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Flint residents under citywide boil water advisory after water main break
ABC News (FLINT, Mich.) — Residents of Flint, Michigan, are facing yet another issue with the city’s embattled water system. Flint announced a citywide boil water advisory after a water main broke Friday morning, causing [Read More…]
California fuel pipeline to resume service Saturday after fuel leak caused disruption
KABC (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — A California pipeline, that delivers the majority of fuel to the Las Vegas Valley and surrounding areas, is expected to resume operations Saturday afternoon, the pipeline operator announced. The Kinder [Read More…]
1 dead, 2 injured in shooting at agricultural nursery in Southern California: Sheriff
KGTV (SAN DIEGO) — Three people were shot, including one fatally, at an agricultural nursery in Southern California on Friday, authorities said. A suspected shooter was taken into custody on the property, according to the [Read More…]
Most of the US is dealing with a teaching shortage, but the data isn’t so simple
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than three-quarters of U.S. states are experiencing a teacher shortage, highlighting a growing concern among public education and government officials about challenges that were exacerbated during three years of [Read More…]
988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline expands capacity, access in 6 months since launch
Kelly Livingston/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In the six months since the launch of the national, government-backed 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline, contact and answer rates have risen dramatically, while the average speed to answer has [Read More…]
Biden Super Bowl interview appears off after back-and-forth between Fox, White House
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — It appears President Joe Biden will not sit down for an interview to air on Super Bowl Sunday after all. The White House first said Friday that Biden wanted to do [Read More…]
Wheelchair Football League gives disabled athletes new field of possibilities
ABC News (PHOENIX) — Before fans flocked to Phoenix for this weekend’s Super Bowl, the city hosted another major football championship event featuring a different group of hard-hitting players. The Wheelchair Football League held its [Read More…]
Why common cold symptoms may seem worse than before the pandemic
ABC News (NEW YORK) — During the earlier stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, limiting social interactions and wearing masks kept pesky viruses away. But now, stuffed sinuses and miserable post nasal drip are back — [Read More…]
Criminal charges filed after St. Louis family’s Ring video goes viral
Courtesy Fatima Suarez (ST.LOUIS) — For more than a year, Fatima Suarez said her family’s St. Louis home was repeatedly visited by a woman who allegedly insulted her family, stole their mail and damaged their property. [Read More…]
Trump team turns over item marked classified to DOJ, sources say
Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s legal team turned over a folder with classification markings found last month at his Mar-a-Lago resort to federal agents, multiple sources familiar with the matter tell [Read More…]
DEI: What does it mean and what is its purpose?
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, or DEI, have recently come under fire and are at the center of political battles being waged by Republican governors Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis. [Read More…]
Migrant apprehensions at southern border hit lowest point in two years
John Moore/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Migrant apprehensions along the southwest border last month hit the lowest level since February 2021, according to new data released by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection on Friday. The [Read More…]
DHS retains outside law firm to handle potential Mayorkas impeachment inquiry
Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is bringing in an outside law firm to help deal with any GOP-led impeachment inquiry into secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, a DHS spokesperson told ABC News [Read More…]
‘Bad idea’: McConnell slams Scott’s plan to ‘sunset’ Social Security
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Adding to the Democratic chorus of condemnation for Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott’s proposal to “sunset” all federal legislation every five years — including Social Security — is Republican leader Mitch [Read More…]
Nia Long shoots her shot for ‘Avatar 5’ after complaining of being “passed over” for the series
Long in ‘The Best Man: The Final Chapters’ — Peacock/Clifton Prescod In an interview with The Cut, You People star Nia Long tells Hollywood she’s got a bit of a bone to pick for the [Read More…]
Star and executive producer Laurence Fishburne calls Marvel’s ‘Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ “a joy”
Disney Channel Legendary actor Laurence Fishburne takes an animated step into the Marvel Universe as the mysterious, mischievous and nearly all-powerful The Beyonder in the new Disney show Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur. The series, which debuts Friday [Read More…]
An emotional Katee Sackhoff reacts to ‘Empire’ magazine covers promoting ‘The Mandalorian’ season 3
Lucasfilm Katee Sackhoff couldn’t help but jump on Instagram to share her “overwhelmed” reaction to Empire magazine‘s feature covers promoting the third season of her show The Mandalorian. “Oh my God, it’s so cool,” the actress enthused. One cover captures her [Read More…]
Police search for mother accused of abandoning two children for nearly two months
Roman Forest Police Department/FaceBook (ROMAN FOREST, TEXAS) — A Texas mother is wanted for abandoning her two children for nearly two months late last year, according to police. Roman Forest, Texas, police said Thursday they have [Read More…]
Friend who reported Pennsylvania mother missing arrested for her murder: DA
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa.) — The “supposed friend” and business partner of a Pennsylvania mother found dead two weeks after he reported her missing has now been arrested for her murder, authorities [Read More…]
21 states, DC ask judge to keep abortion pill on the US market
Peter Dazeley/Getty Imges/STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Revoking the government’s decades-old approval of an abortion medication would represent a “dangerous attack” on public health, the attorneys general from 21 states and the District of Columbia told a Texas [Read More…]