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COP26 live updates: Biden emphasizes urgency to fight climate change: ‘The science is clear’
iStock/Kinwun (GLASGOW, U.K.) — Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are touting as the most important environmental summit [Read More…]
COP26 live updates: World leaders converge upon Glasgow for historic climate summit
iStock/studio023 (NEW YORK) — Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are touting as the most important environmental summit [Read More…]
S. Madagascar on the verge of climate change-induced famine: How to help
ABC News (AMBOVOMBE, Madagascar) — “Kere” is a word that echoes around southern Madagascar. It means hunger, and the people here know it all too well. For the past four years, the lack of food [Read More…]
Ginger Zee helps explain climate change
iStock/chonticha wat (NEW YORK) — As the first piece of ABC News Radio’s series on the global climate crisis, Ginger Zee helps us understand the global impact of climate change. The signs and symptoms of [Read More…]
Scoreboard Roundup 10/31/21
iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from yesterday’s games: —— MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Final Atlanta 3 Houston 2 —— NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final 2OT Washington [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 10/30
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Atlanta 2 Houston 0 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Toronto 110 Orlando 109 Miami 114 Charlotte 99 Brooklyn 105 Indiana 98 [Read More…]
Buttigieg defends bipartisan infrastructure bill, ‘optimistic’ it will pass
levkr/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is “optimistic” that the bipartisan infrastructure bill will pass the House and Senate, he said Sunday. “We’re very optimistic the president put forward this framework because he believes [Read More…]
Kinzinger speaks out on leaving Congress, ‘cancer’ in the Republican Party
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., said Sunday he, Rep. Liz Cheney and “a few others” are the only House Republicans “telling the truth.” “You can fight to try to tell the truth, you [Read More…]
What you need to know about the COP26 climate summit
iStock/slowmotiongli (NEW YORK) — For the next two weeks, governments around the world will convene for a highly anticipated summit on climate change that has been billed as the “last best chance” to meet the [Read More…]
Biden, Democrats failing to sell agenda to American people: POLL
iStock/lamontak590623 (NEW YORK) — Negotiations on the infrastructure and social program bills have consumed Capitol Hill for months. Still, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday finds Democrats are failing to sell the legislation to [Read More…]
Texas Halloween party shooting leaves 1 dead, 9 injured, search for gunman ongoing
Texarkana Police Department via Facebook (TEXARKANA, TX.) — A search is ongoing in eastern Texas for a gunman who opened fire at a Halloween party attended by “at least a couple hundred” revelers, killing one [Read More…]
Fight isn’t over for Marine who lost limbs in Kabul suicide attack
Courtesy Sgt. Tyler Andrews (WASHINGTON) — There was a sense of danger and urgency in the air at Hamid Karzai International Airport on the evening of Aug. 26. Sixteen hours earlier, the U.S. Embassy had [Read More…]
Explosion in Mexico destroys at least 30 buildings, leaves 1 dead, 15 injured
KeithBinns/iStock (MEXICO CITY) — A large explosion attributed to a gas leak in east-central Mexico’s Puebla state has left at least one dead, 15 injured and damaged between 30 to 50 buildings, local government authorities [Read More…]
Through her attorneys, ‘Rust’ armorer claims she has “no idea” how live rounds got onto film set; claims media “slander”
iStock/LPETTET Through her legal representation, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the set of Rust, on which Alec Baldwin accidentally fatally shot camerawoman Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, is now speaking out. Authorities say the pistol that Baldwin aimed at [Read More…]
In trailer for his new docuseries ‘Best Shape of My Life,’ Will Smith reveals he considered suicide
Westbrook Media for YouTube Originals Will Smith dropped the trailer for his Best Shape of My Life docuseries Friday, and in the clip, he reveals that he had thoughts of taking his own life. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air star [Read More…]
Tracee Ellis Ross reflects on ‘black-ish’ ahead of series finale
ABC/Kwaku Alston black-ish was renewed for its eighth and final season back in May, and Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays the Johnson family matriarch Dr. Rainbow “Bow” Johnson, says the final show will be a bittersweet moment [Read More…]
Will Agatha Harkness get her own ’WandaVision’ spinoff? Star Kathryn Hahn weighs in
Marvel Studios With the Marvel Cinematic Universe expanding further into television, fans are hopeful that the MCU is brewing up a WandaVision spinoff series about Agatha Harkness, who was played by standout star Kathryn Hahn. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the Emmy-nominated actress [Read More…]
‘Squid Game’-inspired cryptocurrency shot up 82,000% in first days of trading
Netflix A cryptocurrency based on — but not licensed by — the smash Netflix show Squid Game is smashing expectations. The digital currency SQUID began trading Tuesday at just $0.01235. As of around 12:30 p.m. Friday, it was [Read More…]
Facebook employees questioned apparent restrictions on Palestinian activist’s account: Documents
luchezar/iStock (NEW YORK) — Earlier this year, multiple Facebook employees questioned the apparent restrictions on well-known Palestinian activist Mohammed El-Kurd’s Instagram account, according to internal Facebook documents shared with ABC News and a group of [Read More…]
FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11: 5 things to know
SeventyFour/iStock (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccine shots for kids ages 5 to 11 may be available as soon as next week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized the Pfizer vaccine for kids. With the FDA’s [Read More…]