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Scoreboard roundup — 1/5/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Charlotte 140, Detroit 111 Philadelphia 116, Orlando 106 Houston 114, Washington 111 San Antonio 99, Boston 97 Dallas 99, Golden [Read More…]
Djokovic denied entry into country ahead of Australian Open
Oscar Gonzalez/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fury, shock and widespread confusion unfolded on social media in Australia after tennis great Novak Djokovic announced Tuesday that he was granted a medical exemption to play [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 1/4/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Toronto 129, San Antonio 104 Memphis 110, Cleveland 106 New York 104, Indiana 94 Phoenix 123, New Orleans 110 LA [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 1/3/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 133, Houston 113 Washington 124, Charlotte 121 Memphis 118, Brooklyn 104 Detroit 115, Milwaukee 106 Chicago 102, Orlando 98 [Read More…]
Vice President Harris was inside the DNC on Jan. 6 when pipe bomb was found outside
Greg Nash/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris was inside the Democratic National Committee headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021, when a pipe bomb was found outside the building, a White House official confirmed to [Read More…]
House Jan. 6 investigators contact ex-Oath Keeper featured in ABC News documentary
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — House investigators looking into the siege of the U.S. Capitol a year ago have contacted a former spokesman for the Oath Keepers militia, seeking to interview him about his time with [Read More…]
Jan. 6 House select committee member Rep. Jamie Raskin speaks on the insurrection a year later
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One year after the Jan. 6 insurrection, Maryland Democratic Rep. Jamie Raskin reflected on the whirlwind period between the death of his 25-year-old son and the impeachment trial of former [Read More…]
Jan. 6 anniversary live updates: Biden slams Trump for ‘web of lies’ about Jan. 6, election loss
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Thursday marks one year since the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, and Democrats plan to observe the anniversary with somber tributes at the building that’s the symbol of [Read More…]
Dick Cheney comes to Capitol on Jan. 6, says he’s ‘deeply disappointed’ in GOP leadership
Stefani Reynolds/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While most Republicans were absent on Capitol Hill for the Jan. 6 anniversary Thursday, one of the party’s most prominent elder statesmen was there. ABC News Chief Washington [Read More…]
Fatal Philadelphia fire investigation getting help from national response team
Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A National Response Team is being activated to help with the investigation into Wednesday’s devastating fire in Philadelphia. A residential fire in a converted apartment building killed 12 people, including [Read More…]
COVID live updates: 126,000 Americans hospitalized with COVID-19
Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 832,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
More than 90 million people, 37 states on alert for hazardous weather conditions
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 90 million people around the country are expecting hazardous weather on Thursday into Friday morning. Thirty-seven states are under winter weather alerts for heavy snow, ice, brutal cold [Read More…]
Alleged ‘ghost guns’ trafficker charged by feds
US Department of Justice (NEW YORK) — As police across the country have grappled with illegal guns on American streets, an increasing number of those weapons are “ghost guns” they say — guns that lack [Read More…]
FBI arrests man who allegedly spied on Egyptian president’s opponents
Jon Hicks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Egyptian American has been charged with acting as an illegal agent of Egypt as he “tracked and obtained information regarding political opponents” of the Egyptian president, federal prosecutors [Read More…]
Russian paratroopers arrive in Kazakhstan to help end protests
ABDUAZIZ MADYAROV/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Russian paratroopers have arrived in Kazakhstan to help its government end mass protests that are gripping the former Soviet country. The Russian troops are deploying to Kazakhstan as [Read More…]
US, Europe warn Sudan’s military as democratic transition unravels
Julien Behal/PA Images via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Sudan’s fragile transition to democracy derailed, the United States and Europe have issued a stark warning to the Sudanese military against appointing a new government “without [Read More…]
Kazakhstan president appeals to Russia’s military alliance for help as unrest escalates
GTW/Getty Images (LONDON) — Kazakhstan’s president has appealed to a Russian-led military alliance for help in quelling the mass protests gripping the Central Asian country, promising to use force to put down the unrest. President [Read More…]
Quentin Tarantino announces dates for ‘Pulp Fiction’ NFT auction
ABC News/Stephen Iervolino Oscar winner Quentin Tarantino has announced auction dates for his exclusive NFTs from his groundbreaking 1994 crime epic, Pulp Fiction. Each of the seven non-fungible tokens will give owners exclusive access to seven scenes, including audio [Read More…]
‘Yellowstone”s season 4 finale scores 10 million viewers
Paramount Network Weeks after its prequel series, 1883, became the most-watched original series premiere ever on Paramount+, last Sunday’s Yellowstone‘s season 4 finale lassoed 10 million viewers on the Paramount Network. The Kevin Costner-starring Western-themed drama managed to wrangle [Read More…]
Don’t hook up: ‘Don’t Look Up’ emergency number actually connected viewers to naughty hotline
Netflix (NOTE NATURE) Viewers of Adam McKay‘s dark comedy Don’t Look Up, streaming now on Netflix, discovered an X-rated Easter egg after dialing a number suggested by Leonardo DiCaprio‘s character, astronomer Randall Mindy, to relieve stress caused by a [Read More…]