Month: May 2023
ABC Sports News
Brunson, Randle help Knicks beat Heat 111-105 to even series
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson took the blame when the Knicks dropped the opener of the Eastern Conference semifinals and insisted he needed to be better in Game 2. Halfway through, it appeared he [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NBA MVP: 76ers’ Embiid wins league’s top individual honor
Joel Embiid began the long process toward NBA MVP as a towering soccer prospect in Africa who never picked up a basketball until he was a teenager. Once he changed sports for good, Embiid became [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kevin Costner and wife of nearly 19 years begin divorce
Getty Images for Elton John AIDS Foundation Kevin Costner and his wife, Christine Baumgartner are getting a divorce. In a statement obtained by People, Costner’s publicist Arnold Robinson said that “circumstances beyond his control” led to the end of their relationship. “It [Read More…]
ABC World News
Teenage boy opens fire at Belgrade school, killing nine
OLIVER BUNIC/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least nine people are dead and seven others are wounded after a shooting at a school in Serbia’s capital on Wednesday, authorities said. The suspect, who [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Fire rages at Russian port after strike
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect accused of gunning down five in Texas taken into custody
FBI Houston via Twitter (CLEVELAND, Texas) — Francisco Oropesa, the man accused of gunning down five people in an “execution-style” mass shooting in Cleveland, Texas, has been taken into custody after a multi-day manhunt, officials [Read More…]
ABC National News
Michigan school district bans all backpacks from school buildings, citing safety concerns
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (FLINT, Mich.) — A school district in Michigan has banned all backpacks from school buildings, in response to growing safety concerns. Flint Community Schools announced last week that backpacks would be banned [Read More…]
ABC National News
Passenger banned from United Airlines after allegedly assaulting crew member, airline says
EllenMoran/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — A man was arrested and charged with battery following an alleged incident on a United Airlines flight Sunday, law enforcement officials told ABC News Tuesday. San Francisco Police said 47-year-old [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Twins will go as far as Rocco won’t let them
My biggest complaint about Minnesota Twins manager Rocco Baldelli in his five years in Minneapolis is his use of the bullpen and it reared its ugly head again Tuesday night in Chicago. Twins starter Joe [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cash App founder Bob Lee stabbed in chest, hip: Autopsy records
Handout (SAN FRANCISCO) — Cash App founder Bob Lee was stabbed three times, twice in the chest and once in the hip, according to autopsy documents released Tuesday. Lee, 43, an executive at cryptocurrency firm MobileCoin, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Schumer ‘hopeful’ ailing Dianne Feinstein returns ‘next week,’ as Dems split over her absence
Ricky Carioti/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer believes California Sen. Dianne Feinstein may return to Capitol Hill as soon as next week after a monthslong absence while recovering from [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Construction fraud scheme faked ties to minority, women-owned businesses: Manhattan DA
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eight people and six companies have been charged in a series of indictments with pervasive fraud and corruption in the construction industry, motivated by “greed at all [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Allison Holker says late husband Stephen ‘tWitch’ Boss ‘wanted to be everyone’s Superman’
Getty Images/Momodu Mansaray Allison Holker is sharing an update on what life has been like since the death of her husband, Stephen “tWitch” Boss, nearly five months ago. “It’s been really hard because I can’t [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Former US Marine dies fighting in Ukraine
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman arrested for allegedly throwing wine at Matt Gaetz
Walton County Sheriff’s Office (MIRAMAR BEACH, Fla.) — A Florida woman was arrested and charged with battery on an elected official after she allegedly threw a glass of wine at Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Some Black farmers worry they could be left out of federal debt relief programs
ABC News (KEYSVILLE, Ga.) — For nearly three decades, Lucious Abrams says he has gotten letters from the United States Department of Agriculture promising to wipe out his debt –but for him and other Black farmers [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump will not testify in E. Jean Carroll battery, defamation case, his attorney says
Sorapong Chaipanya / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump will not testify in his own defense in writer E. Jean Carroll’s civil defamation and battery case against the former president, Trump’s attorney said Tuesday at [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 inmates escape from Virginia jail, including man arrested in murder of North Carolina deputy
Prince Edward County Sheriff’s Office (FARMVILLE, Va.) — Federal, state and local officials are searching for two inmates who escaped from a Virginia jail, including a man who’s suspected of being involved in the murder of [Read More…]
ABC National News
NYC to distribute Apple AirTags to fight rising car thefts
Melina Mara/The Washington Post via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City will give away 500 Apple AirTags to prevent rising car thefts, Mayor Eric Adams announced Sunday. The city hopes that adding this tracking [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fat Joe lobbying lawmakers for equitable health care
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rapper Fat Joe wasn’t in Washington D.C., last week for a concert, he came to lobby Congress to call for transparency in hospital billing due to the staggering amount of medical debt [Read More…]
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