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Biden announces plan to mail half a billion free rapid tests to Americans next month
INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a plan to distribute 500 million free at-home rapid tests to Americans beginning in January, doubling down on an effort to [Read More…]
Bidens welcome new first pup to White House
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The president has a new puppy at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue — just in time for Christmas. The Biden family has welcomed a new German Shepherd, “Commander,” the president [Read More…]
Sen. Joe Manchin suggests Child Tax Credit payments would be used to buy drugs
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., privately questioned whether parents would misuse Child Tax Credit payments to buy drugs, according to three sources familiar with his comments. Sources tell ABC News Manchin [Read More…]
Kim Potter trial updates: Jury begins deliberations
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — The trial of former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter charged in the death of Daunte Wright, a 20-year-old Black man who was fatally shot during a traffic stop, continues with [Read More…]
COVID-19 live updates: Unvaccinated ‘have good reason to be concerned,’ Biden says
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 809,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
Controversial 110-year sentence to be reconsidered for truck driver responsible for fatal crash: DA
Runstudio/Getty Images (DENVER) — Truck driver Rogel Aguilera-Mederos was sentenced on Dec. 13 to 110 years in prison for a 2019 fiery crash just outside Denver that killed four people and injured several others – [Read More…]
Unruly passengers could lose TSA PreCheck, FAA says
iStock (NEW YORK) — In an effort to stop bad behavior on planes, unruly passengers could lose their TSA PreCheck privileges. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is partnering with TSA to share information on passengers [Read More…]
Port of Los Angeles port set to break cargo record in 2021
iStock (LOS ANGELES) — The Port of Los Angeles predicts it will break a new cargo record in 2021. The port said it would process about 10.7 million Twenty-Foot Equivalent Units (TEUs) this year, a [Read More…]
Election of Gabriel Boric as Chile’s youngest president ‘symbol of hope’ for new generation
Getty Images/Ketkarn sakultap (RIO DE JANEIRO) — Gabriel Boric, a 35-year-old self-described “moderate socialist,” will be sworn in as Chile’s president in March, making him both the youngest leader in South America and the youngest [Read More…]
Queen Elizabeth cancels family Christmas tradition for second year due to COVID-19
BEN STANSALL/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The British royal family’s annual Christmas tradition has been canceled for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic. Queen Elizabeth will remain at Windsor [Read More…]
Haven’t had time to decorate yet, but still want to? ‘Queer Eye’ star Bobby Berk has some solutions
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Some people have yet to break out the holiday decorations in time for Christmas, which is few days away, and may be feeling overwhelmed about it. Queer Eye star Bobby Berk understands the struggle and shared some quick and [Read More…]
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ is now second-biggest domestic box office debut in history
©2021 CTMG/Matt Kennedy Spider-Man: No Way Home had an even bigger box office debut than initially reported. According to Variety, the superhero flick took in $260 million in North America over the weekend, more than [Read More…]
‘Spider-Man’ producer told Tom Holland, Zendaya not to date: “Don’t go there”
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images It’s pretty well known that Spider-Man stars Tom Holland and Zendaya aren’t just an on-screen couple, but are an item off-screen as well — something that producer Amy Pascal said she warned them [Read More…]
In brief: LA Film Critics name best picture, ‘Head of the Class’ reboot cancelled, and more
The Los Angeles Film Critics Association voted Saturday on the best films and performances of 2021, with Ryusuke Hamaguchi’s Japanese Oscar entry Drive My Car taking Best Picture and Best Screenplay. The Power of the [Read More…]
Jennifer Lopez shuts down reports she’s mad at Ben Affleck, “This story is simply not true”
RB/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Jennifer Lopez is shutting down reports that she’s mad at Ben Affleck over comments he made about his ex-wife Jennifer Garner. “This story is simply not true,” Lopez, 52, told People. “It is not [Read More…]
Jury to begin deliberations in Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes’ trial
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A jury of eight men and four women will begin to deliberate on Monday in the criminal fraud case against fallen Silicon Valley CEO Elizabeth Holmes. The jurors [Read More…]
Mom reunited with daughters, newborn for Christmas after 100 days hospitalized with COVID-19
David Malan/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — When Autumn Carver was in her darkest days fighting off complications from COVID-19, which she contracted while pregnant with her third child, she said she still had hope she would [Read More…]
Tiger Woods and 12-year-old son Charlie take second in Woods’ return to competitive golf
Douglas P. DeFelice/Stringer/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Just months after sustaining serious injuries in a car accident, Tiger Woods made his return to competitive golf on Friday. Woods, who suffered comminuted open fractures to his [Read More…]
Major sports events canceled, rescheduled due to rising COVID-19 cases
Matthew Maxey/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With a rise in COVID-19 cases across the nation alongside spread of the new omicron variant, several major events this week have been rescheduled or canceled. [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 12/19/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Sacramento 121, San Antonio 114 Detroit 100, Miami 90 Portland 105, Memphis 100 Phoenix 137, Charlotte 106 Chicago 115, LA [Read More…]