Month: December 2021
ABC Entertainment News
Another accuser speaks out against Chris Noth
Jason Merritt/Getty Images Another person has accused Chris Noth of sexual misconduct. Singer-songwriter Lisa Gentile went public with her allegations during a Thursday press conference with her lawyer, Gloria Allred. She says she was “sexually [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Olympic diver Tom Daley reveals his three-year-old son is already “fully into Christmas”
Chen Jianli/Xinhua via Getty Image Olympic gold medalist Tom Daley can’t wait to celebrate Christmas with his husband, screenwriter Dustin Lance Black, and their three-year-old son, Robert. Tom tells ABC Audio that his toddler is now “fully [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Author, essayist and screenwriter Joan Didion dead at 87
Jemal Countess/Getty Images Revered journalist and author Joan Didion died Thursday at her home in New York City due to complications from Parkinson’s disease, her longtime publisher confirmed to ABC News. She was 87 years [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Airlines cancel more than 300 holiday flights due to omicron impacts on crews
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As pre-pandemic level crowds hit the airports for the holidays, three major U.S. airlines have been forced to proactively cancel more than 300 Christmas Eve flights due to the fast-spreading [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Private jet firms are soaring in popularity after big COVID-19 bailouts. Were they a ‘handout to the wealthy’?
Viaframe/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lingering health concerns about commercial air travel during the COVID-19 pandemic have fueled a boom in private jet travel, a trend that has led to fresh scrutiny of the industry’s [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Omicron surge putting strain on schools to stay open, experts say
Ina Fassbender/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 has been a major challenge for schools. From shutting down in March 2020, to reopening and trying to stay open, the task has been varied and in some cases [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Boosters are the best defense against omicron. But that message isn’t getting through.
Newsday LLC/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For weeks now, as public health experts have warned about the COVID-19 omicron variant and its incredible ability to infect people, they’ve followed the bad news with good: booster shots [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Omicron the Grinch hits kids, families days before Christmas
MediaNews Group/Orange County Register/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gretchen Lee, a third grader in Washington, D.C., was wrapping up her last week in school ahead of Christmas break when the unexpected happen. A fully vaccinated [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Omicron vs. treatments: What we know about how monoclonal antibodies work against new variant
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With omicron’s explosive spread threatening to outpace current COVID-19 treatments, the race is on to find new options that will stand up to the variant. The first oral antiviral treatment [Read More…]
ABC Health News
WHO investigating mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed nearly 100 people
Fabrice Coffrino/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization is investigating a mysterious illness in South Sudan that has killed dozens of people. So far, 97 people have died of the unknown disease in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 12/22/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Boston 111, Cleveland 101 Orlando 104, Atlanta 98 Oklahoma City 108, Denver 94 Milwaukee 126, Houston 106 LA Clippers 105, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US to lift Southern African travel restrictions
David McNew/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The temporary travel ban placed on eight Southern African countries will be lifted by the New Year, the White House announced Friday. The restrictions were initially issued Nov. 29 in an [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House defends Biden’s handling of COVID tests after David Muir interview
Allan Baxter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Thursday defended President Joe Biden’s handling of coronavirus testing after the president said in an exclusive interview with ABC “World News Tonight” anchor David Muir that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Five in custody after congresswoman robbed, carjacked at gunpoint
Michael Godek/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon was carjacked at gunpoint in broad daylight Wednesday afternoon in south Philadelphia’s largest park following a business meeting. The congresswoman was left unharmed, according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: New York sees record-smashing 44,431 daily cases
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 815,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
ABC National News
Gabby Petito’s parents start foundation to counter domestic violence, find missing persons
NurPhoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gabby Petito’s parents and stepparents have established a foundation in her name aimed at fighting domestic violence and finding missing people. The 22-year-old Petito went missing during a cross-country trip with [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Tragic’: Teen apparently killed by stray police bullet in LA Burlington dressing room identified
Mel Melcon/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The 14-year-old girl believed to have been killed by a stray police bullet in a dressing room in Los Angeles was identified by the local coroner — a death the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kentucky man raises thousands, delivers toys to storm victims for Christmas
Shawn Triplett/ABC News (NEW YORK) — While Santa Claus may be busy this time of year, Shawn Triplett is certainly the next best thing. Nearly two weeks ago, a slew of tornadoes upended the lives of [Read More…]
ABC National News
How NASA’s Webb Telescope works and other facts you need to know
Walter Myers/Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On Christmas Day, NASA is launching into space its biggest, most expensive and most powerful telescope yet. The James Webb Space Telescope will rocket into the cosmos and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Melting Arctic ice will have catastrophic effects on the world, experts say. Here’s how.
MB Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If there is any doubt about climate change, look no further than the coldest regions of the planet for proof that the planet is warming at unprecedented rates, experts say. [Read More…]