Author Archives: Syndicated Content

'Wheel of Fortune' co-host Vanna White "whacked in head" by confetti after contestant's historic win
ABC/Ricky MiddlesworthLongtime co-host of Wheel of Fortune Vanna White suffered a minor injury while filming the show. It all went down while filming the episode that ai...
Danielle Long Apr 30, 2021

Ma'Khia Bryant's family gathers for funeral in Ohio
JEFF DEAN/AFP via Getty Images(COLUMBUS, Ohio) -- Ma’Khia Bryant will be laid to rest in a funeral service at the First Church of God in Columbus, Ohio, Friday afternoon. The viewing will start ...
Marlene Lenthang, ABC News Apr 30, 2021

COVID burden shifts to younger Americans with older generations vaccinated
simon2579/iStock(NEW YORK) -- With vaccination rates increasing and coronavirus cases declining across the country, many Americans are feeling a newfound sense of hope, that perhaps, there is finally ...
Arielle Mitropoulos and John Brownstein, ABC News Apr 30, 2021

Anne Douglas, wife of Kirk Douglas, dies at 102
Earl Gibson III/WireImageAfter losing father Kirk Douglas last year, actor Michael Douglas is mourning the death of his stepmother, Anne. The matriarch was 102. In a&nbs...
Megan Stone Apr 30, 2021

So you missed your second COVID shot. Now what?
Bill Oxford/iStock(NEW YORK) -- About five million Americans missed receiving their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data ...
Olivia Davies, ABC News Apr 30, 2021

North Korean defector group claims to have sent leaflets at border in defiance of new law
bedo/iStock(SEOUL, South Korea) -- In defiance of new laws that ban sending anti-Pyongyang leaflets, an anti-North Korean activist group claimed it has launched balloons carrying leaflets and U.S. dol...
Joohee Cho and Hakyung Kate Lee, ABC News Apr 30, 2021

'19 Kids and Counting' star Josh Duggar arrested, held without bond
Washington County Sheriff’s Office via Getty ImagesJosh Duggar, the embattled 19 Kids and Counting star, was arrested Thursday and is being held without bond at an Arkansas Jail. Peopl...
Megan Stone Apr 30, 2021

Afghans fear US withdrawal could stifle progress as Taliban wait in the shadows
KeithBinns/iStock(NEW YORK) -- It's been almost two decades since the United States declared a war on terror, and the country is finally closing the chapter on its longest war. President Joe Biden ann...
Ian Pannell, Bruno Roeber, Kirit Radia and Haley Yamada, ABC News Apr 30, 2021

Woman makes history as ninth Black female pediatric surgeon in US
Cook Children's(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Kanika Bowen-Jallow was eight years into her pursuit of becoming a pediatric surgeon before she met a surgeon who looked like her, as a Black American. Now, Bowen-Jall...
Katie Kindelan, ABC News Apr 30, 2021

Florida legislature passes election bill imposing new restrictions on mail-in voting
directorspence/iStock(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) -- Despite the push from activists, corporate leaders and Democrats to reject legislation imposing new restrictions on voting, late Thursday, the Florida legis...
Quinn Scanlan, ABC News Apr 30, 2021



