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CDC warns about rabies linked to bats after three Americans die in recent weeks
Mark Boster/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning Thursday about the risk of rabies after three Americans — including a child — died from [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
High school ice hockey player dies after in-game skate injury
iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — A high school ice hockey player has died after sustaining a skate injury during a game, in what school officials called an “unimaginable tragedy.” The accident occurred Thursday evening during a [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
WATCH: NFL season finale kicks off this weekend
Tom Pennington/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Saturday kicks off the NFL Regular Season finale with two huge games in the first ever Saturday Doubleheader on ABC and ESPN. Watch ESPN NFL analyst Ryan Clark break [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
WATCH: Knicks defeat Celtics with buzzer beater, 108-105
Al Bello/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It was a New York buzzer-beating win for the books, heading into the weekend. The New York Knicks RJ Barrett launched a game-winning shot into the basket with 1.5 [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/6/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New York 108, Boston 105 Memphis 118, Detroit 88 New Orleans 101, Golden State 96 Phoenix 106, LA Clippers 89 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden vaccine mandates face critical Supreme Court test
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the omicron coronavirus variant sweeps the nation, the Biden administration on Friday will ask the U.S. Supreme Court to greenlight sweeping vaccination requirements for health workers and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Students demand action after Penn professor’s ‘racist’ comments about Asians
iStock/sshepard (NEW YORK) — The University of Pennsylvania came under fire this week after a law professor made inflammatory comments about Asians and the Asian-American community during an interview. Amy Wax, in speaking to Brown [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Half of NYC COVID hospitalizations admitted for other reasons
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 833,000 Americans, according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Body camera footage released in fatal shooting of Ohio man on New Year’s Day
iStock/PeopleImages (NEW YORK) — Just a few minutes after the clock struck midnight, James “Roe” Williams was fatally shot by police on New Year’s Day. The Canton Police Department has now released body camera footage [Read More…]
ABC National News
First confirmed casualty of devastating Colorado wildfire identified
iStock/Kamonchai Mattakulphon (DENVER) — Officials have identified the first confirmed casualty of a devastating wildfire in Colorado. Partial human remains found Wednesday at a home in unincorporated Boulder County destroyed by the Marshall Fire have [Read More…]
ABC National News
Amber Alert for Texas 3-year-old Lina Sardar Khil discontinued but police still searching
iStock/ijoe84 (NEW YORK) — The Amber Alert for Lina Sardar Khil, a missing 3-year-old girl in San Antonio, was suspended on Friday afternoon, but police stressed that the investigation is ongoing. “While the Amber Alert [Read More…]
ABC World News
Duchess Kate turns 40: What’s ahead for the royal
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (LONDON) — Duchess Kate is starting 2022 with a milestone birthday. The Duchess of Cambridge turns 40 on Jan. 9, a birthday she is expected to celebrate privately with her family. Kate, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicolas Cage expecting first baby with fifth wife, Riko Shibata
Taylor Hill/FilmMagic Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is expecting his third child, his first with fifth wife Riko Shibata. A rep for the couple, who met via mutual friends, tells People, “The parents-to-be are elated!” Cage, who changed his surname [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Taraji P. Henson discusses mental health in Boston; Tracee Ellis Ross reflects on eight seasons of ‘black-ish’
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Taraji P. Henson has been very public about suffering from depression, and she explores mental health issues in her Facebook Watch program, Peace of Mind with Taraji. Now she’s taking the show on the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Despite Omicron, Screen Actors Guild Awards soldiering on
John Sciulli/Getty Images for Turner While notable big Hollywood events like the Grammy Awards have postponed their ceremonies, and others have cancelled red carpet premiere plans as the COVID-19 Omicron variant spreads, the Screen Actors [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘SNL’ returning January 15 with Ariana DeBose and musical guest Roddy Rich
NBCUniversal Saturday Night Live is coming back on January 15 with West Side Story‘s Ariana DeBose as host, and musical guest Roddy Rich. The long-running sketch show posted the news to social media Thursday afternoon. Not only will it be the first SNL show [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“A man among men” — Denzel Washington remembers worrying about health of the late Chadwick Boseman
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for WarnerMedia Denzel Washington remembers Chadwick Boseman in a new Variety feature, calling the late actor “a man among men.” Washington’s and Boseman’s paths crossed indirectly even before they finally worked together, when Denzel was a producer [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Facebook promoted extremism leading to federal officer’s murder: Lawsuit
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In May 2020, as protests over the death of George Floyd raged across the country, federal security officer Dave Patrick Underwood was shot and killed while protecting [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Two ticketholders win Powerball jackpot of $632.6 million — seventh largest in game’s history
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Two tickets sold in California and Wisconsin were the lucky winners of the Powerball jackpot on Wednesday night. Both tickets matched all six numbers in Powerball’s drawing and the [Read More…]
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Walmart, Kroger raise at-home COVID test prices after agreement with White House expires
Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Major retailers have increased the price of at-home COVID-19 tests now that an agreement with the White House to sell them at a fixed price has expired. [Read More…]
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