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US Olympic athlete who competed in 2022 Beijing Games dies in motorcycle accident
Wang Song/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 24-year-old United States Olympic athlete who competed in the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games has died after being involved in a motorcycle accident, police say. Authorities [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 6/14/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Chi White Sox 8, LA Dodgers 4 Minnesota 4, Milwaukee 2 Atlanta 10, Detroit 7 Atlanta 6, Detroit 5 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Woman says she was forced to travel for an abortion despite her fetus’s fatal condition
Courtesy of Heather Maberry (NEW YORK) — A Kentucky mother of three says she was forced to travel out of state for an abortion despite her fetus being diagnosed with a fatal condition. After Heather [Read More…]
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Suicide rate increased 60% since 2011 among US youth and young adults: CDC report
xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Deaths from suicide among youth and young adults have been increasing over the last two decades in the United States, new federal data showed. For those between the ages of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Instant Pot, Pyrex maker files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy
RapidEye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Instant Brands, the parent company of beloved kitchenware and houseware brands like Pyrex glassware and Instant Pot, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Earlier this week, Instant Brands announced [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Federal Reserve pauses interest rates after 15 months of hikes
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve paused its aggressive series of interest rate hikes on Wednesday, ending a string of 10 consecutive rate increases that stretches back 15 months. Nearly all members of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Treat Williams’ Daughter “absolutely shattered” following his tragic death
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Treat Williams’ daughter, Elinor Williams, is speaking out after her father’s tragic death at the age of 71. “This is a pain I have never felt. I am absolutely shattered,” Ellie shared on [Read More…]
ABC World News
Two Americans found dead in hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico: Police
mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two Americans were found dead in their luxury hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico, on Tuesday, local police told ABC News. When police and paramedics arrived at the Hotel [Read More…]
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Seventy-nine dead, 104 rescued after boat carrying migrants capsizes near Greece
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (ATHENS, Greece) — Rescue efforts were underway Wednesday after a fishing vessel carrying migrants capsized and sank in the Mediterranean Sea, about 54 miles off the coast of Pylos, Greece. At least 104 [Read More…]
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Idaho college murders case prompts prosecution request for big budget hike
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Justice may be blind, but it’s not cheap. Prosecutors in Moscow, Idaho, this week said the upcoming prosecution of Bryan Kohberger, the man charged with killing four college students [Read More…]
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Mayon volcano eruption wreaking havoc on Philippine island could last for months
Lisa Marie David/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LEGAZPI CITY, Philippines) — Tens of thousands of villagers in the Philippines are facing long-term displacement as the Mayon volcano continues to erupt — and is expected to do so [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Student loan payments to restart in October after 3-year COVID pause, official says
Jemal Countess/Getty Images for People’s Rally to Cancel Student Debt (WASHINGTON) — While the Supreme Court weighs whether to allow President Joe Biden to cancel hundreds of millions of dollars in federal student loan debt, the [Read More…]
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Vivek Ramaswamy says he wouldn’t seek to charge Biden if elected president
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, if elected to the White House, would not pursue charges against Joe Biden over the current president’s handling of classified documents while out of office, Ramaswamy [Read More…]
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Slain Home Depot worker’s mom tells Congress, amid worrying retail crime: ‘The system failed’
House Committee on the Judiciary (WASHINGTON) — As much of the nation on Tuesday watched news coverage of former President Donald Trump’s historic arraignment at a Miami courthouse, a panel of Republicans and Democrats on Capitol [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Carrie Fisher’s final film, ‘Wonderwell’, finally coming to theaters and streaming
Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images for US-IRELAND ALLIANCE Wonderwell, a fantasy film that was the last project Carrie Fisher worked on before her death in 2016, will finally get an audience. Director Vlad Marsavin tells Deadline, “The journey we have taken [Read More…]
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Man barred from school for allegedly ‘accosting’ 9-year-old, claiming she’s trans
rolfo/Getty Images (KELOWNA, Canada) — A couple who allegedly harassed and “accosted” a 9-year-old girl and her family at a track meet, claiming the athlete was trans and shouldn’t be playing on the girls team, will [Read More…]
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European Parliament ready to pass landmark AI legislation
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (BRUSSELS) — The European Parliament approved landmark legislation Wednesday that aims to regulate the use of artificial intelligence. Known as the AI Act, the landmark legislation aims to promote “human-centric and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tornadoes rip through South: Forecast and what to expect
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Thirty million Americans are on alert for severe weather as tornadoes slam the South on Wednesday. A tornado watch is in effect for Georgia and Alabama, where two tornadoes have already [Read More…]
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Harvard Medical School morgue manager accused of stealing, selling human remains
Sergi Reboredo/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Five people, including a Harvard Medical School morgue manager, face federal charges after allegedly conspiring to steal and sell body parts from cadavers donated to the [Read More…]
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Mississippi officer accused of shooting 11-year-old Aderrien Murry ‘absolutely sorry,’ lawyer says
Courtesy Nakala Murry (INDIANOLA, Miss.) — The attorney for Greg Capers, the Mississippi police officer who was suspended for shooting and injuring 11-year-old Aderrien Murry, says the May 20 incident was unintentional. “The shooting was not [Read More…]