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Biden to sign historic same-sex marriage bill at the White House
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday afternoon will sign legislation protecting same-sex and interracial marriage. Biden is hosting a celebration starting at 3:30 p.m. ET on the [Read More…]
Biden marks holidays with Toys for Tots event
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden sorted gifts at a U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots event in Arlington, Virginia, on Monday to celebrate the [Read More…]
Manchin has ‘no intention’ of switching to be independent but suggests that could change
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joe Manchin on Monday left the door open to one day becoming an independent, three days after Arizona colleague Kyrsten Sinema announced that she was [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 12/12/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Brooklyn 112, Washington 100 Miami 87, Indiana 82 Memphis 128, Atlanta 103 San Antonio 112, Cleveland 111 Dallas 121, Oklahoma [Read More…]
Joshua Bassett aims to spread “goodness and love and positivity” in 2023
ABC/Christopher Willard Joshua Bassett unveiled his new tour on Monday, dubbed The Complicated Tour, which he hints will help set the tone for 2023. Speaking with ABC Audio about his hopes for the new year, Bassett [Read More…]
Sports reporter Grant Wahl’s body transported back to US after death during World Cup in Qatar
Richard Sellers/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. soccer journalist Grant Wahl’s body has been returned to the U.S., following his unexpected death last week while covering the World Cup in Qatar, according to his brother. [Read More…]
COVID hospitalizations at least 3 times higher among seniors than other age groups: CDC
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 hospitalizations among seniors are at least three times higher than any other age group, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [Read More…]
Climate change brings health issues, challenges for pregnant women
juanma hache/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Santosh Pandipati has seen up close the impact of climate change on his personal and professional life. “I’ve taken care of patients who’ve had to flee wildfires,” the [Read More…]
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass declares homelessness an emergency
Joe McBride/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — In her first act as Los Angeles mayor, Karen Bass declared homelessness a state of emergency in the city. She visited the city’s Emergency Operations Center on Monday to [Read More…]
FTX’s Sam Bankman-Fried arrested in Bahamas, prosecutor says
Craig Barritt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sam Bankman-Fried, the embattled former CEO of cryptocurrency giant FTX and trading firm Alameda Research, has been arrested in the Bahamas on criminal charges, the Bahamas Attorney General’s Office [Read More…]
Flights canceled across US as winter storms hit: Latest weather forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — At least 137 flights were canceled across the country on Monday as winter storms wreaked havoc on roadways. Up to 6 inches of snow hit near Hartford, Connecticut, and Scranton, [Read More…]
Kathy Griffin says she’s “disappointed” learning about how Harry met Meghan
ABC/Randy Holmes Kathy Griffin took to Instagram to vent about Harry & Meghan, the Netflix docuseries about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle. For one thing, the comedienne expected to witness “a great love story” — [Read More…]
James Cameron will miss ‘Avatar’ sequel premiere after positive COVID test
Walt Disney Pictures James Cameron has been just about everywhere promoting his upcoming Avatar: The Way of Water, and it seems it caught up with him: The Oscar-winning director has COVID. The filmmaker first revealed [Read More…]
Elon Musk draws backlash, applause for tweet targeting Anthony Fauci
SAMANTHA LAUREY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk elicited backlash from liberal leaders and cheers from some conservative ones in response to a viral tweet on Sunday that called for Anthony Fauci, the [Read More…]
The most popular Christmas movies, ranked by state
Netflix/Scott Everett White One of the most popular things to do this time of year is gather with friends and family and binge holiday movies — and with that in mind, the educational research company Scholaroo wanted to [Read More…]
Jay Leno, on fire: Comedian says accident gave him new material
CNBC Comedians often plumb pain to find the funny, and in Jay Leno‘s case he’s doing that literally following the fiery garage accident that left him severely burned. As reported, gearhead Leno suffered severe burns [Read More…]
“It’s been a tough slog”: Al Roker makes virtual ‘Today’ appearance
NBC/Helen Healey “It’s good to be home, it’s good to see your faces,” a smiling and mustachioed Al Roker reported to his Today colleagues Monday morning in a virtual appearance from home. “It’s been a tough slog, I’m not gonna [Read More…]
Idaho murders: ‘Army of analysts’ combing through videos submitted to FBI
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — As police investigate the mysterious murders of four University of Idaho students, an “army of analysts” are combing through the videos submitted to the FBI tip website, according to [Read More…]
Former officer Aaron Dean takes the stand in Atatiana Jefferson case
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (DALLAS) — Aaron Dean, the now-former police officer charged in the 2019 fatal shooting of Atatiana Jefferson, took the stand Monday in his murder trial. Dean is charged with fatally shooting Jefferson, [Read More…]
Marjorie Taylor Greene says Jan. 6 Capitol attack ‘would’ve been armed’ if she ran it
Nathan Posner/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said at a Republican event in New York over the weekend that if she had organized the Jan. 6 attack on the [Read More…]