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Hard Rock buys iconic Mirage hotel in Las Vegas for over $1 billion
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (LAS VEGAS) — Hospitality company Hard Rock International has bought The Mirage Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas from MGM Resorts International for approximately $1.08 billion, the company announced on Monday. According to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Americans avoiding health care in pandemic over cost concerns
PeopleImages/iStock (NEW YORK) — The COVID-19 pandemic has shifted Americans’ perceptions of health care, and not for the better, according to a new survey. Nearly half of Americans say the pandemic has worsened their perceptions [Read More…]
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Senators take aim at fraudsters flooding the market with fake masks
Kilito Chan/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Two senators are taking aim at the widespread issue of fake and ineffective masks flooding the U.S. market. A new bill announced Thursday and obtained exclusively by ABC News will grant [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID deaths for pregnant people spiked during delta: Data
Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As the delta variant of COVID-19 spread across the United States this summer, the virus appeared to take a particular toll on unvaccinated pregnant [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 12/15/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Atlanta 111, Orlando 99 Cleveland 124, Houston 89 Miami 101, Philadelphia 96 Milwaukee 114, Indiana 99 LA Lakers 107, Dallas [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 12/14/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Golden State 105, New York 96 Brooklyn 131, Toronto 129 (OT) Phoenix 111, Portland 107 (OT) Detroit at Chicago (Postponed) [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Expanded child tax credit nears end as Senate stalls and parents’ fears grow
Pixelimage/iStock (WASHINGTON) — When Sarah Hutchinson, mom of a 5-year-old son, saw her $300 child tax credit payment deposited into her bank account Wednesday, she said she felt a sense of both relief and fear. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Alwyn Cashe set to become first Black recipient of Medal of Honor for service in post-9/11 war on terror
U.S. Army (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday is set to award the Medal of Honor — the nation’s highest military award for valor — to three U.S. soldiers for their service during the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden surveys ‘beyond belief’ tornado damage in Kentucky, commits to federal aid
Leigh Vogel/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MAYFIELD, Ky.) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday surveyed damage in Kentucky he described as “beyond belief” and met with families in neighborhoods ravaged by deadly tornadoes last weekend. After [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Airline CEOs face lawmakers on cancellations, delays despite $54B bailout
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Major U.S. airline CEOs were in the hot seat on Capitol Hill Wednesday afternoon, questioned by lawmakers on whether they appropriately spent billions in taxpayer dollars. The airline industry received [Read More…]
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Tapering, explained: Federal Reserve to reel back massive bond-buying program
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — It’s been hard for Americans to avoid headlines and statements about “tapering” in recent months, as economists and policymakers debate how to best support the economy while the pandemic ebbs [Read More…]
ABC National News
Education secretary urges schools use federal funding to combat teacher shortages
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education on Thursday urged districts to combat pandemic-fueled teacher shortages by offering them more money from the pot of federal COVID-relief aid, in a letter sent to [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Omicron will be dominant variant in US ‘very soon,’ Fauci says
John Moore/Getty Images As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.3 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 802,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s [Read More…]
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Thirteen-year-old Nyssa Brown is city’s only missing person left in wake of tornadoes
GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images (BOWLING GREEN, Ky.) — Of the 244 people reported missing in Bowling Green, Kentucky, after the deadly tornadoes, officials have now accounted for all except one. Nyssa Brown, 13, still [Read More…]
ABC National News
Rare tornadoes strike America’s heartland, destroying homes and knocking out power
GUNNAR WORD/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A storm system that spawned possibly multiple tornadoes across America’s heartland on Wednesday night — rare for December — has left a trail of destruction and hundreds [Read More…]
ABC National News
Strong storm system sparks rare December tornado in Midwest
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A storm system is impacting the Midwest and 29 states are on alert for damaging winds, heavy snow and avalanches. A tornado threat was issued for Iowa, Minnesota and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Queen Elizabeth cancels annual family pre-Christmas lunch amid COVID-19 surge
Chris Jackson/Getty Images (LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth has canceled her annual pre-Christmas celebration for family for the second year in a row due to the coronavirus pandemic. The 95-year-old monarch traditionally holds a lunch at [Read More…]
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Five children dead after wind lifts bouncy castle 32 feet into the air in Australia
MCCAIG/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Five children died in Australia on Thursday after wind lifted the bouncy castle they were in about 32 feet into the air, local police said. Nine children were in the [Read More…]
ABC World News
State Dept. suggests Afghan Fulbright hopefuls seek other options as program stalls
Courtesy of Maryam Jami (WASHINGTON) — A group of 100 or so potential scholars in the State Department’s prestigious Fulbright Foreign Student Program will have to continue waiting for a final answer on whether their [Read More…]
ABC World News
Fire briefly trapped scores of people in Hong Kong skyscraper, injuring 13, authorities say
Chen Xuming/VCG via Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Scores of people were trapped in a Hong Kong skyscraper on Wednesday after a major fire broke out, authorities said. Flames ignited at the World Trade Centre [Read More…]