The real-life ‘Bodyguard’ phenomenon
The hit movie “The Bodyguard” might have been on to something as we take a look at some real-life celebrities who looked no further than their own bodyguard to find true love.
The hit movie “The Bodyguard” might have been on to something as we take a look at some real-life celebrities who looked no further than their own bodyguard to find true love.
Children in London are being offered polio vaccine boosters after sewage samples with the virus were found in multiple areas across the city. The U.K. Health Security Agency announced Wednesday that all children between ages 1 and 9 across the British capital will be eligible to receive an inactivated polio vaccine booster. "While the majority of Londoners are protected from polio, the [National Health Service] will shortly be contacting parents of eligible children aged 1 to 9 years old to offer them a top-up dose to ensure they have maximum protection from the virus," Jane Clegg, chief nurse for the NHS in London, added.
The Justice Department unsealed charges Wednesday against an Iranian national and member of Iran's Revolutionary Guard who prosecutors say tried to arrange the murder of John Bolton, Donald Trump's former national security adviser. The criminal complaint was filed against 45-year-old Shahram Poursafi. Prosecutors allege that Poursafi tried to arrange the murder of Bolton in “likely” retaliation for the murder of top Iranian general Qassem Soleimani, who was killed on January 3, 2020, during the Trump administration.
Former President Donald Trump received a subpoena in the spring for documents related to what he is believed to have failed to turn over to the National Archives, which had recovered 15 boxes of material from his Mar-a-Lago estate in January, sources familiar with the matter tell ABC News. Authorities on Monday searched Trump's Mar-a-Lago home in what sources told ABC News was part of a probe into documents that Trump allegedly improperly took to Mar-a-Lago when he departed the White House, all of which were supposed to have been turned over to National Archives officials.
Authorities have determined that Harmony Montgomery, a little girl who disappeared in 2019, was murdered in Manchester, New Hampshire, in early December 2019, officials announced Thursday. Harmony would be 8 years old if alive today. Harmony's remains have not been found but "multiple sources of investigative information, including biological evidence," led to the conclusion that she's dead, New Hampshire Attorney General John Formella said at a news conference.
Dozens of people were injured on a ride at an amusement park in Germany on Thursday, police said. The incident occurred at a Legoland park in Günzburg in Bavaria around 2 p.m. local time, when two trains on a roller coaster collided, local police said in a statement. The accident occurred when one train on the roller coaster stopped, and a train behind it did not brake fully, crashing into it, police said.
Democrats' likely decision to scrap the state as first-in-the-nation on its presidential nominating calendar -- into a persuasive attack line ahead of the November midterm elections. At the Republican Party of Iowa's annual fundraiser in Des Moines on Wednesday, known as the Lincoln Dinner, national and statewide figures lauded their party's decision to keep the Iowa GOP caucus at the start of the 2024 presidential nominating process, a decades-long tradition that holds pride of place for many Iowans -- but which many Democrats have sought to replace for a move diverse and competitive state.
Officials have cracked the code on what was stinking up southern New Jersey this week, after authorities removed a truck that was releasing chemical fumes on Thursday morning. A tanker truck at a truck stop was releasing a chemical that caused the stench around Paulsboro, Gloucester County, officials said. Gloucester County Emergency Management issued a shelter-in-place around 11:30 p.m. on Wednesday for East Greenwich, Paulsboro, Gibbstown and areas across the Delaware River after the fumes worsened.
On Wednesday, during a 49-day campaign tour of Texas, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Beto O’Rourke snapped at an event attendee who laughed as he was addressing the recent elementary school massacre in Uvalde. During his stop at the Crazy Water Hotel in Mineral Wells, O’Rourke mentioned the shooting that killed 19 kids and two teachers in May -- when an apparent heckler who was holding a Gov. Greg Abbott campaign sign began to laugh before O’Rourke could finish his point criticizing the availability of assault-style weapons. "You could buy two or more, if you want to, AR-15s [and] hundreds of rounds of ammunition and take that weapon that was originally designed for use on the battlefields in Vietnam to penetrate an enemy soldier's helmet at 500 feet and knock him down dead--" O'Rourke said as laughter was heard.
Ohio state troopers and the FBI are pursuing a man who allegedly tried to break into the FBI's Cincinnati office on Thursday. Ohio State Highway Patrol followed the suspect, who was driving a white Ford Crown Victoria, to Clinton County, where shots have been fired, according to officials. The suspect, who officials said is armed with a rifle and wearing body armor, has been contained in a cornfield off Interstate 71 near Wilmington, according to Clinton County Emergency Management.
Eight corrections officers of color were barred from guarding Derek Chauvin in May 2020 – now, they're receiving almost $1.5 million as a settlement for racial discrimination. Chauvin is a former Minneapolis Police officer who has since been convicted in the death of George Floyd. The murder prompted nationwide protests, calling for racial justice and police reform.
Videos on food TikTok can range from celebrity-loved salads and viral tortilla hacks to creative home cooks using a few staple ingredients to stretch your dollar. Williams, who currently works as a cook at an assisted living facility in Southern California, told "Good Morning America" he has worked in kitchens for over 30 years and first learned the value of ingredients to keep the family fed from his grandmother.
One person was killed and three others were injured in a shooting that stemmed from an altercation at a Northern California gym, police said. The three people hurt self-transported to hospitals and are expected to survive, Brentwood police told ABC News. The gunshots rang out just before 2 a.m. outside a 24 Hour Fitness in Brentwood, which is about 55 miles east of San Francisco.
A judge has reportedly sided with Olivia Wilde amid her custody battle with ex-fiance Jason Sudeikis over their two children. On Wednesday, a judge dismissed the custody petition filed by Sudeikis and agreed that their case should be heard in Los Angeles and not in New York, which Sudeikis considered home for the family through the year, according to court documents obtained by People Magazine on Wednesday. The petition had been at the center of headlines after the papers were served to Wilde publicly while she was onstage during a presentation of her upcoming film "Don't Worry Darling" at CinemaCon in Las Vegas.
Three people are dead after a house exploded Wednesday in southern Indiana, officials said. Dozens of firefighters responded to the scene in Evansville, after the blast occurred Wednesday afternoon on the 1000 block of North Weinbach Avenue, officials said. Three deaths have been reported to the Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office as a result of the explosion, Chief Deputy Coroner David Anson said in a statement.
The latest murder of a young woman in Egypt who had allegedly rejected the advances of a fellow student has sparked outrage and renewed calls for Egyptian lawmakers to take action. Islam Mohamed, a 22-year-old student at Al-Shorouk Academy in the Greater Cairo area, was detained early Wednesday on suspicion of killing his 20-year-old classmate, Salma Bahgat. Prosecutors, citing accounts from witnesses and relatives, said Bahgat had had twice declined marriage proposals from Mohamed, who in turn made death threats against her.
The Republican Party's national chair said Wednesday that the best response for conservatives angered by the FBI raid of Donald Trump's Florida residence this week was to "win back" Congress and force "transparency" from law enforcement. Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate was searched by agents on Monday in relation, sources told ABC News, to documents that he took with him when he departed Washington, including some records the National Archives said were marked classified. The operation marked a notable development in one of several legal challenges facing Trump, who has denied all wrongdoing.
Maybelle Blair "could talk about baseball forever," she likes to say. Weeks later, speaking with ABC News, Blair said she hadn't planned on announcing her sexuality that day. Blair herself was a player for the Peoria Redwings in 1948.
With the number of cases of monkeypox rising across the world, and descriptions of rashes from the virus varying from person-to-person, people are concerned that any new bumps might be monkeypox. There are many skin bumps which can be totally normal which can appear like monkeypox, including zits, acne, skin reactions to heavy metals, ingrown hairs or even eczema or psoriasis.
JC Chasez made his TikTok debut with a full head of gray hair. The 'N Sync singer posted a short video on the social media app wearing a pair of glasses, a tan jacket and a white shirt while he looks into the camera asking how this works. "Am I doing this right?" Chasez captioned the clip, tagging fellow band members Chris Kirkpatrick, Lance Bass, Justin Timberlake and Joey Fatone.
Former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are fundraising off Monday's FBI raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate, providing another platform for Trump to capitalize financially on government investigations related to him. Trump's Save America PAC sent out a fundraising email Tuesday morning in which Trump urged supporters to "rush in a donation IMMEDIATELY to publicly stand with me against this NEVERENDING WITCH HUNT."