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Correspondent Terry Moran out at ABC News, two days after suspension over Stephen Miller post

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Correspondent Terry Moran is out at ABC News, two days after the network suspended him for an online remark that Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller was a โ€œworld-class hater.โ€.

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ABC's Terry Moran is suspended following his social media post calling Trump and Miller haters

Read full article: ABC's Terry Moran is suspended following his social media post calling Trump and Miller haters

ABC News has suspended veteran correspondent Terry Moran for a since-deleted social media post calling Trump administration deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller a โ€œworld class hater.โ€.

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Did Donald Trump โ€” or ABC News โ€”choose who would interview the president? Why does it matter?

Read full article: Did Donald Trump โ€” or ABC News โ€”choose who would interview the president? Why does it matter?

President Donald Trump's remark to Terry Moran in an ABC News interview โ€” that it was his choice to whom he would grant an interview โ€” exposes a delicate question for journalists.

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ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

Read full article: ABC agrees to give $15 million to Donald Trump's presidential library to settle defamation lawsuit

ABC News has agreed to pay $15 million toward Donald Trumpโ€™s presidential library to settle a defamation lawsuit over anchor George Stephanopoulos' inaccurate on-air assertion that the president-elect had been found civilly liable for raping writer E.

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To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories

Read full article: To fight misinfo, news outlets are putting plans in place to combat false election night stories

In election night planning, news outlets are being mindful that they have to keep watch on what doesn't happen along with what does.

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White House hosts first meeting with Trump, Harris transition teams

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Representatives for former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harrisโ€™ transition teams met for the first time at the White House, the Biden administration announced Wednesday, as the outgoing administration plans to smooth the handoff to whomever wins in November.

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Money rolls in on US election bets after judge clears the way

Read full article: Money rolls in on US election bets after judge clears the way

People began betting on which political party would win control of Congress in the November elections within minutes of a federal judgeโ€™s ruling allowing the bets โ€” the only ones to be legally approved by a U.S. jurisdiction.

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CBS' '60 Minutes' plans its presidential candidate showcase. But will Trump and Harris show?

Read full article: CBS' '60 Minutes' plans its presidential candidate showcase. But will Trump and Harris show?

โ€œ60 Minutesโ€ has scheduled its quadrennial interview special with presidential candidates, and it won't be on a Sunday night.

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More than 67 million people watched Donald Trump and Kamala Harris debate. That's way up from June

Read full article: More than 67 million people watched Donald Trump and Kamala Harris debate. That's way up from June

An estimated 67.1 million people watched the presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

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As Trump and Harris spar, ABC's moderators grapple with conducting a debate in a polarized country

Read full article: As Trump and Harris spar, ABC's moderators grapple with conducting a debate in a polarized country

They faced the challenge of moderating what is probably the only general election debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

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Jacksonville voters react to Harris-Trump debate

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Democrat and Republican voters across Jacksonville came together Tuesday night at separate watch parties for the highly-anticipated presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump.

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TELL US: What did you think about the presidential debate?

Read full article: TELL US: What did you think about the presidential debate?

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump faced off Tuesday in the first and possibly only presidential debate before Election Day.

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It's not just Harris and Trump who have a lot at stake in next week's debate. ABC News does, too

Read full article: It's not just Harris and Trump who have a lot at stake in next week's debate. ABC News does, too

Everyone knows how much is at stake for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during Tuesday's presidential debate, the only one they have scheduled during their compressed campaign.

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How to watch the presidential debate between Trump and Harris

Read full article: How to watch the presidential debate between Trump and Harris

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are set to meet next week for the first time in person at their only scheduled debate this election season.

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ABC's rules for the Harris-Trump debate include muted mics when candidates aren't speaking

Read full article: ABC's rules for the Harris-Trump debate include muted mics when candidates aren't speaking

Next monthโ€™s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump wonโ€™t have an audience, live microphones or written notes.

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Prominent Democrat Schiff calls for Biden to withdraw, but party aims to nominate before convention

Read full article: Prominent Democrat Schiff calls for Biden to withdraw, but party aims to nominate before convention

California Rep. Adam Schiff has become the highest-profile Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, as the party pushes ahead with plans to hold a virtual vote to formally make Biden its nominee in the first week of August.

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Severe turbulence during Singapore Airlines flight leaves several people badly injured. One man died

Read full article: Severe turbulence during Singapore Airlines flight leaves several people badly injured. One man died

Singapore Airlines says one of its flights hit severe turbulence over the Indian Ocean and descended 6,000 feet in about three minutes.

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Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief

Read full article: Kim Godwin out as ABC News president after 3 years as first Black woman as network news chief

Kim Godwin is out as ABC News president after three years as the first Black woman to lead a television network news division.

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Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during first few weeks in Russian jail

Read full article: Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during first few weeks in Russian jail

WNBA star Brittney Griner says she thought about killing herself during her first few weeks in a Russian jail after her 2022 arrest on drug-related charges.

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Two networks announce GOP presidential debates just days apart at same New Hampshire school

Read full article: Two networks announce GOP presidential debates just days apart at same New Hampshire school

Two television networks have said they will hold separate Republican presidential debates at the same location in New Hampshire just ahead of that stateโ€™s GOP primary next month, but officials at Saint Anselm College said they were only aware of one of the events.

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Ex-network investigative journalist pleads guilty to child pornography charges

Read full article: Ex-network investigative journalist pleads guilty to child pornography charges

A former investigative journalist for ABC News has pleaded guilty to federal child pornography charges.

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ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims

Read full article: ABC News crew spends year in Uvalde, documents journey of survivors, families of shooting victims

Coverage of mass shootings have seemingly taken on a numbing sameness.

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Ex-ABC journalist charged in child sexual exploitation case

Read full article: Ex-ABC journalist charged in child sexual exploitation case

Federal authorities say a well-known former investigative journalist for ABC News has been arrested on a charge of โ€œtransportingโ€ images depicting the sexual abuse of children.

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Barbara Walters, TV news pioneer and creator of โ€˜The View,โ€™ dies at 93, ABC News says

Read full article: Barbara Walters, TV news pioneer and creator of โ€˜The View,โ€™ dies at 93, ABC News says

Barbara Walters, a trailblazing television news anchor credited as becoming the first female anchor of an evening news program, has died, according to ABC News, where she was a longtime anchor and correspondent. She was 93.

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Media preps for 2022 election with focus on democracy issues

Read full article: Media preps for 2022 election with focus on democracy issues

Democracy issues were once an afterthought in election night coverage, with an occasional report on broken voting machines in a polling place or two.

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ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust race remarks

Read full article: ABC suspends Whoopi Goldberg over Holocaust race remarks

Whoopi Goldberg has been suspended for two weeks as co-host of โ€œThe Viewโ€ because of what the head of ABC News called her โ€œwrong and hurtful commentsโ€ about Jews and the Holocaust.

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ABC News draws fire for editing of CDC director's interview

Read full article: ABC News draws fire for editing of CDC director's interview

ABC News is under fire for how it edited an interview that CDC Director Rochelle Walensky gave to โ€œGood Morning America.โ€.

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Baldwin to ABC about shooting: 'I didn't pull the trigger'

Read full article: Baldwin to ABC about shooting: 'I didn't pull the trigger'

ABC News has released a clip in which Alec Baldwin tells George Stephanopoulos that he did not pull the trigger on a gun that went off on a New Mexico film set, killing a cinematographer.

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Buried treasure: Workers recover $25,000 accidentally thrown away by family

Read full article: Buried treasure: Workers recover $25,000 accidentally thrown away by family

Itโ€™s a good bet that just about all of us have thrown something away on accident.

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Kim Godwin named ABC News president, CBS' Zirinsky to exit

Read full article: Kim Godwin named ABC News president, CBS' Zirinsky to exit

ABC has appointed Kim Godwin as its news division president, making her the first Black woman to serve as the top news executive at a network news division.

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ABC News to air newsmagazine on the Black experience

Read full article: ABC News to air newsmagazine on the Black experience

This combination photo shows, from left, Carmelo Anthony, Nick Cannon, David Alan Grier, John Ridley and Danny Glover who will be featured on "Soul of a Nation," an ABC newsmagazine focused on Black life in America. (AP Photo)NEW YORK โ€“ ABC News says that next month it will begin airing โ€œSoul of a Nation,โ€ which the network believes is the first prime-time broadcast newsmagazine focused on Black life in America. The network has committed to six episodes that will air on consecutive Tuesday nights. It illustrates the opportunity to both speak to a Black audience and educate others about what is going on in the community. ___This story has been corrected to show that the name of the series creator is Marie Nelson, not Marie Roberts.

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James Goldston stepping down as top ABC News executive

Read full article: James Goldston stepping down as top ABC News executive

FILE - ABC News President James Goldston attends the International Women's Media Foundation's 26th Annual Courage in Journalism Awards in New York on Oct. 21, 2015. Goldston said Thursday that he will leave the network at the end of March, after seven years leading the news division. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP, File)NEW YORK โ€“ ABC News President James Goldston said Thursday that he will leave the network at the end of March, after seven years of leading the news division. The low-profile Goldston leaves at a time ABC's flagship newscasts, โ€œWorld News Tonightโ€ and โ€œGood Morning America," are both leading its rivals in the ratings. Peter Rice, chairman of general entertainment content for ABC parent Walt Disney Co., praised Goldston for his work, particularly during the pandemic and 2020's political upheaval.

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Retired ABC News correspondent killed in Ponte Vedra Beach bicycle crash

Read full article: Retired ABC News correspondent killed in Ponte Vedra Beach bicycle crash

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. โ€“ The 77-year-old bicyclist killed Monday after he was caught up in a crash near Micklerโ€™s Landing in Ponte Vedra Beach was a retired correspondent with ABC News. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the bicyclist died at the scene after a collision with the front of the truck on A1A near Mickler Road on Monday afternoon. Troopers said a pickup truck was traveling northbound on State Road A1A in the left turn lane at Mickler Road around 1:30 p.m. The truck then attempted to turn left onto Mickler Road and collided with the left side of a car that was traveling southbound on State Road A1A. Oโ€™Brien was an attorney and covered the U.S. Supreme Court for ABC News for more than 22 years.

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After tense night, election mystery remains for media

Read full article: After tense night, election mystery remains for media

A man stops to watch election returns on electronic billboards in Times Square, Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020, in New York. Cable and broadcast news divisions followed the story closely, even as they learned that election night coverage was a relative dud with viewers. An estimated 56.9 million people watched coverage over 21 networks during primetime hours Tuesday, down sharply from the 71.4 million viewers on election night 2016, the Nielsen company said. For weeks, media outlets had warned that Americans would need patience on election night and beyond, and that turned out to be their most accurate prediction. Even if Biden won the presidency, Democrats were sure to face questions about why the race was so close and why predicted gains in Congress didn't materialize.

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Networks line up election law experts for vote coverage

Read full article: Networks line up election law experts for vote coverage

Television networks are adding experts in election law to their election night coverage teams. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)NEW YORK โ€“ Television networks are adding experts in election law to their election night coverage teams so they're prepared to explain legal challenges or irregularities that may come up during the vote. ABC and NBC have made similar arrangements, although some of those experts will have more offscreen roles. โ€œI think everyone recognizes that.โ€NBC News has hired a firm that specializes in election law for advice and to provide lawyers who can appear on the air if they need to, said division president Noah Oppenheim. Marc Burstein, the network's top elections producer, said ABC believes it's best for viewers to see faces they're familiar with.

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In head-to-head town halls, Biden beats Trump in audience

Read full article: In head-to-head town halls, Biden beats Trump in audience

(AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)NEW YORK โ€“ It's not the tally that really matters, but Joe Biden scored something of an upset over President Donald Trump. In their dueling town halls, the Democratic presidential candidate reached more viewers on ABC than Trump did for NBC News Thursday night. The Biden town hall reached 14.1 million people on ABC between 8 and 9 p.m. and Trump had 13.5 million combined on NBC, CNBC and MSNBC, the Nielsen company said. โ€œWell, that just happened,โ€ MSNBC's Rachel Maddow said as soon as Trump's town hall with Savannah Guthrie ended, proceeding to launch into a lengthy fact-check. The Biden town hall, with questions from the audience and moderator George Stephanopoulos, lasted 90 minutes.

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The Latest: Trump raises $247.8M in Sept., far behind Biden

Read full article: The Latest: Trump raises $247.8M in Sept., far behind Biden

President Donald Trump speaks during an NBC News Town Hall with moderator Savannah Guthrie, at Perez Art Museum Miami, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2020, in Miami. His Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, participated in an ABC town hall from Philadelphia at the same time. __9:50 p.m.Democrat Joe Biden says President Donald Trump has not been โ€œchastenedโ€ by the claims of racial injustice that have marked his presidency. ___9:20 p.m.President Donald Trump tried to end his contentious town hall meeting on a positive note. ___9:15 p.m.President Donald Trump demurred when asked whether he supports overturning Roe v. Wade.

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Pandemic forces journalists to rethink campaign coverage

Read full article: Pandemic forces journalists to rethink campaign coverage

When the coronavirus shutdown began, Raddatz figured her plan for a cross-country road trip to meet voters would be shelved, too. The pandemic that instantly changed the 2020 presidential campaign forced news organizations to reevaluate coverage plans, too. For months, news executives wondered if they would be covering a campaign without campaigning, although it has grown more public after Labor Day. The journalists have spotted stories that may not be strictly political but give insight into what communities are thinking about. While some may denigrate day-to-day event coverage, it does give journalists the ability to evaluate candidates in different situations, along with ask questions.

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Some worry that White House briefings are a broken tradition

Read full article: Some worry that White House briefings are a broken tradition

NEW YORK A few times each week, reporters sit in the White House briefing room to fire questions at the Trump administration's press secretary as she stands at a podium to respond. McEnany, President Donald Trump's fourth press secretary, restored the briefing after it was dormant for more than a year. With a boss who routinely attacks the press, McEnany has no problems doing the same. This needs to be an aberration.Politics in the White House? Symbolically, a White House press secretary's office is midway between the Oval Office and press room, illustrating how the person is responsible to both occupants.

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Mother of 2 Goes Into Hospital to Have Cyst Removed, Ends Up Dead the Next Day

Read full article: Mother of 2 Goes Into Hospital to Have Cyst Removed, Ends Up Dead the Next Day

When a young mother of two was admitted to a New York City hospital, her family expected it to be a routine procedure. Abreus family, including her mother and two daughters, 2 and 9, are now seeking $50 million in damages from Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx and New York City Health + Hospital. Abreu went to the hospital last month to have a cyst removed from her left thigh. Rubenstein said he believes the procedure went awry and Abreu went into cardiac arrest on the operating table as a result of the anesthesia. New York City Health + Hospitals told InsideEdition.com in a statement, The health and safety of our patients is always our number one priority.

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Florida Day Care Worker Wanted for Allegedly Attacking 8-Month-Old Baby Boy

Read full article: Florida Day Care Worker Wanted for Allegedly Attacking 8-Month-Old Baby Boy

Police in Florida are searching for a day care worker who investigators say fled after assaulting a baby boy in her care last week in an attack that was caught on camera. Davis said workers at the day care said they were unsure of what happened to the baby, but she insisted on seeing the facilitys surveillance footage. What could he have possibly done to deserve this? Davis told the Independent Florida Alligator. Officials at the Cuddle Kids Academy day care said they are working with law enforcement to investigate the incident. Our thoughts and prayers are with the impacted family," the day care said in a statement.

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ABC news political commentator Cokie Roberts dies at 75

Read full article: ABC news political commentator Cokie Roberts dies at 75

(CNN) - Veteran journalist Cokie Roberts, winner of three Emmys and a legend and trailblazer in broadcasting, has died at the age of 75, ABC News announced. Robert worked in television, public radio and publishing for over 40 years. She began her tenure at ABC as a contributor for "This Week with David Brinkley" and later became ABC's chief congressional analyst. Roberts is survived by her husband Steve V. Roberts and her children Lee Roberts and Rebecca Roberts, her grandchildren Regan, Hale and Cecilia Roberts and Claiborne, Jack and Roland Hartman, along with nieces, nephews, and cousins. The-CNN-Wire & 2019 Cable News Network, Inc., a Time Warner Company.

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Staffers unhappy with Spicer being on 'Dancing with the Stars'

Read full article: Staffers unhappy with Spicer being on 'Dancing with the Stars'

CNN image(CNN) - Tom Bergeron isn't the only person who's unhappy about the casting of Sean Spicer on "Dancing With the Stars." Some staffers at ABC News are "up in arms," as one source put it, over the decision by ABC's entertainment division. The network is casting the former White House press secretary, best known for his obfuscation on behalf of President Trump, for what's supposed to be a delightful dance-off. But for "GMA" to lean into it -- by setting up a faux White House podium for his intro on Wednesday -- is problematic. Responding to Bergeron's statement, Spicer told CNN Business, "I think Tom has been a great host.

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Millionaire Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide in jail

Read full article: Millionaire Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide in jail

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - ABC News reported overnight that millionaire Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide. He was found unresponsive in his Manhattan jail cell early Saturday morning. View newer story on Epstein's apparent suicideEpstein was being held without bond, awaiting trial for charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking. He pleaded not guilty to all charges, and a judge said he would not face trial until June of 2020. The report came hours after news of hundreds of court documents detailing Epstein's allegations were unsealed.

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Millionaire Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide in jail

Read full article: Millionaire Jeffrey Epstein dies by suicide in jail

MANHATTAN, N.Y. - ABC News reported overnight that millionaire Jeffrey Epstein died by suicide. He was found unresponsive in his Manhattan jail cell early Saturday morning. Epstein was being held without bond, awaiting trial for charges of conspiracy and sex trafficking. He pleaded not guilty to all charges, and a judge said he would not face trial until June of 2020. Copyright 2019 by WJXT News4Jax - All rights reserved.

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