Month: January 2022
ABC Sports News
Jamaica’s 1st alpine skier gears up to compete in 2022 Winter Olympics
ABC News Live (NEW YORK) — British-born Benjamin Alexander had never put on a pair of skis until the age of 32. Only six years later, and he’s now going for gold next month in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Rob Gronkowski reflects on an “incredible” season with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rob Gronkowski says it’s “unfortunate” the Tampa Bay Buccaneers didn’t make this year’s Super Bowl, losing 30-27 to the Los Angeles Rams in the divisional playoff, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/25/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 117, New Orleans 107 Toronto 125, Charlotte 113 Denver 110, Detroit 105 Boston 128, Sacramento 75 LA Clippers 116, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Russia maybe ‘not serious’ about diplomacy on Ukraine but ball in its court: Blinken
Pool via ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken, speaking at the State Department on Wednesday, confirmed the U.S. had delivered a written response to Moscow security demands as Russia amassed troops on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden, lawmakers prepare for Supreme Court vacancy, react to Breyer’s retirement
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday declined to expand on reports Justice Stephen Breyer would be retiring from the Supreme Court at the end of the current term, saying he would [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson eyed as potential replacement to Justice Stephen Breyer
Tom Williams/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer at the end of the current term, one name keeps rising to the top of the list of potential replacements: Judge [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
As new variants emerge, US government turns attention to a universal coronavirus vaccine
Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At the dawn of the COVID-19 pandemic, vaccine makers raced to design a shot that perfectly matched the new virus’s genetic code. Their efforts were successful, resulting in highly effective [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fed signals rate hikes coming ‘soon’ amid inflation concerns
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Officials at the Federal Reserve on Wednesday signaled that they could “soon” raise interest rates for the first time in three years, as inflation concerns cast a shadow over the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Snow storm takes aim on Northeast: Latest forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A snow storm is bearing down on the East Coast, with snow even expected to reach as far south as coastal North Carolina. The brunt of the storm will hit [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: US deaths increasing to highest point in nearly one year
John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 876,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Modern-day lynching’: Man found shot dead during trip with co-worker
Carmela King via Courtesy of Paul Jubas (VENANGO COUNTY, Pa.) — The family of a Jamaican immigrant is calling his death a “modern-day lynching” after he was found shot to death on the front lawn [Read More…]
ABC National News
North Carolina mother, young daughter found safely after going missing in 2016
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BUNNLEVEL, N.C.) — A North Carolina mother who went missing with her young daughter in 2016 have been found safe, according to authorities. Amber Renaye Weber, then 21 years old and her [Read More…]
ABC National News
Laser temporarily blinds medical helicopter crew member
EThamPhoto/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — A paramedic was temporarily blinded after their helicopter was affected by a laser strike earlier this month. A Utah AirMed helicopter was struck while transporting a patient to the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Afghan refugees find ‘peace and hope’ resettling in US
Meagan Redman,Jake Lefferman, Zach Fannin, and Libby Cathey, ABC News (HOLLOMAN AIR FORCE BASE, N.M.) — Thousands of miles away from her native Afghanistan, Laila finds relief in small comforts like a warm meal inside [Read More…]
ABC World News
British police arrest two more men in probe of Texas synagogue hostage-taking incident
Emil Lippe/Getty Images (LONDON) — Two men were arrested in England on Wednesday morning as part of an ongoing investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the United States, British authorities said. Counterterrorism [Read More…]
Latest News
19 year old accused of having loaded gun at basketball game
BOX ELDER, S.D. (AP) — Authorities in southwestern South Dakota say a 19 year old was arrested Tuesday after he allegedly brought a loaded weapon to a high school basketball game. Box Elder police said [Read More…]
Latest News
Dakota State announces $90M cybersecurity expansion, lab
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Dakota State University on Wednesday announced plans for a $90 million expansion of its cybersecurity program, including the construction of a lab in Sioux Falls. At an event to announce [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Vikings hire Browns executive Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as GM
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings have hired Kwesi Adofo-Mensah as their general manager, taking an innovative turn with a Ivy League-educated data expert from Cleveland’s front office who once worked on Wall Street. Adofo-Mensah, [Read More…]
Latest News
Plea deal reached in fatal Sioux Falls shooting in 2020
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Sioux Falls man accused in a 2020 shooting death has taken a plea deal in the case instead of going to trial. Rashaun Guest, 25, has pleaded guilty to [Read More…]
Latest News
Senate and House pass medical pot bills, collision looms
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota’s Senate on Tuesday passed a spate of bills to put lawmakers’ mark on the state’s new voter-passed medical marijuana law. Several of the bills approved by the Senate would [Read More…]
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