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Visually impaired runner completes marathon with the help of guides, friends
ABC (ST. PAUL, Minn.) — Laura Sosalla, of St. Paul, Minnesota, was declared legally blind earlier this year due to long-term effects after a battle with COVID-19 last November. Sosalla was determined and said she [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 10//7/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE PLAYOFFS Houston 6, Chi White Sox 1 Tampa Bay 5, Boston 0 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Philadelphia 125, [Read More…]
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Women’s soccer players hold mid-match protest after abuse allegations: ‘We will not be silent’
Andrew Mead/ISI Photos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The athletes of the National Women’s Soccer League are refusing to return to “business as usual” after sexual misconduct allegations involving a longtime coach upended their community. In [Read More…]
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Eighteen former NBA players charged with defrauding the NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan
iStock (NEW YORK) — Eighteen former NBA players, including Sebastian Telfair, Glen “Big Baby” Davis and Darius Miles, have been charged with defrauding the NBA’s health and welfare benefit plan out of approximately $4 million, [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 10/6/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS LA Dodgers 3, St. Louis 1 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Phoenix 117, LA Lakers 105 Detroit 115, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee to ‘swiftly consider’ criminal contempt for Steve Bannon, others who ignore subpoenas
Michał Chodyra/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot will “swiftly consider” holding one-time Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, and potentially others, in contempt of Congress for ignoring committee [Read More…]
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What’s next for legislation on the US debt ceiling?
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Senate narrowly averted fiscal calamity Thursday evening in a late-evening vote to raise the federal borrowing limit, but the short-term solution has set the stage for a fierce political showdown in [Read More…]
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Biden signs orders restoring boundaries of Bears Ears, other monuments shrunk by Trump
Thomas Roche/GettyImages (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has restored the original boundaries of three U.S. national monuments that had their size drastically reduced by former President Donald Trump, saying Friday that Americans must protect the [Read More…]
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Biden signs law to expand health care for ‘Havana syndrome’ victims
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that provides financial assistance and better health care to victims of “Havana syndrome,” the mysterious health incidents affecting dozens of U.S. personnel [Read More…]
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Senate votes to raise debt limit after 11 Republicans join Democrats to break filibuster
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of brinkmanship, the Senate voted Thursday night to raise the debt limit by $480 billion until Dec. 3. The procedural move to break the GOP filibuster, which required 60 votes, [Read More…]
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Officer who shot Jacob Blake won’t face civil rights charges, DOJ says
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Civil rights charges will not be pursued against the Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake last year, partially paralyzing him, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Kenosha Police [Read More…]
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Illinois woman headed to jail for photographing grizzly bears at Yellowstone
NicolasMcComber/iStock (CODY, Wyo.) — After a video of her trying to photograph grizzly bears went viral, a woman from Illinois has been sentenced to four days in jail and banned from Yellowstone National Park for [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: CDC committee to meet on Moderna, J&J boosters
Pekic/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 710,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people [Read More…]
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Guilty verdict reached in trial of 2 parents in college admissions scandal
Kuzma/iStock (BOSTON) — A guilty verdict was reached Friday afternoon in the trial of John Wilson and Gamal Abdelaziz, two wealthy fathers charged with paying bribes to secure prestigious college spots for their kids under false [Read More…]
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Maryland man allegedly kills pharmacist brother, citing his administration of COVID vaccine
Allegany County Sheriff’s Office (ELLICOTT CITY, Md.) — A Maryland man has been charged with allegedly killing his brother, a pharmacist, after going to confront him about “the government poisoning people with COVID vaccines,” according [Read More…]
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Afghanistan updates: ISIS-K claims responsibility for suicide bombing at mosque
KeithBinns/iStock (WASHINGTON) — It’s been nearly one month since the U.S. withdrew all U.S. troops from Afghanistan on President Joe Biden’s order to leave by Aug. 31, ending a chaotic evacuation operation after the Afghan [Read More…]
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Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
ISAAC LAWRENCE,YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images (OSLO, Norway) — Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize [Read More…]
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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio accused of misusing NYPD resources in DOI report
iStock/Juliana Vilas Boas (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio treated his New York Police Department-provided security detail like a “concierge service” that drove around his son, staff members and guests even [Read More…]
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US Marshals find, clear LA Dodgers fan who resembled fugitive John Ruffo
iStock/Candice Estep (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Marshals have located and fingerprinted the Los Angeles Dodgers fan seen on camera during a televised 2016 home game who they said closely resembled a long-missing and most [Read More…]
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Maskless and unvaccinated, millions of pupils have returned to English schools
eiStock/Favor_of_God (LONDON) — As the debate on masking in classrooms rages in the U.S, England, as with its risky move to fully reopen society in July, is chartering its own course. Despite competing scientific advice, [Read More…]