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Death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ellen’s in-house DJ and show co-executive producer, ruled a suicide
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images The death at age 40 of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ellen DeGeneres‘ in-house DJ and show co-executive producer, has been ruled a suicide. ABC News has learned the Los Angeles County [Read More…]
Jay Leno opens up about his accident: “My face was on fire”
CNBC Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno continues to open up about the accident he experienced last month. On Tuesday, he told People about the moment he was working underneath his 1907 white Model G steam car and unclogging a fuel [Read More…]
Fetuses can be vulnerable to climate change, air pollution exposure, says researcher
Jennifer Cantley at home with her children. – ABC News (NEW YORK) — In Carson City, Nevada, one family is choosing to spend more time indoors because they said smoke from wildfires and soaring temperatures [Read More…]
Two-year-old hospitalized with RSV spent eight days on ventilator
ABC News (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — A mother is speaking out about how dangerous respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, can be as her 2-year-old battles the disease. Jazlynmae Gonzalez just spent her birthday in the pediatric [Read More…]
Federal Reserve approves 0.5% hike, slowing rate increases
Murat Taner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it was raising its short-term borrowing rate another 0.5%, slowing an aggressive series of rate increases while continuing an effort to cool the economy and [Read More…]
Senators slam FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried and back crypto regulation
MARIO DUNCANSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senators across both major parties on Wednesday sharply criticized bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, while advocating for regulation of the digital currency sector. [Read More…]
Vivica A. Fox talks fun off set, and Black girl magic on, VH1’s ‘A New Divas Christmas Carol’
ABC Audio Wednesday at 8 p.m., Ashanti gets haunted in VH1’s holiday movie A New Divas Christmas Carol. “Is an updated ‘sista’ version of the classic Charles Dickens movie,” Vivica A. Fox enthuses to ABC [Read More…]
Ellen DeGeneres “heartbroken” over the death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss
Mike Rozman/Warner Brothers/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Ellen DeGeneres is “heartbroken” by the death of her former DJ and Ellen DeGeneres Show co-host Stephen “tWitch” Boss. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the talk [Read More…]
Earth had its fifth warmest fall on record: NOAA
Tayeb Benzian / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rising temperatures are continuing to set alarming trends around the world, according to new data released Wednesday by climate scientists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found [Read More…]
Atatiana Jefferson death: Jury begins deliberations in murder trial
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (FORT WORTH, Texas) — After just five days of testimony, the jury has begun deliberations in the murder trial of former Fort Worth, Texas, police officer Aaron Dean. Dean is accused of [Read More…]
Mom, 8-year-old son killed by Louisiana tornado are identified
ABC News (KEITHVILLE, La.) — A Louisiana woman and her 8-year-old son were killed when a tornado swept through their Louisiana town on Tuesday, officials said. The body of Yoshiko Smith, 30, was found under [Read More…]
Hundreds of former inmates allege prison sex abuse
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Almost 20 years later, 49-year-old Mia Wheeler is finally getting her day in court. Wheeler is among at least 900 former inmates who have come forward alleging they were sexually [Read More…]
“In a city of millions, no one hears you scream”: Paramount Pictures drops teaser to ‘Scream VI’
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures dropped a new teaser to the sixth film in the Scream franchise, and what it lacks in dialog it makes up for in creepiness. This time around, the action has moved [Read More…]
Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ellen’s in-house DJ and show co-executive producer, dead at 40
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images Stephen “tWitch” Boss, who was the in-house DJ for The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and later became a co-executive producer of the program, has died, ABC News has confirmed. He was [Read More…]
‘Iron Man’, ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘When Harry Met Sally’ among 2022’s class for National Film Registry
National Film Registry On Wednesday morning, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden announced the annual selection of 25 motion pictures that will be inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress. The movies, ranging from the film that [Read More…]
Soccer writer Grant Wahl, who died at World Cup, suffered aneurysm
Richard Sellers/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American soccer writer Grant Wahl died of an undetected ascending aortic aneurysm with hemopericardium while attending the Netherlands-Argentina match last week, according to his wife, Dr. Celine Gounder. Gounder [Read More…]
Patty Jenkins insists “I never walked away” from ‘Wonder Woman 3’
Warner Bros. Pictures Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins is denying reports that she walked away from the third installment of the franchise, insisting instead that there was nothing she could do to advance the project. [Read More…]
In Brief: Adam Sandler to receive Mark Twain Prize, and more
Adam Sandler will be the recipient of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ 24th Mark Twain Prize for American Humor. The prize recognizes individuals who have had an impact on American society in [Read More…]
American Suedi Murekezi freed from Russian-controlled territory by Ukrainian military intelligence
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American Suedi Murekezi has just been freed from Russian-controlled territory by a team from Ukraine’s military intelligence and is now being driven to Kyiv. ABC News followed a military convoy [Read More…]
France mobilizes police officers ahead of World Cup semifinal match
Bernard Van Berg / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — French authorities are gearing up for the country’s World Cup semifinal match on Wednesday against Morocco. French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin unveiled the enforced security measures [Read More…]