Month: February 2023
ABC World News
Fighting ramps-up in eastern Ukraine in ‘devastating WW1-like environment’
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (DONETSK REGION, Eastern Ukraine) — Russia has escalated its attacks on Ukrainian positions in eastern Ukraine as Russian President Vladimir Putin presses for gains on the battlefield ahead of the one-year anniversary of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tyre Nichols’ funeral: Live updates
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols’ family will gather in Memphis, Tennessee, on Wednesday for his funeral, weeks after the 29-year-old died following a violent encounter with Memphis police officers caught on body [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two former Memphis police officers who arrested Tyre Nichols had been previously reprimanded
amphotora/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Two of the former Memphis police officers charged in the death of Tyre Nichols were previously reprimanded for not filing required paperwork after forcibly arresting individuals, ABC News has learned. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mountain lion attack leaves child in unknown condition at trauma center
Mark Newman/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — A mountain lion attack just 40 miles south of San Francisco has left a young child in an unknown condition at a local trauma center. The incident occurred at [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man firing AR-15-style rifle inside Target fatally shot by responding officers: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (OMAHA, Neb.) — A man armed with an AR-15-style rifle was shot and killed by police after opening fire in a Target store in Nebraska, authorities said. No injuries were reported among [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man accused of torturing woman in Oregon in custody: Police
Grants Pass Police Department (GRANTS PASS, Ore.) — A man accused of torturing a woman who authorities believe uses dating apps to find victims or people to help him evade police is now in custody [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to meet McCarthy amid debt limit fight: ‘Show me your budget’
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden sits down with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy in the Oval Office Wednesday, he says he’ll tell the GOP leader: “Show me your [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Republicans hold first border hearing of new Congress
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republicans on Wednesday will take their first opportunity of the new Congress to illustrate what they call a protracted migration crisis across the southwestern border caused by overly lax [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley expected to announce presidential run: Sources
WADE VANDERVORT/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is expected to announce her run for president in the coming weeks, sources familiar tell ABC News. The announcement is likely to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House set to vote to keep Ilhan Omar off House Foreign Affairs Committee
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House could vote as soon as Wednesday on a resolution to keep Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., from the House Foreign Affairs Committee. The House Rules Committee voted along party [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ex-colleague of chief justice’s wife makes ethics claim
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Boston attorney and former colleague of U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts’ wife, Jane, has filed a complaint with Congress and the Justice Department alleging her work as a [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/31/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Miami 100, Cleveland 97 LA Lakers 129, New York 123 (OT) LA Clippers 108, Chicago 103 Milwaukee 124, Charlotte 115 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Bachelor’s’ Katherine dishes on Tahzjuan’s “chaotic” arrival
ABC/Craig Sjodin (NOTE LANGUAGE) Following Monday’s episode of The Bachelor, Katherine “Kat” Izzo, whose “Bad B**** Energy” earned her the Zach Shallcross‘ first group date rose, stopped by Becca Kufrin and Michelle Young‘s Bachelor Happy Hour podcast to discuss season 23 alum Tahzjuan Hawkins‘ “chaotic” attempt [Read More…]
Ag News
Optimism for A-PLUS Act as it’s reintroduced into the US House
A bipartisan group of legislators has reintroduced the Amplifying Processing of Livestock in the United States (A-PLUS) Act in the US House. The bill would remove outdated regulatory barriers and allow livestock auction market owners [Read More…]