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George Santos fraud charges ‘very egregious,’ defense attorney says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Embattled Congressman George Santos, R-N.Y., was indicted on 13 criminal counts, including seven counts of wire fraud Wednesday and has defied calls to resign from office. Federal prosecutors have accused him of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA drops blood donation restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men
Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration has dropped all restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men donating blood, a move long anticipated by public health experts and [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Elon Musk says he has chosen new Twitter CEO, will step down within weeks
JasonDoiy/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Elon Musk has chosen a new CEO of Twitter and plans to step down from the role within about six weeks, the billionaire entrepreneur said on Thursday. Musk, who runs Tesla [Read More…]
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Mandy Patinkin spoofs famous ‘Princess Bride’ line on WGA picket line
Kevork Djansezian/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images The ongoing Writers Guild of America strike has no shortage of famous faces and funny picket signs — hey, the strikers are writers, after all [Read More…]
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All in the family: Paul Walker’s daughter, Meadow, says she’s in ‘Fast X’
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for WSJ. Magazine Innovators Awards Meadow Walker, the daughter of the late Paul Walker, has revealed on Instagram that she’ll be seen in the upcoming 10th Fast and Furious movie. The actress [Read More…]
ABC National News
Major, record-breaking heat wave moves into West Coast
ABC News (OKLAHOMA CITY) — Severe weather, including possible tornadoes and flash flooding, is expected in a huge part of the Heartland on Thursday, from the Great Plains to Texas and North Dakota. Nine states are [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Santos co-sponsoring bill to fight crime he’s accused of
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. George Santos co-sponsored a bill to crack down on a crime he is accused of. The House voted on H.R. 1163, known as the “Protecting Taxpayers and Victims of Unemployment [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mayim Bialik reportedly stepping back from ‘Jeopardy!’ over writers strike
Jeopardy! Productions/Sony Pictures Television Mayim Bialik is reportedly stepping away from her remaining installments of Jeopardy! in solidarity with the picketing WGA writers, according to Deadline. The trade says she had a final week of [Read More…]
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‘Rocky IV’ star Dolph Lundgren reveals private 8-year cancer battle
Michael Tullberg/Getty Images Rocky IV star Dolph Lundgren is revealing a private cancer battle he has gone through for the past eight years. The 65-year-old Swedish actor opened up about his health scare during an [Read More…]
ABC World News
Suspect in Natalee Holloway’s disappearance faces extradition to US
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (LONDON) — The prime suspect in the unsolved 2005 disappearance of American teenager Natalee Holloway could soon be extradited from Peru to face criminal charges in the United States, ABC News has [Read More…]
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Michigan school district bans backpacks after confiscating fourth gun this year
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — A Michigan school district has banned students from bringing backpacks to school after a third grade student brought a loaded handgun to campus — the second time that [Read More…]
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Soldier who killed BLM protester called ‘evil’ as he is sentenced to 25 years
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — An Army sergeant convicted of murder in the fatal 2020 shooting of an armed Black Lives Matter protester during a demonstration in Austin, Texas, was sentenced to 25 years [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What is Title 8 immigration law?
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the end of the last major Trump-era Title 42 border restrictions Thursday, the Biden administration will revert to processing all migrants as was done before the pandemic. Authorities will [Read More…]
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Supreme Court upholds California ban on ‘unethical’ pork, Proposition 12
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a challenge to California’s Proposition 12, a statewide ban on the sale of pork from pigs housed in cages or crowded group pens that [Read More…]
ABC Business News
PacWest shares plummet after bank says it lost 9% of deposits last week
Eric Thayer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares of PacWest Bancorp plummeted more than 20% in early trading on Thursday after the regional lender said it faced a sizable withdrawal of deposits last week, [Read More…]
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‘Heartstopper’ creator Alice Oseman talks debut novel and teases season 2
Netflix Before season 2 of Netflix’s hit teen romance Heartstopper debuts this summer, fans in the U.S. can see where the story of Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson first began. Solitaire, the 2014 debut novel [Read More…]
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Break out the Windex: New trailer to ‘My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3’
Focus Features The Portokalos family is back in the new trailer to My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3. Nia Vardalos, who was nominated for an Oscar for her screenplay for the blockbuster film, writes, directs [Read More…]
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“Over the moon” Robert De Niro reveals first photo of new baby girl, Gia
Lionsgate In a bit of a surprise for the normally private Oscar winner, Robert De Niro has shared the first photo of his new baby girl with CBS Mornings co-host Gayle King. Little Gia Virginia [Read More…]
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Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis “both open” to a ‘Freaky Friday’ sequel
Lohan and Curtis in 2003 — Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Twenty years after Freaky Friday was released, Lindsay Lohan and Jamie Lee Curtis say they would be “open to” a sequel. “Jamie and I are both open [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Peloton recalls more than two million bikes over fall hazard
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Peloton is recalling over two million bikes, warning that the bike seat post assembly could break and cause users to fall. The Peloton Bikes Model PL01 is the one [Read More…]