‘Five Days at Memorial’ looks at Hurricane Katrina’s impact on a New Orleans hospital
Araya Doheny/FilmMagic via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — As the entire city of New Orleans witnessed after Hurricane Katrina, it wasn’t the storm that did the most damage, but the flooding that followed. That was the case for Memorial Hospital, as chro…
Vast majority of the youngest Americans remain unvaccinated against COVID
SrdjanPav/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — It has now been two months since the start of the COVID-19 vaccine rollout for the youngest Americans, and despite some initial enthusiasm from a select group of parents, the vast majority of children under the age o…
Powerful solar weather brings northern lights farther south
Arctic-Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Northern Lights may be visible as far south as Pennsylvania and Iowa on Friday, Space Weather Prediction Center from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
The remarkable sky lights may co…
Severe European drought reveals sunken World War II warships on Danube River
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(LONDON) — Europe’s scorching drought has revealed the hulks of dozens of German warships that became submerged during World War Two near Serbia’s river port town of Prahovo.
The ships, sunken on Danube …
LeBron James and Dwyane Wade team up for ‘The Redeem Team’ doc
IOC/Courtesy of NetflixLeBron James and Dwyane Wayne are taking their love of basketball to the small screen.
The legendary players are joining forces as executive producers on the new documentary The Redeem Team, about the U.S. men’s basketball team…
Wayfair cuts 5% of global workforce as sales slump
David L. Ryan/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Online home goods retailer Wayfair is laying off nearly 900 workers worldwide, which amounts to 5% of the company’s workforce, the company said in a memo to employees on Friday. The cuts include about 400 jobs in B…
Why rape exceptions in abortion bans are more complicated in reality
Cheney Orr/Getty ImagesSince the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade in June, several states have enacted strict abortion bans.
At least 15 states have ceased nearly all abortion services and an additional four states have bans that have been bloc…
Napa Valley restaurant apologizes to South African musician Jonathan Butler after he said he was racially profiled
Erika Goldring/Getty Images(NAPA VALLEY, CA) — Famed California restaurant Goose & Gander has apologized to South African musician Jonathan Kenneth Butler after an incident over the weekend in which a manager followed the singer-songwriter to his car …
Fashion icons Heidi Klum, Tim Gunn on judging ‘Making the Cut”s new season, plus Kim K’s Marilyn moment
Amazon StudiosAmazon’s fashion competition show Making the Cut returns Friday for its third season, and hosts/judges Tim Gunn and Heidi Klum caught up with ABC Audio about what to expect this time around.
They also spilled some tea about Kim Kardashi…
In brief: ‘Grease’ returns to theaters, Jason Momoa surfing legend biopic, and more
AMC Theaters will pay tribute to the late Olivia Newton John by playing Grease in 135 of its theaters this weekend. “To honor the late Olivia Newton-John: many of our U.S. theatres this weekend will show her classic 1978 hit movie Grease, again on the …