Month: June 2023
ABC Sports News
Former USC football player arrested after being accused of raping two women
amphotora/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A former USC college football player has been charged with raping two women in the past three years, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office. The suspect, 22-year-old [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What is CHS? How nausea, stomach pain led to a diagnosis and link to cannabis
Oksana Smith / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An increasing number of cases are being reported of a mysterious, rare condition possibly linked to cannabis use that has caused some people to become severely ill, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Men’s retreat program aims to address growing male loneliness
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tucked away from the main roads in Twentynine Palms, California, is a desert oasis. It’s at The Campbell House that the palm trees and greenery thrive amid the hot, unrelenting [Read More…]
ABC Business News
‘A train wreck coming’: Americans brace for the return of student loan payments
jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jamilla Vanbuckley would like to buy a home one day. A correctional counselor in New York City, Vanbuckley has been living with her parents and tucking as much money as [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Holland taking a year off from acting after emotionally exhausting ‘Crowded Room’
Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Tom Holland has taken on some tough roles over the years, but nothing quite as emotionally exhausting as playing Danny Sullivan, a man mistakenly accused of being the culprit of a 1979 New [Read More…]
ABC World News
Eight injured, including children, in stabbing in French Alps, interior minister says
Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm/Getty Images (PARIS) — Eight people, including children, were injured in a stabbing in a town in the French Alps on Thursday morning, local authorities said. The attack took place at [Read More…]
ABC World News
FBI arrives in Peru for extradition of suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance to US: Sources
ERNESTO BENAVIDES/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI agents who will be escorting Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway, back to the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope’s night ‘passed well’ after intestinal surgery in Rome
ANDREAS SOLARO/AFP via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis’ night “passed well” after he underwent intestinal surgery on Wednesday, Vatican officials said Thursday morning. The Holy See Press Office had said Wednesday evening local time [Read More…]
ABC National News
Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: A million N95 masks available Thursday in New York
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing wildfires in Canada have engulfed the skies over much of the Northeast, prompting serious air quality alerts in at least 16 states. Canadian [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 6/7/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit at Philadelphia (Postponed) Oakland 9, Pittsburgh 5 San Diego 10, Seattle 3 Miami 6, Kansas City 1 Milwaukee [Read More…]
ABC World News
‘Catastrophe’: Experts fear dramatic consequences from Ukraine dam collapse
Satellite image (c) 2023 Maxar Technologies/Getty Images (KHERSON, Ukraine) — The collapse of Ukraine’s Kakhovka dam has left behind vast quantities of beached fish, contributing to fears of an environmental disaster along the country’s Dnipro River. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Canadian wildfire smoke live updates: New York City tops list of world’s worst air quality rankings
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hazy and dangerous fumes from ongoing Canadian wildfires have engulfed the skies over most of the Northeast coast, prompting serious air quality alerts. Thirteen states have issued those alerts [Read More…]
ABC National News
When to expect air quality to improve in the US amid Canadian wildfires
Kadri Mohamed/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Canadian wildfires are impacting states as far south as Georgia, with New York City experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world. The wind conditions [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump informed that he is target of special counsel investigation over classified docs: Sources
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump received a letter from special counsel Jack Smith’s office in recent weeks informing him that he is the target of an ongoing investigation related to his handling [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum joins 2024 presidential race against Trump, DeSantis
Stephen Yang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum on Wednesday jumped into the 2024 presidential race — becoming the 12th Republican candidate on the list, with a pitch to voters focused on lessons he [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans launch new effort to boost early voting, breaking with Trump’s past criticism
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican National Committee on Wednesday launched an effort to increase early-vote turnout in 2024, seeking to curtail a Democratic advantage and to put more distance [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Standoff between McCarthy, hardline Republicans continues as House remains in recess
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House business has been brought to a halt as the standoff continues between Speaker Kevin McCarthy and hard-line conservatives over McCarthy’s handling of the debt ceiling deal. McCarthy, who said he [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Onetime Trump loyalists Pence and Christie sharpen their challenges on campaign trail: ANALYSIS
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump might never have become president without them. And his quest to regain the presidency might depend on what they do now to stop him. With back-to-back announcements this week, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What to know about the Air Quality Index from wildfire smoke and how it affects human health
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Heavy blankets of smoke billowing over the U.S. from the wildfires burning in Canada are threatening the health of millions of people — even non-vulnerable populations with no preexisting conditions. But [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why smoke from wildfires could cause a host of symptoms — even in healthy people
Alex Kent/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s not just sensitive populations who are at risk in the current poor air quality conditions covering a large swath of the U.S. due to the wildfires burning [Read More…]