Month: September 2022
ABC National News
Black families turned to homeschooling during pandemic — and are sticking with it
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Homeschooling, once a relatively niche form of education that has been growing steadily in the past decades, has seen a big uptick due to the COVID-19 pandemic with Black [Read More…]
ABC National News
Seattle school district reaches ‘tentative agreement’ with union amid teachers strike
Stella/Getty Images (SEATTLE) — Seattle teachers voted to suspend their strike on Tuesday after reaching a “tentative agreement” with the school district, as school closures stretched into nearly a week. Seattle Public Schools, Washington state’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell says FBI seized his phone at a Hardee’s
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — My Pillow CEO Mike Lindell says the FBI seized his cellphone on Tuesday as he waited for his food order in a Hardee’s parking lot in Minnesota. In a phone [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former Trump aide wins New Hampshire GOP House primary to take on Pappas
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — ABC News reports that Karoline Leavitt is projected to win Tuesday’s GOP primary to take on Rep. Chris Pappas, D-N.H., setting up a general election matchup in one of the nation’s [Read More…]
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McKee wins Democratic primary in Rhode Island gubernatorial race
Fotosearch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rhode Island’s Democratic Gov. Dan McKee is projected to win his primary, ABC News reports, fending off a slate of challengers that kept the primary close until Tuesday. With 98% of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge will likely grant DOJ request to continue review of documents, legal expert says
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors requested on Thursday a stay, attempting to block Judge Aileen Cannon’s prior ruling preventing the FBI and Department of Justice from continuing its review of classified documents in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Graham’s proposed near-total national abortion ban quickly meets GOP resistance
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Less than two months before the midterm elections, Sen. Lindsey Graham on Tuesday introduced a bill that would impose a nationwide ban on most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 9/13/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE San Diego 6, Seattle 0 Chi White Sox 4, Colorado 2 Baltimore 4, Washington 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Phoenix Suns owner Robert Sarver suspended one year for racist, sexist comments
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Phoenix Suns and Mercury owner Robert Sarver has been suspended one year by the NBA for sexist and racist language after the league launched an investigation following a bombshell [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Suni Lee explains why gymnastics is her ‘happy place’
Julian Finney/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For Suni Lee, gymnastics is what she calls her happy place. “I truly love gymnastics with everything in me,” the 19-year-old Olympian told ABC News’ Good Morning America. In [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 9/12/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Seattle 8, Atlanta 7 AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 1, Baltimore 0 Kansas City 4, Detroit 0 NY Yankees 10, Tampa [Read More…]
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Families slam ex-NFL coach’s plea deal over DWI crash that left girl with serious brain injuries
Jackson County Prosecutor’s Office (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — The family of the girl who was critically injured in a car crash last year involving former Kansas City Chiefs assistant coach Britt Reid slammed prosecutors for [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC warns a rare condition in kids could be on the rise this fall
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health alert on Friday that common respiratory viruses circulating this fall could lead to a rise in [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Which states have the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rates?
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Almost two years into the COVID-19 vaccine rollout, several states are still struggling to immunize their residents. Among the 10 states with the lowest vaccination rates, as of Wednesday, none [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Climate change may make pandemics like COVID-19 much more common
BNBB Studio/Getty Images/STOCK (NEW YORK) — The likelihood of an extreme epidemic, or one similar to COVID-19, will increase threefold in the coming decades, according to a recent study published in the Proceedings of the National [Read More…]
ABC Health News
US records milestone 1 millionth organ transplant
Arctic-Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States recorded its one millionth organ transplant Friday afternoon, a historic milestone for the medical procedure that has saved thousands of lives. The record achievement was confirmed at [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Lawmakers in South Carolina at odds over proposed abortion bans
fstop123/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — The South Carolina State Senate rejected a bill that would ban nearly all abortions just days after House lawmakers approved the ban. The Senate went on to pass a separate [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Starbucks espresso beverage recalled from some stores over potential metal found inside
JohnFScott/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — PepsiCo Inc. is recalling hundreds of Starbucks espresso bottles that were sold in a handful of states due to possible contamination of metal particles, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Consumer prices rise unexpectedly in August, sending stock market tumbling
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A hotter-than-expected inflation report on Tuesday sent the stock market tumbling. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 1,200 points, which amounted to a nearly 4% drop, making [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How a new credit card code could help stop mass shootings
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A gunman in Aurora, Colorado, who killed 12 people in a mass shooting at a movie theater, in 2012, legally acquired weapons and ammunition using a credit card. So [Read More…]