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First lady Dr. Jill Biden speaks out on her mission to get people screened for breast cancer
ABC News (NEW YORK) — First lady Dr. Jill Biden is speaking out about two causes close to her heart: access to community colleges and breast cancer awareness. In a new interview with Good Morning [Read More…]
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Largest nurses union applauds possible OSHA action against three states over PPE
FatCamera/iStock (NEW YORK) — The country’s largest nurses’ union praised the federal government on Wednesday after officials said three states tasked with implementing their own safety measures for health care workers would lose that right [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 10/21/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL NATIONAL LEAGUE PLAYOFFS LA Dodgers 11, Atlanta 2 (Atlanta leads series 3-2) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Atlanta 113, Dallas 87 Miami [Read More…]
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Chris Brown supports NBA star Kyrie Irving’s refusal to be vaccinated
Chris Brown and Kyrie Irving in 2014; Jerritt Clark/Getty Images As many sports commentators are slamming Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving for refusing to be vaccinated, Chris Brown is coming to his defense. Breezy, who has displayed his basketball [Read More…]
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Dodgers Justin Turner likely out for year after hamstring injury
33ft/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Dodgers third baseman Justin Turner is out for the year with a hamstring injury, manager Dave Roberts announced. The All-Star suffered the injury while hitting into a double play [Read More…]
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Colts safety Julian Blackmon out for year
33ft/iStock (INDIANAPOLIS) — Indianapolis Colts safety Julian Blackmon is out for the year after tearing his Achilles, the team announced on Thursday. Black suffered the injury during practice on Wednesday. The second-year player started all [Read More…]
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Six schools in set to join American Athletic Conference
fstop123/iStock (NEW YORK) — The American Athletic Conference has announced the addition of six new schools to its conference. The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Florida Atlantic University, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Why can’t congressional Democrats deliver more on their promises? It’s complicated.
Stephen Emlund/iStock (NEW YORK) — In January, when President Joe Biden took office and Democrats secured both chambers of Congress, millions of Americans had high hopes that the laundry list of causes touted on the [Read More…]
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House votes to hold Steve Bannon in criminal contempt
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives voted to hold Trump administration adviser Steve Bannon in contempt of Congress on Thursday for defying a congressional subpoena by the Jan. 6 select committee investigating [Read More…]
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GOP senator seeks to block controversial proposed bank account monitoring
mphillips007/iStock (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of a controversial proposal by the Treasury Department and Senate Democrats to direct collection of additional data on Americans’ bank accounts, Senate Republicans — led by South Carolina’s Tim [Read More…]
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Garland: DOJ will follow ‘facts and the law’ in Bannon contempt referral
YayaErnst/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland told lawmakers on Thursday that the Justice Department will follow “the facts and the law” if the House of Representatives votes to refer former President Donald Trump’s ally [Read More…]
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Clinton shares first update on recovery following hospitalization: ‘I’m really glad to be back home’
Noam Galai/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Bill Clinton spoke out for the first time following his hospitalization. In a video posted on Twitter Wednesday night, Clinton, 75, said he’s feeling better, and is [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Pfizer vaccine highly effective in children 5-11
Bill Oxford/iStock (NEW YORK) — More than 731,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science [Read More…]
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Winter weather outlook: California drought could worsen, what else to expect
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The devastating drought in Southern California is expected to continue or worsen this winter, with drier-than-average conditions forecast for the hard-hit Southwest, including Southern California, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [Read More…]
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How the search for Brian Laundrie, boyfriend of Gabby Petito, unfolded
vmargineanu/iStock (NEW YORK) — A massive search for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of slain 22-year-old travel blogger Gabby Petito, took a dramatic twist Thursday with the announcement that human remains found in a Florida nature [Read More…]
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Brian Laundrie’s remains found after monthlong search
Kali9/iStock (NORTH PORT, Fla.) — Remains found Wednesday during the search for Brian Laundrie, the boyfriend of slain travel blogger Gabby Petito and a person of interest in her death, have been confirmed to belong [Read More…]
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New twist in the tale of those escaped zebras: animal cruelty charges
WJLA (WASHINGTON) — There’s a new twist in the tale of those zebras — still on the loose in Maryland since escaping two months ago. Earlier this week, authorities filed criminal charges of animal cruelty [Read More…]
ABC World News
Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized for ‘preliminary investigations’
iweta0077/iStock (LONDON) — Queen Elizabeth was hospitalized Wednesday night for “preliminary investigations,” a Buckingham Palace spokesman confirmed to ABC News. The queen was back at her desk at Windsor Castle by Thursday afternoon and undertaking [Read More…]
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What the appointment of 98 female judges to Egypt’s State Council means for women’s rights
NiroDesign/iStock (GIZA, Egypt) — Seventy-two years of Egyptian women’s rights activism paid off this week as the State Council, an important independent judiciary body in the country, appointed 98 female judges for the first time. [Read More…]
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‘Rapid evolution’ of tuskless elephants caused by ivory trade, scientists say
BethWolff43/iStock (NEW YORK) — Ivory poaching has led to a “rapid evolution” of tuskless African elephants, as elephants without tusks were far more likely to survive during the height of the ivory trade, according to [Read More…]