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Black women find solutions to end racial health care disparity
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Heide Spence, a mother of two, said she does not remember a time in her life since getting her first menstrual cycle at age 10 when she [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden orders Trump White House visitor logs turned over to Jan. 6 committee
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has rejected another of former President Donald Trump’s executive privilege claims, deciding that Trump White House visitor logs should be handed over to the House committee investigating [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Candidates’ vaccine hesitancy ‘demonstrates the limits’ of Trump’s grip on GOP, say experts
Morsa Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the midterm primary season approaches, several Republicans running for state or national office are either refusing to disclose their COVID-19 vaccination status or advertising that they haven’t received a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee subpoenas staffers, operatives who sought to send ‘fake electors’ to Congress
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday issued six subpoenas to Trump campaign staffers and Republican operatives in several key battleground states who supported efforts [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Cruz, other GOP senators oppose no-fly list for convicted unruly passengers
EllenMoran/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of Republican senators sent a letter to the Justice Department on Tuesday to express “strong opposition” to creating a federal no-fly list for unruly passengers, claiming “the majority of [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Weekly global number of cases fell by 19%, WHO says
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 925,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
ABC National News
San Francisco recalls three school board members in landslide election
Geo Piatt/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — San Francisco voters overwhelmingly cast their ballots to remove three members of the city’s school board Tuesday night, marking the first time in the city’s history members of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
“Rust” cinematographer’s family files suit alleging ‘reckless’ behavior on set
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a number of parties including Alec Baldwin and the Rust movie production, attorneys for the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Battle brews over drill rap in NYC after killings of two rappers
Tim Drivas Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams is raising the alarm over violent content in drill rap, a controversial and popular subgenre of hip-hop, and wants social media companies [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 updates: Omicron and its sublineages accounting for 100% of new cases
Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 923,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 2/15/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Atlanta 124, Cleveland 116 Boston 135, Philadelphia 87 Dallas 107, Miami 99 Memphis 121, New Orleans 109 Minnesota 126, Charlotte [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia releases video showing more troops leaving Crimea
filo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States continues to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day” amid escalating tensions in the region. More than 150,000 Russian troops are estimated to be massed near [Read More…]
ABC World News
Some Russian troops moved to firing positions near Ukraine, Putin said be ready by Feb. 16: Sources
Alexei NikolskyTASS via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While Russia’s defense ministry said Tuesday that some forces would pull back from Ukraine’s borders after completing military exercises, the U.S. has so far not seen that, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Athletes question decision in Kamila Valieva’s Olympic doping case: ‘What a shame’
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — The ongoing dilemma in the Winter Games involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who is under investigation over alleged use of a banned heart medication, has athletes around the world calling [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paramount+ announces that it’s ordered a new season of ‘1883’, and a follow-up about the Dutton clan, ‘1932’
Paramount+ Paramount+ has ordered another season of its Yellowstone prequel series 1883, and announced that creator Taylor Sheridan has another period show about the Dutton clan up his sleeve called 1932. While 1883 tells the tale of Yellowstone‘s Dutton family journeying west through the Great [Read More…]
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Family of slain ‘Rust’ cinematographer Halyna Hutchins files wrongful death suit against Alec Baldwin
ABC News The family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has filed a wrongful death suit against Alec Baldwin in New Mexico on Tuesday. “There are many people culpable, but Mr. Baldwin was the person holding the weapon,” Hutchins family attorney Brian Panish said at a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I don’t give a crap”: Chevy Chase doesn’t care that some people think he’s a jerk…or worse
Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) Chevy Chase has one thing to say regarding what his former Community co-stars — and pretty much anybody — may think about him: “I don’t give a crap.” That’s the word from the 78-year-old [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Avocados from Mexico imports suspended, and what that could mean for US consumers
Getty Images/d3sign (NEW YORK) — The leading global producer of avocados is temporarily banned from sending the sought after fruit from Mexico to the U.S. Despite the demand for imported avocados, the U.S. government announced [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jury reaches verdict after judge tosses Sarah Palin’s libel suit against New York Times
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — A federal jury in New York on Tuesday has rejected former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s libel suit against the New York Times a day after a judge said he will dismiss [Read More…]
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Family of Halyna Hutchins files wrongful death suit alleging ‘reckless’ Baldwin set
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — The family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a number of parties including Alec Baldwin and the “Rust” movie production, attorneys for the family said. [Read More…]