Some small cars offer better side protection in new crash tests
(Image courtesy IIHS) The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) is moving to tougher side-impact crash tests that reflect what’s happening in the real world – an increase in T-bone crashes at intersections. IIHS President David Harkey
ABC Audio’s Wakanda Week: Letitia Wright and Danai Gurira on honoring Chadwick Boseman in ‘Wakanda Forever’
Marvel StudiosThe 2020 death of Chadwick Boseman from cancer at age 43 was a surprise to his millions of fans, as well as his Black Panther family.
When Marvel Studios decided not to recast his role, director and co-writer Ryan Coogler wove grief into…
In Brief: Brendan Fraser, Seth Rogen head to ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’, and more
Lily Collins is locking down another TV series. The Emily in Paris actress is attached to star in a series adaptation of the novel The Accomplice by Lisa Lutz, according to Variety. As per the logline, the series “tells the story of Luna Grey and Owen …
Biden to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping as he heads on post-midterms trip to Egypt, Cambodia, Indonesia
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is set to meet with China’s President Xi Jinping on Monday while the two are in Bali, Indonesia, for the annual summit of leaders from the “Group of 20” industrialized nation…
Inflation cools but stays near 40-year high
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Consumer prices are up 7.7% over the year ending in October, but that’s a significant drop from the 8.2% inflation rate a month prior and below 8% for the first time since February.
The report outperformed the…
Mayor running for re-election dies in car crash just hours before polls close
Town of Melville, LA / Facebook(NEW YORK) — A mayor running for re-election died in a car crash on election morning just hours before the polls were set to close and the results were announced, police said.
The incident occurred shortly after 11:00 a…
Some Uvalde families disappointed but not surprised with Texas election results
Hannah Prince/ABC News(UVALDE, Texas) — Some Uvalde families spent their days and nights over the past several months rallying, marching, tweeting, camping out and protesting in the hope that their fellow Texans would hear their cries for gun reform a…
The race for a Georgia Senate seat is headed to a runoff, ABC News projects. Here’s how it works.
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — No candidate in the Georgia Senate race will receive more than 50% of the vote, ABC News is projecting, which means the state will hold a runoff election between incumbent Democrat Sen. Raphael Warnock and Rep…
Deep-red Nebraska joins liberal states in adopting $15 minimum wage
MJHollinshead/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nebraska is projected to approve a $15 minimum wage for workers amid a nationwide push for wage hikes that has predominantly taken hold in liberal states like New York, California and Illinois.
The referendum, c…
Microsoft co-founder’s art collection sells for record $1.5 billion at auction
RapidEye/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Sixty artworks formerly owned by Paul G. Allen, the co-founder of Microsoft, were sold at auction for more than $1.5 billion at Christie’s on Wednesday.
The sale established Allen’s trove as “the most valuable privat…