Month: August 2022
ABC Politics News
Trump investigation live updates: Former president calls for ‘immediate release’ of warrant
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI executed an unprecedented raid on former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida on Monday in search of evidence reportedly tied to his alleged mishandling of government documents. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ believes Trump held onto sensitive classified documents and associates questioned, sources say
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Multiple sources familiar with the investigation say the Justice Department and the FBI believed former President Donald Trump continued to keep sensitive classified documents that had national security implications and [Read More…]
ABC National News
How some schools are addressing active shooter concerns after Uvalde
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A few days after learning about the deadly shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, Jim Witt, superintendent of Lake Local Schools in northern Ohio, reached out to [Read More…]
ABC National News
The Bud Billiken Parade through the years
Bilgin S. Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Certain iconic imagery brings to mind traditional American summer activities: the smell of hamburgers cooking on a grill, marching bands with drum lines and kids catching candy thrown [Read More…]
ABC National News
Anne Heche suffered brain injury and not expected to survive, according to family
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Anne Heche is not expected to survive the brain injury she suffered in a fiery car crash in Los Angeles and is being kept on life support to determine if [Read More…]
ABC World News
Campus femicides in Egypt revive calls to strengthen laws against gender-based violence
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (CAIRO, Egypt) — The latest murder of a young woman in Egypt who had allegedly rejected the advances of a fellow student has sparked outrage and renewed calls for Egyptian lawmakers to [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Garretson ends Mt. Vernon’s season with a 2-1 win
MITCHELL, S.D. – The Garretson Blue Jays advanced to the semifinals of the State Amateur Baseball Tournament with a 2-1 win over Mt. Vernon on Thursday night behind the pitching of Nick Bonte and Aaron [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC no longer requires unvaccinated to quarantine after being exposed to COVID
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 guidance Thursday to ease recommendations for people who are unvaccinated and have been exposed to COVID-19. Previously, the CDC [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Only half of eligible Americans have gotten their first COVID booster
Thanasis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As we approach the fall, there is a renewed push to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, particularly the elderly and the vulnerable, who continue to bear the brunt of the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Congressional Republicans call Garland’s remarks on Mar-a-Lago search insufficient
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans were quick to pan Merrick Garland’s Thursday remarks on the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago — calling the attorney general’s comments insufficient and insisting the Justice Department release [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Watchdog felt it faced delays monitoring DHS, Secret Service texts — but never sent notice to Congress
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Career staff at the government’s watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security prepared a notice to Congress earlier this year about their difficulty obtaining Secret Service text messages connected [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
AG Merrick Garland says he signed off on Trump search, denounces attacks on law enforcement
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement comes after FBI agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday afternoon spoke [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Beto O’Rourke snaps back during laughter after he references Uvalde school shooting
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MINERAL WELLS, Texas) — On Wednesday, during a 49-day campaign tour of Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke snapped at an event attendee who laughed as he was addressing the recent [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump Organization CFO due in criminal court on tax evasion
Kevin C. Downs/The New York Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Allen Weisselberg, for decades the chief financial officer of former President Donald Trump’s namesake family business, is due in a New York [Read More…]
ABC National News
Girl missing since 2019 was murdered in New Hampshire, remains not found: Police
Manchester Police Department (MANCHESTER, N.H.) — Authorities have determined that Harmony Montgomery, a little girl who disappeared in 2019, was murdered in Manchester, New Hampshire, in early December 2019, officials announced Thursday. Harmony would be [Read More…]
ABC National News
US has 300,000 teacher, school staff vacancies, NEA President Rebecca Pringle says
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The current teacher shortage facing the United States is a “five-alarm crisis,” according to Rebecca Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the country. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man charged in 2 Albuquerque killings has domestic violence history, police say
Albuquerque Police Department via AFP/Getty Images (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M) — The man charged in the killings of at least two of the four Muslim men killed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in recent months has a history of arrests [Read More…]
ABC National News
Instagram personality charged with murder months after allegedly fatally stabbing boyfriend
Hawai’i Police Department (LAUPAHOEHOE, Hi.) — Social media personality Courtney Clenney has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, months after the death of her 27-year-old boyfriend Christian Obumseli. The 26-year-old, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dallas salon shooting suspect indicted on hate crime charge for allegedly shooting 3 Korean women
Jason Marz/Getty Images (DALLAS) — A man accused of shooting three Asian American women at a Dallas hair salon in May was indicted Tuesday on multiple counts, including committing a hate crime and aggravated assault, the Dallas [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kenan Thompson gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star
NBCUniversal Media, LLC Ahead of hosting the 2022 Emmy Awards next month, nearly 20-year Saturday Night Live veteran Kenan Thompson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday. His former SNL co-star [Read More…]
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