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Rick Steves speaks on stage at The Paramount Theatre, Dec. 3, 2014, in Austin, Texas. — Rick Kern/WireImage/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The announcement from TV travel guide Rick Steves about his prostate cancer diagnosis this week is putting a spotlight on the disease and the importance of Prostate-Specific Antigen (PSA) screening. In a statement […]
US Vice President Kamala Harris during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Illinois, US, on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. — Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Image (CHICAGO) — The four-day gathering of Democrats in Chicago came to a historic end when Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the party’s nomination for […]
Morsa Images/Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization Thursday for updated COVID-19 vaccines for the upcoming fall and winter season. The FDA said the vaccines will target the KP.2 strain, which is an offshoot of the omicron variant. The federal health agency said the […]
Divers of the Vigili del Fuoco, the Italian Corps. of Firefighters leave Porticello harbor near Palermo, to resume research for a last missing person on August 23, 2024, four days after the British-flagged luxury yacht Bayesian sank. — Alberto Pizzoli/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Divers in Italy have recovered the last missing body, believe […]
Cochise County Sheriff’s Office (SIERRA VISTA, Ariz.) — An Arizona man was taken into custody in connection with an alleged social media threat to kill former President Donald Trump, according to officials. Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, of Benson, was taken into custody on Thursday without incident, a Cochise County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson told ABC News. […]
Seattle Police Department (SEATTLE) — A man has been arrested after he allegedly carjacked an 80-year-old dog walker, leaving her with fatal injuries before stabbing her dog to death, according to police. James K. Hayes, a 48-year-old Seattle resident, was found and arrested Thursday morning in the murder of 80-year-old Ruth Dalton. Police expect he […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has officially withdrawn his petition to be on the Arizona ballot, the Arizona secretary of state’s office told ABC News Thursday night, marking the first tangible sign Kennedy plans to exit the presidential race. “We have processed withdrawal forms for RFK prior to the ballot printing […]
NYPD (NEW YORK) — Two burglars swiped memorabilia from St. John’s University men’s basketball coach Rick Pitino’s office on the New York City campus, according to police. Items including a basketball and bullhorn were taken during the break-in Tuesday evening in Queens, according to police. The suspects fled on a moped, the NYPD said. The […]
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hate crime and murder charges have been filed against a New York City parks worker in the fatal July shooting of a Venezuelan migrant, a crime prosecutors described as “premeditated and cold-blooded.” Elijah Mitchell, a 23-year-old temporary worker for the New York City Parks Department, was indicted Wednesday on charges […]
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Kamala Harris officially accepted the Democratic nomination in the 2024 presidential election, closing out four days of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Harris delivered remarks to the crowd of delegates and party members at the United Center Thursday, highlighting the night’s “For the Future” theme and voicing her vision […]