The network then presented a series of short updates, including a 1:32 court appearance for the suspect charged with killing conservative activist Charlie Kirk, a 28-second summary of a major study on acetaminophen use during pregnancy, and 7:52 of testimony highlights from the opening week of a high-profile au pair trial.
Additional Jan. 16 coverage featured:
- 2:15 on manslaughter charges for a man accused of fatally shooting his neighbor through an apartment wall.
- 5:32 on the rising death toll during Iran’s crackdown on nationwide protests.
- 0:20 of video capturing a controlled avalanche in the Russian Caucasus Mountains.
- 1:23 examining Trump’s call for sharply lower interest rates and what it could mean for monetary policy.
- 4:14 with a senior fellow urging the world to take Iranian arrests and deaths seriously.
- 4:02 profiling a Minnesota toy store handing out free ICE alert whistles.
- 5:36 featuring science communicator Bill Nye reacting to Congress’s funding level for NASA.
- 5:15 on nearly 1.4 million fewer Affordable Care Act sign-ups amid rising premiums.
The broadcast also devoted 5:30 to major reunion tours by Triumph, Guns N’ Roses and Rush, 1:55 to a preview of the NFL playoff weekend, and 2:57 offering tips on how to stick to food-related resolutions. A 2:53 report cited polling that found a majority of Americans view an ICE agent’s fatal shooting of an individual named Good as unjustified, while 1:10 covered a five-year prison sentence for a former South Korean president tied to martial-law charges.
Other quick hits included lawmakers meeting over tariff threats involving Greenland (2:57), a dramatic increase in one man’s ACA premium (5:31), and comments from Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado on the previous U.S. administration’s support for her country (3:32). Weather developments were summarized in a 2:05 piece on a powerful winter storm sweeping the East Coast.
The online throwback phenomenon remained the broadcast’s most distinctive lifestyle feature. Clips showed users adopting hashtags that reference “2016core” and “backto16,” though the report did not attribute the movement to any single influencer or platform. Commentators in the video suggested that rediscovering pre-pandemic moments may be part of the appeal, yet the item stopped short of identifying a definitive cause.
According to the anchor, feeds clogged with 2016 material have created moments of confusion, with some viewers briefly unsure whether new posts are current or archival. The program indicated that the trend grew rapidly during the first weeks of January, intensifying in the days before the broadcast. Screens shared on-air displayed likes and comment counts climbing into the tens of thousands on recycled content.
For additional background on long-term changes in social media habits, the Pew Research Center maintains a regularly updated database of platform usage statistics and demographic shifts (pewresearch.org).
ABC News Live closed its Jan. 16 lineup with several topical specials, including extended interviews, cultural retrospectives and an “All Access” conversation with sports commentator Stephen A. Smith. The full schedule, spanning hard news, health updates and entertainment coverage, underscored the network’s broad editorial approach while offering viewers a snapshot of the day’s most talked-about subjects, chief among them the sudden resurgence of 2016 across today’s social feeds.
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