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Peloton, once a pandemic darling, to cut 2,800 jobs
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Peloton announced Tuesday a major leadership shakeup and a plan to cut costs that includes laying off some 2,800 employees. The announcement comes as the pandemic wanes in the [Read More…]
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DOJ announces arrests in alleged $4.5 billion cryptocurrency laundering scheme
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of a New York couple charged with conspiring to launder cryptocurrency presently valued at $4.5 billion — stolen during [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Want to lose weight? Try adding one hour more sleep, study finds
Adene Sanchez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Losing weight can be hard and confusing, but a new study has found an easy way to help. Adding just one hour or more of sleep a night can [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ preparing extensive evidence, witnesses for first trial of alleged Jan. 6 rioter
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 13 months after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department has readied an extensive group of witnesses and a mountain of evidence that it’s [Read More…]
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McConnell to speak as congressional Republicans divided over RNC censure resolution
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican lawmakers are divided on what could become a defining issue for the GOP after the Republican National Committee passed a censure resolution last week including language critics [Read More…]
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Parents of alleged school shooter have hearing to decide if they will face trial
Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.) — The parents of Ethan Crumbley, the teenager accused of fatally shooting four students at a Michigan school, appeared in court on Tuesday for a hearing that will [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: Michigan closes bridge to Canada amid trucker-led protests
Lucas Ninno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 905,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
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Two of Three Tennessee jail escapees killed in North Carolina police chase
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK COUNTY, N.C.) — Two inmates who escaped from a Tennessee jail, including one facing murder charges, were killed in a police chase in North Carolina after they allegedly robbed a store [Read More…]
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Nurse wanted for attacking, burning coworker is found dead from apparent suicide
mbbirdy/iStock (WATERFORD TOWNSHIP, N.J.) — A 31-year-old New Jersey nurse wanted for allegedly burning a hospital worker and hitting her with a wrench has been found dead from an apparent suicide, prosecutors said. Nicholas Pagano [Read More…]
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Teen arrested in connection to search warrant that led to Amir Locke’s death
Ilkay Dede / EyeEm (WINONA, Minn.) — A 17-year-old has been arrested in connection to the search warrant that led to the death of Amir Locke, a 22-year-old who was shot and killed by Minneapolis [Read More…]
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Death toll from Cyclone Batsirai rises in Madagascar as thousands are left homeless
RIJASOLO/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — More than two dozen people are dead and thousands are homeless after a tropical storm struck Madagascar over the weekend, the second to batter the island nation since the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Check out Chris Evans blasting off as Buzz in new animated ‘Lightyear’ trailer
Disney/Pixar Disney/Pixar has released the first trailer to Lightyear, the animated action movie origin story behind the action figure Buzz Lightyear, who was voiced by Tim Allen in the Toy Story films. Chris Evans voices “the real” Buzz Lightyear, a Space Ranger on a dangerous [Read More…]
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Shoot your PEGOT: Lin-Manuel Miranda’s ‘Encanto’ Oscar nom puts him in striking distance of showbiz royalty
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images An Oscar nomination is a feather in anybody’s cap, but for Lin-Manuel Miranda, his brand-new nom for Encanto‘s original song, “Dos Oruguitas,” puts him closer to a Hollywood high-water mark: The coveted PEGOT. Miranda [Read More…]
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‘The Power of the Dog’ leads with 12 nominations, ‘Dune’ earns 10, for 94th Annual Academy Awards
NETFLIX © 2021/KIRSTY GRIFFIN The Oscar nominations were announced at 8:18 a.m. Eastern time Tuesday morning. The Western The Power of the Dog leads with 12 nominations in multiple categories, while the sci-fi epic Dune followed close behind, with 10. Emmy-nominated black-ish star Tracee Ellis [Read More…]
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Olympian Tom Daley applauds Simone Biles for prioritizing mental health: “Athletes are human beings, too”
Fred Lee/Getty Images Olympic diver Tom Daley still applauds Simone Biles‘ decision to withdraw from several events she was predicted to win at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. While many were shocked by the move, Daley understood she bowed out in [Read More…]
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In Brief: Kristen Wiig in ‘Mrs. America Pie’ for Apple TV+, and more
Kristen Wiig is reuniting with her Downsizing co-star Laura Dern for Apple TV+’s Mrs. American Pie, a 10-episode comedy series revolving around Palm Beach high society in the 1970s. Wiig will reportedly play Maxine Simmons, “an [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Russia-Ukraine tensions cause gas prices to soar
Michael Godek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The recent tensions between Russia and Ukraine are affecting Americans at the pump. Prices for oil are now at their highest level in eight years. “Russia still supplies some [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Overdose deaths cost US $1 trillion annually, bipartisan report finds
Cappi Thompson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The drug overdose epidemic in the United States, now primarily driven by synthetic opioids like ultra-deadly fentanyl, costs the nation roughly $1 trillion a year, according to a new bipartisan [Read More…]
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I survived a heart attack at age 30: Here’s what women should know
American Heart Association (NEW YORK) — Megan Corbin has been a dancer since the age of 5, performing professionally in musicals and in a Las Vegas show until right before the coronavirus pandemic. Considering she [Read More…]
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Four Olympic gymnasts score perfect 10s in weekend of college competitions
David Madison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As American athletes competed in the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing this weekend, a quartet of Summer Olympic athletes scored their own victories at home in the United States. [Read More…]
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