Month: June 2023
ABC Politics News
George Santos set for first court appearance after pleading not guilty to 13 counts
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Embattled Rep. George Santos is set to appear in court Friday morning in his first court appearance since pleading not guilty last month to a 13-count indictment [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court to rule on student loans, LGBTQ+ protections in final day of opinions
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday will hand down its final opinions of the term, including highly-anticipated decisions on student loan forgiveness and free speech and LGBTQ+ protections. The justices will [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 6/29/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Tampa Bay 6, Arizona 1 Miami 2, Boston 0 Toronto 2, San Francisco 1 Houston 14, St. Louis 0 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Surrounded’ star Letitia Wright on the film’s rarely seen view of the old West
MGM The new movie Surrounded shows us a side of old west we don’t normally get to see on film. The well-reviewed movie, out now for digital rental, tells the fictional story of Buffalo Soldier Mo Washington, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Over 100 arrested in France during 3rd night of protests after fatal police shooting
Firas Abdullah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (PARIS) — Widespread protests continued for a third night over the fatal police shooting of a teenager in a Paris suburb. More than 100 people have been arrested across the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Mom battles fungal meningitis after cosmetic surgery at Mexico clinic linked to deadly outbreak
ABC News (PHOENIX) — An Arizona woman is fighting for her life after contracting fungal meningitis following a plastic surgery procedure at a private clinic in Matamoros, Mexico. Alondra Lomas is one of nine confirmed cases [Read More…]
ABC World News
Over 100 arrested in France during 3rd night of protests after fatal police shooting
Firas Abdullah/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (PARIS) — Widespread protests continued for a third night over the fatal police shooting of a teenager in a Paris suburb. More than 100 people have been arrested across the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukrainian soldiers say they owe lives to US-supplied Bradley vehicles
Artur Widak/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — As Ukrainian forces continue their counteroffensive against Russia, some soldiers say an American-supplied vehicle is making a key difference in their advances, and more importantly, saving lives. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man accused of plotting antisemitic attack indicted by grand jury
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PICKFORD, Mich.) — Seann Pietila the 19-year-old who allegedly subscribed to a neo-Nazi ideology, was indicted by a grand jury — and the indictment offers more details about what Pietila [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nearly 9,800 extra births occurred in Texas a year after the state’s 2021 abortion ban: Study
thianchai sitthikongsak/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Nearly 9,800 extra live births occurred in Texas the year after a strict abortion ban went into effect in 2021, a new analysis found. In the study, published Thursday in the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man with Jan. 6 warrant arrested near Obama DC home
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A man with a Jan. 6-related warrant was arrested near former President Barack Obama’s Washington, D.C., house, and he had guns and ammunition in his car, multiple law enforcement sources tell [Read More…]
ABC National News
Grand jury declines to indict Travis Scott, 5 others in deadly Astroworld crowd crush
Laurent KOFFEL/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A grand jury has declined to indict rapper Travis Scott and five others in connection with the deadly crowd crush at the 2021 Astroworld Festival in Houston, prosecutors said. [Read More…]
ABC National News
At least 13 dead in Texas as scorching temps continue
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — At least 13 people have died from heat-related illness in Texas, The Associated Press reported. Ten deaths due to heat illness were reported in Webb County and another death occurred in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Marianne Williamson defends leadership, pushes back on claim of ‘uncontrollable rage’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Marianne Williamson, the Democratic presidential candidate, popular speaker and bestselling author of self-help books who is mounting a dark horse primary challenge to President Joe Biden, is returning to her campaign in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden slams SCOTUS affirmative action decision: ‘Discrimination still exists in America’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday blasted the Supreme Court ruling setting new limits on affirmative action as a “severe disappointment,” saying, “we cannot let this decision be the last word.” “The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sarah McBride could be 1st openly trans person in Congress, but her focus is on results for Delaware
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Tribeca Film Festival (DOVER, Del.) — Sarah McBride is used to being first. She was the first openly transgender person to work in the White House, the first to speak at the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Students react to landmark Supreme Court affirmative action decision
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Students debated the fairness of a landmark Supreme Court decision on Thursday that sets new limits on race as a factor in admissions to public and private colleges and universities. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson blasts ‘let-them-eat-cake obliviousness’ in Supreme Court affirmative action dissent
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson accused the Supreme Court’s conservative majority of a “let-them-eat-cake obliviousness” on the issue of race in its landmark ruling on affirmative action. The [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Madonna ‘home and feeling better’ after hospitalization for ‘serious bacterial infection’
File photo — KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Madonna is “home and feeling better” after her recent hospitalization, a source close to the pop star’s camp told ABC News on Thursday. The “Material [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Opioids are no better than a placebo for back pain: Study
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Researchers in Australia have found that for low back pain sufferers in their mid-40s, opioids don’t mitigate pain any better than a placebo. Among the study’s participants, the placebo gave [Read More…]