school shooting victim leaves ICU
Emily Elconin/Getty Images (OXFORD, Mich.) — More than a week after the mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, the last remaining hospitalized victim has left the intensive care unit, authorities said Thursday. The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Hunger crisis hits Peru, where COVID-19 deaths per capita are highest in the world
Aicha ElHammar/ABC News (LIMA, Peru) — The COVID-19 pandemic spread across South America at an alarming rate in 2021, with the death toll surpassing one million in Latin America and the Caribbean in May, according [Read More…]
ABC World News
Prince William, Kate share Christmas card photo taken on family vacation
Comic Relief/BBC Children in Need/Comic Relief via Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, have shared with the public their 2021 Christmas card photo. The photo shows William, Kate and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Vaccine hesitancy in South Africa causes spread as omicron cases grow: Experts
Dr. Mpho Shabangu is a Tshwane district vaccine coordinator. – ABC (NEW YORK) — The omicron variant has exponentially spread in South Africa in a short time, and now experts are warning that widespread vaccine [Read More…]
ABC World News
Fifty-four migrants dead, 105 injured after vehicle overturns in Chiapas, Mexico: Authorities
MattGush/iStock (CHIAPAS, Mexico) — A vehicle full of migrants overturned in Chiapas, Mexico, Thursday night, leaving 54 dead and 105 injured, authorities said. “After the accident that occurred in Chiapa de Corzo, I inform you [Read More…]
ABC World News
Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday
Anthony Kwan/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Hong Kong’s already-jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday for taking part in a banned gathering in June 2020 to remember the [Read More…]