Was Club Q shooting suspect motivated by hate? Court begins to look at evidence
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — Preliminary hearings began Wednesday in the trial of Club Q shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, who allegedly opened fire in a Colorado LGBTQ bar in November 2022.
Aldrich is nonbinary, accord…
First lady Jill Biden in Africa to show administration’s commitment, White House says
TARA METTE/AFP via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden arrived in Namibia on Wednesday, the first stop on a trip meant to show the administration’s commitment to Africa, according to a White House official.
She was accompanied by her gra…
Ernie Hudson talks about being “pushed aside” by ‘Ghostbusters’ studio
ABC AudioErnie Hudson reprised his role as Winston Zeddemore in the hit Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and his character is a beloved part of the franchise. However, it wasn’t always that way.
In an interview with SiriusXM’s Gary Dell’Abate and Rahsaan Roge…
‘The Last of Us’ has its ‘Game of Thrones’ Starbucks cup moment
HBOWhen the makers of Game of Thrones accidentally forgot to strike somebody’s Starbucks cup from a table in Westeros, it became a viral sensation; same when The Mandalorian gang didn’t spot an errant crew member in a shot in the middle of a gunfight. …
Minneapolis closes schools as city braces for massive winter storm
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A massive winter storm is wreaking havoc on a large swath of the country, including in Minneapolis, where the city is bracing for a potentially historic snowstorm.
Minneapolis is forecast to get more than 17 inches of snow, which…
Ohio train derailment: Norfolk Southern could have been more ‘aggressive,’ EPA administrator says
Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said he thinks Norfolk Southern Railway could have been more “aggressive” in its initial response to the hazardous train derailment in Ohio.
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Man, 100, killed in hit-and-run, police searching for suspect
Oakland Police Department(OAKLAND, Calif.) — Police in Oakland, California, said they’re searching for the driver who struck and killed a 100-year-old man in a hit-and-run.
Tzu-Ta Ko, a 100-year-old from Oakland, was hit at an intersection just after…
Russia-Ukraine war: Key events in the year since Russia invaded Ukraine
Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Feb. 21, 2022, that he had recognized two Russian-backed separatist areas in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent states.
Ukrainian Presid…
How added and too much sugar affects the body, plus easy alternatives to add sweetness
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Everyone has different relationships with diet and sugar, but when that sweet tooth turns on, it can be hard to combat cravings in a healthy way.
ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jennifer Ashton lent her…
Kelsey Grammer “would’ve loved” for Kirstie Alley to be in ‘Frasier’ revival
Paramount/Gale AdlerKelsey Grammer recently teased some “OG” cast members popping up in the upcoming Paramount+ revival of his 1990s sitcom Frasier, but he’s disappointed that his former Cheers co-star, Kirstie Alley, who died in December from stage 4 …