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Biden to attend White House Correspondents’ Dinner, tradition Trump skipped
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will attend the White House Correspondents’ Dinner next weekend in Washington, the association announced Wednesday on Twitter, the first time [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nearly 800 homes, 1,000 animals evacuated from Tunnel Fire in Arizona
Courtesy Carolyn Potter (FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.) — Dangerous fire conditions are creating the perfect fuel for wildfires to scorch through the arid landscapes of the Southwest. The Tunnel Fire, which sparked Sunday about 14 miles northeast [Read More…]
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Questions arise over Syracuse police’s treatment of young boy
ThinkStock/Getty Images (SYRACUSE, N.Y.) — Police officers in Syracuse, New York, are under scrutiny after a video went viral of an 8-year-old boy being put into the back of a police cruiser after allegedly stealing [Read More…]
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Milwaukee schools reinstate mask mandate one day after it was dropped
MoMo Productions/Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — Milwaukee Public Schools reinstated the school district’s mask mandate Tuesday after just one day of making face coverings optional for students. In a press release, MPS cited “significant transmission” of [Read More…]
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Rust Movie Productions issued ‘willful’ citation for Halyna Hutchins’ on-set death
Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Rust Movie Productions was issued a “willful” citation, including a $136,793 penalty, on Wednesday for failures that led to cinematographer Halyna [Read More…]
ABC World News
No abnormalities found in China plane crash: Investigators
Lu Boan/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A preliminary report released Wednesday found no abnormalities before last month’s China Eastern Airlines plane crash that killed all 132 people on board, the Chinese Civil Aviation [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“No one should have to go through this”: Johnny Depp testifies to “bloody” attack by Amber Heard
Paul Morigi/Getty Images (NOTE CONTENT) In dramatic testimony in a Fairfax, Virginia courtroom Wednesday, Johnny Depp testified to a litany of psychological and physical abuse he says he suffered at the hands of his ex-wife, [Read More…]
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Netflix reports 200,000 subscribers left in biggest loss in a decade
Netflix TA-DUM…DA DUM DUM: It looks like Netflix will start clamping down on sharing passwords, following a brutal loss of some 200,000 streaming subscribers in the first three months of this year. The Wall Street [Read More…]
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Chris Hemsworth thanks fans for ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ trailer’s 209 million views
Marvel Studios “You brought the love. You brought the thunder!” That’s the word to fans from Chris Hemsworth, who thanked them Tuesday for watching Thor: Love and Thunder‘s trailer more than 209 million times in [Read More…]
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‘black-ish’ stars Marsai Martin and Miles Brown reveal what memorabilia they copped from the set
ABC/Richard Cartwright The series finale of ABC’s black-ish aired Tuesday night, and for Marsai Martin and Miles Brown, who played twins Diane and Jack Johnson on the series, it was emotional. They had to say [Read More…]
ABC Business News
DOJ: Alleged COVID fraudsters charged after raking in nearly $150 million through elaborate schemes
YinYang/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has announced nearly two dozen arrests of alleged fraudsters who prosecutors say have engaged in elaborate and brazen schemes to exploit the COVID-19 pandemic, raking in nearly $150 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA issues warning about false results with prenatal genetic screening tests
FatCamera/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Common prenatal tests done to test for genetic abnormalities are the subject of a new warning from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The FDA issued a notice Tuesday warning [Read More…]
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‘Intruder’ at Peruvian Embassy in DC shot dead by Secret Service
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An alleged “intruder” at the Peruvian Embassy in Washington, D.C., was shot and killed by Secret Service Wednesday morning, according to authorities. The suspect was found smashing windows of the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russians again calling for Ukrainians to lay down arms where civilians are said to be sheltering
Murat Saka/dia images via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s military issued another warning to Ukrainian forces in a Mariupol steel plant on Wednesday, telling them to lay down their arms and leave, according to [Read More…]
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French President Macron and Le Pen to face off in televised debate
LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (SAINT-DENIS, France) — French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, his far-right rival in the presidential elections, will face off in the highly anticipated televised debate Wednesday, which could [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Julianne Hough tests positive for COVID, will miss several Broadway ‘POTUS’ shows
ABC/Andrew Eccles Julianne Hough has tested positive for COVID-19. In an Instagram Story late Tuesday night, the 33-year-old actress and dancer announced her test results and revealed that she’ll have to miss a few performances [Read More…]
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In Brief: Matt Damon and Ben Affleck re-teaming for Nike drama, and more
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up again, this time for the true-life story of former Nike executive Sonny Vaccarro, according to The Hollywood Reporter. They’re reportedly in the process of finalizing a feature [Read More…]
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‘The Flash’ actor Ezra Miller arrested again in Hawaii
Hawaiʻi Police Department via Getty Images Ezra Miller was arrested for second-degree assault early Tuesday morning in Hawaii. The actor became irate after being asked to leave a get-together at a home on the island [Read More…]
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‘Black-ish’ bids farewell after 8 seasons
ABC/Richard Cartwright (NOTE LANGUAGE) The ABC family comedy black-ish ended its eight-year run Tuesday night, with Anthony Anderson‘s Andre Johnson quitting his job and moving the family out of the familiar Sherman Oaks, California home [Read More…]
ABC National News
Confusion, anger, elation: Demise of travel mask mandate divides Americans, again
Joel Carillet/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brooke Tansley and her husband Scott Herrmann were aboard a Delta flight from Atlanta to Los Angeles on Monday with their two young children when the pilot told passengers [Read More…]