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Dick Butkus, legendary Chicago Bears linebacker, dies at 80
Greg Fiume/Getty Images (MALIBU, Calif.) — Dick Butkus, the legendary Chicago Bears linebacker, has died, his family said. He was 80. Butkus “died peacefully” in his sleep overnight at his home in Malibu, California, his [Read More…]
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Scoreboard roundup — 10/5/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION PRESEASON Minnesota 111, Dallas 99 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE PRESEASON Los Angeles 4, San Jose 3 (OT) Washington 4, Columbus 2 [Read More…]
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‘The Golden Bachelor’ recap: Gerry connects with women over shared grief, lost love
ABC/John Fleenor It’s only week two of The Golden Bachelor and Gerry Turner is already making strong connections with the women competing for his heart. Theresa, 70, from Shrewsbury, New Jersey, went on the first one-on-one date with Gerry. [Read More…]
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SEC seeks to force Elon Musk to testify in investigation into Twitter purchase
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday sought to force Elon Musk to sit for a deposition as part of an ongoing investigation about his purchase of Twitter, now [Read More…]
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‘TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR’ earns more than $100 million in global advance ticket sales
Taylor Swift Productions How high can the box office go for TAYLOR SWIFT | THE ERAS TOUR? A week before its official premiere, AMC, the company distributing the movie, has announced that as of October 4, the film [Read More…]
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At least 51 civilians killed in Russian missile strike on village in eastern Ukraine, officials say
belterz/Getty Images (KYIV and LONDON) — At least 51 people, including a child, were killed Thursday in a Russian missile strike on a village in the Kharkiv region of eastern Ukraine, officials said. A 6-year-old [Read More…]
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These major cities have experienced the highest temperature increases in recent years, research shows
the_burtons/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Major cities around the world have experienced alarming temperature increases in recent years, new research shows. Average temperatures in several major cities in OECD countries have risen by more than [Read More…]
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Bodies from Yevgeny Prigozhin plane crash contained ‘fragments of hand grenades,’ Russia says
peng song/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — The bodies of those individuals who died in the August plane crash that killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin contained “fragments of hand grenades,” according to the Russian Investigative Committee [Read More…]
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US fighter jet shoots down armed Turkish drone over Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone armed with air-to-surface missiles that was flying extensively in the area of U.S. ground troops in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon [Read More…]
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After White House, Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive info with Mar-a-Lago member: Sources
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Months after leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines with a member of his Mar-a-Lago Club — an Australian [Read More…]
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New York City subway gunman Frank James receives 10 life sentences
Jodie Wallis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Frank James will spend the rest of his life in prison after receiving 10 life sentences Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, one sentence for each victim of the April [Read More…]
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Suspects plead not guilty in fentanyl death of baby at New York day care center
Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two of the three suspects arrested in the death of a 1-year-old boy from fentanyl exposure at a Bronx, New York, day care [Read More…]
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Trump fraud trial live updates: Note on financial document suggests Trump had final say
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
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Maryland Supreme Court hears arguments on Syed case
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — The Maryland Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on the conviction of Adnan Syed in the murder case that was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial”. Syed spent [Read More…]
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Why Biden claims he has no choice but to build more of Trump’s border wall
SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said his administration had no choice but to build about 20 miles more southern border wall — after he’s long dismissed Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
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Trump considers attending GOP’s House speaker forum in first post-Jan. 6 Capitol appearance: Sources
Mary Altafeer-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is considering attending House Republicans’ candidate forum for speaker next week, multiple sources familiar with his thinking told ABC News. The sources, however, cautioned that nothing [Read More…]
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Cornel West switches parties again, and other campaign trail takeaways
Mark Makela/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Progressive activist Cornel West switched parties for the second time as he wages a third-party presidential campaign. West is planning to run as an independent for president, ditching the Green [Read More…]
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Nancy Marks, George Santos’ former campaign treasurer, pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge. Marks allegedly filed the names of false donors to Santos’ [Read More…]
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Alabama congressional map to include 2nd district for Black voters after lengthy legal fight
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– After a protracted legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Alabama residents will cast ballots in the 2024 congressional elections using a map that includes a second district designed to [Read More…]
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First on ABC: 4M Americans have gotten latest COVID shot — on par with last fall’s vaccine rollout
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 4 million Americans have been vaccinated with the newest COVID shot as of Thursday, according to the latest government data, putting the uptake about equal to that [Read More…]