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Lewiston comes together to help families, Deaf community heal from tragedy
Liz Seal speaks with ABC News Live. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — This holiday season was tough for Liz Seal and her four children. On Oct. 25, 2023, her husband Josh was one of 18 [Read More…]
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Migrant encounters along southwest border reach all-time high of 302,000
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — There were 302,000 encounters along the southwest border in December, marking the highest monthly total ever recorded, sources told ABC News. Sources stressed the numbers are preliminary and could [Read More…]
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Chelsea Manning speaks of solitary confinement during New Year’s Day poetry event
William Hutchinson/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Chelsea Manning, the former Army intelligence officer sentenced to military prison for one of the biggest classified material leaks in U.S. history, spoke out during a New Year’s Day [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden-Harris sets Jan. 6 for first campaign event of 2024
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on his economic policies at the Wisconsin Black Chamber of Commerce in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Dec. 20, 2023. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will lay [Read More…]
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Trump appeals Maine 14th Amendment election disqualification to state Superior Court
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team on Tuesday appealed Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows’ ruling that deemed him ineligible from appearing on the state’s GOP primary ballot to Maine’s Superior [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
How the Houston Texans rallied behind Uvalde football following mass shooting
Former Houston Texans linebacker Christian Kirksey (left) with the 2022 Coyotes senior captain Justyn Rendon in Uvalde, Texas. (Houston Texans) (UVALDE, Texas) — Roland Ramirez was shocked when he saw the headlines coming out of [Read More…]
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Inside Uvalde football’s transformative, emotional season that uplifted a grieving town
The Uvalde High School Coyotes played and won their first home game of the season in Uvalde, Texas, Sept. 2, 2022. (Kat Caulderwood/ABC News) (UVALDE, Texas) — From the roar of the crowd to the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Health officials in Suffolk County, New York, report whooping cough outbreak over the last month
PonyWang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Health officials in Suffolk County, New York, are warning the public that cases of the respiratory bacterial infection called pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been on the rise [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Rebel Moon’ tops Netflix chart during Christmas week
Netflix Original movies made big numbers on Netflix during Christmas week. Zack Snyder’s Rebel Moon — Part One: A Child of Fire stayed in the top spot during its first full week on the streaming service. The sci-fi [Read More…]
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Sen. Bob Menendez facing even more allegations in new superseding indictment
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., faces additional allegations of wrongdoing contained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York. The superseding indictment accuses Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty [Read More…]
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‘Bachelorette’ alum Rachel Lindsay’s husband files for divorce
Emma Mcintyre/Getty Images for Fanatics, FILE Former Bachelorette star Rachel Lindsay and husband Bryan Abasolo are divorcing after more than four years of marriage. Lindsay, the first Black lead in Bachelor franchise history, met Abasolo on season 13 of The Bachelorette in 2017. The couple [Read More…]
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Jordan Peele says upcoming film could be his favorite yet
Christopher Polk/Getty Images Jordan Peele is teasing big things for his upcoming fourth film. The untitled feature was previously scheduled for a Christmas Day 2024 release before it was moved from Universal Pictures’ calendar due to [Read More…]
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Couple welcomes twins born on two different days and years
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It was a birthday to remember for one New Jersey father this weekend. Billy Humphrey, who turned 36 on Sunday, and his wife Eve Humphrey, both of [Read More…]
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Rare earthquake rattles Queens, Roosevelt Island
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Residents of Queens were awakened by a rare earthquake in New York City on Tuesday morning. A magnitude 1.7 earthquake shook the borough of Queens, centered in the [Read More…]
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Wrong-way driver injures 7 pedestrians, one officer in New Year’s Day police chase
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A driver fleeing an early New Year’s Day dispute struck seven pedestrians and injured one police officer before crashing on a New York City sidewalk in midtown Manhattan, according to police. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sen. Bob Menendez facing even more charges in new superseding indictment
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., faces additional federal criminal charges contained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York. The new charges accuse Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty [Read More…]
ABC Health News
22 hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after attending Utah LDS church
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 22 people were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building in Utah on New Year’s Eve, officials said. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Would Elon Musk sell X as losses mount? Experts weigh in
CEO Elon Musk attends the Atreju political meeting organised by the young militants of Italian right wing party Brothers of Italy – CREDIT: Future Publishing/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after Elon Musk bought X [Read More…]
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Willem Dafoe to be honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images Willem Dafoe will be honored with the first star of 2024 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that Dafoe will be honored with his star [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Top Hamas leader killed in Beirut strike, group says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]