Month: August 2022
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Vikings’ Cousins has COVID-19, won’t play preseason opener
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota Vikings quarterback Kirk Cousins has tested positive for COVID-19 and will not play this weekend in the team’s first preseason game. Coach Kevin O’Connell confirmed the diagnosis Friday at practice, [Read More…]
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Brianna Grier eulogized by Rev. Al Sharpton, family presses for answers at funeral
Manuel Breva Colmeiro/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Brianna Grier, a mother of 3-year-old twins who died last month in police custody, was remembered Thursday by her family as a loving, caring person. Rev. Al Sharpton spoke [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Debra Messing, Josh Peck and Rhea Perlman explain how ’13: The Musical’ breaks the mold
Alan Markfield/Netflix 13: The Musical is streaming now on Netflix and the movie’s stars, Debra Messing, Josh Peck and Rhea Perlman, spoke to ABC Audio about what makes this movie so special. The film stars Eli Golden as Evan, a New Yorker who moves [Read More…]
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Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco go vampire hunting in the Netflix action comedy ‘Day Shift’
PARRISH LEWIS/NETFLIX The vampire action comedy Day Shift hits Netflix Friday, starring Jamie Foxx and Dave Franco as two very different kinds of vampire hunters. The pair talked to ABC Audio about why they think people are fascinated with the fanged [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/11/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland 4, Detroit 3 Houston 7, Texas 3 Kansas City 5, Chi White Sox 3 Boston 4, Baltimore [Read More…]
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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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