Year: 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Keke Palmer, John Legend, Kirk Franklin, Meagan Good, President Biden and more celebrate Black History Month
ABC AT&T is celebrating Black history through its Dream in Black initiative’s signature program, Black Future Makers, honoring John Legend, Kirk Franklin, Meagan Good and others who are shaping culture, advocating for equity, and creating pathways for the next generation [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Take a deep dive into the rise and demise of Las Vegas legends Siegfried & Roy with ‘Wild Things’ podcast
CHRIS DELMAS/AFP via Getty Images Today, a new episode of Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy dropped on Apple Podcasts. The series takes a deep dive into the titular tiger handlers, and what happened before and after a 2003 performance in which [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Sacklers ‘close’ to deal to contribute additional cash in opioid settlement
Michael Nigro/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The family that owns Purdue Pharma is “close” to an agreement that substantially increases its financial contribution to a nationwide opioids settlement, according to a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Biden relaunches cancer ‘moonshot’ initiative to help cut death rate
Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday relaunched the federal government’s cancer “moonshot” initiative, with the goal of cutting the death rate from cancer in half over the next quarter-century. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pfizer requests authorization of COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5: What to know
KoldoyChris/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly two years into the coronavirus pandemic, children ages 5 and under are one step closer to being eligible to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. Food [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Parents of toddlers face struggles as they wait for vaccine authorization
Al Seib / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For many parents of unvaccinated toddlers in the U.S., a return to normalcy amid the COVID-19 pandemic seems out of reach. Many have [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Washington Football Team reveals new team name, the Commanders
Dustin Satloff/Getty Images (ASHBURN, Va.) — After two years of speculation, the Washington Football Team revealed its new name and new look on Wednesday as the Washington Commanders. “One legacy. One unified future. We are [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
What to know about the members of the US Olympic figure skating team
ANNE-CHRISTINE POUJOULAT/AFP via Getty Images (BEIJING) — One of the most popular sports at the Winter Olympics is about to get underway in Beijing: figure skating. Lacing up their skates for the U.S. Olympic team [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
What Tom Brady’s body coach, business partner says was the key to the quarterback’s longevity
Elsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After 22 seasons in the NFL, Tom Brady officially announced his retirement from the sport that widely considers him the greatest quarterback of all time. “There is a physical, mental [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 2/1/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New Orleans 111, Detroit 101 Toronto 110, Miami 106 Milwaukee 112, Washington 98 Chicago 126, Orlando 115 Minnesota 130, Denver [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
FBI urging Olympic athletes to keep personal phones at home
EThamPhoto/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI on Monday issued a stern warning for U.S. Olympic athletes traveling to Beijing for the Winter Olympics: keep your personal cellphones at home and use a burner phone. “The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
American statesman Bob Dole to be laid to rest at Arlington National Cemetery
Stephanie Kuykendal/Getty Images (ARLINGTON COUNTY, Va.) — Former Senate Republican Leader Bob Dole — a decorated World War II veteran and presidential candidate who served in Congress for 36 years — will be laid to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Who is potential Supreme Court nominee J. Michelle Childs?
Zach Gibson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge J. Michelle Childs was scheduled to have her Senate confirmation hearing to be a federal appeals court judge on Tuesday — just weeks after President Joe Biden nominated her [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Gaetz’s fundraising dips as sex trafficking investigation intensifies
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the federal investigation into possible sex trafficking allegations against Rep. Matt Gaetz continues, his campaign’s fundraising has been dwindling. In its latest campaign finance disclosure filed on Monday, the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden seeks Supreme Court nominee advice amid criticism over promise to name Black woman
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden began what he has said would be a bipartisan process to pick his Supreme Court nominee, hosting meetings at the White House on Tuesday amid Republican criticism [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s fundraising extends massive $122 million war chest
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump announced Monday night that his political committees raised more than $51 million over the second half of last year, to buttress what is now a [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Major US city requiring vaccination for schoolchildren
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 890,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
ABC National News
Major winter storm strikes from Denver to Chicago before heading to Northeast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Six inches to 1 foot of snow is possible, along with sleet and freezing rain, from St. Louis to Indianapolis and Detroit to Cleveland. A winter storm warning has been [Read More…]
ABC National News
CNN president Jeff Zucker resigns, says he failed to disclose consensual relationship with colleague
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for WarnerMedia (NEW YORK) — CNN president Jeff Zucker announced Wednesday that he’s resigning for not disclosing a consensual relationship with a colleague. Zucker said in a note to employees, “As part [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two officers killed during shooting at Bridgewater College campus, suspect in custody
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BRIDGEWATER, Va.) — A campus police officer and a campus safety officer were killed during a shooting at a Virginia college Tuesday afternoon after responding to reports of a “suspicious” person on [Read More…]