MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Alexei Navalny, the longtime Russian opposition politician and critic of Vladimir Putin — often considered to be a vocal and prominent thorn in the side of the Russian government — has died in prison at age 47, according to the prison service. “On 02/16/2024, in correctional colony No. […]
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department rebuffed efforts by attorneys for President Joe Biden to omit language critical of his age and memory in a report published last week by special counsel Robert Hur, sources confirmed to ABC News. Four people familiar with the matter authenticated a series of correspondence first described in […]
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Feb. 14 mass shooting following a parade and rally for the Kansas City Chiefs’ Super Bowl win has left one person dead and at least 21 others injured, according to officials. The shooting has reignited discussions about the prevalence of gun violence in America. As of Feb. 15, […]
Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes dribbles against the Nebraska Cornhuskers in the second half at Pinnacle Bank Arena, Feb. 11, 2024, in Lincoln, Neb. — Steven Branscombe/Getty Images (IOWA CITY, Iowa) — Caitlin Clark, the University of Iowa basketball phenom, is now officially in the history books. Clark, a senior point guard for the […]
Penpak Ngamsathain/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the last several years, isolated outbreaks of measles have been popping up across the United States. Most recently, between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have been 23 confirmed cases of measles with infections reported in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and the Washington, D.C. area. Emergency […]
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Memphis 113, Milwaukee 110 Golden State 140, Utah 137 Minnesota 128, Portland 91 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Seattle 4, Boston 1 Los Angeles 2, New Jersey 1 Florida 4, Buffalo 0 Anaheim 5, Ottawa 1 Toronto 4, Philadelphia 3 (OT) NY […]
Lionel Hahn/WireImage Dakota Johnson gets her first crack at the superhero world with the new movie Madame Web, in theaters this weekend. She plays the title character, an EMT who discovers she has superpowers that have laid dormant inside her since birth. Johnson tells ABC Audio that taking on the new genre was “really fun,” but challenging […]
On this day in Black history, February 16: — In 1923, Empress of the Blues Bessie Smith recorded her first record, Down Hearted Blues, which sold 800,000 copies for Columbia Records. — In 1951, the city of New York passed an anti-discrimination housing bill, which included protections based on race, creed, color, national origin and gender. — In 1970, Joe Frazier, nicknamed Smokin’ […]
Greensboro Police Department (GREENSBORO, N.C.) — The family of Marissa Carmichael say they are devastated as they’ve marked one month since her disappearance and police in Greensboro, North Carolina, are sharing new information about the search for the missing mother of five. Carmichael, 25, vanished on Jan. 14 from an Exxon gas station in the […]
Law enforcement and medical personnel respond to a shooting at Union Station during the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl LVIII victory parade, Feb. 14, 2024, in Kansas City, Missouri. (Jamie Squire/Getty Images) (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — A celebration turned into chaos on Wednesday in Kansas City, Missouri, after gunfire erupted following the parade and rally […]
