(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from the weekend’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Dallas 124, LA Clippers 73 New Orleans 98, San Antonio 95 Charlotte 106, Brooklyn 104 Orlando 120, Washington 113 Cleveland 118, Philadelphia 94 New York 130, Milwaukee 110 Indiana 108, Boston 107 Golden State 129, Chicago 128 Phoenix 116, Sacramento 100 LA Lakers 127, Minnesota 91 NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE
Baltimore 27, NY Giants 13 Chicago 41, Jacksonville 17 Cincinnati 37, Houston 31 Kansas City 17, Atlanta 14 NY Jets 23, Cleveland 16 Pittsburgh 28, Indianapolis 24 Carolina 20, Washington 13 LA Chargers 19, Denver 16 Dallas 37, Philadelphia 17 Seattle 20, LA Rams 9 Green Bay 40, Tennessee 14
ABCFew artists in country music had a better year than Gabby Barrett. 2020 brought the young singer her debut, chart-topping single, “I Hope,” her first studio album, Goldmine, and a slew of subsequent chart and streaming records, accolades and awards show nominations.
“I’d probably say unexpected but blessed, if I can put it in a small way,” Gabby reflects, when asked to sum up 2020.
That goes for her personal life, too. The singer announced this year that she and her husband, Cade Foehner, are expecting their first child in early 2021.
“There’s just so many things that I never, never would have guessed — with a pandemic, with being pregnant, with all the accomplishments that have come this year. It’s just been a very big year for me, that I’m very humbled by,” Gabby continues.
It might be easy to chalk up Gabby’s career to overnight success, or assumed that her stint on American Idol fast-tracked her into country music stardom. But that’s not necessarily true. For example, she struggled to grab attention from record labels after her AmericanIdol tenure, and wrote “I Hope” — the song that would go on to be a massive, record-breaking hit debut — when she was unsigned, with no major-label prospects anywhere on the horizon.
Plus, though she may be only 20 years old, she’s been in the music business for nearly a decade already.
“Since I was 11, and I would work hard every single year, I never got things handed to me easily,” Gabby points out. “So to see all these things happening this year, it’s just like I’m spinning on my head.”
The sequel, which landed at the international box office weeks ago, tacked on an estimated $19.4 million overseas, to bring its worldwide haul to $85 million.
As a result of Wonder Woman 1984‘s success, Warner Bros. announced on Sunday that it has fast-tracked a threequel, with Patty Jenkins and Gal Gadot respectively attached to write and star.
“As fans around the world continue to embrace Diana Prince, driving the strong opening weekend performance of Wonder Woman 1984, we are excited to be able to continue her story with our real life Wonder Women — Gal and Patty – who will return to conclude the long-planned theatrical trilogy,” Toby Emmerich, Chairman, Warner Bros. Pictures Group said in a statement obtained by Deadline.
Wonder Woman 1984, also starring Chris Pine, Kristen Wiig, Pedro Pascal, Robin Wright, and Connie Nielsen, simultaneously debuted on HBO Max, which reports it was viewed by “nearly half of the platform’s retail subscribers viewing the film on the day of its arrival, along with millions of wholesale subscribers who have access to HBO Max via a cable, wireless, or other partner services.”
HBO Max also saw the total viewing hours on Friday more than triple in comparison to a typical day in the previous month,” according to the statement.
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(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Authorities are looking at a “number of individuals” and do not believe there is another subject as they investigate an explosion that rocked downtown Nashville on Christmas.
Law enforcement agencies have received nearly 500 tips after a parked recreational vehicle exploded Friday morning, causing extensive damage.
“We are continuing to follow every lead we have,” U.S. Attorney Don Cochran said during a press briefing Saturday afternoon.
FBI agent Doug Korneski declined to confirm if a person of interest has been identified, but he said the FBI is “not looking for another subject.”
“There are a number of individuals that we’re looking at,” Korneski said. “At this point, we’re not prepared to identify any single individual.”
There are no known additional explosive threats at this time, authorities said.
“Nashville is safe,” Metro Nashville Police Chief John Drake said during the briefing. “We feel and know that we have no known threats at this time against our city.”
Authorities urged people to avoid the area, as a curfew is in effect until Sunday afternoon.
Drake asked residents and business owners to “be patient” Saturday while the investigation is underway.
“Just know that your businesses are safe,” Drake said in a video address Saturday afternoon. “We have law enforcement officers at each corner to protect the area, so no one will be allowed access into your business.”
Announcements coming from an RV said a potential bomb would detonate within 15 minutes, police said, before it exploded around 6:30 a.m. Friday, blowing out the windows of nearby buildings. The explosion is believed to have been an intentional act, authorities said.
Officers worked to evacuate nearby buildings before the explosion. The department identified them Friday night as Officer Brenna Hosey; Officer James Luellen; Officer Michael Sipos; Officer Amanda Topping; Officer James Wells; and Sergeant Timothy Miller.
The officers were lauded as heroes during a press conference Friday, as they “took swift action and directed people away from danger,” Nashville Mayor John Cooper said.
“The officers saved lives today,” Drake also said. “They immediately began knocking on doors, not knowing if the bomb was going to go off immediately. They didn’t care about themselves, they didn’t think about that, they cared about the citizens of Nashville.” . Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee also praised the “swift action” of Nashville police and local law enforcement after touring the site of the explosion Saturday morning.
“The damage is shocking and it is a miracle that no residents were killed,” he said on Twitter.
Three people were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Human remains were found at the scene, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News. The remains have not been identified as of Saturday afternoon.
Multiple buildings on Second Avenue were damaged, some extensively, authorities said.
Gov. Lee said he has requested an emergency declaration from President Donald Trump “to support ongoing efforts and relief.”
The vehicle exploded outside an AT&T transmission building. Service continues to be impacted in Nashville and surrounding areas because of damage to its facilities.
A fire reignited overnight, leading to the evaluation of the building, AT&T said in a statement Saturday morning. Teams have drilled holes into the building in an attempt to reconnect power to critical equipment, and are also rerouting services to other facilities in the area, it said.
The company has set up two portable cell sites in downtown Nashville, “with numerous additional portable sites being deployed in the Nashville area and in the region,” it said.
The Federal Aviation Administration has issued a temporary flight restriction for Nashville, classifying the airspace as National Defense Airspace. Pilots who do not follow the restriction could be detained, the FAA warned.
The FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives are leading the investigation. The FBI has fielded nearly 500 tips as of Saturday afternoon, authorities said.
The FBI is asking anyone with information to submit a tip on its website.
ABC News’ Josh Hoyos, Ahmad Hemingway and Sam Sweeney contributed to this report.
pinkomelet/iStockBy ROSA SANCHEZ, EMILY SHAPIRO, and IVAN PEREIRA, ABC News
(NEW YORK) — A pandemic of the novel coronavirus has now infected more than 79.8 million people worldwide and killed over 1.7 million of them, according to real-time data compiled by the Center for Systems Science and Engineering at Johns Hopkins University.
Here’s how the news is developing today. All times Eastern.
Dec 26, 11:12 am Increase in MIS-C in children seen
An increasing number of children are being infected with Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome (MIS-C), according to a statement Saturday relased by Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors Chair Hilda L. Solis, Supervisor to the First District.
“It is heartbreaking that every day, more than 14,000 Los Angeles County residents are testing positive for COVID-19. It is even more painful to see an increasing number of children being infected by MISC-C. There is a misconception that COVID-19 only impacts those who are older or those with underlying health conditions. At this point in the crisis, we can say for certain that COVID-19 causes severe consequences in people of all ages, including children, and even without underlying health conditions. In Los Angeles County, the Latinx community is bearing the brunt of COVID-19 and MISC-C cases,” the statement read.
There have been 51 total cases of MIS-C in children, including one child death. All 51 children with MIS-C were hospitalized and nearly 50% of the children were treated in the ICU. Of the children with MIS-C, 31% were under the age of 5 years old, 38% were between the ages of 5 and 11 years old, and 31% were between the ages of 12 and 20 years old. Latinx children account for nearly 73% of the reported cases, according to the statement.
Experts say the inflammatory syndrome, recently named by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as Multisystem Inflammatory Syndrome in Children (MIS-C), resembles toxic shock syndrome and Kawasaki disease, itself a rare inflammatory disease typically affecting children under the age of five, and has the potential to be deadly. -Matthew Fuhrman, Olivia Rubin, Soo Rin Kim
Dec 26, 9:07 am Boston Medical Center responds to report of doctor’s serious allergic reaction to Moderna vaccine
“The employee received the Moderna vaccine Thursday and as is our standard practice was being observed post vaccination by trained nurses. He felt he was developing an allergic reaction and was allowed to self-administer his personal epi-pen. He was taken to the Emergency Department, evaluated, treated, observed and discharged. He is doing well today,” Boston Medical Center said in a statement to ABC News.
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Dec 26, 8:57 am 7 million people traveled by plane in last 7 days
Despite health official warnings to stay home this holiday season, and while overall air travel is down nearly 60% from this time last year, the Transportation Security Administration’s numbers have jumped, showing more than 7 million people hitting the skies in the past seven days, according to a “Good Morning America” report Saturday.
Over 7.8 million travelers were screened by the TSA since last Friday, Dec. 18 — the busiest stretch of travel since the beginning of the pandemic. Dec 26, 12:35 am Doctor has serious allergic reaction to Moderna vaccine for 1st time
A person receiving the Moderna vaccine has had a serious allergic reaction apparently for the first time.
Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, a geriatric oncology fellow at Boston Medical Center, had the serious reaction when receiving the vaccine earlier this week.
“The employee received the Moderna vaccine Thursday and as is our standard practice was being observed post vaccination by trained nurses,” Boston Medical Center said in a statement Friday. “He felt he was developing an allergic reaction and was allowed to self-administer his personal epi-pen. He was taken to the Emergency Department, evaluated, treated, observed and discharged. He is doing well today.”
There have been a handful of reports about recipients of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine suffering allergic reactions, but this is the first known via Moderna’s shot.
Sadrzadeh told ABC News that he specifically chose to get the Moderna vaccine — as opposed to Pfizer’s vaccine — because he had a history of allergic reactions.
At the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices hearing last week discussing approval for the vaccine, Moderna scientist Dr. Jacqueline Miller discussed some cases in the trials.
“At the time of our EA submission, we’ve had two anaphylaxis reactions that have been reported as unsolicited and one was in a placebo group occurring 10 days after the first [shot],” Miller told the panel. “And that subject has reported a history of allergy to shellfish.”
Sadrzadeh also had a shellfish allergy.
“They injected the vaccine, and just like less than a minute after injecting the vaccine, I felt that my heart is racing,” he told ABC News late Friday. “I asked the nurses to come and just take my vital signs … and interestingly, for the first time in my life, I saw my heart rate is 154. I felt like tingling, numbness in my tongue and also in my throat. It was like a similar feeling that I had before with my allergic reaction.”
Sadrzadeh said his blood pressure was so low it did not register on the machine and at that point asked if he could inject himself with his EpiPen.
“It was not the first time that I had this experience, but I would say that it was the worst experience after my first experience at age 11,” he added.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s foremost infectious disease expert, said people who are prone to these types of severe allergic reactions might want to get their vaccine at a medical facility that’s equipped to take care of them, in case they experience a severe reaction.
ABC News’ Zohreen Shah and Sean Sanders contributed to this report.
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