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Jennifer Aniston on “hurtful” assumption that she “chose career over kids”
ABC Fans could hardly wait to see the cast of Friends reunite for the 2021 HBO Max special, but for Jennifer Aniston, filming was more emotionally complicated than she anticipated. The actress told The Hollywood Reporter that she was “so [Read More…]
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NLRB set to count votes for Starbucks union election in Buffalo, New York
mattjeacock/iStock (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — History could be made for Starbucks workers in labor-friendly Buffalo, New York, on Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board is set to count votes for a union election collected from three [Read More…]
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Elizabeth Holmes rests her case after testifying for 7 days in fraud trial
Getty/Justin Sullivan (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Elizabeth Holmes finished her testimony on Wednesday and her defense team rested their case in her criminal fraud trial. All that’s left now are closing arguments. Then the jury [Read More…]
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Head of Instagram grilled by Senate panel over impact on young users
GETTY/Roy Rochlin/Stringer (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Lawmakers on Wednesday grilled Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, in a wide-ranging hearing on the potential harms of social media use for young people. The senators pledged that the age [Read More…]
ABC Health News
A tale of two New Yorks: COVID-19 hospitalization rate surging upstate
Massimo Giachetti/iStock (NEW YORK) — COVID-19-related hospitalizations have been on an upward trend in New York state since last month, but there appears to be a drastic divide between the Big Apple and some of [Read More…]
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Kids are driving up COVID cases, but parents are still reluctant to vaccinate them, poll shows
jacoblund/iStock (NEW YORK) — Roughly two-thirds of parents of elementary school-aged children are either holding off on getting their younger children vaccinated or refuse to do so, according to a poll released Thursday by the [Read More…]
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CDC recommends dramatic expansion of HIV prevention medication
niphon/iStock (ATLANTA) — While a cure for HIV has remained elusive, in recent years there have been great strides made in the prevention and management of HIV and AIDS, the disease the virus causes if [Read More…]
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Study raises renewed alarm about missed cancer diagnoses during pandemic
iStock/gorodenkoff (NEW YORK) — Oncologists have been warning about dangerous gaps in cancer care since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a nationwide study based on data from Veterans Affairs hospitals is raising new alarms. Since March [Read More…]
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Four things to know about omicron and holiday travel, gatherings
iStock/jacoblund (NEW YORK) — Just as hope rose that this year’s holiday season would inch back to pre-pandemic normalcy, the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 entered the picture , raising questions for many people. Cases [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 12/8/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Indiana 122, New York 102 Cleveland 115, Chicago 92 Philadelphia 110, Charlotte 106 Oklahoma City 110, Toronto 109 Washington 119, [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 12/7/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Brooklyn 102, Dallas 99 New York 121, San Antonio 109 LA Lakers 117, Boston 102 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Tampa Bay [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Bob Dole, longtime GOP Senator and presidential nominee, lies in state at US Capitol
ftroy2402/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Former Sen. Bob Dole — a decorated World War II veteran and presidential candidate who served in Congress for 36 years — lay in state at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday as [Read More…]
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‘Stop the Steal’ organizer cooperating with Jan. 6 committee probe, will appear for deposition Thursday
Jon Cherry/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ali Alexander, a prominent conservative activist who organized “Stop the Steal” rallies after the 2020 election, is cooperating with the House Jan. 6 select committee and is scheduled to appear [Read More…]
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Inside Biden’s ‘summit for democracy’ amid pressure to make virtual meetings meaningful
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — By gathering leaders Thursday from 112 of the world’s democracies — some healthy, some challenged — President Joe Biden has done the easy part of a [Read More…]
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Meadows files lawsuit against Pelosi, Jan. 6 committee after panel moves to hold him in contempt
iStock/Douglas Rissing (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows is suing House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and members of the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, after the panel moved [Read More…]
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Tax dollars for religious school tuition? Supreme Court conservatives warm to the idea
iStock/plherrera (NEW YORK) — Two families from Maine asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to expand taxpayer support for religious schools by requiring a state tuition assistance program to include sectarian as well as nonsectarian institutions. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Omicron live updates: ‘Signs of hope’ as hospitalizations remain low in South Africa
CasPhotography/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 793,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
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Missing 15-year-old Indiana girl may be in danger, police say
Courtesy Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Dept. (INDIANAPOLIS) — Police in Indiana are asking the public to help find a missing 15-year-old girl who they said may be in danger. Cabrini Stott was last seen on Sunday, [Read More…]
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Kim Potter trial updates: Trial begins over fatal shooting of Daunte Wright
DNY59/iStock (MINNEAPOLIS) — 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, began Wednesday. Opening [Read More…]
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Two juveniles arrested in school bus stop shooting that killed 16-year-old boy
kali9/iStock (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Two juveniles have been arrested in connection to a shooting at a Louisville, Kentucky, school bus stop that killed a 16-year-old. The juveniles, whose names were not released, were taken into [Read More…]