Month: January 2022
ABC Business News
Maya Angelou becomes first Black woman to appear on US quarter
A sample of the new quarter coming out in 2022 that on the tail side will show images of poet Maya Angelou. – (U.S. Mint) (WASHINGTON) — Americans will soon be seeing the face of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Family speaks out after man receives pig heart in 1st of kind transplant
GETTY/Arctic-Images (NEW YORK) — A 57-year-old man who underwent a first-of-its-kind heart transplant involving a genetically-modified pig heart is in a “much happier place” after the transplant, according to his son. David Bennett Sr., of Maryland, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Nursing homes struggle with low booster rates, staffing issues as omicron spreads
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the omicron variant causes a surge in coronavirus cases, many long-term care facilities are facing challenges not seen in months, officials from around [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Novak Djokovic’s Australian travel entry form questioned by officials
KELLY DEFINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tennis star Novak Djokovic may have won Monday’s court battle to appeal his visa cancellation, but his tussle with the Australian government doesn’t appear to be over [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
WATCH: Georgia Bulldogs beat Alabama Crimson Tide in CFB playoffs, 33-18
Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (INDIANAPOLIS) — The University of Georgia claimed its first college football national championship in 41 years. The Bulldogs defeated the Alabama Crimson Tide 33-18 Monday night. Amy Robach of [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/10/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Detroit 126, Utah 116 Charlotte 103, Milwaukee 99 New York 111, San Antonio 96 Philadelphia 111, Houston 91 Boston 101, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says he supports changing filibuster rule to pass voting rights bills
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — With less than 10 months until the 2022 midterm elections, President Joe Biden on Tuesday backed a historic change to Senate rules to allow a pair of national [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas Trump speechwriter, GOP operatives
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images/FILE (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack issued three new subpoenas on Tuesday to former Trump White House aides and associates, including a speechwriter who helped craft [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
The toughest COVID-19 questions that Fauci and other health leaders faced at Senate hearing
Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senators from both sides of the aisle grilled top health officials, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, on the latest COVID-19 guidance during a Health, Education, Labor and Pensions committee hearing Tuesday. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
A year after Jan. 6 Capitol attack, the battle continues against extremism in the military
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When U.S. Army veteran Brian Snow drove 12 hours from his home in Indiana to Washington for then-President Donald Trump’s rally on the Ellipse Jan. 6 — amid chants of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump, his sister and estate of his late brother ask judge to dismiss lawsuit by Mary Trump
ABC (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump, his sister Maryanne Trump Barry and the estate of his late brother Robert Trump tried on Tuesday to convince a New York judge to dismiss a lawsuit [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Omicron to infect over 50% of Europe’s population, WHO warns
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 839,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Absolute miracle’: No serious injuries after medical helicopter crashes on way to pediatric hospital
Wolfgang Schwan/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image (UPPER DARBY TOWNSHIP, Penn.) — A medical helicopter that crashed while transporting an infant to a Pennsylvania hospital Tuesday afternoon made a “miraculous landing,” with no serious injuries reported, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Chicago public school students returning to classrooms amid COVID surge
Christopher Dilts/Bloomberg via Getty Images (CHICAGO) — More than 350,000 public school students in Chicago are expected to resume in-person learning on Wednesday after a tentative agreement was reached between the school district and the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cause of deadly Philadelphia fire likely Christmas tree lit with lighter: Fire chief
(PHILADELPHIA) — A fast-moving fire in a Philadelphia row house that killed 12 people last week, including nine children, likely started after a Christmas tree was lit ablaze with a lighter, fire officials said Tuesday. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Schools turn to parents for help as omicron surge causes staff shortages
Jena Ardell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — School staffing shortages caused by the recent COVID-19 omicron surge have gotten so bad in at least two school districts that officials are turning to parents to keep classes going. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Magawa, a rat recognized as a hero for detecting landmines, dead at 8
@herorats/Instagram (LONDON) — Magawa, a rat credited with finding over 100 landmines and explosives in Cambodia, is dead at age 8. The African giant pouched male rat was the most successful landmine detecting rat for [Read More…]
ABC World News
Kazakhstan’s president says Russian troops to start leaving this week
GETTY/Holger Leue (KAZAKHSTAN) — Russian-led troops sent to help quell protests will begin leaving Kazakhstan in two days now that the government is back in control, the country’s president has said. President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev in an [Read More…]
ABC World News
How climate change could hinder reforestation efforts, according to experts
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Scientists are researching how to promote global diversity amid warming temperatures, but some of the methods that could prove effective may be further hindered by climate change, according to [Read More…]
ABC World News
Kazakhstan’s president says order restored after crackdown on protests
-/AFP via Getty Images (ALMATY, Kazakhstan) — Kazakhstan’s president said Monday “constitutional order” has been restored in the country and that his government is in control following assistance from Russian-led troops to quell the mass [Read More…]