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The Good Brigade/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- A federal appeals court ruled this week that Texas hospitals and doctors are not required to perform emergency abortions despite guidance from the Biden administration. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit, in a unanimous decision on Tuesday, said the federal government had misinterpreted the Emergency Medical Treatment and Labor Act (EMTALA) and that the law "does not mandate any specific type of medical treatment, let alone abortion.&quo...

PonyWang/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Health officials in Suffolk County, New York, are warning the public that cases of the respiratory bacterial infection called pertussis, also known as whooping cough, have been on the rise in the area. In Suffolk County, 108 cases of pertussis were reported or suspected in 2023. One hundred of those cases have been reported since Nov. 28, 2023, a spokesperson for the Suffolk County Department of Health Services told ABC News. Officials say there have been no kn...

Postponement granted in start of trial for Rushdie assailant... Author Salman Rushdie's plans to publish a book about a 2022 attempt on his life has delayed the start of the trial of his alleged...

Courtesy of Sean Cullen(NEW YORK) -- Dr. Sean Cullen, of New York, was 9 years old when his 9-month-old brother Kevin died due to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, a common respiratory virus. Today, nearly 30 years later, Cullen works as both a laboratory researcher and neonatologist at New York-Presbyterian Alexandra Cohen Hospital for Women and Newborns at Weill Cornell, the same neo-natal intensive care unit, NICU, where Kevin was treated. Cullen, one of six siblings, said his youngest sib...

Warner Bros.Wonka sweetened its North American box office haul with an additional $22.7 million between Friday and Sunday, and is expected to reach an estimated $29.5 million for the long New Years weekend. That brings the Timothée Chalamet-led movies three-week domestic gross to $140.2 million and around $400 million worldwide. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom took second place, grabbing an $18.3 million over the three-day weekend and an estimated $23.5 million from Friday through Monday, bring...

Mint Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Hundreds of sealed court filings pertaining to the late sex-offender Jeffrey Epstein are set to be made public this week, and several prominent names -- including Britains Prince Andrew and former President Bill Clinton -- are expected to appear in the documents. U.S. District Judge Loretta Preska ruled earlier this month there was no legal justification for continuing to conceal the ex-presidents name and more than 150 names other "John and Jane Does&q...

Tim P. Whitby/Getty ImagesTom Wilkinson, best known for roles in The Full Monty and Michael Clayton, has died at age 75. According to The Associated Press, a statement from his agent confirmed the British actor passed away suddenly at home on Saturday. No further details were given. Wilkinson was nominated for a best supporting actor Oscar for his role in the 2007 George Clooney-starring film Michael Clayton. He also received a best actor nod for his role in the 2001 film In the Bedroom. He play...

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) -- The Los Angeles County Sheriffs Department released body camera footage on Friday of a deputy-involved shooting of a 27-year-old woman after they entered her home responding to a domestic violence call that she made. Niani Finlayson was allegedly shot and killed in her home in Lancaster, California, after an officer fired four shots at her on Dec. 4, the LASD said. She called the police because she claimed that her boyfriend would not leave her alone, a...

ATU Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- For at least a decade, Chris Van Bibber had been prevented from donating blood. The 35-year-old from Salt Lake City, Utah -- who is openly gay -- was restricted due to rules set in place by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that did not allow sexually active gay men from donating. However, this past May, the FDA dropped all restrictions specific to gay and bisexual men donating blood, moving to a new blood donation risk assessment tool that is the s...

Getty ImagesVariety has compiled its list of the years 100-most-watched telecasts, and as always, the NFL remains unchallenged for broadcast viewer supremacy: In fact, 19 of the top 20 in that 100 were football matchups, starting with the most-watched show of every year, the Super Bowl. Foxs Super Bowl LVII coverage of the game between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles was the TV champ, with 114,956,000 viewers, according to the trade. The only non-football entry in the top 20 was t...