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Amid spread of omicron variant, CDC expected to require negative COVID-19 test 1 day before flying to US
ronstik/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is preparing to implement new travel guidelines that would require proof of a negative COVID-19 test within one day of flying into the U.S., including for vaccinated people, a [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Neuropsychologists call for elimination of race-norming in clinical tests following NFL concussion controversy
Jeffrey Brown/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The American Academy of Clinical Neuropsychologists (AACN), the professional organization that sets standards and practices for the field of neuropsychology, has called for “the elimination of [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 12/1/21
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Atlanta 114, Indiana 111 Orlando 108, Denver 103 Washington 115, Minnesota 107 Cleveland 111, Miami 85 Boston 88, Philadelphia [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Competitive congressional races on decline due to new redistricting maps
SDI Productions/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Competitive races across the country are expected to disappear as states begin to submit their re-drawn maps for this decade’s round of redistricting. While only 18 states have finished their gerrymandering [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
President Biden to make at-home rapid tests free in new COVID plan
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — As cases rise in the colder months and amid concerns of a new COVID-19 variant arriving in the U.S., President Joe Biden announced a new plan [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Dozens of states may restrict abortion almost immediately should Supreme Court uphold Mississippi ban
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Wednesday began to hear historic arguments over a Mississippi law that would ban most abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy. The case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden declines comment on report Trump tested positive for COVID days before debate
Oleg Albinsky/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday declined to comment on the claim former President Donald Trump’s chief of staff Mark Meadows makes in an upcoming book, according to the Guardian, that Trump [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee will move to hold former DOJ official Jeffrey Clark in contempt
Elisank79/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Wednesday will recommend the full House hold former Trump Justice Department official Jeffrey Clark in contempt for refusing to cooperate with their [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 Utah police officers shot by rape, robbery suspect: Authorities
ABC 4 News (TAYLORSVILLE, Utah) — Two Utah police officers are recovering after they were shot by a rape and robbery suspect Wednesday night, police said. One officer, with the West Valley City department, was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family of Casey Goodson react to former sheriff deputy’s murder charges
Family of Casey Goodson (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Former Ohio sheriff’s deputy Jason Meade was charged with murder on Thursday in the fatal shooting of a Black man who was shot and killed while entering his [Read More…]
ABC National News
Florida teen stabbed to death by ‘homeless drifter,’ police say
Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (MIAMI) — Investigators arrested a homeless man in Miami, who, they said, was responsible for the homicide of a 14-year-old boy in Palm Beach Gardens, Florida. Police said they took [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: First omicron case in US identified in California
Lubo Ivanko/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 780,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York scientists double down on efforts to track new omicron variant
Niphon Khiawprommas/iStock (ALBANY, N.Y.) — With mounting concerns over the potential threat of the newly discovered omicron variant, U.S. scientists are racing to try to determine whether there are any confirmed cases of the new [Read More…]
ABC World News
Hundreds of migrants living in squalor in warehouse in Belarus amid ongoing border crisis
ABC News (BRUZGI, Belarus) — Parsa Akram now lives with her mother, father and brother under a warehouse shelf. The space is about 2 meters wide. The 18-year-old and her mother sleep in a tent, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Global health authorities warn against ‘blanket’ travel bans
PinkOmelet/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Global health authorities are urging against the use of “blanket” travel bans in response to the threat of new coronavirus variants, as some nations have rushed to shutter incoming travel from southern [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia planning ‘significant aggressive moves against Ukraine,’ Blinken warns
GINTS IVUSKANS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is “deeply concerned by evidence that Russia has made plans for significant aggressive moves against Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Wednesday. In the most [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Hometowns week ends with a devastating elimination
ABC/Craig Sjodin It was time for hometowns on Tuesday’s episode of The Bachelorette, and with just four men left, Michelle faced her most difficult rose ceremony yet, which ended with Rodney being sent home. Rodney — along with Brandon, Joe and Nayte — were unable to show off [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
AMC announces ‘Kevin Can F*** Himself’ will end after season 2
AMC (NOTE LANGUAGE) AMC was quick to renew its off-beat dramedy series Kevin Can F*** Himself for a second season, but the network just raised eyebrows with an announcement that the show’s second season would be its last, Variety reports. The [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Dr. Oz running for U.S. Senate seat in Pennsylvania
ABC Following weeks of speculation, Dr. Mehmet Oz officially declared his candidacy for Pennsylvania’s open U.S. Senate seat on Tuesday. In a Washington Examiner opinion column announcing the run, Oz highlighted his medical experience as the undercurrent for his [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
How’d you like to stay in the Grinch’s cave for the holidays?
Vacasa Would you’d like to stay in a real-life location of a Christmas classic, or perhaps you just want to escape from all the noise, noise, noise, noise, noise, noise of the holidays? In either [Read More…]