Month: March 2023
ABC Health News
988 suicide lifeline expanding LGBTQ services with 24/7 chat and text
Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The government-backed 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline’s LGBTQ pilot program is now offering text and chat services 24/7 in what officials are calling a “major step forward” for the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
New dashboard lets parents see if they can sit with kids for free on flights
lechatnoir/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Transportation introduced a new online tool for airline customers on Monday — a dashboard that aims to cut down on and ultimately eliminate extra fees families often [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US debt default could cause ‘longstanding harm,’ Fed Chair Jerome Powell says
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Tuesday warned of potentially devastating consequences of a U.S. debt default and called on Congress to raise the debt ceiling. Speaking to the Senate [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jon Bernthal reportedly back as Punisher in Disney+’s ‘Daredevil: Born Again’
L-R Cox, Bernthal — Netflix/Patrick Harbron Frank Castle is back. Jon Bernthal, who played the Marvel Comics character and his vigilante alter ego The Punisher in the acclaimed Netflix series of the same name, will [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Drew Barrymore says her therapist fired her before she stopped drinking
Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for ‘The Drew Barrymore Show’ In a wide-ranging interview with the Los Angeles Times, Drew Barrymore describes how she turned to alcohol after her marriage to art consultant Will Kopelman fell apart. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jeremy Renner announces his docuseries ‘Rennervations’ will hit Disney+ on April 12
Disney+ While he continues to recover at home from his near-fatal New Year’s Day snowplow accident, Jeremy Renner took to Instagram to announce his docuseries Rennervations will debut on Disney+ on April 12. The four-part [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Road to the Oscars 2023: Paul Mescal says his mum always believed he would be an Oscar nominee
A24 When Paul Mescal agreed to act in Aftersun, awards were the last thing on his mind. So, when he found out he was up for best leading actor at this year’s Academy Awards, Mescal tells ABC Audio [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“This is long overdue”: Courteney Cox takes a call from Ghostface in final ‘Scream VI’ trailer
Paramount Pictures The final trailer for Scream VI starts off where it all began: a ringing phone. Franchise mainstay Courteney Cox takes a call from Ghostface, who comments, “Strange you and I have never spoken [Read More…]
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ABC World News
Two Americans kidnapped in Mexico found dead, two found alive
KeithBinns/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — Two of the four Americans kidnapped in Mexico have been found dead, while the other two have been found alive, according to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador. One of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Up to 30K Russian casualties in Bakhmut, officials say
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, both sides are still fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian [Read More…]
ABC National News
FBI offering $250K reward for unsolved 2008 Times Square bombing
Bruce Yuanyue Bi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI announced a new reward Tuesday of up to $250,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the suspect involved in the unsolved 2008 [Read More…]
ABC National News
NYC truck terror attacker deserves death penalty for ‘unremorseful slaughter’: Prosecutor
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sayfullo Saipov is “a proud terrorist” who deserves the death penalty for the “unremorseful slaughter of innocent civilians” during a Halloween 2017 terror attack in New York City, a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans claim Biden cut Medicare by billions, but experts say that’s not the case
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — The fight between President Joe Biden and Republicans on Medicare and Social Security continues weeks after their fiery exchange at the State of the Union. Biden [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden unveils new Medicare plan as part of broader budget rollout
Jorge Juan Perez / EyeEm/ Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is out Tuesday with a new plan he says will shore up Medicare’s finances through 2050 by increasing taxes on the wealthy and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What Fox News hosts allegedly said privately versus on-air about false election fraud claims
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As information from the Dominion Voting Systems’ lawsuit against Fox News reveals more about what allegedly occurred behind the scenes at the cable network in the wake [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Five women sue Texas over abortion bans, saying their lives were put at risk
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Five women are suing the state of Texas over its strict abortion laws, saying they were denied the procedure even though their lives were in danger. The lawsuit — [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Justice Department files suit to block JetBlue merger with Spirit Airlines
Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Tuesday filed a lawsuit to stop the proposed merger between JetBlue and Spirit Airlines. The $3.8 billion merger would create the nation’s fifth largest [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Road to the Oscars 2023: Why “Naatu Naatu” could beat Rihanna and Lady Gaga for Best Original Song
L; Jr. NTR Jr., R: Ram Charan in ‘RRR’/Courtesy of Variance Films In the category of Best Original Song at Sunday night’s Oscars, the nominees include songs by pop superstars Rihanna and Lady Gaga, rock [Read More…]