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Omicron live updates: CDC signs off, recommends boosters for 16- and 17-year-olds
jacoblund/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.2 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 793,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
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Michigan school shooting: District reopens for first time with new protocols in place
Emily Elconin/Getty Images (OXFORD TOWNSHIP, Mich.) — Michigan’s Oxford school district is reopening for the first time since last week’s deadly shooting at Oxford High School. Four students were killed and seven people were hurt [Read More…]
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Last hospitalized Michigan school shooting victim leaves ICU
Emily Elconin/Getty Images (OXFORD, Mich.) — More than a week after the mass shooting at Oxford High School in Michigan, the last remaining hospitalized victim has left the intensive care unit, authorities said Thursday. The [Read More…]
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Hunger crisis hits Peru, where COVID-19 deaths per capita are highest in the world
Aicha ElHammar/ABC News (LIMA, Peru) — The COVID-19 pandemic spread across South America at an alarming rate in 2021, with the death toll surpassing one million in Latin America and the Caribbean in May, according [Read More…]
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Prince William, Kate share Christmas card photo taken on family vacation
Comic Relief/BBC Children in Need/Comic Relief via Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince William and Kate, the Duchess of Cambridge, have shared with the public their 2021 Christmas card photo. The photo shows William, Kate and [Read More…]
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Vaccine hesitancy in South Africa causes spread as omicron cases grow: Experts
Dr. Mpho Shabangu is a Tshwane district vaccine coordinator. – ABC (NEW YORK) — The omicron variant has exponentially spread in South Africa in a short time, and now experts are warning that widespread vaccine [Read More…]
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Fifty-four migrants dead, 105 injured after vehicle overturns in Chiapas, Mexico: Authorities
MattGush/iStock (CHIAPAS, Mexico) — A vehicle full of migrants overturned in Chiapas, Mexico, Thursday night, leaving 54 dead and 105 injured, authorities said. “After the accident that occurred in Chiapa de Corzo, I inform you [Read More…]
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Hong Kong media tycoon Jimmy Lai among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday
Anthony Kwan/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Hong Kong’s already-jailed media tycoon Jimmy Lai was among three prominent democracy activists convicted on Thursday for taking part in a banned gathering in June 2020 to remember the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The enemy of my enemy: Dojos unite in new season 4 trailer for ‘Cobra Kai’
Netflix Netlfix has dropped a brand-new trailer to its forthcoming fourth season of the Emmy-nominated Cobra Kai, and the old adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” comes to mind. The snippet shows the members of [Read More…]
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Nick Cannon explains why he returned to work so quickly following the passing of five-month-old son Zen
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images After announcing during his Tuesday TV show that his five-month-old son, Zen, died Sunday from brain cancer, Nick Cannon explained on his show Wednesday why he decided to return so quickly after Zen’s passing. “A lot [Read More…]
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‘Yellowstone’ launches official podcast
Photo: Ben Trivett If you can’t get enough of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone — and the ratings suggest you can’t — there’s now a new official podcast for that. Hosted by Jefferson White, who plays Jimmy on the hit [Read More…]
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‘The Hate You Give’ lead Amandla Stenberg reportedly eyeing Disney+’s ‘Star Wars’ series ‘The Acolyte’
Emma McIntyre/WireImage The Hate U Give star Amandla Stenberg is in talks to join Disney+’s the live-action Star Wars series, The Acolyte, according to Variety. Details on Stenberg’s character haven’t been revealed. Announced in 2020, with a slew of other Star Wars [Read More…]
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Jennifer Aniston on “hurtful” assumption that she “chose career over kids”
ABC Fans could hardly wait to see the cast of Friends reunite for the 2021 HBO Max special, but for Jennifer Aniston, filming was more emotionally complicated than she anticipated. The actress told The Hollywood Reporter that she was “so [Read More…]
ABC Business News
NLRB set to count votes for Starbucks union election in Buffalo, New York
mattjeacock/iStock (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — History could be made for Starbucks workers in labor-friendly Buffalo, New York, on Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board is set to count votes for a union election collected from three [Read More…]
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Elizabeth Holmes rests her case after testifying for 7 days in fraud trial
Getty/Justin Sullivan (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Elizabeth Holmes finished her testimony on Wednesday and her defense team rested their case in her criminal fraud trial. All that’s left now are closing arguments. Then the jury [Read More…]
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Head of Instagram grilled by Senate panel over impact on young users
GETTY/Roy Rochlin/Stringer (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Lawmakers on Wednesday grilled Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, in a wide-ranging hearing on the potential harms of social media use for young people. The senators pledged that the age [Read More…]
ABC Health News
A tale of two New Yorks: COVID-19 hospitalization rate surging upstate
Massimo Giachetti/iStock (NEW YORK) — COVID-19-related hospitalizations have been on an upward trend in New York state since last month, but there appears to be a drastic divide between the Big Apple and some of [Read More…]
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Kids are driving up COVID cases, but parents are still reluctant to vaccinate them, poll shows
jacoblund/iStock (NEW YORK) — Roughly two-thirds of parents of elementary school-aged children are either holding off on getting their younger children vaccinated or refuse to do so, according to a poll released Thursday by the [Read More…]
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CDC recommends dramatic expansion of HIV prevention medication
niphon/iStock (ATLANTA) — While a cure for HIV has remained elusive, in recent years there have been great strides made in the prevention and management of HIV and AIDS, the disease the virus causes if [Read More…]
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Study raises renewed alarm about missed cancer diagnoses during pandemic
iStock/gorodenkoff (NEW YORK) — Oncologists have been warning about dangerous gaps in cancer care since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a nationwide study based on data from Veterans Affairs hospitals is raising new alarms. Since March [Read More…]