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Biden nominee would be 1st Muslim woman to serve as federal judge
ACLU Illinois (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to the federal judiciary Wednesday, who, if confirmed by the Senate, would become the first Muslim American woman to serve as [Read More…]
Two years after COVID first hit the US, hundreds of thousands of Americans are still falling ill
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At the beginning of 2020, as the nation celebrated the start of a new year, many Americans were still unaware of the “mysterious pneumonia” that had sickened dozens of [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Breakthrough cases grew fourfold during omicron
PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 860,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
4 people, including infant, freeze to death being smuggled across US-Canada border
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (MANITOBA, Canada) — Four people, including two adults, a teen and an infant, have been found frozen to death about 40 feet from the U.S.-Canada border while being smuggled into North [Read More…]
Jury seated in federal trial of 3 former cops accused in George Floyd’s death
Mario Tama/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Opening statements in the joint federal trial of three former police officers accused of civil rights violations in the death of George Floyd are expected to begin next week [Read More…]
International flight turns around after passenger refuses to wear mask: Officials
Alicia Llop/Getty Images (MIAMI) — A first-class passenger who allegedly refused to wear a mask disrupted a London-bound American Airlines flight Wednesday night and prompted the pilot to turn back to Miami so the customer [Read More…]
Biden, Putin might meet to resolve standoff over Ukraine, Blinken says
DENIS BALIBOUSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin might meet in an effort to resolve the standoff over Ukraine and [Read More…]
Massive explosion in Ghana mining region leaves dozens dead or injured
File photo – Ato Kwamena Dadzie/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — More than a dozen people were killed and many more were injured by a massive explosion that rocked southwestern Ghana on Thursday, authorities said. [Read More…]
Massive explosion rocks town in Ghana
Sergio Amiti/Getty Images (APPIATSE, Ghana) — A town in Ghana was rocked by a huge explosion Thursday that sent several people to the hospital, the authorities said. The Ghana Police Service announced that the explosion [Read More…]
Nineteen-year-old breaks record of youngest woman to fly solo around the world
NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — From flying over an active volcano to surviving in minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit, British-Belgium teen Zara Rutherford has experienced a lot in her five-month journey flying over [Read More…]
British police arrest two men in probe of hostage-taking incident at Texas synagogue
Malik Faisal Akram – Obtained by ABC News (LONDON) — Two men were arrested in England on Thursday morning as part of an ongoing investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the United [Read More…]
‘Single Drunk Female’ is a highly relatable comedy, says cast
Freeform/Jeff Petry/Matthias Clamer The new series Single Drunk Female makes its debut tonight on Freeform, telling the story of Samantha Fink, a late 20s alcoholic realizing things are spiraling out of control. Sofia Black-D’Elia plays Sam in the series [Read More…]
‘Parasite’ Oscar winner Bong Joon Ho drafts Robert Pattinson for sci-fi project
ABC/Craig Sjodin Oscar-winning Parasite director Bong Joon Ho has got Robert Pattinson in his tractor beam for a high-profile science fiction film for Warner Bros. Deadline reports that Pattinson, who will be seen in March in The Batman, will star in an adaptation [Read More…]
Starz releases trailer for sixth season of ‘Outlander’
Starz After a Christmas Day sneak peek of the show’s return on March 6, Starz has dropped a new trailer for the sixth season of its time-skipping romantic drama Outlander. “I cannot be two things at once Claire,” Sam Heughan‘s Jamie [Read More…]
Amazon forges an official title for its epic Tolkien series: ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’
Amazon Studios Amazon has dropped a new video branding its anticipated J.R.R. Tolkien-based series with an official title: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power. The multi-season series, costing a reported $465 million — the most expensive ever made — [Read More…]
Sidney Poitier’s cause of death revealed, all-star tribute to Harry Belafonte, and more
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for NAACP Image Awards The cause of death of the late Sidney Poitier has been revealed. The Los Angeles County Department of Public Health announced that the Academy Award winner passed away on January [Read More…]
Experts slam oil giant Exxon Mobil’s net-zero ‘ambition’
Lao Chengyue/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Exxon Mobil Corp. announced on Tuesday an “ambition” to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in its operations in the next three decades, but fell short of making [Read More…]
‘Significant evidence’ of alleged fraud in Trump business investigation, NY AG says
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James said that her office has uncovered “significant evidence” of fraud in her civil investigation of former President Donald Trump and the Trump Organization. [Read More…]
Verizon, AT&T delay 5G rollout around some airports after stark warnings from US airlines
Joan Cros/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A showdown between the nation’s major airlines, the FAA and AT&T and Verizon appears to be cooling after both telecom giants agreed at the last minute to pause [Read More…]
Vaccinated people with prior COVID infection had strongest protection during delta, CDC study finds
Jasmine Merdan/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Both vaccination and a prior infection provided protection against another infection and hospitalization due to COVID-19 during the United States’ delta wave, according to a study released Wednesday by the [Read More…]