Month: January 2022
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
January 20, 2022 Sports
NBA-SCHEDULE — Joel Embiid tied his career high for points in a game despite playing just 27 minutes. Embiid torched the Orlando Magic for 50 points as the Philadelphia 76ers coasted to a 123-110 victory. [Read More…]
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Investigators say South Dakota AG was untruthful about crash
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — Criminal investigators on Wednesday told South Dakota lawmakers that they didn’t believe the state’s attorney general when he told them he never saw the body of the man he fatally struck [Read More…]
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Planned Parenthood sues to stop South Dakota abortion rule
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A federal lawsuit filed Wednesday by Planned Parenthood aims to prevent the state of South Dakota from implementing a new rule for medical abortions that would make the state one [Read More…]
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‘Single Drunk Female’ is a highly relatable comedy, says cast
Freeform/Jeff Petry/Matthias Clamer The new series Single Drunk Female makes its debut tonight on Freeform, telling the story of Samantha Fink, a late 20s alcoholic realizing things are spiraling out of control. Sofia Black-D’Elia plays Sam in the series [Read More…]
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Starz releases trailer for sixth season of ‘Outlander’
Starz After a Christmas Day sneak peek of the show’s return on March 6, Starz has dropped a new trailer for the sixth season of its time-skipping romantic drama Outlander. “I cannot be two things at once Claire,” Sam Heughan‘s Jamie [Read More…]
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‘Parasite’ Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho drafts Robert Pattinson for sci-fi project
ABC/Craig Sjodin Oscar-winning Parasite director Bong Joon Ho has got Robert Pattinson in his tractor beam for a high-profile science fiction film for Warner Bros. Deadline reports that Pattinson, who will be seen in March in The Batman, will star in an adaptation [Read More…]
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Amazon forges an official title for its epic Tolkien series: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’
Amazon Studios Amazon has dropped a new video branding its anticipated J.R.R. Tolkien-based series with an official title: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The multi-season series, costing a reported $465 million — the most expensive ever made — [Read More…]
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Sidney Poitier’s cause of death revealed, all-star tribute to Harry Belafonte, and more
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards The cause of death of the late Sidney Poitier has been revealed. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that the Academy Award winner passed away on January [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Experts slam oil giant Exxon Mobil’s net-zero ‘ambition’
Lao Chengyue/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Exxon Mobil Corp. announced on Tuesday an “ambition” to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations in the next three decades, but fell short of making [Read More…]
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‘Significant evidence’ of alleged fraud in Trump business investigation, NY AG says
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James said that her office has uncovered “significant evidence” of fraud in her civil investigation of former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. [Read More…]
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Verizon, AT&T delay 5G rollout around some airports after stark warnings from US airlines
Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A showdown between the nation’s major airlines, the FAA and AT&T and Verizon appears to be cooling after both telecom giants agreed at the last minute to pause [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Vaccinated people with prior COVID infection had strongest protection during delta, CDC study finds
Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Both vaccination and a prior infection provided protection against another infection and hospitalization due to COVID-19 during the United States’ delta wave, according to a study released Wednesday by the [Read More…]
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Three easy food and beverage swaps to level up health at home and reduce inflammation
Anna Kurzaeva/iStock (NEW YORK) — Registered dietician and author Rachel Beller joined “Good Morning America” to share tips that will help others level up their nutrition and may help reduce the risk of chronic illness [Read More…]
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Biden administration speaks out on federal blood donation policy impacting gay men amid national blood shortage
Boy_Anupong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the first time, the Biden administration is commenting on the Food and Drug Administration’s long-time blood donation guidelines, which are impacting the LGBTQ+ community by preventing gay and bisexual men [Read More…]
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Alabama football coach Nick Saban urges Manchin to pass voting rights bill but punts on filibuster change
Michael Allio/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — University of Alabama head football coach Nick Saban and NBA icon Jerry West joined three fellow sports personalities native to West Virginia to pen a letter [Read More…]
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Willie O’Ree, 1st Black NHL player, reflects on his time in the league
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images (BOSTON) — The Boston Bruins retired the jersey of Willie O’Ree, the first Black NHL player, on Tuesday night — 64 years to the day of his professional hockey debut. Inducted into [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 1/18/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Minnesota 112, New York 110 Golden State 102, Detroit 86 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo 3, Ottawa 1 Washington 4, Winnipeg [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate fails to change filibuster rule for passage of voting rights legislation
uschools/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday night failed to change the filibuster rule to allow voting rights legislation to pass with a simple majority. The rule change would have required 51 votes to [Read More…]
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Supreme Court paves way for Trump White House document review by Jan. 6 committee
Phil Roeder/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday denied former President Donald Trump’s request for a stay of a lower court mandate that hundreds of pages of his presidential records from Jan. 6 [Read More…]
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Biden holds rare solo news conference ahead of 1-year mark in office
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the eve of the one-year anniversary of his inauguration, President Joe Biden held a formal news conference at the White House Wednesday, answering reporter questions on his handling of [Read More…]