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Nine-year-old boy’s remains found in home along with abandoned kids: Sheriff
kali9/iStock (HOUSTON) — The remains of a 9-year-old boy have been discovered in a Houston home along with three abandoned children, authorities said. One of the children, a 15-year-old, said his 9-year-old brother had been [Read More…]
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US ‘deeply alarmed’ at reports of military takeover in Sudan, calls for PM’s release
iStock/MarkRubens (CAIRO) — After initially being put under house arrest by military forces Monday, Sudan’s acting Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and his wife Muna Abdalla were “kidnapped” at dawn from their Khartoum residence, according to [Read More…]
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Sixteen rescued from burning container ship off coast of Canada
(File photo) – SHansche/iStock (VICTORIA, British Columbia) — Sixteen people have been evacuated from a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Canada, according to officials. A fire broke out in 10 containers [Read More…]
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What to know about the Japanese royal family as Princess Mako prepares to bow out
baona/iStock (NEW YORK) — Princess Mako, niece to Japan’s enthroned emperor, Naruhito, is planning to leave the imperial family, moving out of her family’s estate on Oct. 26 when her marriage to Fordham-educated Kei Komuro [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
James Michael Tyler, “Gunther” on ‘Friends,’ dead at 59
Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images Actor James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on Friends, has lost his battle with prostate cancer. He was 59. Friends producer Kevin Bright tweeted the news on Sunday, writing, “James Michael Tyler Our Gunther [Read More…]
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Lennie James still doesn’t believe he’s survived in ‘The Walking Dead’ universe
L-R, Domingo, James — AMC Lennie James has played Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead universe starting from the show’s pilot in 2010, and reappeared many times before transitioning to the spin-off show Fear The Walking Dead. Nobody’s more [Read More…]
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Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer killed on the ‘Rust’ set, was a “rising star” in the film world
Fred Hayes/Getty Images for SAGindie Halyna Hutchins, a well-admired cinematographer who was blazing a new path for women in her field, was killed Thursday in a tragic accident on the set of the film Rust in New [Read More…]
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David Boreanaz on looking back at 9/11 on Sunday night’s ‘SEAL Team’
Michael Greenberg/CBS ©2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sunday night’s episode of CBS’ SEAL Team, “Nine Ten,” takes a look back at the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, through the eyes of David Boreanaz‘s [Read More…]
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Brandon Lee’s sister Shannon weighs in on Alec Baldwin fatal firearm accident
Barry King/WireImage Shannon Lee, the sister of Brandon Lee, late son of legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, has weighed in on the fatal firearm accident Thursday that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The camerawoman was fatally injured on the [Read More…]
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Kandi Burruss recalls the shock of losing one of her twin embryos
Paras Griffin/Getty Images As Kandi Burruss prepares for the second birthday of her daughter Blaze next month, she’s looking back at the trauma of Blaze’s birth via a surrogate. Blaze was one of twin embryos, and the Real Housewives of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Hummer EV truck shows it can compete with its gas-powered rivals
marekuliasz/iStock (MICHIGAN) — “Attack the grade here. Now mash the brake and modulate the throttle,” Al Oppenheiser, the chief engineer of GMC’s Hummer EV, guided me as I carefully steered the 9,000-lb. truck up a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Ukraine’s black market in COVID vaccine certificates
solarseven/iStock (KYIV, Ukraine) — It doesn’t take long to buy a fake COVID-19 vaccine certificate in Ukraine. Just typing the words into Google brings up a slew of advertisements offering a certificate “without visiting a [Read More…]
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Walmart recalls aromatherapy spray linked to rare bacterial illness, 2 deaths
Sundry Photography/iStock (NEW YORK) — Walmart has recalled an aromatherapy spray after it identified a bacteria in the product that has now been linked to four illnesses and two deaths. The Centers for Disease Control [Read More…]
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More disease, more suicide: Study shows human cost of climate change
Halfpoint/iStock (NEW YORK) — Climate change is not only warming the planet, it’s negatively affecting human health in myriad ways, with researchers reporting surges in heat-related illnesses, infectious diseases, poor sleep and an increase in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Ride to the Olympics CEO on increase in Black polo players: ‘We break barriers’
cristianl/iStock (ATLANTA) — Historically, very few African Americans have played polo, but that’s changing in Atlanta. “I’ve never ridden a horse outside of me starting this, let alone actually play polo, so I had to get [Read More…]
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Snoop Dogg joins the Harlem Globetrotters for the first NFT sitcom
Harlem Globetrotters As Snoop Dogg‘s 50th birthday week continues, he’s now joined the Harlem Globetrotters for a unique project. The hip hop icon has partnered with the legendary basketball team to star in a hilarious video [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Obama hits campaign trail ahead of gubernatorial elections in Virginia, New Jersey
adamkaz/iStock (VIRGINIA) — With just over a week to go until the last day of voting in Virginia and New Jersey, former President Barack Obama is joining each state’s Democratic nominee for governor on the [Read More…]
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Former Giuliani associate Lev Parnas found guilty of unlawful campaign donations
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Soviet-born businessman Lev Parnas, a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was found guilty Friday of making unlawful campaign donations totaling more than $350,000 to two pro-Trump super PACs [Read More…]
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Supreme Court to take up Texas abortion law but declines to block it
CHBD/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court will take up the Texas abortion law on the merits next month in a rare highly-expedited case that could definitively resolve the fate of its six-week ban and unprecedented [Read More…]
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In push to get deal, Biden pulls back curtain on spending negotiations with Democrats
Bloomberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For reporters in Washington, it’s a frequent refrain from President Joe Biden on the status of negotiations with lawmakers on his domestic agenda: “I won’t negotiate in the press.” But Thursday [Read More…]