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‘The Bad Guys’ scores $24 million debut to top the weekend box office
DreamWorks Pictures The animated family film The Bad Guys scored an estimated $24 million to top the North American box office over the weekend The film — featuring the voices of Sam Rockwell, Marc Maron, Zazie Beetz, Craig Robinson and Awkwafina — also grabbed [Read More…]
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Six killed, including firefighter and three kids, in residential fires in two cities
WABC/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Deadly fires broke out in Philadelphia and New York City on Sunday taking the lives of six people in total. The first blaze was in Philadelphia, on both floors of [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia ‘already failed’ to achieve war goals, Blinken says
Scott Peterson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian [Read More…]
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North Korea remains unvaccinated two years into pandemic
200mm/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea is as of this month one of only two countries, along with Eritrea, that haven’t administered COVID-19 vaccines, despite continuous international efforts to supply the secretive country [Read More…]
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Beijing COVID outbreak prompts fear of Shanghai-style lockdown
Kevin Frayer/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — A new COVID-19 outbreak in Beijing is raising fears that China’s capital could be sent into a hard lockdown, like the one in Shanghai that’s entering a fifth week. [Read More…]
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‘American Idol’ recap: Gabby Barrett mentors, Top 11 revealed
ABC/Eric McCandless The search for the next American Idol continued Sunday night as the Top 14 was reduced to the Top 11. Before it was revealed who unfortunately hadn’t secured enough of America’s votes to [Read More…]
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A night of Black Excellence: 30th Anniversary Trumpet Awards honors achievements in the Black community
Robin L Marshall/Getty Images After a year of virtual celebration, the Bounce Trumpet Awards returned in-person Saturday, for a night of recognizing the outstanding achievements of leaders in the Black community. The 30th anniversary show [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation, supply chain issues send 2022 wedding costs soaring
Hanneke Vollbehr/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Wedding season is in full swing and a record number of couples are tying the knot. An estimated 2.5 million weddings are set to be held this year, according [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Millions of COVID-19 shots set to go to waste, as vaccine rollout slows
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While top U.S. health officials are urging some Americans to get yet another coronavirus booster shot, local health departments across the country are grappling with a [Read More…]
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CrossFit athlete trains her 84-year-old grandmother
Natalie Allport/Instagram (OTTOWA, Ontario) — Natalie Allport, a 28-year-old CrossFit athlete, stays in shape with an unlikely workout partner, her 84-year-old grandmother. Allport, of Ottawa, Canada, said she started bringing her grandmother, Juanita Arteaga, to [Read More…]
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Why is infertility so painful?: Doctor and patient break down taboo women’s health topic
L’Oreal Thompson Payton, left, speaks with Dr. Meggie Smith, a fertility specialist. – ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 6 million women of childbearing age in the United States have difficulty getting pregnant or [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 4/24/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Colorado 6, Detroit 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 5, Boston 2 NY Yankees 10, Cleveland 2 Houston 8, Toronto [Read More…]
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UN Security Council’s inaction on Ukraine prompts questions on reform
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United Nations Security Council’s lack of action to intervene in the war in Ukraine, with more than one resolution being vetoed by Russia, has resurfaced criticism of [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Some US diplomats to return to Ukraine
Scott Peterson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. Ukrainian [Read More…]
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Osterholm calls decision striking down mask mandate on mass transit ‘a real challenge’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, called the recent ruling by a Florida judge striking down the federal mask [Read More…]
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Spread of wildfires in West could be slowed by easing winds
ABC News (SANTA FE) — Easing winds could help firefighters temper nearly a dozen uncontained wildfires that exploded after days of dangerous fire conditions in the West. New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham declared a [Read More…]
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French election 2022: Macron expected to beat far-right rival, estimates show
ABC News (PARIS) — Early estimates show that French President Emmanuel Macron is expected to win France’s presidential runoff election in which he faced his far-right rival Marine Le Pen. According to the estimates, which [Read More…]
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‘We are capable of winning,’ says Ukrainian parliament member
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As the people of Ukraine continue to defend against a Russian onslaught, Yevheniia Kravchuk, a member of the Ukrainian parliament, says the nation is still looking for three main things from [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Top US officials Blinken, Austin to visit Ukraine
Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
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More children are developing hepatitis and researchers want to know why
Morsa Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — A rise in hepatitis cases among children is under investigation by experts. Some recent reports from the U.S., U.K., and EU health organizations including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control [Read More…]