Alex Perez
Correspondent at ABC News
IG: @perezreports ABC News Correspondent. Chicago, mostly. Stories, lots of them. Would love to hear yours. RTs ≠ endorsements
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1 week ago |
alexperez.substack.com | Alex Perez |Àlex Pérez
What is it about this tweet that enraged so many literary men on Twitter? Is it that I dared to mention three masters of the American short story? Do they hate bars with working-class clientele? Or is it that the angry literary men prefer Dylan’s early work? Perhaps I should’ve highlighted Highway 61 Revisited and that would’ve been enough to avoid the Twitter histrionics.
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4 weeks ago |
1430wcmy.com | Alex Perez |Àlex Pérez |Meredith Deliso
(NEW YORK) — When Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, one of his brothers told ABC News. On Thursday, that prophecy came true, when the 69-year-old cardinal was elected to be the 267th pontiff — and the first from the United States. John Prevost told “Good Morning America” he was able to speak with his younger sibling on Thursday for about 30 seconds to congratulate him.
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4 weeks ago |
wsbradio.com | Alex Perez |Àlex Pérez |Meredith Deliso
CHICAGO — When Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother told ABC News. On Thursday, that prophecy came true, when Prevost, a 69-year-old cardinal, was elected to be the 267th pontiff -- and the first from the United States. Before he was Pope Leo XIV, Prevost grew up the youngest of three brothers in the South Chicago suburb of Dolton.
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4 weeks ago |
yahoo.com | Alex Perez |Àlex Pérez |Meredith Deliso
When Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother told ABC News. On Thursday, that prophecy came true, when Prevost, a 69-year-old cardinal, was elected to be the 267th pontiff -- and the first from the United States. Before he was Pope Leo XIV, Prevost grew up the youngest of three brothers in the South Chicago suburb of Dolton.
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4 weeks ago |
abcnews.go.com | Alex Perez |Àlex Pérez |Meredith Deliso
Robert Prevost's brother, John, said a neighbor told him he'd be pope as a kid. ByAlex Perez and Meredith DelisoJohn Prevost, brother of newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Robert Prevost, speaks with ABC News in New Lenox, Illinois, May 8, 2025. ABC NewsWhen Cardinal Robert Prevost was in the first grade, his neighbor told him he would be the first American pope, his brother told ABC News.
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