Author Archives: Syndicated Content

"Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" cast reflects on film's 50th anniversary
Silver Screen Collection/Getty Images50 years ago today, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory opened in theaters. To celebrate the mega milestone, four of the film's o...
Megan Stone Jun 30, 2021

Arkansas vaccine incentives not working: Health officials
MarsBars/iStock(LITTLE ROCK, Ark.) -- Arkansas's million-dollar stick and carrot has failed to pick up its lagging COVID-19 numbers, according to recent health data. Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson took ...
Ivan Pereira and Libby Cathey, ABC News Jun 29, 2021

Sister of last American hostage held by Taliban begs Biden: 'Get my brother home'
KeithBinns(CHICAGO) -- The sister of the last American hostage being held by the Taliban made a desperate plea this week to President Joe Biden as the U.S. military completes its withdrawal from Afgha...
James Gordon Meek, Ian Pannell, and Sohel Uddin, ABC News Jun 29, 2021

Tina Turner, Depeche Mode & more soundtracking Peloton's All for One festival
Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesIf you're one of those healthy and productive members of society who'll be spending the holiday weekend working out instead of eating and drinking too much, then perhaps yo...
Josh Johnson Jun 29, 2021

In Baton Rouge, stopping a surge in violent crime starts with a basketball hoop
ABC News(BATON ROUGE, La.) -- It is just after 5 p.m. on a muggy, hot Louisiana evening and officers with the Baton Rouge Police Department and deputies from the East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Depar...
Luke Barr, ABC News Jun 29, 2021

COVID outbreak at Illinois summer camp fueled by unvaccinated attendees
Terrence Antonio James/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images(SPRINGFIELD, Ill.) -- A COVID-19 outbreak at a summer camp in Illinois is a reminder that young people are taking a risk by not getting vacc...
Erin Schumaker, ABC News Jun 29, 2021

Biden White House defends Olympian Gwen Berry's right to 'peacefully protest' amid GOP attacks
Patrick Smith/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- As the 2021 Olympic trials pick up speed, so has political controversy surrounding them -- with some Republicans attacking the Biden White House for defending...
Libby Cathey, ABC News Jun 29, 2021

New York, New Jersey see lowest COVID hospitalizations since pandemic started: 'It’s just night and day'
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- In the early days of the pandemic in spring 2020, Dr. Shereef Elnahal said 300 COVID-19 patients a day were filling the beds at University Hospital in Newark, N...
Bill Hutchinson, ABC News Jun 29, 2021

99% of WNBA players fully vaccinated
Julio Aguilar/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Nearly 100% of Women's National Basketball Association players are fully vaccinated against COVID-19, apparently the most among athletes in any North American p...
Alexandra Svokos, ABC News Jun 29, 2021

NYC Board of Elections takes down mayor ranked choice voting results after revealing 'discrepancy'
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- The New York Board of Elections abruptly removed the unofficial vote counts for New York City's Democratic primary for mayor from its website Tuesday night afte...
Oren Oppenheim, ABC News Jun 29, 2021



