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Garland, under pressure to hold Trump accountable, to speak on DOJ’s Jan. 6 investigation
Demetrius Freeman-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Wednesday will deliver a rare address on the Justice Department’s sweeping investigation into the Jan. 6 insurrection, in remarks one official said will outline DOJ’s [Read More…]
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Senate Democrats look to Jan. 6 anniversary to push election reform
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats are using the impending one-year anniversary of the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to put a fine point on their efforts to shore up the nation’s election [Read More…]
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Family torn apart by Capitol insurrection reflects on Jan. 6 anniversary
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The family of Guy Reffitt, who has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol insurrection, says it is not the same family as a year ago. Extremism has [Read More…]
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Jan. 6 committee plans to ask Fox News host Sean Hannity to cooperate with probe
Ethan Miller/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack on Tuesday asked Fox News host Sean Hannity to cooperate with its investigation and answer questions about text messages he [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID live updates: Chicago cancels classes as teachers vote for remote learning
Pete Bannan/MediaNews Group/Daily Times 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 827,000 Americans, according to [Read More…]
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Thirteen dead in Philadelphia row house fire
(File photo) – Bastiaan Slabbers/NurPhoto via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — At least 13 people were killed in a row house fire in Philadelphia on Wednesday morning, a source familiar with the matter told ABC News. [Read More…]
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EXCLUSIVE: Juror speaks out after convicting Elizabeth Holmes
Dai Sugano/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — By the end of day three of deliberations in the Elizabeth Holmes trial, the jury had already decided to find the fallen Theranos [Read More…]
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Millions of Americans under winter weather alerts for storms, arctic blast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Almost 80 million people across the United States are on alert this week for heavy snow, brutally cold temperatures, gusty winds and icy conditions. As of Wednesday morning, the National [Read More…]
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FBI dive team involved as search for 3-year-old Lina Sardar Khil enters 3rd week
San Antonio Police Department via Facebook (SAN ANTONIO, Texas) — An FBI dive team is assisting in the search for missing 3-year-old Lina Sardar Khil, authorities said. The investigation has led the FBI’s underwater search [Read More…]
ABC World News
One child dead, eight others injured after bouncy castle accident in Spain
MediaProduction/Getty Images (LONDON) — One child died and eight others were injured after a bouncy castle overturned near the Spanish port city of Valencia on Tuesday evening, authorities said. The accident occurred at a fairground [Read More…]
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Mass protests break out in Kazakhstan over fuel price hike
GTW/Getty Images (LONDON) — Mass protests have broken out in Kazakhstan, triggered by a sharp rise in fuel prices in the Central Asian country. Videos posted on social media show thousands of people gathering in [Read More…]
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Prince Andrew’s attorneys appear in front of New York federal judge
Dan Kitwood/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Attorneys for Prince Andrew appeared virtually in front of a federal judge in New York on Tuesday, arguing that a lawsuit against the prince made by an alleged victim [Read More…]
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COVID outbreak in Belgian research station in Antarctica
Philippe SIUBERSKI/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A research station in Antarctica is battling a COVID-19 outbreak despite being located in one of the most remote corners of the world. Since mid-December, 11 of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Betty White’s rep says actress died of “natural causes”
RBL/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images As the entertainment world and her legions of fans mourns the death of Betty White, a rep for the beloved Golden Girls and Mary Tyler Moore Emmy winner has revealed her cause of death on December 31. Via [Read More…]
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Halle Berry fakes a wedding; Lori Harvey calls Michael B. Jordan her “Babydaddy,” and more
Halle Berry and Van Hunt in October, 2021; Amy Sussman/Getty Images Halle Berry has been married three times, and on New Year’s Day, she had people all around the world convinced she had tied the knot [Read More…]
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“Vaxxed and boosted” Whoopi Goldberg absent from ‘The View’ after testing positive for COVID-19
ABC On Monday’s installment of ABC’s The View, co-host Joy Behar announced that Whoopi Goldberg wouldn’t be appearing on the show for a spell, after testing positive for COVID-19 over the holiday break. “Since she’s vaxxed and boosted, her symptoms have [Read More…]
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Tessa Thompson looks very much the Queen of Asgard in jacked ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ dressing-room photo
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images At the end of Avengers: Endgame, Chris Hemsworth‘s Thor steps aside as King of Asgard, leaving things in the capable hands of Tessa Thompson‘s Valkyrie. But with a new mirror selfie snap from Thompson’s dressing room on [Read More…]
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‘The Bachelor’, by the numbers, and for the right reasons
ABC/Pamela Littky With the 26th season of The Bachelor kicking off on ABC tonight with Clayton Echard looking for love, any fan can tell you their favorite TV guilty pleasure has its share of clichés, from contestants to catchphrases. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Powerball jumps to over $522M following another winless drawing
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another week, another chance to become a bigger multi-millionaire. No one had the winning numbers for Saturday’s half-billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, and the purse has now grown to over $522 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA authorizes Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year olds
JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds. The moves comes as schools reopen after the holiday break. In a release, the [Read More…]