Year: 2022
ABC Business News
“Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” Happy Meal hits the menu at McDonald’s
ABC News Photo Illustration, McDonald’s (NEW YORK) — A taste of the Marvel Cinematic Universe is coming to the menu at McDonald’s with a new item inspired by the highly-anticipated Black Panther sequel. Starting Thursday, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pfizer, BioNTech say bivalent COVID-19 booster shot performs better against BA.5 omicron subvariant
Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American pharmaceutical company Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced Friday that a booster dose of their bivalent COVID-19 vaccine performs better against two circulating versions of the omicron [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New injection for newborns to protect against RSV approved in Europe
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In what could signal the promise of progress to come for newborn infants at risk for RSV, a new monoclonal antibody is being granted approval in Europe as a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Women turn to at-home abortions, as unregulated pill sites expand operations
Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jane was living in rural New Mexico when she discovered she was pregnant. She never wanted to have children or carry a pregnancy and knew immediately she [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA warns parents not to use infant head-shaping pillows
Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration has released a safety bulletin urging parents and caregivers not to use head-shaping pillows intended to change an infant’s head shape or symmetry. There [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC releases new guidelines for prescribing opioids to include people with short-term pain
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released updated guidelines for prescribing opioids for pain to include people who are suffering from short-term pain. During a briefing Thursday, the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ryan Reynolds to receive “The People’s Icon” Award at 2022 People’s Choice Awards
Nathan Congleton/NBC The People’s Choice Awards will bestow “The People’s Icon” award to Ryan Reynolds at this year’s ceremony, coming up on December 6 on NBC. The actor/writer/producer/businessman will be recognized for his contributions to film and television, in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Colorado authorities investigating ‘suspicious substance’ found in mail-in ballot
EyeWolf/Getty Images (DENVER) — Authorities in Colorado are investigating a “suspicious, powdery substance” found in a ballot mailed to the Adams County elections office in what officials say “appears to be an attempt to disrupt [Read More…]
ABC National News
Twenty-four more graves excavated, including those of children, in probe of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Win McNamee/Getty Images (TULSA, Okla.) — Forensic scientists have uncovered 24 additional unmarked graves in an Oklahoma cemetery, three of them containing child-sized coffins, as part an effort to identify victims of the 1921 Tulsa [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/3/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Houston 3, Philadelphia 2 (Houston leads 3-2) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Orlando 130, Golden State 129 Denver 122, Oklahoma City [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pfizer, BioNTech launch phase 1 trial on combined COVID-19 and flu vaccine
Nikos Pekiaridis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pfizer and BioNTech have launched a clinical trial on a vaccine targeting both COVID-19 and influenza, the companies announced Thursday. The phase 1 trial is being done [Read More…]
ABC Health News
RSV cases hit 2-year-high, CDC data shows
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of people with the respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, has surged, with cases hitting a two-year high, according to data by the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘They defamed her’: Uvalde educator falsely accused of leaving school door open seeks answers
ABC News (UVALDE, Texas) — Emilia “Amy” Marin watched a briefing on the Robb Elementary school shooting on May 27, three days after the rampage that killed 19 students and two teachers. She listened live [Read More…]
ABC National News
Paul Pelosi released from hospital six days after attack
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (SAN FRANCISCO) — Paul Pelosi has been released from the hospital, six days after being attacked in his home. Paul Pelosi, 82, was struck at least twice with the hammer, sources [Read More…]
ABC National News
Stanford removes alleged imposter student from campus
David Madison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man is accused of posing as a Stanford University student and living in at least five different dorms on campus for nearly a year, the university’s newspaper, The [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Brooklyn Nets suspend Kyrie Irving for failing to ‘disavow antisemitism’
Dustin Satloff/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving has been suspended without pay for at least five games after promoting a film that contains “deeply disturbing antisemitic hate,” the team announced Thursday. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge grants independent monitor to oversee Trump Organization, in major victory for NY AG
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York judge has approved a preliminary injunction and an independent monitor to oversee the Trump Organization in an order that follows several hours of oral arguments Thursday. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Will he make a difference in the GOP’s chances of retaking control of Congress?
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Despite not being a candidate, Donald Trump is looming large this midterm election cycle, but what difference he’s making won’t be clearer until Election Day or soon after. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Kentucky abortion rights advocates fight ballot initiative
Andy Sacks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — About half the country has banned abortion sometime before viability and at least 14 states have ceased nearly all abortion services, since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘WandaVision’ spin-off reportedly conjures up Aubrey Plaza
ABC/Randy Holmes — Marvel Studios Aubrey Plaza is joining her Parks & Rec hubby Chris Pratt in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The website The Illuminerdi first broke the news that the Emily the Criminal and [Read More…]