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Tommy Tuberville triples down on claim that white nationalists are unfairly labeled racist
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville on Tuesday told ABC News that white nationalists shouldn’t all be labeled as “racist” while also insisting he opposes racism — tripling-down on controversial comments that [Read More…]
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Biden critic Gal Luft charged with failing to register as foreign agent and sanctions violations
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A dual U.S.-Israeli citizen who has accused President Joe Biden and his son, Hunter, of corruption has been charged by federal prosecutors in New York with failing to register [Read More…]
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Iowa lawmakers hold special session to pass six-week abortion ban
Jeremy Woodhouse/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Iowa lawmakers kicked off a special session Tuesday morning with the “sole purpose” of passing legislation that would restrict abortion. It comes less than a month after the [Read More…]
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Bank of America ordered to pay more than $100 million for double charging fees, withholding rewards
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Bank of America was ordered to pay more than $100 million to customers for double-charging accounts with insufficient funds, denying reward payments to credit card holders and using [Read More…]
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Robert Downey Jr. was worried about acting skills “atrophy” after Marvel movie run
Universal Pictures After the death of his Tony Stark in 2019’s Avengers: Endgame, Robert Downey, Jr. explains he was concerned about his acting muscles after they spent so many years, metaphorically, in an Iron Man [Read More…]
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Chadwick Boseman’s wife remembers the late actor with sweet Instagram post
ABC/Jeff Niera Simone Ledward Boseman, the wife of late actor Chadwick Boseman, dedicated her latest social media post to her husband. Taking to her Instagram Story Monday night, Ledward Boseman shared a sweet photo of [Read More…]
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Now sober Tom Holland said his drinking “really scared” him
Good Morning America After a year and a half without a drink, Tom Holland calls sobriety “the best thing I’ve ever done.” The 27-year-old Spider-Man: No Way Home star appeared on the On Purpose With [Read More…]
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DeSantis, Hutchinson and other GOP candidates push back on Trump’s criticism of Iowa’s governor
Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Several GOP presidential candidates have come out in support of Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds after former President Donald Trump attacked her on social media for staying “neutral” [Read More…]
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Judge agrees to delay next hearing in Trump classified documents case
Mario Tama/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — The federal judge overseeing the case involving former President Donald Trump’s handling of classified documents after leaving office has agreed to delay an upcoming hearing in the case. [Read More…]
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Powerball jackpot jumps to $725 million
LPETTET/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball jackpot for Wednesday’s drawing rose to $725 million after no one won on Monday. A single winner would take home an estimated $366.2 million cash option before taxes [Read More…]
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Erin Andrews welcomes baby after years-long infertility struggle
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Sportscaster and former Dancing with the Stars co-host Erin Andrews is a mom. ABC News can confirm that the sportscaster and her husband, former NHL player Jarrett Stoll, recently welcomed their first [Read More…]
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AMC Theaters says 20,000 moviegoers gearing up for ‘Barbie’, ‘Oppenheimer’ double feature
Warner Bros. Pictures – Universal Christopher Nolan‘s Oppenheimer and Greta Gerwig‘s Barbie are poised to go head-to-head at the box office on July 21, resulting in a unique phenomenon known as Barbenheimer. The mash-up memes [Read More…]
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In Brief: ‘Transparent’ getting the stage musical treatment, and more
Reneé Rapp, the actress who plays wealthy university student Leighton on the Max series The Sex Lives of College Girls, will leave as a series regular in the show’s upcoming third season. Rapp will appear in [Read More…]
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Blinken talks high-stakes NATO summit and path to membership for Sweden, Ukraine
ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Tuesday that NATO is “stronger,” “bigger” and “more united than it’s ever been” with Sweden now close to becoming the alliance’s 32nd member [Read More…]
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Russia-Ukraine live updates: Delaying Ukraine NATO invite lets Russia ‘continue its terror,’ Zelenskyy says
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]
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Biden declares emergency in flood-hit Vermont as Northeast braces for more rain
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. President Joe Biden on Tuesday declared a state of emergency in Vermont, where torrential rainfall has triggered life-threatening flash floods. The president’s action frees up federal resources to [Read More…]
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Law enforcement line-of-duty deaths decrease by 66% in 2023
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Law enforcement line-of-duty deaths decreased by 66% halfway through 2023, according to a report released by the National Law Enforcement Memorial Fund on Tuesday. Every year the NLEMF releases two [Read More…]
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Evan Gershkovich’s parents say Biden promised ‘to do whatever it takes’ to bring their son home
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Journalist Evan Gershkovich has spent more than three months in Russian detention, but his parents say they remain confident the U.S. government will do all it can to bring their [Read More…]
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Two boys dead after being swept away by waters from an open dam
Twitter / @OKCFC (OKLAHOMA CITY) — Two boys have died after they were swept away by waters from an open dam in Oklahoma City, officials say. The incident occurred late in the afternoon on Monday [Read More…]
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Husband arrested for alleged hit-and-run murder of his own wife
Facebook / Crow Wing County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — The husband of a woman who was found dead by the side of a road last month has been arrested for the alleged hit-and-run murder [Read More…]