Month: June 2022
ABC Health News
FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna COVID vaccines for kids as young as 6 months
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for kids as young as six months old, finding them both safe and effective. “Many parents, caregivers and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
‘Jello skin’: Dermatologists break down TikTok’s latest beauty trend
RUNSTUDIO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TikTok videos offer advice on everything from viral makeup launches to healthier Coca-Cola alternatives. Now, one of the latest health and beauty crazes to capture the attention of millions is [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why some counties are still struggling to vaccinate residents against COVID-19
IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year-and-a-half since the first COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out — at a record pace and with the promise of ending the worst public health crisis in a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Acne Awareness Month: Doctor shares tips on treating acne
Boy_Anupong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There’s nothing worse than waking up in the morning to a fresh red pimple. Acne is the most common skin condition in the United States, according to the American Academy [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID-19 vaccines for kids under 5: Pediatricians answer parents’ questions
Morsa Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — COVID-19 vaccinations for kids under age 5 could be available as early next week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized both Pfizer and Moderna’s vaccines. “Many [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Warriors win NBA Championship title; Curry named Finals MVP
Elsa/Getty Images (BOSTON) — The Golden State Warriors defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 6 of the NBA Finals Thursday night to take home their first championship title since 2018. The 103-90 win over Boston [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 6/16/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Cleveland 4, Colorado 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland 4, Boston 3 Baltimore 10, Toronto 2 NY Yankees 2, Tampa Bay [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Dominion’s 2020 election lawsuit against Newsmax to move forward, judge rules
Ty O’Neil/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the Jan. 6 committee continues to lay out its evidence surrounding the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge on Thursday ruled that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Advocates call on Biden to act on reparations study by Juneteenth
NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP via Getty Images Beatrice Peterson, ABC News (WASHINGTON) — It’s been more than a month since a dozen civil rights and religious groups say they sent a letter to the White House calling [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s pressure on Pence: Key details you might have missed from Thursday’s Jan. 6 hearing
White House (WASHINGTON) — In its third hearing Thursday, the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack outlined former President Donald Trump’s pressure campaign against then-Vice President Mike Pence — and demonstrated just how close [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s ‘heated’ call with Pence on Jan. 6 revealed in new photos, testimony
White House (WASHINGTON) — New details and never-before-seen photographs have emerged about the “heated” phone call between President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence on the morning of Jan. 6, 2021. The information came [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Justice Sotomayor gives pep talk to progressives while praising Clarence Thomas
Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor, in a rare public appearance during the frenzied crush of Supreme Court opinion season, delivered public praise of her colleague Justice Clarence Thomas and gave a pep [Read More…]
ABC National News
Expectant Black mothers, facing higher mortality rates, turn to doulas and midwives for support
Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For Ebon’Nae Bradley, helping expectant parents is more than a job – it’s her mission. Bradley has been a licensed doula for more than a decade and has supported hundreds [Read More…]
ABC National News
Peter Navarro pleads not guilty to Jan. 6 contempt of Congress charges
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro entered a plea of not guilty Friday to two charges stemming from his failure to comply with subpoenas from the House select committee [Read More…]
ABC National News
What is Operation Lone Star? Inside Texas’ state border policy
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Last week, several thousand migrants reportedly walked through southern Mexico on the way to the United States in the largest migrant caravan of the year. Officials said they have [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ancestry uses lost letters to reunite a former slave’s family more than a century later
Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Houston natives Kelley Dixon Tealer and her mother Alva Marie Jenkins embarked on the journey to discover their ancestral roots, they had no idea they would soon realize a [Read More…]
ABC National News
More victims suspected after California man charged with kidnapping, torturing woman
Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Authorities say they believe a man accused of holding a woman captive at his California home and torturing her for several months may have other victims. Peter Anthony McGuire, 59, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Two US veterans who joined Ukrainian forces missing
Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
ABC World News
UK government approves Julian Assange extradition to US on spying charges
Jack Taylor/Getty Images (LONDON) — The British government has approved the extradition of Julian Assange, the founder of Wikileaks, to the United States to face charges of espionage. Assange now has 14 days to appeal [Read More…]
ABC World News
Families waiting for word on 2 Americans missing in Ukraine
Drueke family | Joy Black (WASHINGTON) — Two U.S. veterans from Alabama, Andy Huynh, 27, and Alexander Drueke, 39, volunteered to fight alongside the Ukrainian military against Russia, but haven’t been heard from in days. [Read More…]