Year: 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Samuel L. Jackson to receive Chairman’s Award at NAACP Image Awards, Spike Lee directing Colin Kaepernick docuseries, and more
Earl Gibson III/WireImage Samuel L. Jackson will receive the Chairman’s Award during the 53rd NAACP Image Awards. The honor recognizes individuals who demonstrate exemplary public service and use their distinct platforms to create agents of change. Past honorees include [Read More…]
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‘Presumed Innocent’ gets the series treatment at Apple TV+
David E. Kelley — Rachel Murray/Getty Images for AT&T AUDIENCE Network Presumed Innocent, the Scott Turow legal thriller that became the hit 1990 film starring Harrison Ford, the late Raul Julia, and Bonnie Bedelia, is becoming a series for Apple TV+. The new [Read More…]
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Black History Month: Paley Center pays tribute to Sidney Poitier, Joe Morton hosts Inside the Black Box, and more
LEE CELANO/AFP via Getty Images In celebration of Black History Month, The Paley Center for Media in New York City is hosting its “Salute to Black Achievements in Television” from Saturday, February 5 to Sunday, February 27. [Read More…]
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‘Peacemaker’ star Steve Agee on stepping away from the computer, and the show’s viral opening dance number
HBO Max Steve Agee reprises his role as John Economos from The Suicide Squad in HBO Max’s new hit spin-off Peacemaker. For the series, Agee’s character graduates from being that superhero movie staple “the guy in the chair” to [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Starbucks expects price increases, citing inflation, COVID pay and staffing costs
Starbucks (NEW YORK) — Starbucks will continue to raise prices in 2022 due to a combination of labor costs and supply chain disruptions. The Seattle-based coffee giant announced Tuesday that between a rising cost of [Read More…]
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Monster storm fuels most flight cancellations of year
IronHeart/Getty Images (DALLAS) — A monster winter storm is fueling the worst travel day of the year — with more than 4,000 flights canceled Thursday morning as of 10 a.m. per FlightAware. This is the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Family sues hospital after they say DNA test indicates daughter isn’t related to dad
Peiffer Wolf Carr Kane Conway & Wise Law Firm (NEW YORK) — For Christmas two years ago, Jessica Harvey Galloway was gifted a home DNA test kit by her parents, mom Jeanine Harvey and her [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Gay and lesbian adults had higher COVID vaccination rates than heterosexual adults: CDC
Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Gay and lesbian adults are more likely to have been vaccinated against COVID-19 than heterosexual adults, federal officials said Thursday. A new study from the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
When you should be using your at-home COVID tests
Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans have purchased rapid COVID-19 tests online or at local stores and signed up to receive test kits through a free government program. Unlike [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What to know about power outage, carbon monoxide safety
Montinique Monroe/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over 50,000 customers are in the dark in Texas Thursday morning as a winter storm pummels the state with snow and ice. Here are safety tips to keep in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
US bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor, in isolation, still training and caring for son ahead of Olympics
ABC News (BEIJING) — The fear of testing positive for COVID is a constant stress hanging over athletes at the 2022 Winter Olympics, a fear realized for U.S. women’s bobsledder Elana Meyers Taylor. Meyers Taylor [Read More…]
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Ten Americans to watch at the Beijing Winter Olympics
Matthias Hangst/Getty Images (BEIJING) — It’s only been six months since the festivities wrapped up at Tokyo’s Summer Olympics, but it’s time to learn who will be stealing nightly headlines at the Beijing Winter Games. [Read More…]
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How Olympic figure skating scores work and other facts to know
Valery SharifulinTASS via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Social media phenom is figure skating for change and representation Figure skating at the Olympics is set to kick off on Friday, starting with the team event’s [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 2/2/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Washington 106, Philadelphia 103 Orlando 119, Indiana 118 Boston 113, Charlotte 107 Memphis 120, New York 108 Houston 115, Cleveland [Read More…]
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Former Dolphins coach Brian Flores speaks out against NFL’s alleged discrimination
John McCall/South Florida Sun Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Former Miami Dolphins head coach Brian Flores is sounding off about the NFL’s response to his lawsuit accusing the league of racial discrimination. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senators close in on ‘mother of all sanctions’ bill against Russia
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan group of senators is within striking distance of a deal on a bill that would impose crippling sanctions on Russia for its hostilities against Ukraine. “We are finding [Read More…]
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Biden, NYC mayor release plans to curb gun violence
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With gun violence on the rise in major cities across the country, including New York City, elected officials are scrambling to come up with solutions. President [Read More…]
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Biden in New York City to highlight combating gun crime
Michael Lee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after two police officers were killed by a suspect using an illegal gun, President Joe Biden headed to New York City Thursday to meet with Mayor Eric Adams [Read More…]
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Michigan’s ‘fairer’ election maps challenged for ‘diluting’ Black vote
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Michigan, one of the nation’s hottest political battlegrounds, is being hailed for a citizen-led effort to transform its famously gerrymandered election maps into some of the fairest and most competitive [Read More…]
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Trump-endorsed challengers lag behind incumbent Republicans in fundraising
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Three of the 10 House Republicans who voted to impeach former President Donald Trump have tapped out early to announce they are not seeking reelection in 2022 — but the [Read More…]