Month: February 2022
ABC Sports News
The Rams Big Gamble Pays Off
Getty Images/FotografieLink (LOS ANGELES) — It began with a chance encounter at a resort in Cabo. Two men who were both at a proverbial fork in the road in their respective careers. Matthew Stafford. The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Biden assures Ukraine president US will respond ‘swiftly’ to Russian aggression
Kutay Tanir/Getty (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States and its allies will respond “swiftly and decisively” to any further aggression by Russia against Ukraine, according to a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Giuliani in discussions about testifying before Jan. 6 committee, say sources
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rudy Giuliani is in active discussions regarding testifying before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and potentially responding to some of the committee’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sen. Lindsey Graham says ‘we could do more in Congress and should’ to stop Russia
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Congress should be sending a stronger signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin as fears of an imminent invasion of Ukraine persist. On “This Week,” anchor [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pelosi has stark warning for Putin: ‘He has to know that war is not an answer’
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had a stark warning for Russian President Vladimir Putin as the Russian military buildup near the Ukraine region showed no [Read More…]
ABC Business News
‘Swan song’: How automakers are saying goodbye to internal combustion engines
Lamborghini (NEW YORK) — Walk into a Lamborghini dealership and brace yourself for the bad news. The wait time for the new Huracan STO supercar, a track weapon with a conspicuous carbon-fiber wing, air ducts [Read More…]
ABC National News
Road rage investigated in fatal shooting of Charlotte bus driver
WSOC-TV (NEW YORK) — A Charlotte, North Carolina, city bus driver has died after being shot while at the wheel and on his route with passengers aboard in what police are investigating as a possible [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden, Putin speak for third time as U.S. warns Russia could invade Ukraine soon
Twitter/White House (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, a day after the U.S. warned that a Russian invasion of Ukraine could begin during the Olympics. The two leaders spoke [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Past time’ to leave: U.S. evacuates diplomats, troops from Ukraine amid ‘war zone’ warnings
Anna Marchenko/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With increasingly dire warnings from the U.S. that Russia will likely attack Ukraine in the coming days, the U.S. is evacuating its diplomats and troops in the country and urging private [Read More…]
ABC World News
Iran celebrates revolution’s anniversary with defiant tone amid nuclear talks
Peter Polic/EyeEm/Getty Images (TEHRAN, Iran) — As nuclear talks enter what U.S. officials have described as the “final moment,” Iran struck a defiant tone Friday, marking the 43rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution that brought to [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Friends who have attended every Super Bowl plan last trip
Getty Images/Dan Thornberg/EyeEm (LOS ANGELES) — Fifty-five years ago three men attended the first Super Bowl. Every year since, they’ve had a seat at the biggest football game of the year, and in more recent years, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Group launches ‘#EndJewHate’ national billboard campaign to denounce antisemitism
JewBelong (NEW YORK) — A nonprofit organization is tackling growing attacks on the Jewish community in a splashy way – by installing bright pink billboards across the country that denounce antisemitism. The New Jersey-based organization, JewBelong, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Killings of two aspiring NYC rappers spark debate about a controversial rap genre
Instagram/chii_tercero (NEW YORK) — The deaths of two young aspiring rappers last week have reinvigorated the debate about drill music, a popular subgenre of rap, and its connection to violence. Jayquan McKenley, an 18-year-old aspiring rapper [Read More…]
ABC National News
Polar bear inbreeding and penguin ‘divorces’: Weird ways climate change is affecting animal species
Getty Images/Stock photo (NEW YORK) — The world’s biodiversity is constantly being threatened by warming temperatures and extreme changes in climate and weather patterns. And while that “doom and gloom” is the typical discourse surrounding how [Read More…]
ABC World News
Police in riot gear block trucker protest area on U.S.-Canada border
WXYZ (WINDSOR, Ontario) — Canadian police on Saturday blocked off the area surrounding the Ambassador Bridge over the U.S.-Canadian border and surrounded a group of about 100 protesters at the foot of the bridge. All protestor [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 2/11/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Philadelphia 100 Oklahoma City 87 Final Charlotte 141 Detroit 119 Final Cleveland [Read More…]
ABC National News
Study looks at impact of strictest blood-alcohol driving limits in the U.S.
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the five years since Utah passed the strictest legislation in the country on blood alcohol driving limits, there have been fewer traffic deaths overall in the state and lower driver [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Deaf football players, who rose to stardom in California, get front-row seat to Super Bowl
Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The California School for the Deaf in Riverside’s football team brought pride and triumph to the state last year, and now the high school [Read More…]
ABC National News
The killings of 2 aspiring NYC rappers spark debate about a controversial rap genre
@chii_tercero via Instagram (NEW YORK) — The deaths of two young aspiring rappers last week have reinvigorated the debate about drill music, a popular subgenre of rap, and its connection to violence. Jayquan McKenley, an [Read More…]
ABC National News
Convicted killer Sharee Miller admits to planning husband’s murder with an online lover
Genesee County Sheriff’s Office (DETROIT) — When Bruce Miller was found fatally shot at his Michigan salvage yard in November 1999, it was Jerry Cassaday who pulled the trigger. But the one pulling the strings [Read More…]