(NEW YORK) — The United States continues to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day” amid escalating tensions in the region.
More than 150,000 Russian troops are estimated to be massed near Ukraine’s borders, U.S. President Joe Biden said Tuesday, as U.S. officials have urged all Americans to immediately leave Ukraine.
Biden said Tuesday that the U.S. has “not yet verified” claims by Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Kremlin that Russia was withdrawing some troops from near Ukraine’s borders.
ABC News has learned Putin had told his military forces to be ready to invade by Wednesday, but it remains unclear whether he has made a decision to attack his neighbor. Meanwhile, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has called for a national day of unity Wednesday.
Russia has denied it plans to invade and has demanded the U.S. and NATO bar Ukraine from joining the military alliance.
Here’s how the news is developing Wednesday. All times Eastern:
Feb 16, 5:36 am
Russia releases video showing more troops leaving Crimea
The Russian military released more videos on Wednesday morning purportedly showing troops pulling back from Moscow-annexed Crimea.
The footage aired on Russian state media, with one video showing a trainload of armour being carried across the Russian-built bridge that connects the Russian-controlled Crimean Peninsula to Russia’s mainland. Another video shows military trucks driving out of Crimea across the bridge, which Russian state media described as support troops leaving “exercises.”
However, officials in the West and regional analysts continue to caution that they have not yet seen significant movements of Russian troops pulling back from near Ukraine’s borders.
Meanwhile, massive military exercises continue in neighboring Belarus and are not due to finish until Sunday. Belarusian Minister of Foreign Affairs Vladimir Makei said Wednesday that “not a single” Russian soldier will remain in the country once those drills end.
Feb 16, 5:05 am
Zelenskyy wishes Ukrainians ‘a happy day of unity’
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wished citizens “a happy day of unity” on Wednesday.
Zelenskyy had said on Monday evening that instead of Feb. 16 being “the day of the attack,” he would make it “the day of unity” and declared an impromptu national holiday.
ABC News has learned that Russian President Vladimir Putin had told his military forces to be ready to invade Ukraine by Wednesday, but it remains unclear whether he has made a decision to attack the neighboring country.
“We are all united by our wish to live, to live in peace, to live a happy life with our families, parents and children. We have the full right to all of this, because we’re at home here, in Ukraine,” Zelenskyy said in an address on social media Wednesday morning. “Nobody will love our home as much as we do, and nobody can defend our home as we can. I wish you a happy unity day, my blue-yellow ones, a happy day of unity of Ukraine, in the east and west, in the south and north. It works only together, and when it works, we’re strong.”
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events:
NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION
Atlanta 124, Cleveland 116
Boston 135, Philadelphia 87
Dallas 107, Miami 99
Memphis 121, New Orleans 109
Minnesota 126, Charlotte 120 (OT)
Phoenix 103, LA Clippers 96
Milwaukee 128, Indiana 119
NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE
Buffalo 6, NY Islanders 3
St. Louis 5, Ottawa 2
Tampa Bay 6, New Jersey 3
Pittsburgh 5, Philadelphia 4 (OT)
NY Rangers 2, Boston 1 (SO)
Washington 4, Nashville 1
Calgary 6, Columbus 2
Dallas 4, Colorado 1
Edmonton 5, Los Angeles 2
TOP-25 COLLEGE BASKETBALL
Tennessee 76, Kentucky 63
Villanova 89, Providence 84
Duke 76, Wake Forest 74
Wisconsin 74, Indiana 69
Ohio St. 70, Minnesota 45
Penn St. 62, Michigan St. 58
Texas 80, Oklahoma 78
New Mexico 75, Wyoming 66
Arkansas 76, Missouri 57
Now that we’re home more than ever, we need it to be a place of calm. So here are the things in your home can increase cortisol levels – the stress hormone. This comes from the UCLA Center of Everyday Lives and Families. Rein these in and your life will be a lot calmer:
We’ll start with your kitchen counters. Even if you don’t keep food sitting out – any visual clutter on your counters can raise stress levels. Like having appliances sitting out, mail that needs to be sorted, and cookbooks. And that stress makes us more likely to overeat, and eat unhealthy foods.
Another household stressor is bills and financial papers, like your tax return and receipts. According to the American Psychological Association, 75% of us say finances are a significant source of stress in our lives. So seeing those papers lying around is a constant reminder. That’s why the experts at UCLA say to isolate financial papers in one room of the house.
The experts also say mirrors can be a source of household stress. A report by the Institute of Psychiatry found that looking in a mirror often made people feel stressed about their appearance. So you may want to limit mirrors to the bathroom and a full-length one in the bedroom.
Did you feel more bummed than usual last Monday? This may be the reason: It was “Blue Monday” – and experts say it was the most depressing day of the year. Why?
People are more blue on any Monday. But if you add in the cold weather, the after-holiday letdown, and credit card bills rolling in then, mix in the disappointment of holiday weight gain, and a lack of exercise – and you’ve got a perfect storm for the blues.
But Blue Monday isn’t the only day of the year that messes with our emotions. Some other bummer days include:
Valentine’s Day. Sure, everyone in a relationship is getting roses and chocolates. But a huge survey found that 70 percent of unattached singles stay home on February 14th and have “psychological stress.”
Another hard-to-take day: Tax Day. A Gallup poll of 350,000 people found that “tax day” ranks as one of the most stressful days of the year. In fact, 15 percent of people experience extreme stress on tax day.
And winter in general is a depressing time of year for 5 percent of North Americans with seasonal affective disorder – or SAD. It’s a form of depression typically felt from December through March. It’s thought to be caused by decreased exposure to sunlight during the winter months – which explains why it’s 10 times more common in Alaska than in Florida.
Ready to change your life? Well, most New Year’s Resolutions won’t make it into February. But if your vow involves changing your diet and losing weight here’s a tip from the Journal of Clinical Psychology. Make a plan. You are ten times more likely to stick with your diet if you have a definite plan of action, than if you just have the desire. Also, here are five tips to help you lose weight from Shape magazine. They’re easy and effective.
Weigh yourself weekly. Research shows that people who step on the scale regularly are more likely to keep lost pounds from creeping back on.
Make this the year you get to know soy. Substituting soy for meat and cheese can slash hundreds of calories and fat grams from your diet.
Add more nuts to your diet. If you add more nuts to you diet, you’re increasing the amount of healthy monounsaturated fat you get. And that can help you shed pounds by keeping you full longer.
Keep a food journal. Numerous studies show that people who keep food journals are more likely to lose weight than those who don’t. Because it’s too easy to forget about all those little snacks you have throughout the day but they really do add up.
Cook at home more often. Besides saving you cash, a typical takeout meal has about one thousand to sixteen hundred calories. A home cooked meal will probably be around six hundred to seven hundred calories.
(NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 923,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins University’s Center for Systems Science and Engineering.
About 64.4% of the population in the United States is fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Latest headlines:
-Kids’ hospitalization rate 4x higher during omicron surge than delta surge: Study
-US hospitalizations, cases keep dropping
-Omicron and its sublineages accounting for 100% of new cases
Here’s how the news is developing. All times Eastern.
Feb 15, 7:02 pm
Canada to ease some COVID-19 border entry requirements
Canada will loosen some of its border entry requirements, the country’s Public Health Agency announced Tuesday.
Effective Feb. 28 at 12:01 a.m. ET, fully vaccinated travelers will have the option of using a rapid COVID-19 test to meet pre-entry requirements. The test must be administered by a lab or health care entity the day prior to their scheduled flight or arrival at the land border.
Currently, travelers entering Canada must show proof of a negative molecular test, such as a PCR test, taken within 72 hours of their scheduled flight or planned arrival.
Additionally, fully vaccinated travelers randomly selected to do a molecular test on arrival will no longer be required to quarantine while waiting for their results.
Unvaccinated travelers will continue to be required to test on arrival, and unvaccinated foreign nationals will not be permitted to enter Canada unless they meet an exemption.
The adjustments come as the omicron wave has “passed its peak in Canada,” the Public Health Agency said. “As provinces and territories adjust their public health measures, and as we transition away from the crisis phase, it is now time to move towards a more sustainable approach to long-term management of COVID-19.”
ABC News’ Christine Theodorou
Feb 15, 4:14 pm
Coachella, Stagecoach drop vaccination, mask, testing requirements
There will be no vaccination, testing or mask requirements for this year’s Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals in Southern California.
Coachella will be over two weekends — April 15 to 17 and April 22 to 24 — while Stagecoach is set for the weekend of April 29 to May 1.
Event organizers said the festivals will “be presented in accordance with applicable public health conditions as of the date of the event and which may change at any time as determined by federal, state or local government agencies or instrumentalities, artists or the promoter; such requirements may include, without limitation, changes to capacity, attendance procedures and entry requirements, such as proof of vaccination and/or negative COVID-19 test, and other protective measures such as requiring attendees to wear face coverings.”
Feb 15, 3:03 pm
Kids’ hospitalization rate 4x higher during omicron surge than delta surge: Study
The rate of hospitalizations for children and teenagers was four times higher during the omicron surge than the delta surge, according to a CDC report released Tuesday.
Children under 5 — who are ineligible for vaccination — showed the largest hospitalization rate increase, the report found. Hospitalization rates among kids under 5 were about five times higher during the peak week of omicron than during delta’s peak.
ABC News’ Dr. Alexis E. Carrington and Dr. Meaghan C. Costello
Feb 15, 2:08 pm
Getting vaccinated while pregnant may help prevent hospitalization in babies under 6 months: Study
Getting the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine series during pregnancy may help prevent COVID-19 hospitalizations for babies under 6 months old, according to a CDC report.
Prior studies have shown that mothers could possibly pass on antibodies during pregnancy, but this is the first study showing an association between getting vaccinated and protecting the baby.
The study looked at babies under 6 months who were admitted to the hospital for COVID-19 and compared them to babies under 6 months who were admitted to the hospital for another reason.
The study found babies with mothers who were vaccinated were 61% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19. Of the babies hospitalized with COVID, 84% of their mothers weren’t vaccinated, the study found.
However, this study was conducted when delta was the predominant variant, so more babies need to be studied to see if data changed with omicron. This study also did not look at how effective boosters are in pregnancy.
ABC News’ Dr. Alexis E. Carrington and Dr. Meaghan C. Costello
(NEW YORK) — The ongoing dilemma in the Winter Games involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who is under investigation over alleged use of a banned heart medication, has athletes around the world calling foul.
And while the circumstances around Valieva’s situation stand out from other sports doping cases, given the skater’s age and Russia’s history around doping, athletes’ criticisms that there is a double standard have weight and should prompt changes, according to sports law experts.
“This is a bad look for the sport,” Mark Conrad, the director of the sports business program at Fordham University’s Gabelli School of Business, told ABC News. “It’s worse for the number of athletes and teams who have been playing by the rules.”
Valieva helped the Russian Olympic Committee win the gold in the team skating event. However, on Friday it was revealed she tested positive for a banned drug in December ahead of the Russian Figure Skating Championships, according to the International Testing Agency.
Valieva claimed that her positive drug test was a result of a mix-up with her grandfather’s heart medication, Olympic officials said Tuesday.
It is not known why the test results took more than a month. The medaling ceremony for the team skating event has been indefinitely postponed, but the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Monday that Valieva, 15, could continue to take part in the Games.
The panel said there were several reasons behind its decision, including the skater’s age making her a “protected person” and “that preventing the athlete from competing at the Olympic Games would cause her irreparable harm.”
Valieva took the lead during the first part of the women’s short competition Tuesday.
The panel’s decision and reasoning did not sit well with other Olympians and Olympic hopefuls, including one who made headlines over the summer when she was forced to bow out of the Tokyo Games over a banned substance.
Track and field sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson, who was not allowed to compete in the last Summer Games after she tested positive for marijuana after a qualifying match, questioned the decision on Valieva. Richardson, 21, admitted to using marijuana, which is legal in Oregon, her state of residence, to help cope with the death of her mother.
“Can we get a solid answer on the difference of her situation and mines? My mother died and I can’t run and was also favored to place top 3,” she tweeted Monday. “The only difference I see is I’m a black young lady.”
Richardson followed up with tweets contending that THC, which has been on the World Anti-Doping Agency’s list of banned substances since 2004, is not a performance-enhancing drug.
Conrad said that Richardson had every right to point out the discrepancy between her case and Valieva’s case, especially since the sprinter took full responsibility for using marijuana.
“On the surface, there is a double standard,” he said.
Gabe Feldman, the Sher Garner professor of law at Tulane University and director of the school’s sports law program, told ABC News that the panel’s decision is actually a “triple standard” since there is a well-documented history of doping among some Russian athletes.
Currently, Russian athletes are banned from competing in the Winter Olympics under their own country and flag and can only partake in games under the moniker “Russian Olympic Committee,” as part of a punishment for previously violating doping rules.
“If [the Valieva case] turns out to be more serious, it will be bad for the sport, because the system is designed to prevent athletes from competing,” Feldman told ABC News. “I think it will raise issues about the efficacy of enforcement.”
Richardson wasn’t alone in her dismay over the panel’s decision, as several Olympic skaters also took to social media to decry officials. South Korean figure skater Yuna Kim, who won gold in the 2010 Winter Olympics and the silver four years later, posted an image of a black square in an Instagram post Monday and said athletes who violate the doping should not be able to compete.
“This principle must be observed without exception. All players’ efforts and dreams are equally precious,” she wrote.
Former U.S. figure skater Adam Rippon also questioned the panel’s reasoning that banning Valieva would cause her irreparable harm. Rippon tweeted that harm would be done to the entire Olympic Games.
“I am so angry. The ladies’ event tomorrow is a complete joke. It’s not a real competition and it most likely won’t even have a medal ceremony. So many Olympic experiences stolen from clean athletes who got here without the help of performance-enhancing drugs. What a shame,” he tweeted Monday.
Rippon now coaches Mariah Bell, an American figure skater competing against Valieva. Bell finished in 11th after the short program.
Conrad said the investigation into the Russian skating team is still ongoing and quickly changing, and the consequences could be worse for Valieva if officials find any wrongdoing. While ROC athletes are still allowed to compete in the skating matches, they risk having their medals stripped, Conrad said.
“The arbitrators probably felt there was more to lose to ban her, rather than letting her compete and then later take the medals away,” he said. “It is a humiliating thing to lose a medal.”
Feldman said anti-doping agencies and watchdog groups have to continually play catch-up to the players, teams and Olympic committees that take part in doping, but those groups still need to focus on providing the fairest penalties for each violation.
While Feldman said the agencies take each case with due diligence, he argued they should use this situation to reassess their practices.
“At a minimum, what everyone wants to see is transparency and consistency,” he said.
(NEW YORK) — A fired Minneapolis police officer charged alongside two former colleagues with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the fatal arrest took the witness stand in his own defense on Tuesday, saying he “had a different role” than restraining the 46-year-old handcuffed Black man.
Tou Thao, 35, is the first defendant charged in the high-profile federal case to speak publicly about his actions during the 2020 episode that prompted nationwide protests and resulted in the murder conviction of his then-senior officer Derek Chauvin in state court last year.
Thao’s co-defendants, J. Alexander Kueng, 28, and Thomas Lane, 38, have also informed U.S. District Court Judge Paul Magnuson that they will testify in the trial taking place in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Thao was among the first witnesses called by the defense a day after prosecutors rested their case.
He testified that his dream of becoming a police officer was forged by a childhood experience in which Minneapolis police were called to his home to quell a domestic violence incident involving his abusive father, whom he said beat him and his siblings with an extension cord and threatened them with a gun.
Thao said he was trained to use knees to restrain suspects
He testified that as part of his training in the Minneapolis Police Department he was taught to use his knees to keep a suspect pinned to the ground.
Thao’s attorney Robert Paule, displayed for the jury a photo of Thao taken during training in 2009 at the police academy. It showed him and another cadet pinning a handcuffed actor posing as a suspect to the ground in a prone position. Thao explained that he and the other cadet were using their knees to restrain the suspect.
Thao testified that using a knee as leverage prevents a suspect from rolling around or getting up.
“Just to be clear, is this something that was typically taught at the academy when you were there?” Paule asked as he showed the jury several photos of police cadets in training sessions with their knees on the backs and necks of actors pretending to be suspects.
Thao replied, “Yes.”
Paule then asked, “Were you ever told it’s improper?”
Thao answered, “No.”
Several training supervisors from the Minneapolis Police Department testified for the prosecution that all three defendants appeared to ignore their training as the handcuffed Floyd was being held to the ground and became unconscious. Kueng was captured on police body-camera footage played for the jury saying he couldn’t detect Floyd’s pulse.
Prosecutors alleged that none of the defendants did anything to stop Chauvin’s excessive use of force or provide medical assistance to Floyd when he needed it most.
“Super-human strength”
Thao testified that he and Chauvin were partnered up on the day of the Floyd incident. He said they were eating lunch at their precinct when the call came in about Floyd’s arrest outside a Cup Foods store.
He said that as he and Chauvin were responding to back up Lane and Kueng, a dispatcher called them off. But Thao said he and Chauvin continued to drive to Cup Foods.
“From my experience, Cup Foods is hostile to police. It’s a well-known Bloods gang hangout,” Thao testified, adding that he figured Lane and Kueng would not have been aware of that because they were rookies.
He said that he and Chauvin were initially just going to act as security in case things got out of hand, but when they arrived they found Lane and Kueng struggling to get a combative Floyd into the back of a squad car.
Thao testified that in his eight years as police officer, he had “never seen this much of a struggle.” He said it appeared that Floyd was on some kind of drugs and that he had “super-human strength that more than three officers could handle.”
He testified that Floyd complained that he couldn’t breathe while the officers were trying to get him into the squad car. He noted that such a complaint “became a regular occurrence” after Eric Garner, a 43-year-old Black man, died in 2014 after a New York City police officer placed him in a banned chokehold and he repeatedly complained, “I can’t breathe.”
“I had a different role”
Thao said that he initially suggested using a hobble device to restrain Floyd, but decided against it because he suspected Floyd was experiencing “excited delirium,” a syndrome in which a subject displays wild agitation and violent behavior that can sometimes lead to death. He said the use of a hobble would have required a sergeant’s approval and could have delayed the arrival of emergency medical services.
He told the jury that as Lane, Kueng and Chauvin restrained Floyd on the ground, he radioed dispatch to step up the EMS response and made himself “a human traffic cone” by standing in the street to keep cars from hitting Floyd and the other officers.
Paule asked Thao what his response was to seeing Chauvin, a training officer, with his knee on the back of Floyd’s neck.
“It was not uncommon. We had been trained on it,” Thao said.
He said he was more focused on keeping at bay a growing crowd that had gathered.
Paule then asked why he didn’t get physically involved in dealing with Floyd. Thao responded, “I had a different role. I assumed they were caring for him.”
“I had no idea”
Thao testified that he didn’t realize the seriousness of Floyd’s condition until after paramedics took him away in an ambulance and firefighters arrived on the scene looking to assist paramedics with CPR.
“Did you have any idea up to that point of the seriousness of the medical condition of Mr. Floyd?” Paule asked.
Thao answered, “I had no idea.”
“I kind of connected the dots … OK. I guess this guy was in critical condition when they left,” Thao said.
Under cross-examination from Assistant U.S. Attorney LeeAnn Bell, Thao acknowledged he was aware of Chauvin’s knee on Floyd’s neck, that Floyd had stopped talking and appeared to be unconscious. He also agreed that police are trained to immediately start CPR if someone loses a pulse and there are no paramedics around, and have a duty to intervene when they witness another cop committing a crime.
All three defendants are charged with using the “color of the law,” or their positions as police officers, to deprive Floyd of his civil rights by allegedly showing deliberate indifference to his medical needs as Chauvin kneeled on the back of the handcuffed man’s neck for more than nine minutes, ultimately killing him.
Kueng and Thao both face an additional charge alleging they knew Chauvin was kneeling on Floyd’s neck but did nothing to stop him. Lane, who appeared to express concern for Floyd’s well-being during the encounter, does not face the additional charge.
They have all pleaded not guilty to the charges.
ABC News’ Whitney Lloyd contributed to this report.
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(NEW YORK) — Remington Arms agreed Tuesday to settle liability claims from the families of five adults and four children killed in the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School, according to a new court filing, marking the first time a gun manufacturer has been held accountable for a mass shooting in the U.S.
Remington agreed to pay the families $73 million.
The settlement comes over seven years after the families sued the maker of the Bushmaster XM15-E2S semiautomatic rifle that was used in the 2012 mass shooting in Newtown, Connecticut.
Nicole Hockley, whose son, Dylan, was killed in the shooting, said in a statement, “My beautiful butterfly, Dylan, is gone because Remington prioritized its profit over my son’s safety. Marketing weapons of war directly to young people known to have a strong fascination with firearms is reckless and, as too many families know, deadly conduct. Using marketing to convey that a person is more powerful or more masculine by using a particular type or brand of firearm is deeply irresponsible.”
“My hope is that by facing and finally being penalized for the impact of their work, gun companies, along with the insurance and banking industries that enable them, will be forced to make their business practices safer than they have ever been,” Hockley said.
On Dec. 14, 2012, Adam Lanza, 20, forced his way into Sandy Hook Elementary School, and in the course of 264 seconds, fatally shot 20 first graders and six staff members.
The rifle Lanza used was Remington’s version of the AR-15 assault rifle, which is substantially similar to the standard issue M16 military service rifle used by the U.S. Army and other nations’ armed forces, but fires only in semiautomatic mode.
The families argued Remington negligently entrusted to civilian consumers an assault-style rifle that is suitable for use only by military and law enforcement personnel and violated the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act through the sale or wrongful marketing of the rifle.
Remington, which filed for bankruptcy protection in July 2020, had argued all of the plaintiffs’ legal theories were barred under Connecticut law and by a federal statute — the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act — which, with limited exceptions, immunizes firearms manufacturers, distributors and dealers from civil liability for crimes committed by third parties using their weapons.
Francine Wheeler, mother of 6-year-old victim Benjamin Wheeler, said at Tuesday’s news conference, “Today is about how and why he died. Today is about what is right and what is wrong. Today is about the last five minutes of his life. Which were tragic, traumatic and the worst thing that can happen to a child.”
“Our legal system has given us some justice today but … David [Ben’s father] and I will never have true justice,” she said. “True justice would be our 15-year-old healthy and standing next to us right now. But Ben will never be 15. He will be 6 forever.”
David Wheeler added, “We want to make sure that another father and another mother don’t have to stand here someday.”
Lenny Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa, whose son, Noah, was killed at Sandy Hook, said in a statement, “Our loss is irreversible, and in that sense this outcome is neither redemptive nor restorative. One moment we had this dazzling, energetic 6-year-old little boy, and the next all we had left were echoes of the past, photographs of a lost boy who will never grow older, calendars marking a horrifying new anniversary, a lonely grave, and pieces of Noah’s life stored in a backpack and boxes.”
“Every day is a realization that he should be there, and he is not. What is lost remains lost,” they said. “However, the resolution does provide a measure of accountability in an industry that has thus far operated with impunity. For this, we are grateful.”
President Joe Biden called the Sandy Hook settlement “historic” in a statement and noted that “while this settlement does not erase the pain of that tragic day, it does begin the necessary work of holding gun manufacturers accountable.”
He praised “the perseverance of nine families who turned tragedy into purpose,” who he said showed state and city consumer protection laws can hold gun manufacturers and dealers accountable even as they’re shielded at the federal level.
The three-show stand, dubbed “Duran Duran: FUTURE PAST WEEKEND,” will celebrate the British band’s 40th anniversary and their latest studio album, 2021’s Future Past.
The concerts will feature various special guests joining Duran Duran, and a set list that will include songs from Future Past along with hits from throughout the group’s long career.
Tickets to the Hollywood Bowl gigs will go on sale to the general public on May 3 at 10 a.m. PT at HollywoodBowl.com. Pre-sale tickets will be available to members of Duran Duran’s VIP fan community starting Tuesday, April 26, at 10 a.m. PT. For more information, visit the pre-sale page at DuranDuranMusic.com as the pre-sale date approaches.
Duran Duran currently has shows lined up in a variety European countries in the spring and summer.
As previously reported, Future Past, which was released last October, includes guest appearances by Blur guitarist Graham Coxon, Swedish pop singer Tove Lo, German-born U.K. rapper Ivorian Doll, Japanese punk group CHAI and longtime David Bowie keyboardist Mike Garson.
Meanwhile, Duran Duran recently received its first-ever nomination for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and currently is leading the online fan poll hosted by the Rock Hall. As of Tuesday afternoon, the band was over 700 votes ahead of rapper Eminem, who’s in second place. You can vote for your favorite nominee or just check out the standings by visiting vote.rockhall.com.
