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He “loved with everything he had” — Bob Saget’s daughter Lara posts tribute to her dad
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images Bob Saget‘s daughter Lara remembered her late dad in a tribute she shared on social media. In a letter addressed to “anyone afraid to love” she posted Thursday on Instagram, Lara wrote that “unconditional love is [Read More…]
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Jason Momoa reportedly looking to fight the family in ‘Fast and Furious 10’
ABC/Rick Rowell Deadline is reporting Jason Momoa could be the next in line to battle Vin Diesel‘s Dom Toretto and his “family” in the tenth installment of the Fast and Furious franchise. The trade notes the newly-single Dune star is joining the cast of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
‘Out of control’: Buyers paying thousands over sticker price for new cars
KIA (NEW YORK) — Looking to buy a new Kia Telluride sport utility vehicle? Expect to pay $48,509 — more than $3,700 above the manufacturer’s suggested retail price. Luxury SUVs like the Range Rover ($117,890) [Read More…]
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How the metaverse could impact the world and the future of technology
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Facebook’s announcement in October that it was further embracing the metaverse and rebranding itself as Meta set off a firestorm. While experts say the metaverse is still [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Promising COVID-19 antiviral pill, Paxlovid, in scarce supply, as doctors, patients compete for access
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Albert Lam, a geriatrician who works with nursing home patients in Palo Alto, California, was excited to be among the first to prescribe the new antiviral [Read More…]
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COVID-19 live updates: US cases down nearly 25%
Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.6 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 879,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
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Boston risks losing ‘disproportionate’ number of educators of color with city’s vaccine mandate
iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn (NEW YORK) — There’s growing concern among union leaders in Boston that a “disproportionate” number of educators of color may leave their jobs because of a vaccine mandate for city employees. “We are [Read More…]
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Moderna launches clinical trial for HIV vaccine that uses mRNA technology
Gado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Moderna announced Thursday that it’s launched early-stage clinical trials of an HIV mRNA vaccine. The biotechnology company has teamed up with the nonprofit International AIDS Vaccine Initiative to develop the shot, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NFL legend Tom Brady will retire: Report
Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (TAMPA BAY, Fla.) — Tampa Bay quarterback Tom Brady is retiring after 22 years in the NFL, ESPN’s Adam Schefter and Jeff Darlington reported. Brady, the most successful quarterback [Read More…]
ABC National News
Powerful nor’easter slams East Coast bringing heavy snow and strong winds to millions
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are under winter weather alerts Saturday as a nor’easter slams the Northeast. Whiteout conditions persist as the winter storm makes its way toward the New England [Read More…]
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Houston police shooter had a prior warrant out against him, prior convictions
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The man charged with shooting three Houston police officers on Thursday had a warrant issued for him in connection with a December robbery, according to court records. In December, Roland [Read More…]
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California ticket wins $421 million Mega Millions jackpot
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.) — A California ticket won a $421 million Mega Millions Jackpot, the equivalent of $289.5 million in cash, on Friday. The winning ticket was sold at a Chevron gas [Read More…]
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Police arrest suspect linked to Washington, DC, swastika graffiti
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Police announced Saturday they arrested a suspect in connection with the series of swastika graffiti markings around Washington, D.C. Geraldo Pando, 34, has been charged with “display of certain [Read More…]
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Release of wild cheetahs in Mozambique could be answer to conservation of the species, biologists say
Tamar Kendon (LONDON) — Thousands of feet in the air, Willem Briers-Louw, a wildlife biologist, surveys the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique via helicopter — seeking the animal populations he helps to conserve and maintain in [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 1/27/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 105, LA Lakers 87 Golden State 124, Minnesota 115 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Los Angeles 3, NY Islanders 2 Florida [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to Pittsburgh to push infrastructure improvements as local bridge collapses
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Just hours ahead of President Joe Biden traveling to Pittsburgh to stress improvements needed for the nation’s infrastructure, a bridge in the area collapsed on Friday morning, coincidentally providing Biden [Read More…]
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Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When word came that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring, the spotlight almost immediately shifted to who might replace him — and getting a lot of attention has been [Read More…]
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‘Join the fight’: Some GOP poll worker recruitment takes partisan bent
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With poll workers across the country resigning at an alarming rate, efforts to recruit their replacements have grown increasingly partisan – a troubling trend that experts fear will serve to undermine [Read More…]
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Top intel official warns ‘deficiencies’ in classification system pose national security threat
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a scathing rebuke of the nation’s current classification procedures, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has told lawmakers that the current system classifies so much information it puts national [Read More…]
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Holocaust Remembrance Day comes as many worry lessons are being forgotten
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, the warning to “never forget” took on renewed meaning. President Joe Biden, who was scheduled to host a 90-year-old Auschwitz [Read More…]