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ABC News special explores mental health crisis among youth amid COVID-19
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two years after the COVID-19 pandemic began, mental health challenges still impact youth. But in a new one-hour ABC News primetime special anchored by Good Morning America’s Robin Roberts, U.S. [Read More…]
Biden to get second booster after outlining dire need for COVID funding
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will receive his second booster shot following his scheduled remarks Wednesday about the state of the country’s COVID response, according to the White House. Biden is expected [Read More…]
GOP’s Susan Collins to vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson for Supreme Court
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Susan Collins of Maine plans to support the confirmation of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court, the nominee’s [Read More…]
Trans woman who was reported missing found in Texas
North Bay Village Police (NEW YORK) — Joao “Julia” da Silva, a 23-year-old trans woman, was found in Texas on Tuesday after she was last seen by family members leaving her residence in North Bay [Read More…]
Debuting today on Disney+: Marvel Studios’ ‘Moon Knight’
Marvel Studios Marvel Studios’ newest series, Moon Knight, debuts today on Disney+. It centers on Oscar Isaac‘s Steven Grant, a geeky museum gift shop employee plagued by blackouts and haunting visions of another life. He suffers from dissociative [Read More…]
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ alum Jesse Williams wants $40K child support payments reduced
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Grey’s Anatomy alum Jesse Williams is seeking a reduction on his $40,000 a month child support payment. The 40-year-old actor, who shares joint custody of eight-year-old daughter Sadie and six-year-old son Maceo with ex-wife Aryn [Read More…]
Decline of testing, sequencing could hinder search for future COVID-19 variants, experts warn
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, disease surveillance efforts that rely on testing and variant sequencing have been critical tools in the global efforts to fight the virus. [Read More…]
Actresses put spotlight on who is most affected by multiple sclerosis: Young women
Marti Hines, far left, poses with Selma Blair, center, and a friend in this undated photo. (Courtesy Marti Hines) (NEW YORK) — When Marti Hines woke up one morning four years ago while on vacation [Read More…]
Report: Tiger Woods plays 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club
Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (AUGUSTA, Ga.) — Could Tiger Woods be gearing up for a return to the Masters? Citing sources, ESPN reports Woods, 46, played 18 holes at Augusta National Golf Club [Read More…]
NFL owners approve overtime rule change but only for playoffs
by_nicholas/Getty Images (PALM BEACH, Fla.) — After considering proposals to change overtime rules, NFL team owners on Tuesday agreed to make changes but only when it comes to the postseason. The modified proposal that was [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 3/29/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Chicago 107, Washington 94 Milwaukee 118, Philadelphia 116 Dallas 128, LA Lakers 110 Brooklyn 130, Detroit 123 LA Clippers 121, [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia may ‘single out and detain’ Americans, US warns
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
US still skeptical of peace talks as Russia claims to pull back from Kyiv
Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images (RABAT, Morocco) — The U.S. remains skeptical that Russia is engaging genuinely in negotiations with Ukraine to end its monthlong war against its neighbor. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine updates: Abramovich attends peace talks after suspected poisoning
Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to [Read More…]
North Korea did not launch ‘monster’ missile as they claimed, South Korean lawmakers say
STR/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea’s long-range missile launch last week may have been a modified version of a type they tested in 2017, not the newly developed type of intercontinental [Read More…]
Russia promises to curtail some military activity as progress reported in peace talks
Delegations leave peace talks between representatives from Russia and Ukraine in Istanbul, Turkey. – Onur Coban/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The first face-to-face peace talks in more than two weeks between Ukraine [Read More…]
US bracing for influx of migrants at southern border if Title 42 revoked: DHS
Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is bracing for as many as 18,000 migrants per day at the southern border if Title 42 is revoked, according to senior DHS [Read More…]
NFL says each team must hire minority offensive coach amid push for diversity
Brian Rothmuller/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The National Football League announced a new rule on Monday that requires all 32 teams to hire an offensive coach who is “a female or a [Read More…]
Democrats, families push Senate to approve legislation to help soldiers sickened by burn pits
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Politicians and family members are calling on Congress to step up and do more to help soldiers who were affected by potentially deadly diseases caused by toxic burn pits. The [Read More…]
Pentagon dubious of Russian ‘withdrawal’ north of Kyiv, expects troops will move to eastern Ukraine
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is seeing “small numbers” of Russian troops repositioning to the north of Kyiv but is not labeling it a withdrawal as Russia has characterized it. Instead, it believes the [Read More…]