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“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…]
Kevin Hart announces 2023 tour dates
Live Nation After the holidays, Kevin Hart is going back on the road. The comedian just announced nine new dates to start the new year as his Reality Check tour continues. Kev will kick things [Read More…]
‘The Banshees of Inisherin’, ‘Abbott Elementary’ top nominees for 80th Annual Golden Globe Awards
HFPA The nominations for the 2023 Golden Globes were announced Monday morning, and the film The Banshees of Inisherin topped the movie category with eight nominations, followed by Everything Everywhere all at Once with six. [Read More…]
Prince Harry, Meghan allege ‘institutional gaslighting,’ say ‘lies’ protected Prince William in new Netflix docuseries trailer
Netflix (NEW YORK) — Prince Harry and Meghan opened up about their decision to leave their senior royal roles in a new trailer for their Netflix docuseries Harry & Meghan. The trailer, released Monday, opens [Read More…]
Hate crimes against sexual orientation increased in 2021: FBI
T.J. Kirkpatrick/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hate crimes in the United States remained at the same level in 2021 as they were in 2020, the FBI said Monday, even as hate crimes based [Read More…]
Winter storm slams Northeast, 90 flights canceled across US: Latest weather forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ninety flights are canceled across the country on Monday, including 36 in Boston, as winter storms wreak havoc on roadways. Up to 6 inches of snow hit near Hartford, Connecticut, [Read More…]
LA councilman embroiled in racist tape scandal being investigated for fighting activist at holiday event
Mario Tama/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles City Councilman who has refused to resign over a leaked audio recording of him participating in a meeting in which racist comments were made about his [Read More…]
Diplomat who brought Brittney Griner home tells Paul Whelan: ‘We haven’t forgotten you’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs Roger Carstens, the official who brought Brittney Griner back to the U.S., told ABC News’ Good Morning America on Monday that he spoke [Read More…]
One teen’s search for a bone marrow match leads to unlikely friendship
ABC (NEW YORK) — Justice Brooks is 19 years old and a majority of his lifetime has been spent searching for a bone marrow donor. “I always knew that I had a medical condition and [Read More…]
Hampton University freshmen gifted access to digital investing program: ‘Start now’
BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images (HAMPTON, Va.) — Incoming freshmen at Virginia’s Hampton University will be the recipients of a large-scale school donation through the digital investing platform Stackwell Capital aimed at decreasing what research [Read More…]
In Brief: A third ‘Princess Diaries’ taking off, and more
(NOTE LANGUAGE) Saturday Night Live star Bowen Yang is the latest addition to the star-studded cast of Jon M. Chu’s two-part film adaptation of the Broadway hit Wicked, opposite Ariana Grande as Glinda and Cynthia [Read More…]
‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’ tops weak box office for a fifth straight week
Marvel Studios In an otherwise dismal box office weekend, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever earned an estimated $11.1 million and spent its fifth consecutive week at #1 — the first film to accomplish that since 2018’s [Read More…]
American college student goes missing while studying abroad in France
A photo of Ken DeLand provided by his family. – DeLand Family (NEW YORK) — The parents of a senior at St. John Fisher University in Rochester, New York, said their son has been missing [Read More…]
Keystone Pipeline oil spill investigators search for cause of Kansas rupture
The bank of Mill Creak in Washington County, Kansas, following a rupture of the Keystone Pipeline on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, in this handout published Dec. 9 by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. – U.S. [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 12/11/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION New Orleans 129, Phoenix 124 (OT) LA Lakers 124, Detroit 117 New York 112, Sacramento 99 Philadelphia 131, Charlotte 113 [Read More…]
Guillermo Del Toro’s ‘Pinocchio’ is a story about fathers, sons…and fascism
Netflix Guillermo Del Toro‘s Pinocchio is not the family friendly animated film you grew up on. His stop-motion take, out now on Netflix, explores a lot of adult themes in unique ways, including the relationship between fathers [Read More…]
Griner ‘in very good spirits’ but US isn’t doing ‘backflips’ over freeing Russian arms dealer: Kirby
Abbie Parr/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Brittney Griner is doing well while recovering in Texas after being freed from Russian detention and returning to the U.S. last week, White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby [Read More…]