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Allman Brothers Band founding member Dickey Betts to be celebrated at memorial concert

Art by Taylor W Rushing The life of the late Allman Brothers Band guitarist and co-founder Dickey Betts will be celebrated in February with an all-star concert taking place in Macon, Georgia -- the birthplace of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame group.In Memory of Dickey Betts will take place Feb. 28 at the Macon City Auditorium, with a lineup that includes many musicians who’ve been associated with the Allman Brothers over the years, including ABB's Jaimoe, Warren Haynes, Chuck Leavell, […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025

National News

Here’s why Meta ended fact-checking, according to experts

Carol Yepes/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced plans Tuesday to replace fact-checkers with a user-based system known as "community notes."Fact-checkers who were put in place in the wake of Donald Trump's 2016 election have proven to be "too politically biased" and have destroyed "more trust than they've created," particularly in the United States, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a video posted by the company."The recent elections also feel like a cultural tipping point towards […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025

National News

Wind speeds remain high as Southern California wildfires rage

An ABC News graphic shows the fire risk forecast in Southern California on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Via ABC News.(LOS ANGELES) -- A damaging Santa Ana wind event was peaking early Wednesday and winds were expected to stay strong through early afternoon in Southern California, fueling three wildfires that were quickly expanding early Wednesday around the Los Angeles metro area.The Palisades Fire had grown to at about 2,921 acres, the Eaton Fire was about 1,000 acres and the Hurst Fire […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025

Sports News

Scoreboard roundup — 1/7/25

iStock(NEW YORK) -- Here are the scores from Tuesday's sports events:NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONSuns 104, Hornets 115Rockets 135, Wizards 112Lakers 97, Mavericks 118Timberwolves 104, Pelicans 97Hawks 124, Jazz 121Celtics 118, Nuggets 106Heat 114, Warriors 98NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUEOilers 4, Bruins 0Senators 2, Red Wings 3Stars 5, Rangers 4Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 3Hurricanes 2, Lightning 3Maple Leafs 3, Flyers 2Blues 4, Wild 6Predators 2, Jets 5Flames 3, Ducks 2Golden Knights 4, Sharks 2Copyright © 2025, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

todayJanuary 8, 2025

Music News

Grateful Dead teams with Stündenglass for new collection of gravity infusers

Clayton Call/RedfernsThe Grateful Dead has once again teamed with Stündenglass, makers of the world's first gravity powered infusers, for a new collection that will give their fans a new way to enjoy their smoking experience. The newly launched Grateful Dead x Stundenglass - Legacy Patchwork collection features the company’s popular infuser, as well as a special Modül Dok Deluxe travel set, adorned with over 30 pieces of Dead imagery, including the band's iconic logo and lightning bolt. Each piece is hand dipped so no […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025

Music News

On This Day, Jan. 8, 2016: David Bowie released his final album, ‘Blackstar’

On This Day, Jan. 8, 2016 ...David Bowie released his 25th album, Blackstar, to coincide with his 69th birthday.The record, produced by longtime producer Tony Visconti, wound up being Bowie’s final release, as it came out just two days before his death from liver cancer. The album had been recorded in secret while he was battling the disease, and Visconti described the record as Bowie’s “parting gift” to fans.Blackstar debuted at #1 on the Billboard 200 Album chart, making it […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025

National News

What’s in Jack Smith’s final report on the Trump probes? Recent filings provide some clues

(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) -- Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump and his allies unleashed a legal blitz this week to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith's final report on his classified documents and election interference investigations, successfully convincing the federal judge who dismissed Trump's documents case to issue an emergency injunction temporarily blocking the report's release.While Smith has released many of his findings already -- through four indictments and a lengthy filing outlining the evidence […]

todayJanuary 8, 2025

National News

Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion suspect used ChatGPT to plan attack: Police

Obtained by ABC News(LAS VEGAS) -- Matthew Livelsberger used ChatGPT to help plot the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year's Day, authorities revealed on Tuesday.Police have "clear evidence" that Livelsberger used the generative artificial intelligence tool to "help plan his attack," Sheriff Kevin McMahill of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department told reporters during a press briefing on Tuesday.Livelsberger, an active-duty Army soldier who authorities said died by suicide in the incident, asked […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

National News

Former Virginia nurse charged with felony child abuse amid probe into NICU babies suffering ‘unexplained fractures’

Henrico County, Virginia Sheriff's Office(RICHMOND, Va.) -- A former nurse who was employed at the Henrico Doctors' Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, was charged on Friday with malicious wounding and felony child abuse for allegedly intentionally injuring an infant at the hospital's Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU).Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman of Chesterfield County was charged with one count of felony child neglect which carries up to 10 years in prison, as well as one count of felony malicious wounding for an […]

todayJanuary 7, 2025

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