Month: January 2023
ABC National News
Nearly 27% of inmates in Louisiana custody were held past release dates: DOJ
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly 27% of all inmates held in the custody of the Louisiana Department of Corrections were held past their release dates over a four-month period, according to a Justice Department report. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup –1/25/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Orlando 126, Indiana 120 Philadelphia 137, Brooklyn 133 Atlanta 137, Oklahoma City 132 Milwaukee 107, Denver 99 Washington 108, Houston [Read More…]
Latest News
Minnesota woman pleads guilty to leaving newborn to die
RED WING, Minn. (AP) — A Minnesota woman admitted in a guilty plea Wednesday that she left her newborn baby boy to die on the banks of the Mississippi River in 2003. Jennifer Matter, 50, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
As US reels from multiple mass shootings, can loneliness be a trigger for violence?
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There is a loneliness epidemic in the United States — and it experts told ABC News it may be triggering violence. In California, there have been three [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Physician weighs in on how patients, doctors can improve their trust
ABC News (NEW YORK) — One of the most important aspects of medicine is the relationship between a doctor and their patient, according to physician and Yale School of Medicine professor F. Perry Wilson. However, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
GDP data to show economic health amid recession fears
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Investors, business leaders and everyday Americans will be keeping a close watch on the release of gross domestic product data on Thursday, as inflation eases but recession fears still loom. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Barbie pays tribute to Bessie Coleman with new Inspiring Women series doll
Mattel (NEW YORK) — Barbie is honoring the life and legacy of Bessie Coleman with a new doll. Coleman, whose birthday falls on Jan. 26, was the first Black and Native American female aviator and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’ is a nod to classic TV mysteries, says creator Rian Johnson
Evans Vestal Ward/Peacock Knives Out creator Rian Johnson is keeping the mystery alive, with his new show Poker Face out Thursday on Peacock. The series stars Natasha Lyonne as a woman with a super-tuned b.s. detector, and Johnson tells ABC Audio that [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Advisory issued January 26 at 2:40AM MST until January 27 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING TO 9 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…West winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE…Beadle, Gregory, Jerauld, Sanborn, Brule, Aurora, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senators on intel committee demand to see Biden and Trump docs, in rare bipartisan outrage
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee emerged outraged from a two-hour secure briefing with Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines, threatening to grind the chamber’s business to a halt [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas, 19 other states sue Biden admin over migrant parole program
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading 20 states who are suing the Biden administration over a federal migrant parole program announced earlier this month. The program established a pathway [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Santos lists new treasurer — who says he doesn’t work for the congressman
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With a disclosure filing deadline approaching as questions swirl around his use of campaign funds, embattled Rep. George Santos’ campaign appears to be left without a [Read More…]
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ABC National News
29-year-old woman charged after allegedly posing as a student at New Jersey high school
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.) — A 29-year-old New Jersey woman fraudulently posed as a high school student for several days after allegedly filing false documents, school officials and police said. The incident was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman allegedly steals $2.8 million from Holocaust survivor in romance scam
US Attorney’s Office (NEW YORK) — A Florida woman was arrested Wednesday for orchestrating a yearslong romance scam that defrauded an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor. Peaches Stergo began her alleged scheme in May 2017 and bilked [Read More…]
ABC National News
Names of the Half Moon Bay mass shooting victims released
Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The seven farmworkers killed in a workplace mass shooting Monday in Northern California, allegedly by a colleague, were migrants toiling at a mushroom growing [Read More…]
ABC National News
Feds announce massive takedown of fraudulent nursing diploma scheme
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A massive, coordinated scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree credentials has been brought down by a joint federal law enforcement operation, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday. Officials [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Apprehensions of migrants from 4 Latin American countries fall sharply: DHS
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is taking a victory lap as preliminary data released Wednesday shows a sharp decline in certain migrants crossing the border. Border Patrol apprehensions of Cubans, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Donald Trump allowed back on Facebook and Instagram, Meta announces
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta announced it is allowing former President Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram “in the coming weeks,” ending a two-year suspension. Trump was locked out of his accounts [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Riley Keough, Sam Claflin take to the stage as ’70s rock stars in teaser for ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’
Prime Video/Lacey Terrell Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, follows in The King’s footsteps in the new teaser to the Amazon Studios series Daisy Jones & The Six. The streaming service just dropped a [Read More…]