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CDC advisory panel votes to recommend Pfizer boosters for people 65 and older
PeopleImages/iStock (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisory panel has unanimously voted to recommend booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for people aged 65 and older, along with long-term care [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 9/23/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Chi White Sox 7, Cleveland 2 Seattle 6, Oakland 5 Cleveland 5, Chi White Sox 3 Baltimore 3, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
The Case For Believing In Michigan Football
stevecoleimages/iStock (MICHIGAN) — Michigan football fans are not conditioned in their modern state to feel anything good. The sport so many of them live and die with has burned them too often over the past [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 9/22/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 4, Baltimore 3 Final Minnesota 5, Chi Cubs 4 Boston 12, NY Mets 5 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden harshly criticizes Border Patrol agents for confronting Haitian migrants
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday harshly criticized the action of some Border Patrol agents, mounted on horseback, who confronted Haitian migrants crossing the border into Texas, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House passes abortion rights bill but little chance of becoming law
stockcam/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House on Friday passed a bill to uphold abortion rights for women, taking swift action in response to a new Texas law that bans nearly all abortions in the state. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 select committee sends first subpoenas to former Trump aides, advisers
krblokhin/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued its first subpoenas Thursday to four former senior Trump administration officials, including former President Donald Trump’s longest-serving aide and last chief of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
More than a year after George Floyd’s killing, Congress can’t agree on police reform
drnadig/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Talks of bipartisan police reform legislation in Congress are officially over as Republicans and Democrats can’t agree on key issues. Democrats, after more than a year of negotiations, made a final offer, but [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Florida lawmaker introduces abortion bill similar to Texas’ controversial ban
MivPiv/iStock (FLORIDA) — A state legislator in Florida has introduced an abortion restriction bill similar to a controversial law that took effect in Texas earlier this month. The new bill, HB 167, introduced Wednesday in the [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: CDC endorses Pfizer boosters for older and high-risk Americans
oonal/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 682,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million people [Read More…]
ABC National News
CDC director overrules panel on Pfizer boosters for frontline workers
scaliger/iStock (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed an independent advisory panel’s recommendation for seniors and other medically vulnerable Americans to get a booster shot of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, six months [Read More…]
ABC National News
Arrest warrant issued for Brian Laundrie in Wyoming as search presses on: Live updates
AlessandroPhoto/iStock (NORTH PORT, Fla.) — A massive search is continuing in southern Florida for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old woman who went missing on a cross-country trip and who authorities confirmed [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man attempts to storm cockpit, strangles and kicks flight attendant on JetBlue flight
LeoPatrizi/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Flight attendants testify on Capitol Hill on rise of in-flight confrontations Members of Congress heard from flight attendants about the recent spike in air rage incidents. A man attempted to storm the [Read More…]
ABC National News
A century after arson decimated its Chinatown, San Jose to apologize for past racism and injustices
KGO-TV (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Local lawmakers in San Jose, California, are expected to vote on a resolution next week that would apologize to Chinese immigrants and their descendants for the role the city played [Read More…]
ABC World News
Border Patrol suspends using agents on horseback amid outrage
Azaliya/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Amid outrage over images the White House said President Joe Biden found “horrible,” the U.S. Border Patrol has temporarily stopped using agents on horseback against Haitian migrants in Del Rio, Texas, Homeland [Read More…]
ABC World News
EU proposes legislation requiring all mobile devices, including iPhones, use a universal charger
EkaterinaMesilova/iStock (EUROPE) — Lawmakers in Europe on Thursday unveiled a proposal to force smartphone makers to adopt a universal, brand-agnostic charging cable in an effort to reduce electronic waste. The plans call for a USB-C [Read More…]
ABC World News
How threats at the United Nations General Assembly are handled: ANALYSIS
lucagavagna/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the 76th General Assembly of the United Nations went underway in New York City beginning Sept. 14, authorities arrested Enrique Figueroa on Sunday for allegedly posting threats on social media [Read More…]
ABC World News
Researchers launch Gulf Stream expedition in effort to slow down climate change
Courtesy Sailstone (NEW YORK) — This summer, the United States has seen the effects of climate change firsthand, as record-breaking wildfires, droughts and hurricanes have devastated parts of the country. During his United Nations General [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Influential filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles dies at 89
izzzy71/iStock Influential filmmaker Melvin Van Peebles, whom many consider the godfather of modern Black cinema, has died at age 89. On behalf of his family, The Criterion Collection and Janus Films confirmed his passing in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
First ‘SNL’ guests of the season: Owen Wilson, Kim Kardashian West, Rami Malek, and Jason Sudeikis
NBCUniversal On social media, Saturday Night Live has revealed the hosts and guests for the first month of its 47th season. Loki star Owen Wilson leads things off on October 2, with musical guest Kasey Musgraves; October 9 will see Kim Kardashian West take [Read More…]