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Free COVID test website will be relaunched by federal government
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Thursday will relaunch its website for ordering free COVID-19 rapid tests. Each household will be able to order four at-home rapid tests and orders will begin [Read More…]
COVID-19 in Los Angeles: Why experts think it may be time to bring back masks
Massimiliano Finzi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the last few weeks, COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations have been steadily increasing in Los Angeles County. Public health experts told ABC News that newer subvariants circulating plus low [Read More…]
What to know about ascending aortic aneurysm after Grant Wahl’s sudden death at the World Cup
Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A ruptured ascending aortic aneurysm — the reported cause of death of American soccer writer Grant Wahl — is a rare but deadly medical condition. Wahl, 49, a prominent [Read More…]
Why the stock market has fallen in December, and what it means going forward
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A devastating year for the stock market is hurtling toward its end, but not before December delivers a final verdict for investors. After rallying in October and November, the [Read More…]
New York jury to decide brew-haha over definition of beer
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York has decided it’s best to let a jury define what beer actually is. The judge denied a request for summary judgment from Modelo, [Read More…]
ABC’s ‘Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration’ will pay tribute to Angela Lansbury
ABC Ahead of Disney’s Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration, airing Thursday at 8 p.m. on ABC, producer Jon M. Chu confirmed the special will feature a tribute to Angela Lansbury, who died in October. Lansbury voiced [Read More…]
House approves funding extension to avert government shutdown, buying time for spending deal
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday approved a short-term measure that extends funding for the federal government for another week, through Dec. 23, buying more time for lawmakers to finish crafting a [Read More…]
John Boehner chokes up at Nancy Pelosi’s official portrait unveiling
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House speaker Nancy Pelosi’s official portrait was unveiled Wednesday in the U.S. Capitol’s Statuary Hall, marking the first time a madame speaker joined the faces of the [Read More…]
Lawmakers propose raising teachers’ minimum salaries to $60K to stem ‘mass exodus’
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Frederica Wilson on Wednesday introduced legislation to raise the national minimum salary for public school teachers to $60,000 — a proposal that the career educator hopes the next Congress [Read More…]
Amazon worker shot, colleague returns fire killing suspect outside Arizona facility: Police
Nathan Stirk/Getty Images (CHANDLER, Ariz.) — An Amazon contract worker was hospitalized with life-threatening injuries after a gunman allegedly opened fire at an Amazon facility in Arizona Wednesday, according to police. The alleged gunman was [Read More…]
3 dead in Louisiana after tornadoes hit state
ABC News (ST. CHARLES PARISH, La.) — Three people are dead in the wake of tornadoes that swept through Louisiana, according to the state Department of Health. The latest fatality was reported in St. Charles [Read More…]
Parents of slain Idaho student desperate for answers: ‘Where are you? Who are you?’
ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The parents of 21-year-old Kaylee Goncalves, one of the four slain University of Idaho students, are desperate for answers as police continue to look for suspects. “We just want this [Read More…]
Florida doctor sexual assault case highlights rape kit process
Naples Police Department (NAPLES, Fla.) — The 28-day delay between sexual assault allegations against a Florida doctor and his arrest has highlighted issues with rape kit testing, advocates say, as two additional women claimed they [Read More…]
911 call Paul Pelosi made on night of hammer attack played by prosecutors
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Prosecutors played the 911 call Paul Pelosi made the night he was violently attacked in his and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s San Francisco home in court on Wednesday, as [Read More…]
Social media stock influencers accused of $114M ‘pump and dump’ scheme
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — “We’re going to keep growing and making a lot of money,” social media influencer Zack Morris said during a Dec. 11 recording on Twitter. “I never [Read More…]
City settles discrimination lawsuit from Black and Latino renters in California
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department announced a landmark civil rights settlement Wednesday with the city of Hesperia, California, and its sheriff’s department over allegations they illegally discriminated against Black and [Read More…]
Sandy Hook parents reflect on 10th anniversary of mass shooting, work to curb gun violence
ABC News (NEWTOWN, Conn.) — Nearly a decade after a group of students at Sandy Hook Elementary School and their teachers were killed in Newtown, Connecticut, two Sandy Hook parents said they are still in [Read More…]
Eddie Murphy to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at 2023 Golden Globes
ABC Audio The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has announced that Eddie Murphy will be presented with the Cecil B. DeMille Award at this year’s Golden Globes ceremony. First awarded to its namesake by the HFPA [Read More…]
Austin Butler goes goblin mode in ‘Saturday Night Live’ promo
NBC/Rosalind O’Connor Elvis star Austin Butler looks glamorous in nearly every frame of his lavishly shot promo for his upcoming hosting stint on SNL. Butler looks dapper in a suit as he takes a deep breath and says, “Here we go.” He strides [Read More…]
‘Everything Everywhere All at Once’ leads Critics Choice nominations
A24 Films The film nominations for the 28th annual Critics Choice Awards are in. Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert‘s Everything Everywhere All at Once earned the most nominations on the film side this year, with 14 total nods in [Read More…]