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‘Extreme’ drought completely eliminated in California; Colorado River Basin lags behind
ABC News (NEW YORK) — “Extreme” drought has been completely eliminated in California for the first time in nearly three years, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. While the drastic change for California has happened [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why the spice cabinet could secretly store more bacteria than you think
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Spice jars are among the top germ-ridden surfaces in the kitchen, according to a recent study. The study, commissioned by the Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service, looked [Read More…]
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With growing popularity of new weight loss drugs, doctors emphasize potential risks
bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When researchers learned that a class of drugs initially used to treat type 2 diabetes could also bring weight loss, the drugs Victoza and Ozempic gained popularity as a treatment [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Boy Meets World’ star Ben Savage running for House of Representatives
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images for New York Comic Con Ben Savage, best known for playing Cory Matthews on the 1990s ABC coming of age sitcom Boy Meets World and its 2014 Disney Channel spinoff Girl Meets World, apparently has his sights set on [Read More…]
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What’s the best parenting style? ABC’s ’The Parent Test’ explores the answer
ABC/James Clark What’s the best parenting style? That’s the main question at the center of the new ABC show The Parent Test. In the show, host Ali Wentworth and expert Dr. Adolph Brown explore different ways [Read More…]
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Actor Julian Sands reported missing after Southern California hike
Courtesy San Bernadino County Sheriff’s Department Actor Julian Sands, the veteran British actor who’s appeared on shows including Dexter, and films like Warlock, A Room with a View and Ocean’s Thirteen, has been reported missing [Read More…]
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In Brief: Anthony Hopkins going to gladiator film, and more
SEAL Team has been renewed for its seventh season overall and third on Paramount+, the streamer announced on Wednesday. The series, per Paramount+, “follows the professional and personal lives of the most elite unit of [Read More…]
ABC World News
China braces for another COVID wave, as first Lunar New Year without restrictions approaches
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (HONG KONG and BEIJING) — With just days to go until the Lunar New Year, throngs of bundled-up travelers shuffle their way through the freezing temperatures towards Beijing Railway Station, [Read More…]
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New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says she will step down: ‘It’s time’
Kerry Marshall/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced in an emotional press briefing that she will step down, saying “it’s time.” Ardern said Thursday she will not be seeking reelection [Read More…]
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Two American citizens killed in Nepal plane crash
AlpamayoPhoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two U.S. citizens and two permanent U.S. residents were among those killed in the plane crash in Nepal earlier this week, State Department spokesman Ned Price said during a briefing [Read More…]
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Illinois paramedics charged with first-degree murder to appear in court
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) — Two Illinois paramedics accused of killing a patient are expected to appear in court on Thursday. Peter J. Cadigan, 50, and Peggy Jill Finley, 45, are facing first-degree murder [Read More…]
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Missing Pennsylvania mom found dead, DA says
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office (PHILADELPHIA) — Missing mom Jennifer Brown has been found dead in Royersford, Pennsylvania, Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele announced. Investigators responded to an industrial complex on Wednesday, Philadelphia ABC [Read More…]
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Protester killed after shooting cop near where controversial police training center set to be built: Police
avid_creative/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — An officer is in the hospital and the man who shot him has been killed following a confrontation Wednesday in a wooded area near where a police training center is set [Read More…]
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Boston man arrested after hiring hitmen to murder wife, her boyfriend, police say
amphotora/Getty Images (BOSTON) — Mohammed Chowdhury’s alleged plan to hire contract killers to murder his wife and her boyfriend was finally coming into place on Tuesday, according to federal prosecutors. Authorities said that Chowdhury, 46, [Read More…]
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British actor Julian Sands, Hawthorne man reported missing in mountains near Los Angeles
San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department (NEW YORK) — British actor Julian Sands is one of two hikers missing in the mountains of southern California amid recent winter storms, officials from the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Debt ceiling showdown looms as federal government shifts to ‘extraordinary measures’ to pay bills
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sometime Thursday, the United States is expected to reach its borrowing limit, teeing up a congressional showdown later this year with potentially devastating economic consequences. The federal [Read More…]
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George Santos denies taking $3,000 intended for disabled veteran’s dying dog
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos this week denied a Navy veteran’s claim that he allegedly ran a fundraiser for the veteran’s ill dog in 2016 — and then never shared the thousands raised. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/18/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Atlanta 130, Dallas 122 Washington 116, New York 105 Charlotte 122, Houston 117 Oklahoma City 126, Indiana 106 Miami 124, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Gender-affirming care for trans youth improves mental health: Study
Flavio Coelho/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gender-affirming hormone therapy improves the mental health of transgender adolescents and teenagers, a new study released Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine showed. The study tracked over [Read More…]
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What the best parenting style? ABC’s ’The Parent Test’ explores the answer
ABC/James Clark What’s the best parenting style? That’s the main question at the center of the new ABC show The Parent Test. In the show, host Ali Wentworth and expert Dr. Adolph Brown explore different ways to raise kids. “There’s [Read More…]