Pierce Co Sheriff wraps testimony, closings next
(Pierce County Sheriff Ed Troyer describes multi-racial family in testimony at his criminal trial) Pierce County Sheriff, Ed Troyer, returned to the witness stand in his trial on false reporting and false statement charges. After hours of
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.
His brother, Eric Wahl, tweete…
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 make it official.
According to a state…
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.
As of Dec. 7, new hospital admi…
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 San Francisco-based physician told ABC …
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 announced Mo…
Kathy Griffin says she’s “disappointed” learning about how Harry met Meghan
ABC/Randy HolmesKathy 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” — or at least one worthy of a prince.
“T…
James Cameron will miss ‘Avatar’ sequel premiere after positive COVID test
Walt Disney PicturesJames 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 his status on Saturday night, when…
Pan Am 103 bombing suspect won’t face death penalty, prosecutors say
JANE BARLOW/GETTY IMAGES(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors announced Monday they will not seek the death penalty against a Libyan intelligence officer accused of building the bomb that blew up Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, in 1988 killing …
Eye-popping new $6B price tag for Interstate Bridge as inflation takes its toll
The cost of labor and materials, plus the project’s growing scope have combined to raise the expected cost of the replacement bridge from $3-4 billion to perhaps as high as $7.5 billion. Click play to hear Corwin