Month: January 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Internet snarks at Oscar Isaac’s ‘Moon Knight’ accent
Steve Jennings/Getty Images Last night, fans of Oscar Isaac got a taste of his portrayal of the Marvel Comics superhero Moon Knight in a trailer for the forthcoming Disney+ series. And while his character Steven Grant suffers from what [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Selena Gomez says she “didn’t have a choice” to stay quiet about her mental health
Barbara Nitke/Hulu Selena Gomez has brought comfort to many by opening up about her mental health struggles and by rallying to normalize these sensitive conversations. But what caused the singer and Only Murders in the Building [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Louie Anderson hospitalized with blood cancer
Dan MacMedan/Getty Images Comedian and Baskets Emmy winner Louie Anderson is in a Las Vegas hospital undergoing treatment for blood cancer. Glenn Schwartz, a rep for the 68-year-old tells ABC Audio that Anderson was diagnosed with B-cell lymphoma, which [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Microsoft to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion
Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Microsoft Corp. announced plans on Tuesday to acquire gaming giant Activision Blizzard Inc., the maker of immensely popular franchises including “Call of Duty” and [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Small yield of Florida oranges could mean higher juice prices
Matt Stroshane/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s peak citrus season in the U.S., but Florida orange groves had a bitter yield of the beloved sweet and tart winter fruit. The U.S. Department of Agriculture reported that [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Woman goes viral for showing off tattoos in company headshot
Jessica Leonard (CLEVELAND) — Over the last few decades, it has been considered taboo to reveal tattoos, piercings or even unconventional hair colors in a professional work setting, but one woman is challenging that idea [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Wealth of 10 richest men doubled in pandemic as 99% of incomes dropped: Oxfam
iStock The 10 richest men in the world doubled their fortunes during the COVID-19 pandemic, a report published Monday by advocacy group Oxfam said, highlighting how the global health crisis has deepened the divide between [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NBA Social Justice Coalition vows to fight for voting rights
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the fight for voting rights stalls in Congress, the NBA Social Justice Coalition continues its call for lawmakers to act urgently to protect the right to vote. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/17/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Boston 104, New Orleans 92 Charlotte 97, New York 87 Washington 117, Philadelphia 98 Cleveland 114, Brooklyn 107 Memphis 119, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Novak Djokovic could be barred from playing in French Open
iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn (PARIS) — Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic could be barred from competing in the French Open following the French Parliament’s adoption of a vaccine pass on Sunday. Professional athletes, regardless of nationality, will [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Giuliani, other Trump allies who pushed election fraud claims
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday subpoenaed former Trump lawyers Rudy Giuliani, Jenna Ellis and Sidney Powell, who pushed unfounded claims of widespread election [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate begins debate on voting rights ahead of filibuster showdown
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — For the first time this Congress, the Senate started debating voting rights legislation on Tuesday, a day after Democrats failed to meet their hopeful, symbolic, deadline to pass an election reform [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
You can now order your government-supplied free at-home COVID tests
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration launched COVIDTests.gov on Tuesday, the website Americans can use to request free at-home rapid COVID tests mailed to their doorsteps, one day ahead of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court takes up dispute over Boston flagpole and Christian flag
Lane Turner/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A dispute over a Boston flagpole, the Christian flag and the First Amendment is testing the limits of free speech on government property. The U.S. Supreme [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democratic Senate candidate smokes marijuana in new ad highlighting disparity and reform
Stephen Zenner/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Progressive activist and Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Gary Chambers Jr. smokes marijuana in a field in New Orleans while talking about marijuana reform in his first [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge blocks hospital from turning off ventilator of severely ill COVID-19 patient
Google Maps Street View (COON RAPIDS, Minn.) — A Minnesota man with COVID who had been fighting for his life for months was transferred to a new hospital days after a judge blocked another hospital [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Biden administration website to order free tests goes live
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 851,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
ABC National News
DHS, FBI warn faith-based communities they ‘will likely continue to be targets of violence’
Nes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Faith-based communities have been and will “likely” be the target of violence “by both domestic violent extremists and those inspired by foreign terrorists,” according to a note sent nationwide to law [Read More…]
ABC National News
3 Pennsylvania officers charged in shooting death of 8-year-old girl at high school football game
Delaware County District Attorney’s Office (SHARON HILL, Penn.) — Criminal charges have been filed against three Pennsylvania police officers in connection with the shooting death of an 8-year-old girl and the wounding of three others [Read More…]
ABC National News
Alleged hostage-taker at Texas synagogue was known to British authorities, sources say
Obtained by ABC News (COLLEYVILLE, Texas) — The man who allegedly held people hostage at a Texas synagogue on Saturday may not have appeared on any American watch lists but he was known to British [Read More…]