Month: September 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Sophomore year: ABC’s ‘Abbott Elementary’ returns tonight
ABC/Gilles Mingasson Fresh off of its Emmy wins for show creator, writer and co-star Quinta Brunson and Sheryl Lee Ralph, Abbott Elementary returns for its sophomore season Wednesday night at 9 p.m. ET on ABC. Tyler James Williams, who plays newbie [Read More…]
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Sheryl Lee Ralph and Jennifer Hudson reminisce about ‘Dreamgirls’
Will Hart/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images It was a joyous meeting of Dreamgirls as Sheryl Lee Ralph appeared Tuesday on The Jennifer Hudson Show. Ralph, who recently won her first Emmy for her role [Read More…]
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Diego Luna says ‘Andor’ explores the “nuances” of his ‘Rogue One: A Star Wars Story’ character
Lucasfilm For Diego Luna, exploring the backstory of his Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s character in the new Disney+ series Andor was an “immediate yes.” Six years after Cassian Andor was first introduced in [Read More…]
ABC Business News
New York AG Letitia James files $250M lawsuit against Trump for defrauding lenders, others
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For 20 years, Donald Trump and his family enriched themselves through “numerous acts of fraud and misrepresentations,” New York Attorney General Letitia James alleges in a new lawsuit that [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How rapidly rising mortgage rates are squeezing prospective homebuyers
Phillip Spears/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For Emily and Michael Brown, the Federal Reserve’s rate hikes hit close to home. The Browns had been renting a two-bedroom apartment in Washington, D.C., when their now-6-month-old daughter [Read More…]
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This is how much money Black women lose to the pay gap
Marko Geber/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The wage gap that sees Black women earning less than white, non-Hispanic men can cost them as much as $2,000 per month, $23,000 per year and more than $900,000 [Read More…]
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Fed expected to raise interest rates, escalate fight against inflation
Lance Nelson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Wall Street will watch closely on Wednesday as the Federal Reserve is expected to escalate its fight against inflation with a dramatic interest rate hike. The move would come [Read More…]
ABC Health News
October the best time to get COVID boosters, flu shots, experts say
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With doctor’s offices and pharmacies now offering seasonal flu shots and updated COVID-19 boosters, experts are urging Americans to get both, with many saying October is the best [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Internal FDA report on infant formula crisis details shortfalls in response
AlasdairJames/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An internal review of the Food and Drug Administration’s actions leading up to the infant formula crisis finds a combination of human error, antiquated technology, and poor communication and accountability amongst [Read More…]
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FDA warns against ‘very unsafe’ social media trends targeted at teenagers
Government Accountability Office (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration is warning parents and teens about “very unsafe” social media trends, including a recent one that has begun trending online involving cooking chicken in [Read More…]
ABC Health News
“GMA” marks 10 years since Robin Roberts’ lifesaving bone marrow transplant
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Robin Roberts is no stranger to facing adversity. She received a breast cancer diagnosis in 2007 and then a diagnosis of myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a rare blood disorder that affects [Read More…]
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Nearly one in four Flint residents may have PTSD after water crisis, study finds
Sarah Rice/Getty Images, FILE (FLINT, Mich.) — Five years after a water crisis rocked Flint, Michigan, a significant number of residents are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder or depression and some may be suffering from [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Little Leaguer seriously injured in fall goes home from hospital: ‘So grateful’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Little League World Series player who was seriously injured after falling from a bunk bed while staying at the Little League World Series Complex in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, is back [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 9/20/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Boston 5, Cincinnati 3 Toronto 18, Philadelphia 11 NY Yankees 9, Pittsburgh 8 AMERICAN LEAGUE Houston 5, Tampa Bay [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden calls for more UN support for Ukraine, rebukes Putin for new threats
Bruce Yuanyue Bi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Speaking to the United Nations General Assembly, President Joe Biden on Wednesday cast the defining conflict facing global leaders as a duel between democracy and autocracy, directly responding [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
GOP lawmakers seek to codify Trump’s Iran sanctions amid ongoing nuclear talks
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A new bill from a pair of Republican lawmakers would prevent the Biden administration from lifting key sanctions on Iran over the country’s alleged support of efforts to assassinate high-profile [Read More…]
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UN chief warns of ‘colossal global dysfunction’ but urges world to unite on sweeping solutions
NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As global leaders descend on New York City for the annual U.N. General Assembly, the body’s Secretary-General António Guterres issued a dire warning in an opening [Read More…]
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Veteran suicide rate is lowest in years, VA says, but advocates worry that’s an undercount
The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The number of suicides among military veterans dropped to its lowest rate in over a decade, according to a report released Monday by the Department of [Read More…]
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People under felony indictment can’t be barred from purchasing guns, judge rules
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Banning someone from buying a gun while under felony indictment goes against their Second Amendment right to bear arms, a federal judge in Texas ruled Monday. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Groups helping Puerto Rico and Dominican Republic during Hurricane Fiona
Jose Jimenez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Puerto Rico is facing yet another devastating hurricane that has knocked out electricity across the island, just as the five-year anniversary of the deadly, destructive Hurricane Maria passes. President [Read More…]