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As US reels from multiple mass shootings, can loneliness be a trigger for violence?
Emily Fennick / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There is a loneliness epidemic in the United States — and it experts told ABC News it may be triggering violence. In California, there have been three [Read More…]
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Physician weighs in on how patients, doctors can improve their trust
ABC News (NEW YORK) — One of the most important aspects of medicine is the relationship between a doctor and their patient, according to physician and Yale School of Medicine professor F. Perry Wilson. However, [Read More…]
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GDP data to show economic health amid recession fears
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Investors, business leaders and everyday Americans will be keeping a close watch on the release of gross domestic product data on Thursday, as inflation eases but recession fears still loom. [Read More…]
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Barbie pays tribute to Bessie Coleman with new Inspiring Women series doll
Mattel (NEW YORK) — Barbie is honoring the life and legacy of Bessie Coleman with a new doll. Coleman, whose birthday falls on Jan. 26, was the first Black and Native American female aviator and [Read More…]
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Peacock’s ‘Poker Face’ is a nod to classic TV mysteries, says creator Rian Johnson
Evans Vestal Ward/Peacock Knives Out creator Rian Johnson is keeping the mystery alive, with his new show Poker Face out Thursday on Peacock. The series stars Natasha Lyonne as a woman with a super-tuned b.s. detector, and Johnson tells ABC Audio that [Read More…]
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Senators on intel committee demand to see Biden and Trump docs, in rare bipartisan outrage
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of the Senate Intelligence Committee emerged outraged from a two-hour secure briefing with Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Avril Haines, threatening to grind the chamber’s business to a halt [Read More…]
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Texas, 19 other states sue Biden admin over migrant parole program
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading 20 states who are suing the Biden administration over a federal migrant parole program announced earlier this month. The program established a pathway [Read More…]
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Santos lists new treasurer — who says he doesn’t work for the congressman
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With a disclosure filing deadline approaching as questions swirl around his use of campaign funds, embattled Rep. George Santos’ campaign appears to be left without a [Read More…]
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29-year-old woman charged after allegedly posing as a student at New Jersey high school
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J.) — A 29-year-old New Jersey woman fraudulently posed as a high school student for several days after allegedly filing false documents, school officials and police said. The incident was [Read More…]
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Woman allegedly steals $2.8 million from Holocaust survivor in romance scam
US Attorney’s Office (NEW YORK) — A Florida woman was arrested Wednesday for orchestrating a yearslong romance scam that defrauded an 87-year-old Holocaust survivor. Peaches Stergo began her alleged scheme in May 2017 and bilked [Read More…]
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Names of the Half Moon Bay mass shooting victims released
Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The seven farmworkers killed in a workplace mass shooting Monday in Northern California, allegedly by a colleague, were migrants toiling at a mushroom growing [Read More…]
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Feds announce massive takedown of fraudulent nursing diploma scheme
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A massive, coordinated scheme to sell false and fraudulent nursing degree credentials has been brought down by a joint federal law enforcement operation, Justice Department officials announced Wednesday. Officials [Read More…]
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Apprehensions of migrants from 4 Latin American countries fall sharply: DHS
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is taking a victory lap as preliminary data released Wednesday shows a sharp decline in certain migrants crossing the border. Border Patrol apprehensions of Cubans, [Read More…]
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Donald Trump allowed back on Facebook and Instagram, Meta announces
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta announced it is allowing former President Donald Trump back on Facebook and Instagram “in the coming weeks,” ending a two-year suspension. Trump was locked out of his accounts [Read More…]
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Riley Keough, Sam Claflin take to the stage as ’70s rock stars in teaser for ‘Daisy Jones & the Six’
Prime Video/Lacey Terrell Riley Keough, the granddaughter of Elvis Presley, follows in The King’s footsteps in the new teaser to the Amazon Studios series Daisy Jones & The Six. The streaming service just dropped a [Read More…]
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Report says Jeremy Renner was trying to save nephew from snowplow; ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ co-star sounds off
Paramount+/Dennis P. Mong Jr. (NOTE LANGUAGE) He plays a superhero in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, but Jeremy Renner was apparently injured in a real-life heroic act. According to a report from the Washoe County, Nevada, [Read More…]
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Harris to visit Monterey Park to meet with victims’ families
Official White House Photo by Lawrence Jackson (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Monterey Park, California, on Wednesday to meet with victims’ families days after a mass shooter there killed 11 and [Read More…]
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Woman pleads guilty to mailing ricin to then-President Donald Trump
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Canadian-French dual national has pleaded guilty to charges that she mailed threatening letters containing the poison ricin to then-President Donald Trump, as well as eight Texas law enforcement officers, in [Read More…]
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Conjoined twin sisters undergo successful surgery to separate
Courtesy of Cook Children’s Medical Center (FORT WORTH, Texas) — Twin sisters who were conjoined at the chest and stomach have undergone successful surgery to separate. Doctors at Cook Children’s Medical Center in Fort Worth, [Read More…]
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New York attorney general voices concern over facial recognition
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A viral controversy over the use of facial recognition technology to bar customers from New York City performance venues has drawn the attention of the state’s top cop. [Read More…]