Month: February 2022
ABC Health News
Scientists are working on combo flu and COVID-19 shot, but don’t expect one this fall
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With more scientists predicting COVID-19 boosters will be needed each year, some are now working on combining those with the annual flu vaccine. The idea, experts say, is a [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Russia-Ukraine conflict impacts sports, entertainment
Panayotis Tzamaros/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The effects of the Russian attack on Ukraine are rippling out to the sports and entertainment world, where figures have spoken out and events have been changed [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
LGBTQ youth fight back against Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill
Courtesy Maxx Fenning (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — When CJ Walden heard the news that some Florida classrooms would limit LGBTQ topics under a proposed bill in the state legislature, first he felt shock. Then, the pain [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Why ‘stand your ground’ laws may be connected to higher homicide rates
Tetra Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “Stand your ground laws,” have proliferated around the country after they were first introduced in Florida in 2005, with proponents contending that they’ve kept neighborhoods safer. A study released [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 pandemic forces a nationwide reckoning for American churches on how to safely reopen
Luis Alvarez/DigitalVision/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the start of the pandemic, in-person church attendance dropped a staggering 45% nationwide, according to an ABC analysis of churches across more than 3,000 U.S. counties from cellular [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukrainian leaders vow to arm themselves as Russian troops close in on Kyiv
Presidency of Ukraine/Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine’s capital Friday and thousands of refugees continued to flee the country, several Ukrainian officials vowed to remain in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Fears of a growing refugee crisis in Europe loom amid Russia’s attack on Ukraine
Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Russian invasion of Ukraine is forcing many Ukrainians to leave their homes to seek shelter, with long lines already forming at the border and the potential [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukrainian leaders vow to arm themselves as Russian troops close in on Kyiv
STR/NurPhoto via Getty Images, FILE (KYIV, Ukraine) — As Russian troops closed in on Ukraine’s capital Friday and thousands of refugees continued to flee the country, several Ukrainian officials vowed to remain in Kyiv and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The waiting is the hardest part: Foo Fighters talk devilish new movie, ‘Studio 666’
Open Road Films In a career filled with best-selling albums, worldwide tours and jam sessions with nearly every legendary rock star on the planet, Dave Grohl may have found his most unexpected project yet with [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hayden Panettiere backs ex, Ukrainian boxer Wladimir Klitschko, as he prepares to fight “Putin’s war”
Venturelli/WireImage They may have broken up in 2018, but Hayden Panettiere is backing her ex-fiance, champion boxer Wladimir Klitschko, amid the crisis in his native Ukraine. Klitschko’s brother Vitali Klitschko, also a former champion boxer, has served as the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Amanda Bynes lobbies judge to end conservatorship
GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Following Britney Spears being freed from her conservatorship, former Easy A star Amanda Bynes has reportedly lobbied a Los Angeles judge to end hers. Bynes’ mother Lynn was put in charge of her affairs temporarily following a 2013 incident in which Bynes [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Things you may not know about the NAACP Image Awards
Courtesy of NAACP The NAACP Image Awards were established in 1967, to honor outstanding performances in Black theater, music, literature, film and television. Ahead of Saturday’s ceremony, here are a few bits of information you may or [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jay-Z and Silk Sonic win NAACP Image Awards; Mike Epps portrays Richard Pryor; and more
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Jay-Z and Silk Sonic were among the music winners Thursday during the fourth night of the 53rd NAACP Image Awards non-televised award categories. Hova and Jeymes Samuel won Outstanding Soundtrack for The Harder They Fall, and Silk Sonic, consisting of Bruno [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to order personal sanctions on Putin as Russian forces close in on Kyiv
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid pressure at home and abroad, the White House announced Friday that the U.S. will personally sanction Russian President Vladimir Putin and Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, following in the footsteps [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden nominates Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be first Black woman on Supreme Court
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images/POOL (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday nominated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson for the U.S. Supreme Court, elevating an African American woman for the first time to a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Introducing historic pick, Biden promises Supreme Court that looks ‘like America’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid an international crisis demanding his attention, President Joe Biden still took time out Friday to introduce to the nation his first high court nominee — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 panel questions Donald Trump Jr.’s fiance, GOP fundraiser Kimberly Guilfoyle
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Friday interviewed Kimberly Guilfoyle, the fiancé of Donald Trump Jr. and a GOP operative and fundraiser, behind closed doors. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Poll finds sharp partisan divisions on the impact of a Black woman justice
Grant Faint/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Leading into President Joe Biden’s first Supreme Court nomination, Americans are split along partisan lines on a range of attitudes relating to the high court — approval of its [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy warns Russia will try to ‘storm’ Kyiv tonight
ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbor from multiple directions despite warnings of dire consequences from the United States and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope makes surprise visit to Russian Embassy to the Vatican
Grzegorz Galazka/Archivio Grzegorz Galazka/Mondadori Portfolio via Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — The Vatican press office confirmed that Pope Francis made a visit to the Russian Embassy to the Holy See to express his concern about [Read More…]