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‘Squid Game’-inspired cryptocurrency shot up 82,000% in first days of trading
Netflix A cryptocurrency based on — but not licensed by — the smash Netflix show Squid Game is smashing expectations. The digital currency SQUID began trading Tuesday at just $0.01235. As of around 12:30 p.m. Friday, it was [Read More…]
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Facebook employees questioned apparent restrictions on Palestinian activist’s account: Documents
luchezar/iStock (NEW YORK) — Earlier this year, multiple Facebook employees questioned the apparent restrictions on well-known Palestinian activist Mohammed El-Kurd’s Instagram account, according to internal Facebook documents shared with ABC News and a group of [Read More…]
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FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11: 5 things to know
SeventyFour/iStock (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccine shots for kids ages 5 to 11 may be available as soon as next week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized the Pfizer vaccine for kids. With the FDA’s [Read More…]
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Biden to push schools to set up routine COVID testing for kids, staff
Vadym Terelyuk/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is launching a new effort with The Rockefeller Foundation to encourage schools to set up surveillance COVID testing for students and staff, ABC News has learned. The effort, which [Read More…]
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Amy Robach opens up about taboo side of breast cancer – how it changes your life forever
MarinaLitvinova/iStock (NEW YORK) — ABC News’ Amy Robach was diagnosed with breast cancer eight years ago, on Oct. 30, 2013. Following a live mammogram on “Good Morning America” to kick of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Robach, then 40, received a phone call [Read More…]
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Mother speaks out after urgent calls to 911 about child’s medical emergency go unanswered
Ralers/iStock (NEW YORK) — Some 911 call centers across the country say they are experiencing staffing shortages. Some centers are struggling with as much as 30% to 50% vacancies, according to reports from the International Academies [Read More…]
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How an epidemiologist plans to celebrate Halloween with his kids amid COVID-19
FamVeld/iStock (NEW YORK) — With Halloween just days away, kids across the country are gearing up for candy and fun, while many parents are wondering how to keep their kids safe amid the coronavirus pandemic, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Opponents of Line 3 pipeline say project threatens Biden’s climate legacy
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Construction of an oil pipeline deep in America’s heartland has become one of the most contentious environmental battles in the country. The thousand-mile long Line 3 pipeline transports Canadian tar sands [Read More…]
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Biden administration considering payments for families separated under Trump policy
grandriver/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is considering making settlement payments to migrants who were separated from their children during the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy,” according to two people familiar with the planning. Enacted in April of 2018, [Read More…]
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NY Attorney General Letitia James announces run for governor
hartfordphoto/iStock (NEW YORK) — Letitia James, the attorney general of New York whose sexual harassment investigation led to the resignation of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, announced a run for governor Friday, mounting a formidable primary challenge [Read More…]
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Biden admin makes another attempt to end ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy
Douglas Rissing/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Friday said it would make another attempt to end the “Remain in Mexico” protocols, a Trump administration initiative that forced tens of thousands of asylum seekers back into [Read More…]
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GOP Rep. Adam Kinzinger, outspoken Trump critic, announces he won’t seek reelection
rarrarorro/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger, one of two Republicans serving on the House Jan. 6 select committee, and one of the most vocal critics of the GOP’s embrace of former President Donald Trump and the [Read More…]
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Virginia police departments increase presence at malls over potential threats
kali9/iStock (ARLINGTON, Va.) — Numerous police departments in Northern Virginia say the public can expect to see expanded police presence at shopping malls, public centers and gatherings over the Halloween weekend in response to a [Read More…]
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Victim’s husband speaks on settlement in 2015 Charleston Church shooting
Jeff Gentner/Getty Images for SiriusXM (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — The relatives of those killed in the 2015 Charleston Church shooting are speaking out after they came to an $88 million settlement with the federal government over [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: COVID-19 live updates: Being vaccinated offers better protection than being infected: Study
Lubo Ivanko/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 743,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
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New York firefighters suspended after threatening state senator’s staff over vaccine mandate while on duty
Matt277/iStock (NEW YORK) — Four New York City firefighters have been suspended after driving their truck to a state senator’s office while on duty, asking for the politician’s home address and telling him the city would [Read More…]
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FDA authorizes COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5-11
baona/iStock (NEW YORK) — Another 28 million Americans are one step closer to getting vaccinated against COVID-19 after the Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized the Pfizer shot for 5-11-year-olds. Children will be one of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Joe Biden, second Catholic president, meets with Pope Francis amid US bishops’ criticism
Photo by Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (VATICAN CITY) — As President Joe Biden embarked on only his second overseas trip, he started with a personally poignant audience with Pope Francis on Friday, the [Read More…]
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Facing court deadline, Prince Andrew set to respond to sexual assault complaint
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Britain’s Prince Andrew faces a deadline Friday to file a response to a sexual assault lawsuit filed against him in New York by an alleged victim of deceased sex [Read More…]
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Nothing compares to ewe: Studio comes up with ‘Lamb’ giveaway as weird as the movie is
A24 It took some doing, but independent studio A24 has come up with a giveaway to promote its thriller Lamb that’s as weird as the Icelandic import itself. While the gag gives away a spoiler the movie holds onto [Read More…]