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Blinken facing contempt of Congress threat over cable tied to Afghanistan withdrawal
State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain (WASHINGTON) — The Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee is threatening to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt if he doesn’t turn over [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 5/8/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE LA Angels 6, Houston 4 Texas 2, Seattle 1 Detroit 6, Cleveland 2 Tampa Bay 3, Baltimore 0 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA advisory committees meeting to discuss over-the-counter birth control
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Advisory committees of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are meeting Tuesday and Wednesday to review the first-ever application for an over-the-counter birth control pill. At a joint meeting, [Read More…]
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Angelina Jolie urges women to ‘go for mammograms and blood tests’
The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Angelina Jolie paid tribute to her late mother this week, 15 years after her death from cancer, and encouraged other women to “go for mammograms and blood tests [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Will summer travel be more expensive this year? It depends on where you go and how you get there
Craig Hastings/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans are planning summer trips in what could be the busiest summer travel season in years. Where you go and how you get there will determine if [Read More…]
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FTX crypto collapse: Sam Bankman-Fried seeks to dismiss most criminal charges
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Sam Bankman-Fried on Monday sought to dismiss most of the criminal charges he faces in connection with the collapse of FTX, the crypto exchange he founded. Bankman-Fried filed a motion [Read More…]
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Angelina Jolie honors late mother’s ovarian and breast cancer battle
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images Angelina Jolie took to Instagram on Monday to pay tribute to her late mother, Marcheline Bertrand, who died of breast and ovarian cancer in 2007, at age 56. [Read More…]
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Officials blast New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to send migrants to their counties
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials representing some New York suburbs have rebuked New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ plan to send migrants to their towns for shelter. Rockland County’s top official declared [Read More…]
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Man allegedly hid secret camera in Royal Caribbean cruise ship bathroom: DOJ
David Sacks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department recently unsealed charges against a man who allegedly put a camera inside a bathroom onboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship and filmed 150 people, including 40 [Read More…]
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Texas mall shooting updates: ‘I knew she was gone,’ shooting witness says
Stewart F. House/Getty Images (ALLEN, Texas) — Eight people were killed and seven others were injured when a gunman opened fire at an outdoor mall north of Dallas, Texas, on Saturday afternoon, officials said. The [Read More…]
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8-year-old missing for two days found safe under a log in a Michigan state park
Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An 8-year-old boy survived for two full days in a Michigan state park after he disappeared while collecting firewood Saturday on a family camping trip. Search party volunteers found 8-year-old [Read More…]
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Mom recounts terrifying moments hiding during Texas mall massacre: ‘I can’t die like this’
ABC News (ALLEN, Texas) — A mom of two is recounting the harrowing moments she and other shoppers huddled for safety as a mass shooting unfolded at the Allen Premium Outlets in Allen, Texas, on [Read More…]
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Abbott blames Texas mall shooting on mental health, but what has been done to address it?
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (ALLEN, Texas) — Just one day after the most recent mass shooting in the United States — this time at an outdoor mall in Allen, Texas — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott [Read More…]
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Kevin Costner’s work schedule reportedly caused marital static before divorce
Lester Cohen/Getty Images for Omnipeace Foundation While news that Kevin Costner‘s wife of 18 years, Christine Baumgartner, had filed for divorce came as a surprise to fans, People reports it wasn’t a surprise to those [Read More…]
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Parkland mom bringing new school shooting book to lawmakers: ‘This time, maybe they can understand’
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for March For Our Lives (WASHINGTON) — The parents of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver are bringing their new “children’s book” to Washington, D.C., to try to shine a light on gun control [Read More…]
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Survivors say Buffalo’s history of segregation and racial tensions linked to Tops shooting
Malik Rainey for ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Dr. Eva Doyle describes herself as one of the “regular Saturday shoppers” at the Tops supermarket on Buffalo’s predominantly Black east side. But on May 14, 2022, [Read More…]
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GMA honors teacher who went from lead custodian to substitute teacher
ABC News (PLYMOUTH, Minn.) — In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week , “GMA” is honoring educators, including educators like Mike Peterson, a custodian-turned-substitute at Plymouth Middle School in Plymouth, Minnesota. Before becoming the school’s favorite [Read More…]
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Attorneys for Jordan Neely family, Daniel Penny speak out on NYC subway killing
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The family of Jordan Neely, a homeless man who died after allegedly being put into a chokehold by Daniel Penny during an altercation on a New York City subway [Read More…]
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Buffalo shooting: Remembering the 10 lives taken a year ago in Tops massacre
Courtesy of Amanda Drury (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Ten people, all African American, were killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, a year ago this week, an attack that [Read More…]
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Former Navy reservist sentenced to additional four years for Jan. 6 riot
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former Navy reservist who the government said expressed admiration for Hitler, among other antisemitic views, was sentenced to four years in prison on Monday for his role in the [Read More…]