Under pressure, Biden considering speech on Chinese spy balloon, other objects shot down
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Under political pressure from Democrats as well as Republicans, President Joe Biden is considering giving a speech in the coming days to address the Chinese spy balloon and the three other shot-down ob…
Moderna says its COVID vaccine will remain free for all consumers, even those uninsured
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Moderna will keep its COVID vaccine on the market at no cost to consumers, even after the federal government stops paying for it, the company announced Wednesday.
“Everyone in the United States will h…
“There’s no enemy like the past”: See Michael B. Jordan and Jonathan Majors face off in final ‘Creed III’ trailer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc.Anticipation was already high for Michael B. Jordan’s return to the Creed franchise, this time as a director, but if fans were somehow not already hyped enough for Creed III, the final trailer should do the trick.
“The…
Guaranteed income embraced by leaders of some of largest US counties
Nora Carol Photography/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Some of the largest counties in the U.S. are joining forces to provide guaranteed income to residents in need.
County leaders from Los Angeles County, Chicago’s Cook County, Houston’s Harris County a…
How people survive for days under earthquake rubble as survivors are found in Turkey, Syria
Mustafa Yilmaz/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Days after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake and hundreds of powerful aftershocks struck southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria, survivors were still being pulled from the rubble.
Rescue efforts…
100 million Americans across 30 states on alert for severe weather
ABC News(NEW YORK) — There are 100 million Americans across 30 states on alert for severe weather as a major winter storm is expected to bring heavy snow, high winds and a threat for tornadoes from Colorado to Alabama through Thursday.
Winter storm w…
US risks default as soon as July unless debt ceiling is raised, financial agency estimates
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. risks defaulting on its debts as early as July unless the borrowing limit is raised, the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office said in a report on Wednesday.
The federal government on Jan. 19 rea…
Raquel Welch, sex symbol and ‘Fantastic Voyage’ star, dead at 82
Harry Langdon/Getty ImagesRaquel Welch, actress and pinup starlet, has died, ABC News has confirmed. According to a rep, “The legendary bombshell actress of film, television and stage, passed away peacefully early this morning after a brief illness.”
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DOJ won’t charge Gaetz in sex-trafficking probe as lawyer for minor calls investigation ‘difficult experience’
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has informed lawyers representing witnesses that it will not bring charges against Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz after a multiple-year sex-trafficking probe into the Florida congressman, m…
Mom arrested after 6-year-old son allegedly brings semi-automatic handgun to school
Montgomery County District Attorney’s Office(NORRISTOWN, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania mother has turned herself in to police after her 6-year-old son allegedly took a semi-automatic handgun from her room and brought it to school, prosecutors said.
When kids…