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Campus femicides in Egypt revive calls to strengthen laws against gender-based violence
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (CAIRO, Egypt) — The latest murder of a young woman in Egypt who had allegedly rejected the advances of a fellow student has sparked outrage and renewed calls for Egyptian lawmakers to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC no longer requires unvaccinated to quarantine after being exposed to COVID
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its COVID-19 guidance Thursday to ease recommendations for people who are unvaccinated and have been exposed to COVID-19. Previously, the CDC [Read More…]
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Only half of eligible Americans have gotten their first COVID booster
Thanasis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As we approach the fall, there is a renewed push to get Americans vaccinated against COVID-19, particularly the elderly and the vulnerable, who continue to bear the brunt of the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Congressional Republicans call Garland’s remarks on Mar-a-Lago search insufficient
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans were quick to pan Merrick Garland’s Thursday remarks on the FBI search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago — calling the attorney general’s comments insufficient and insisting the Justice Department release [Read More…]
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Watchdog felt it faced delays monitoring DHS, Secret Service texts — but never sent notice to Congress
Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Career staff at the government’s watchdog for the Department of Homeland Security prepared a notice to Congress earlier this year about their difficulty obtaining Secret Service text messages connected [Read More…]
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AG Merrick Garland says he signed off on Trump search, denounces attacks on law enforcement
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland’s announcement comes after FBI agents searched former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Monday. Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday afternoon spoke [Read More…]
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Beto O’Rourke snaps back during laughter after he references Uvalde school shooting
Jordan Vonderhaar/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MINERAL WELLS, Texas) — On Wednesday, during a 49-day campaign tour of Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke snapped at an event attendee who laughed as he was addressing the recent [Read More…]
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Trump Organization CFO due in criminal court on tax evasion
Kevin C. Downs/The New York Post/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Allen Weisselberg, for decades the chief financial officer of former President Donald Trump’s namesake family business, is due in a New York [Read More…]
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Girl missing since 2019 was murdered in New Hampshire, remains not found: Police
Manchester Police Department (MANCHESTER, N.H.) — Authorities have determined that Harmony Montgomery, a little girl who disappeared in 2019, was murdered in Manchester, New Hampshire, in early December 2019, officials announced Thursday. Harmony would be [Read More…]
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US has 300,000 teacher, school staff vacancies, NEA President Rebecca Pringle says
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The current teacher shortage facing the United States is a “five-alarm crisis,” according to Rebecca Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the country. [Read More…]
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Man charged in 2 Albuquerque killings has domestic violence history, police say
Albuquerque Police Department via AFP/Getty Images (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M) — The man charged in the killings of at least two of the four Muslim men killed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in recent months has a history of arrests [Read More…]
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Instagram personality charged with murder months after allegedly fatally stabbing boyfriend
Hawai’i Police Department (LAUPAHOEHOE, Hi.) — Social media personality Courtney Clenney has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, months after the death of her 27-year-old boyfriend Christian Obumseli. The 26-year-old, [Read More…]
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Dallas salon shooting suspect indicted on hate crime charge for allegedly shooting 3 Korean women
Jason Marz/Getty Images (DALLAS) — A man accused of shooting three Asian American women at a Dallas hair salon in May was indicted Tuesday on multiple counts, including committing a hate crime and aggravated assault, the Dallas [Read More…]
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Kenan Thompson gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star
NBCUniversal Media, LLC Ahead of hosting the 2022 Emmy Awards next month, nearly 20-year Saturday Night Live veteran Kenan Thompson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday. His former SNL co-star [Read More…]
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Blood screen reportedly shows Anne Heche had drugs in her system after crash
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic While actress Anne Heche remains in a coma and in critical condition at the hospital following her fiery car crash last week, ABC News has learned a blood test turned up positive for narcotics. [Read More…]
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Cast of ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella’ will reunite for film’s 25th anniversary special
ABC News Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella turns 25 years old this year, and for its milestone anniversary, members of the original, star-studded cast will come together to celebrate. On August 23, Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, Paolo Montalban, Victor Garber, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander and Veanne Cox will [Read More…]
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“Van lives.” Lauren Ambrose joins ‘Yellowjackets’ cast
Lauren Ambrose in “Servant” — Apple TV+ Servant star and Six Feet Under veteran Lauren Ambrose has been tapped for the second season of the Emmy-nominated Showtime series Yellowjackets. The announcement was made via Twitter, [Read More…]
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Jennifer Hudson says she hopes her new talk show helps people find their own “superpower”
Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson has never played a superhero, but she says she’s hoping to create some with her eponymous new talk show. In a new [Read More…]
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Polio vaccine boosters offered to kids in London as virus linked to New York case detected
KoldoyChris/Getty Images (LONDON) — Children in London are being offered polio vaccine boosters after sewage samples with the virus were found in multiple areas across the city. The U.K. Health Security Agency announced Wednesday that all children between ages [Read More…]
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FDA’s move to stretch monkeypox vaccine supplies could pay off, experts say
Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The Food and Drug Administration announced an emergency use authorization to move forward with their plan to stretch out the current monkeypox vaccine supply with a [Read More…]