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Scoreboard Roundup — 12/18/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Saturday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final Houston 116 Detroit 107 Final Boston 114 New York 107 Final Toronto 119 Golden State 100 Final Orlando 100 [Read More…]
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Manchin says he’s a ‘no’ on Biden’s Build Back Better social spending plan
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., delivered a potentially fatal blow to President Joe Biden’s Build Back Better bill on Fox News Sunday, when he announced that he is a “no” on [Read More…]
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Kinzinger: It’s ‘possible’ some GOP colleagues are responsible for Jan. 6 attack
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Adam Kinzinger said Sunday “it’s possible” some of his GOP colleagues in Congress are responsible for the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol but added he’s not ready to “go to [Read More…]
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Students go on hunger strike to push for voting rights
Courtesy Shana Gallagher (WASHINGTON) — A hunger strike that started in Phoenix has made its way to the nation’s capital. Students from different parts of the U.S. have gathered outside the White House participating in a [Read More…]
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‘Stop the Steal’ organizer Ali Alexander told Jan. 6 committee about contacts with Republican lawmakers
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ali Alexander, the conservative activist behind the “Stop the Steal” movement, recently told congressional investigators that he had communicated with several House Republican lawmakers ahead of the Jan. 6 rally and [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: Dr. Jha on omicron surge, his prediction for next year
Luis Alvarez/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 806,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
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East Coast may get a warm Christmas, California braces for flooding
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Along the East Coast, residents are waking up to the coldest morning of the winter so far. The wind chill — or what temperature it feels like — plunged to [Read More…]
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Rapper Drakeo the Ruler fatally stabbed at Los Angeles concert
Kali9/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles music festival abruptly ended Saturday night when police were called to quill a backstage brawl in which rapper Drakeo the Ruler was fatally stabbed, a high-ranking law enforcement source [Read More…]
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Fauci urges Americans to stay ‘prudent’ as omicron ‘something to be reckoned with’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Dr. Anthony Fauci said Sunday that the omicron variant appears to be overtaking all other COVID-19 variants, including delta, calling it “something to be reckoned with” as he advised Americans who [Read More…]
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Sixth child dies after bouncy castle accident
Courtesy Tasmania Police (SYDNEY) — A sixth child has died from his injuries following Thursday’s bouncy castle tragedy at an Australian school. Chace Harrison, 11, died at Royal Hobart Hospital on Sunday afternoon, Tasmania Police said. [Read More…]
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Denzel Washington describes his film with Michael B. Jordan; Kevin Hart and Snoop Dogg recap 2021; and more
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Sony Pictures Denzel Washington directed A Journal for Jordan starring Michael B. Jordan, and the two-time Academy Award winner says it’s an emotional film for the holidays. Michael stars as First Sergeant Charles Monroe King, [Read More…]
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COVID-19 pills could be game-changer, but doctors worry about early access, uptake
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As rates of COVID-19 infections rise during the holidays and omicron cases surface across the United States, drug companies Pfizer and Merck are preparing to launch the [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 12/18
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Miami 115 Orlando 105 Denver 133 Atlanta 115 Golden State 111 Boston 107 OT New Orleans 116 Milwaukee 112 San [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: Unvaccinated ‘looking at a winter’ of illness, death: WH
John Moore/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 803,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
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Storms, more possible tornadoes dominate forecast after week of wild weather
ABC News (NEW YORK) — After a series of strong and devastating tornadoes struck the Midwest and South this week, killing at least 89 people, a winter storm is threatening parts of the Northeast and [Read More…]
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COVID-19 ‘raging’ in New Jersey as leaders weigh next steps
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With COVID-19 “raging” in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy said this latest surge could bring about the return of some restrictions. New Jersey reported back-to-back days [Read More…]
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Afghan Air Force pilots trapped in Afghanistan plead for evacuation
Obtained by ABC News (KABUL, Afghanistan) — Around two dozen U.S.-trained former Afghan Air Force pilots are still trapped in Afghanistan and pleading for the United States government to evacuate them from the country, where [Read More…]
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Keri Hilson on her character’s merry and not-so-bright idea in ‘Hip Hop Family Christmas’
VH1 On Sunday afternoon, VH1 is airing an encore presentation of its recent release, Hip Hop Family Christmas, as we get closer to the big day. If you miss it then, it’s also playing on Christmas [Read More…]
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Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Coolidge tease ‘Legally Blonde 3’
Eric Ford/Online USA Reese Witherspoon and her Legally Blonde series co-star Jennifer Coolidge sat down via Zoom with Backstage, and dished not only about their respective hit shows, The Morning Show and White Lotus, but also teased a third Legally Blonde movie. Coolidge explained Reese is [Read More…]
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“Hobbits really are amazing creatures”: The ‘Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring’ turns 20 this weekend
New Line/WireImage Twenty years ago Sunday — December 19, 2021 — director Peter Jackson brought us the first installment of the eagerly anticipated Lord of the Rings trilogy, as The Fellowship of the Ring opened in the U.S. It set global [Read More…]