Month: December 2022
ABC National News
Colorado Springs Club Q shooting suspect to appear in court on Tuesday
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The suspect accused of killing five people after opening fire in an LGBTQ nightclub last month in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is expected to appear in court on Tuesday. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election Day is here for Georgia’s Senate runoff between Warnock and Walker
Grace Cary/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — In Georgia, the stage is set for the final Senate battle of the midterm election as voters head back to the polls on Tuesday for the runoff election between Democratic [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Who is Raphael Warnock? Reverend faces Herschel Walker in Georgia Senate runoff
Win McNamee/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock is running in his fourth election in roughly two years as he fights for a full six-year term representing the battleground state. Warnock is facing [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Who is Herschel Walker? Former football star faces Raphael Warnock in Georgia Senate runoff
Alex Wong/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Republican Herschel Walker hopes to do what former Sen. Kelly Loeffler could not and defeat Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in a runoff election in Georgia. Walker, a football legend in [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pediatrician and mom shares the protections she’s taking amid ‘tripledemic’ of flu, RSV and COVID-19
Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez/Instagram (NEW YORK) — Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez says she knows firsthand the worry that comes with being a parent amid what some health experts are calling a “tripledemic,” with high rates of flu, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Santa Shortage: A Head Elf weighs in on holiday headache
manonallard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the night before Christmas inches nearer, Santa Claus is being asked to make more and more appearances. But Santa Claus is getting harder to find. Mitch Allen, the founder [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jamie Lee Curtis, Kelsey Grammer and more Hollywood stars react to Kirstie Alley’s death at the age of 71
Eric McCandless/ABC via Getty Images Celebrity tributes came pouring in following the news of Kirstie Alley‘s death on Monday at the age of 71 after a short battle with cancer. Upon the release of the news [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine drone attack hits 2 military bases deep inside Russia
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Explosions that struck two military airbases deep inside Russia on Monday were the result of drone attacks launched by Ukraine, according to Russian and Ukrainian officials, in what appeared to be [Read More…]
ABC World News
Eruption of Mount Semeru, Indonesia’s tallest volcano, prompts evacuations for thousands living downslope
JUNI KRISWANTO/AFP via Getty Images (LUMAJANG REGENCY, Indonesia) — Several villages surrounding Mount Semeru, Indonesia’s tallest volcano, have been blanketed in ash and soot following its latest eruption. Evacuations were announced Sunday as the 12,060-foot [Read More…]
ABC National News
Person of interest in death of two women, arrested for kidnapping 79-year-old woman
Racine Police Department (RACINE, Wisc.) — Prosecutors in Wisconsin charged a man, who’s a person of interest in two deaths, with kidnapping an elderly woman and stealing her identity. The state of Wisconsin has charged [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Torso Killer’ pleads guilty to murdering 5 women in the 1960s, 1970s
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A convicted serial killer pleaded guilty Monday to murdering a dance teacher in 1968 outside a Long Island, New York, mall and admitted to killing four other women in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti, onetime opponent of Donald Trump, sentenced to 14 years in fraud case
Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Disgraced lawyer Michael Avenatti was sentenced on Monday to 14 years in federal prison for defrauding his clients and for obstructing IRS efforts to collect payroll taxes [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jury begins deliberations in Trump Organization criminal fraud trial
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Manhattan jury began deliberations Monday on whether to convict former President Donald Trump’s namesake real estate company of criminal tax fraud. The deliberations began Monday morning following lengthy [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family thanks state trooper for saving their infant’s life
Courtesy of Victoria O’Neal (NEW YORK) — A North Carolina couple are calling a state trooper their “angel” and a hero for helping save their daughter’s life when she stopped breathing due to RSV. Victoria [Read More…]
Latest News
Mall of America settles lawsuit over boy thrown from balcony
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Mall of America in suburban Minneapolis said Monday that it will toughen its trespassing policies as part of a settlement with the family of a boy who was severely injured when [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
GOP leaders silent so far on Trump’s call for ‘termination’ of Constitution’s rules
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday and some Republicans in Congress condemned former President Donald Trump’s call for “termination” of the Constitution’s rules — while GOP congressional leaders kept silent on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court hears major case on free speech, faith and LGBTQ equality
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority on Monday appeared sympathetic with a wedding website designer challenging Colorado’s anti-discrimination law and its requirement that she provide services for same-sex couples [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
How Congress achieved a historic breakthrough on gay marriage
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the summer, Democrats were privately debating how to handle a jolt that had been sent to the more than 1 million U.S. households with same-sex couples. The Supreme Court [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Arizona election results certified, Kari Lake expected to challenge
Jon Cherry/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Elected officials in Arizona certified the state’s election results on Monday in a formal canvassing ceremony at the state Capitol, initiating the start of recounts and potential lawsuits, [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Vikings defense the extreme case of bending but not breaking
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Camryn Bynum jumped in front of New York Jets wide receiver Corey Davis for the fourth-down interception just in front of the goal line, preserving another harrowing Minnesota Vikings victory. The second-year safety added that [Read More…]