CDC director weighs in on whether pandemic is over, says bivalent COVID shot is ‘critically important’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky became the latest American to receive the new bivalent COVID-19 booster shot on Thursday, telling ABC News that, thus far, “million…
Iranian women drive protests targeting regime after suspicious death of Mahsa Amini
Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(TEHRAN, IRAN) — While Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was holding up Gen. Qassim Soleimani’s photo on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly podium grieving over his killing by the U.S., Soleimani’s pictu…
“It would suck to do something else”: Adam Sandler on gratitude, growing up and growing old
Courtesy “AARP The Magazine”In the October/November issue of AARP The Magazine, 56-year-old Adam Sandler opens up about growing up, getting older in Hollywood and his gratitude for his long career.
“I’m calmer than I used to be,” Sandler says. “I used…
Record flooding, drought part of range of weather extremes in US this summer
Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its 2022 Summer Climate Report, which outlines the extreme weather events from June to August in the U.S.
The rep…
Women affected disproportionately by Russia-Ukraine war: UN report
Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing/Getty Images(UKRAINE) — Woman and girls in Ukraine and around the world have suffered disproportionately as the men of the country fight against the invasion by Russia, a new report by the United Nations ha…
Beasley and Demings show how ‘unique’ swing-state Democrats are embracing law enforcement
Vuk Valcic/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — During an August campaign event in Durham, North Carolina, former state Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, the Democratic candidate for Senate, proudly proclaimed that she does not support defund…
Fugitive ‘Fat Leonard’ caught in Venezuela
Interpol Venezuela Instagram acc/AFP/Getty Images(CARACAS, VENEZUELA) — The military contractor known as ‘Fat Leonard’ – real name Leonard Francis — has been caught, the U.S. Marshals Service told ABC News late Wednesday night.
He was found after an…
Animal rights activists clench their jaws over new shark tank, $20 million city loan
Tank inside Seattle Aquarium’s planned Ocean Pavilion will give visitors a close up look at sharks and rays (Credit: KOMO News)
“What a fantastic human being”: Dave Chappelle, John Stamos salute Bob Saget at scleroderma benefit
ABC/Craig SjodinMany of the late Bob Saget’s comedian friends were on hand in Los Angeles Wednesday night to salute him at the annual Scleroderma Research Foundation benefit he’d been involved with for more than 30 years.
Saget, who died in January, l…
Alex Jones takes stand in 2nd defamation trial over Sandy Hook hoax claims
Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images(WATERBURY, CT) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is testifying in a Connecticut courtroom Thursday in a second defamation trial to determine what the InfoWars host should pay to Sandy Hook families.
The tempestuous testimony…