Month: October 2022
ABC Health News
E-cigarette use among teens increases 21% over previous year, study finds
Diego Cervo / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — About 2.55 million middle and high schoolers in the United States reported using e-cigarettes, an increase of 21.5% from those who reported using those products last year, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mom speaks out after 14-year-old daughter was denied arthritis medication due to abortion law
Kaitlin Preble (NEW YORK) — For the past decade, Kaitlin Preble of Tucson, Arizona, said she has gone to her local pharmacy each month to pick up her daughter’s prescription for methotrexate, a drug that [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Monkeypox has disproportionately impacted Hispanic and Latino men in US
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the early days of the monkeypox outbreak in the United States, Hispanic and Latino men may have been disproportionately affected. While data from the CDC is limited and fewer [Read More…]
ABC Health News
86% of kids under 17 have antibodies from a past COVID infection, CDC data shows
Europa Press/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than eight in 10 kids under the age of 17 have antibodies from a past COVID-19 infection, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup –10/5/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Houston 3, Philadelphia 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 5, Toronto 4 Oakland 3, LA Angels 2 Cleveland 9 Kansas City [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup –10/5/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Houston 3, Philadelphia 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 5, Toronto 4 Oakland 3, LA Angels 2 Cleveland 9, Kansas City [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 10/4/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Houston 10, Philadelphia 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE NY Yankees 5, Texas 4 Texas 3, NY Yankees 2 Cleveland 5, Kansas [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Yankees’ Aaron Judge sets new American League record with 62nd home run
Ron Jenkins/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Babe Ruth and Roger Maris are in the rearview mirror. Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge hit his American League record 62nd home run Tuesday. After nearly a week of waiting, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Murphy and other Democrats call for ‘consequences’ for Saudi Arabia over oil production cut
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Connecticut Sen. Chris Murphy on Sunday called for a change in Washington’s ties to Saudi Arabia after the country and other members of the OPEC+ alliance decided to significantly cut production [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden needs to ‘back off’ Armageddon language, work to get Russia to the table with Ukraine: Mullen
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s warning last week that Vladimir Putin was “not joking” about possibly using nuclear weapons was “concerning” and counterproductive to bringing an end to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, retired [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden’s warning of nuclear ‘Armageddon’ reflects the ‘stakes’ with Russia, not an imminent threat: Kirby
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The White House believes “the stakes are very high right now” with Russia amid Vladimir Putin’s struggles in Ukraine and his references to his nuclear arsenal, but President Joe Biden’s warning [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
500 children reunited with families by Biden-Harris task force, nearly 200 still in process
Tarik Ergenç/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 500 children have been reunited by the Biden administration’s task force to find families separated as a result of the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance” policy at the border, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
On Trump’s last day in office, why were sensitive documents allegedly in such disarray?
Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At the end of Donald Trump’s presidency, his team returned a large batch of classified FBI documents and other government records to the Justice Department in such disarray that a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Las Vegas stabbing victim says suspect ‘had every intention’ to kill
KNTV (WASHINGTON) — The man who allegedly left two dead and six injured after he went on a stabbing spree in Las Vegas “had every intention” of killing the victims, one of the survivors told [Read More…]
ABC National News
Floridians adamant about rebuilding in areas devastated by Hurricane Ian
The Salty Crab Bar & Grill (FORT MYERS, Fla.) — Floridians whose homes and businesses were destroyed during Hurricane Ian are adamant about rebuilding the communities that were destroyed during Hurricane Ian. Images out of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search for missing 20-month-old last seen at Georgia home now on fourth day
avid_creative/Getty Images/STOCK (SAVANNAH, Ga.) — The search for a missing 20-month-old entered its fourth day on Saturday, as police have yet to turn up any sign of the toddler. Quinton Simon was reported missing from his [Read More…]
ABC National News
Florida began soliciting migrant flight prices in July, documents show
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Florida Department of Transportation began soliciting bids to fly migrants to cities including Boston and Los Angeles starting in July, according to documents obtained by ABC News. “The Department [Read More…]
ABC National News
Homes are crumbling into the Gulf at the foot of temporary new Pine Island bridge
Miles Cohen/ABC News (MATLACHA, Fla.)– Roughly three dozen pastel-colored cottages line the only road to Pine Island, the largest island along Florida’s Gulf Coast where Hurricane Ian made landfall. To get to Pine Island from [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Key bridge between Russia and Crimea damaged, Ukraine says
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Image (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Prince Harry, Elton John and more sue “Daily Mail” publisher alleging ‘abhorrent criminal activity’
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince Harry is taking legal action again against Associated Newspapers Ltd., the publisher of the Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday and the MailOnline. The duke of Sussex is joining [Read More…]