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Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest crisis he says Trump and Musk created

Tuesday, April 1 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- New Jersey Democratic Sen. Cory Booker on Tuesday morning was still speaking on the Senate floor, staging a filibuster he started at 7 p.m. Monday night, in what he called a protest against the national "crisis" he said President Donald Trump and... Read More.

Invisible crisis: America’s caregivers and the $600 billion unpaid cost of their labor

Friday, February 14 by ABC News

(CHICAGO) -- Janice Will was diagnosed in 2012 with Parkinson's, a condition that causes parts of the brain to deteriorate, causing tremors and balance problems.“When she broke her femur and it was close to the artery…it could have been lights out,” Brandon Will,... Read More.

LA mayor issues housing executive order amid wildfires, crisis

Wednesday, January 15 by ABC News

(LOS ANGELES, Calif.) -- Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has issued an executive order to rebuild homes and businesses that the city lost in the ongoing LA County fires that overall have so far burned more than 40,000 acres and destroyed more than 12,000... Read More.

Wake-up call: LGBTQ crisis hotlines see surge of calls amid presidential election

Wednesday, November 13 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- The Rainbow Youth Project, a national LGBTQ advocacy group, typically fields about 800 calls a month on its crisis outreach hotline. In just 10 days, as the 2024 presidential election came to a head, the organization told ABC News it received roughly... Read More.

FCC approves georouting for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, clearing the way for more localized care

Sunday, October 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- The Federal Communications Commission unanimously voted Thursday to approve new rules requiring all wireless carriers to implement georouting for calls to the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline in a move it says will help "save more lives.""Time and again, across many... Read More.

FCC approves georouting for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, clearing the way for more localized care

Thursday, October 17 by ABC News

New Jersey woman fatally shot by police during mental health crisis, attorney general says

Tuesday, July 30 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Police in Fort Lee, New Jersey, fatally shot a woman who was experiencing a mental health crisis on Sunday, the state attorney general's office said.The woman has not been publicly identified. The incident is now under investigation.Fort Lee Police Department officers... Read More.

Midwives can be an Rx to America’s maternal mortality crisis

Thursday, July 11 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Ashley Watts is getting ready to become a first-time mom.“This pregnancy ride has been very fulfilling,” Watts, 32, told ABC News.For Watts, this pregnancy journey is different. She has previously suffered five pregnancy losses, telling ABC News that she now suffers... Read More.

Biden, in political crisis, holds campaign rally in Wisconsin ahead of pivotal ABC News interview

Friday, July 5 by ABC News

(MADISON, Wis.) -- President Joe Biden heads to 2024 battleground Wisconsin on Friday for a closely-watched campaign rally and a critical interview with ABC News that could prove pivotal to his candidacy and presidency.Biden is under growing pressure from some Democrats to publicly prove... Read More.

“I was gone”: Jamie Foxx speaks about his mysterious health crisis

Monday, July 1 by ABC News

While he doesn't specifically get into what went wrong with him, Jamie Foxx recently revealed the circumstances that led to his mysterious hospitalization in 2023.The Oscar winner was riffing with patrons at a restaurant in Phoenix, Arizona, according to a Read More.

Stories tagged with: crisis

Booker stages Senate filibuster to protest crisis he says Trump and Musk created

Invisible crisis: America’s caregivers and the $600 billion unpaid cost of their labor

LA mayor issues housing executive order amid wildfires, crisis

Wake-up call: LGBTQ crisis hotlines see surge of calls amid presidential election

FCC approves georouting for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, clearing the way for more localized care

FCC approves georouting for 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline, clearing the way for more localized care

New Jersey woman fatally shot by police during mental health crisis, attorney general says

Midwives can be an Rx to America’s maternal mortality crisis

Biden, in political crisis, holds campaign rally in Wisconsin ahead of pivotal ABC News interview

“I was gone”: Jamie Foxx speaks about his mysterious health crisis

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