Month: March 2023
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 3/5/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: INTERLEAGUE Pittsburgh 5, Minnesota 2 Houston 6, Washington 2 Boston 4, Miami 1 NY Yankees 10, Atlanta 6 Toronto 16, Philadelphia 4 Kansas [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The wait is finally over — ‘History of the World Pt. 2’ launches Monday
Courtesy of Hulu Mel Brooks fans have been waiting over 40 years for this — the sequel to History of the World Part 1. Part 2 starts streaming Monday on Hulu. It’s a series this time around, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: 13 dead after strike hits apartment building in Zhaporizhzhia
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
Loved ones, community members continue search for missing Arkansas teen Tanvi Marupally
Conway Police Department (CONWAY, Ark.) — It’s been more than 45 days since 14-year-old Tanvi Marupally went missing near the bus pickup area at her school in Conway, Arkansas, and there are still no publicly [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Lawmakers renew push to ratify Equal Rights Amendment 100 years later
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Equal Rights Amendment was first drafted and introduced in Congress in 1923 — and now, a century later, a bipartisan group of lawmakers is working to at last enshrine its [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Buttigieg pushes back on East Palestine criticism, calls Trump’s trip there ‘somewhat maddening’
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Sunday had sharp words for the chorus of Republican-led critics to his response to the toxic train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, in February. In an [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden travels to Selma for anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’
Cheney Orr/Bloomberg via Getty Images (SELMA, Ala.) — President Joe Biden traveled to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” There, Biden spoke at the Edmund Pettus Bridge — where in 1965 hundreds [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Women land top economic policy posts as profession faces wider reckoning
Samyukta Lakshmi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, a graduate student studying economics and public policy at Harvard Kennedy School, who is Black, said she never would have entered the field if she [Read More…]
ABC World News
Violent protests erupt over train collision in Greece that killed 57
Costas Baltas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ATHENS, Greece) — Anger over a same-track collision between two trains in Greece that killed nearly 60 people spilled onto the streets of Athens Sunday as a massive protest [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 dead, 6 injured in shooting at suburban Atlanta house party packed with more than 100 teenagers
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — At least two people were killed and six others were injured when gunfire erupted late Saturday night at a suburban Atlanta house party packed with more than 100 teenagers, according [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former Gov. Larry Hogan not running for president in 2024
Brian Stukes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump makes his case as a Republican presidential candidate at CPAC. Former Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced on Sunday that he will not seek the Republican presidential [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
East Palestine toxic train derailment shows urgency of passing new safety law, Sen. Brown says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown on Sunday touted the need for new bipartisan rail safety legislation weeks after the toxic train derailment in East Palestine sparked an uproar over existing regulations and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘It shouldn’t take a disaster’ for Congress to ensure rail, aviation safety: Sen. Sullivan
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan on Sunday shared his concerns about recent headline-making safety issues for America’s rail and aviation systems, which he said underscored the need for congressional oversight. “We need [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to travel to Selma for anniversary of ‘Bloody Sunday’
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will travel to Selma, Alabama, to commemorate the 58th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” There, Biden will speak at the Edmund Pettus Bridge — [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Marianne Williamson on presidential campaign, new DNC primary schedule: ‘This Week’ exclusive
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Self-help author and Democratic presidential candidate Marianne Williamson told ABC News’ Chief Washington Correspondent Jonathan Karl that she doesn’t see her long-shot bid for the White House as a challenge to President [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Newer drug may be an alternative to help lower heart disease risk, study finds
Tashi-Delek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Statins, drugs that are used to lower one’s cholesterol, can save lives – but come with steep side effects for up to a third of people who need them. Now, a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Chris Rock lets Will Smith have it in Netflix’s first-ever live comedy special
Kirill Bichutsky/Courtesy of Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) Chris Rock took the stage at Baltimore’s Hippodrome Theatre Saturday night for Netflix’s first live comedy special, Selective Outrage — and finally addressed the infamous Oscar-night slap by Will [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Bad smells may be leading to some of the reported symptoms in East Palestine: Experts
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Psychosomatic effects may be contributing to the symptoms of headaches, fatigue, or respiratory issues being reported by some residents of East Palestine, Ohio, following a hazardous chemical spill last [Read More…]
ABC National News
Michigan judge dismisses all suits against Oxford school district related to 2021 shooting
Emily Elconin/Getty Images (OXFORD, Mich.) — A Michigan Circuit Court judge dismissed all lawsuits filed against the Oxford Community School District in connection with a 2021 school shooting at Oxford High, claiming that the district and [Read More…]
ABC National News
California man arrested for transformer bombings had explosive materials in home: Police
KGO (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A California man accused of blowing up two Pacific Gas and Electric transformers allegedly had large amounts of explosive materials and an inactive methamphetamine lab in his home, authorities said. Peter [Read More…]