Is there a pharaoh’s curse?
Some are wondering if a plan to move 22 mummies this weekend is to blame for a series of unlucky events in Egypt. ABC News' Will Ganss reports.
Some are wondering if a plan to move 22 mummies this weekend is to blame for a series of unlucky events in Egypt. ABC News' Will Ganss reports.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Monday rejected GOP claims Democratic Rep. Maxine Waters was "inciting violence" when she said in Minnesota over the weekend that protesters need "to get more confrontational." House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy said over the weekend he would be forced to take action against her if Pelosi failed to punish Waters herself. "Maxine Waters is inciting violence in Minneapolis — just as she has incited it in the past," McCarthy said in a tweet late Sunday evening.
The U.S. is looking into additional cases of severe side effects possibly linked to the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director Dr. Rochelle Walensky. "These have been a handful of cases, not an overwhelming number of cases," Walensky said at a White House briefing on Monday. The CDC and Food and Drug Administration called for a pause in the use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after six in nearly 7 million recipients reported severe adverse reactions, including blood clotting, once they received it.
For weeks, Russia has been massing troops close to Ukraine in a military buildup on a scale not seen since its invasion in 2014. Analysts, as well as Ukrainian and Western officials, have struggled to understand what the Russian buildup means: It is simply posturing intended to send a message to Ukraine and the Biden administration, or is it genuine preparations for Russian military action or even a full-scale invasion of Ukraine? Right now, only the Kremlin knows the answer.
U.S. immigration enforcement agencies will no longer use the term "illegal alien" in official communications to refer to immigrants in the country, according to two federal government memos distributed on Monday and obtained by ABC News. Immigration and Customs Enforcement as well as Customs and Border Protection will discontinue the use of words "alien," "illegal alien," and "assimilation" from internal policy documents and communications with the public. "In an effort to rebuild public trust and reshape our agency’s image, ICE will make efforts to avoid using terminology that might be perceived by others as offensive or otherwise disparaging," ICE Acting Director Tae Johnson said in an email to employees announcing the change.
In his first trip as the nation's top law enforcement official, Attorney General Merrick Garland visited the sites of two of the worst domestic terrorist attacks in U.S. history -- an effort he said was intended to highlight what happens when racial hatred drives individuals to carry out unspeakable acts of violence against their fellow Americans. In an exclusive interview with ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas in Tulsa, Oklahoma -- which next month will mark the 100th anniversary the nation's worst race massacre -- Garland sought to tie the attacks by a white mob against the city's Black residents to the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building in Oklahoma City 26 years ago. "This is a moment where it's important, you know, to come to a place like this," Garland said.
As the Senate prepares to take up her anti-Asian hate crime bill this week, Sen. Mazie Hirono, D-Hawaii, said Monday the bill represents a chance for lawmakers to "take a stand" against rising anti-Asian attacks. "At a time when the Asian America Pacific Islander community feels under siege and vulnerable, this is a bill that enables the Senate at least, and I know followed by the House, to take a stand and say these kinds of unprovoked attacks targeting Asian Americans are totally unacceptable," Hirono told the hosts of ABC's "The View." Hirono, who is Japanese American, has been leading the Senate effort with Illinois Democrat Sen. Tammy Duckworth to pass legislation following a surge in anti-Asian crimes.
The union that sought to represent Amazon workers in Alabama has accused the e-commerce giant of interfering in the vote that resulted in warehouse employees not forming a labor union. The Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU) said Monday that it filed objections with the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) over the conduct of Amazon during the union election. The union filed a total of 23 objections and is seeking an NLRB hearing to determine if the election results are legitimate.
Attorney General Merrick Garland struck a solemn tone in remarks at the Oklahoma City memorial Monday morning as he recognized the lives lost in the bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building 26 years ago, while drawing a parallel to the domestic terror threat currently facing the homeland. "Although many years have passed, the terror perpetrated by people like Timothy McVeigh is still with us," Garland said. Garland, who will sit later Monday with ABC News Chief Justice Correspondent Pierre Thomas for the first exclusive interview of his tenure as attorney general, played a major role in the investigation and prosecution that brought McVeigh and his co-conspirator Terry Nichols to justice.
Nike is rolling out a new sustainability program to cut down on environmental waste from retail manufacturing. The Nike Refurbished program gives shoppers the opportunity to give new life to previously purchased shoes. To participate in Nike's refurbished program, customers simply return shoes to a Nike store and experts inspect and grade the footwear.
Singer Lance Bass offered some advice to former "Bachelor" star Colton Underwood, who recently came out as gay. Bass, who claimed he was bullied into coming out of the closet in 2006, cautioned Underwood of the potential backlash he might face over how he revealed his sexuality. "This gay community is very diverse, but we can also be very fickle," the NSYNC singer said recently on The Ben and Ashley I Almost Famous Podcast.
GameStop shares surged Monday after new support from legendary individual investor Keith Gill in a rally that comes on the same day the video game retailer announced its chief executive officer was stepping down. The rise comes after Gill, who also goes by the online monikers "Roaring Kitty" and "DeepF***ingValue," posted screenshots on the Reddit forum r/WallStreetBets of his portfolio on Friday. The screenshots from the retail investor who many say started the initial GameStop craze indicate that he exercised his stockpile of call options that were set to expire on Friday, essentially trading them in for 50,000 more shares of the so-called "meme stock."
Russia’s prison service said it is moving the jailed opposition leader Alexey Navalny to a hospital at another prison camp, as Navalny’s allies continue to warn that he is dangerously ill and could die within days. International concerns has been growing for Navalny after his team said his life is “hanging by a thread.” Russia’s Federal Penitentiary Service on Monday said Navalny’s condition was “satisfactory” and that he was being examined by a doctor every day and that he had agreed to start taking vitamins.
All adults in the United States are eligible for COVID-19 vaccines starting Monday, with all 50 states and Washington, D.C., meeting the April 19 deadline President Joe Biden had set for opening eligibility. The April 19 deadline had been moved up from the May 1 goal Biden initially set for all adults to qualify for vaccination. The increased eligibility comes as the one-shot Johnson & Johnson vaccine is on pause while a federal advisory committee evaluates a possible link to a rare but severe blood clotting disorder.
Duchess Kate paid homage to Queen Elizabeth II in a touching way during Prince Philip's funeral. The Duchess of Cambridge paired the look with a Roland Mouret dress that included a bow-like detail near the neckline. Duchess Kate also wore the pearl chocker in 2017 to the queen's and Philip's 70th anniversary event in 2017.
A former sheriff's deputy is in custody after three people were killed in what authorities are calling a domestic incident in Austin, Texas, on Sunday. On Sunday afternoon, Joseph Chacon, the interim police chief of the Austin Police, told reporters that the alleged suspect, Stephen Nicholas Broderick, 41, was on the run and was considered "armed and dangerous." Broderick -- a former deputy at the Travis County Sheriff's Department -- was apprehended on Monday, shortly before 7 a.m. local time, in Manor, Texas, which is about 20 miles outside of Austin, said Manor police.
In a tweet wishing actor Simu Liu a happy birthday, Marvel Studios dropped a "birthday present" for him on social media: The teaser to the pandemic-delayed "Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings." A character from the pages of Marvel Comics since the '70s, Liu plays the title character, a child with special martial arts abilities who is brutally trained from an early age to be a lethal assassin for the villain Wenwu, aka The Mandarin, the leader of the Ten Rings. "That's not going to happen," Shang-Chi responds.
Desiree Lindstrom, the fiancee of late rapper DMX, has broken her silence a week after his sudden death. Taking to Instagram on Saturday, Lindstrom wrote an emotional tribute in honor of the "Party Up" rapper -- real name Earl Simmons -- and shared a sweet photo of the two cuddling.
Luke Bryan, Maren Morris and Chris Stapleton were the big winners at the 56th annual Academy of Country Music Awards, hosted Sunday night by Keith Urban and Mickey Guyton. Carrie Underwood brought the house down with a medley from her new album of gospel hymns, "My Savior," including a duet with gospel legend CeCe Winans.
If you follow any food editors and recipe developers on Instagram for their hunger-inducing feed, chances are Molly Baz is at the top of that list advising you to add a pinch of salt. Ahead of her highly anticipated debut cookbook release, "Cook This Book," Baz joined "Good Morning America" to share more about her uncomplicated recipes like a succulent fried chicken recipe with a creamy, tangy kimchi ranch. Baz's "new kind of foundational cookbook" will help equip readers with the tools to become better, more efficient cooks with clear, teachable techniques and lessons like improvisation and how to balance flavors.
Freezing temperatures and snow are on the way for millions of Americans from Denver to Detroit. Already on Monday morning, snow alerts are up for seven states from Montana to Missouri as this new storm moves out of the Rockies and into the Plains. Snow will hit Denver by Monday late afternoon into Monday evening and will move into Kansas City Monday night into Tuesday.