Year: 2021
ABC Entertainment News
Bobby Berk, Antoni Porowski tease a “very emotional” new season of ‘Queer Eye’: “Tan cried! Tan’s never cried”
Cr. RYAN COLLERD/NETFLIX © 2020 Queer Eye‘s sixth season kicks off Friday, when the Fab 5 heads to to Texas for what star Bobby Berk says is one of the best seasons ever. “This season was very emotional, and I [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Black Panther’ fans want title role recast, Michael B. Jordan opens up about nude scene in ‘A Journal for Jordan’
Marvel Studios Black Panther fans are calling on Marvel to honor the late Chadwick Boseman by continuing his role as King T’Challa in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. As of late Thursday afternoon, nearly 50,000 people have signed a Change.org petition calling [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Despite this year’s challenges, Ryan Seacrest says ‘New Year’s Rockin’ Eve’ will rock on: “The show is always going to happen”
Courtesy ABC Dick Clark’s New Year’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest airs on ABC Friday night, but on Wednesday, two of the stars scheduled to perform in New York’s Times Square — LL Cool J [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ice Cube responds to accusations of underpaying actors in 1995 film, ‘Friday’
Scott Dudelson/Getty Images After Friday co-star Faizon Love recently revealed he didn’t return for the 2000 sequel film Next Friday because of low pay, Twitter erupted, accusing the film’s star and producer, Ice Cube, of underpaying the actors. Now the former N.W.A. member is [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Dwayne Johnson turns down Vin Diesel’s pleas to rejoin the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise
Buda Mendes/LatinContent via Getty Images Dwayne Johnson says he won’t be returning to the Fast & Furious franchise, despite Vin Diesel’s recent pleas on social media. Johnson tells CNN that back in June, he told [Read More…]
ABC Business News
A week of travel woes: More than 8,000 flights canceled since Christmas Eve
Radoslav Zilinsky/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thursday marks a week of travel woes across the country with more than 8,000 flight cancellations nationwide since Christmas Eve. As millions of Americans travel during what could be [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Five tips for parents as omicron spreads and pediatric hospitalizations rise
Thomas A. Ferrara/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the highly transmissible omicron variant of COVID-19 spreads across the country, children are being impacted, too. Last week, nearly 200,000 children in the U.S. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Two doses of Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine 85% effective against hospitalizations, South Africa study shows
JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A real-world study of South African health care workers found that two doses of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine offer 85% protection against hospitalization from the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House pushes back on criticism of isolation guidance, says omicron likely less severe
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention defended the latest guidelines shortening the isolation period for certain people who test positive for COVID amid criticism [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee chairman could seek interview with GOP leader Kevin McCarthy
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack, invited House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., on Wednesday to sit for an [Read More…]
ABC National News
Live updates: Hundreds of homes lost amid fast-spreading Colorado fires
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BOULDER COUNTY, Colo.) — Thousands of people are being asked to evacuate immediately and hundreds of buildings have already been lost as winds fuel fast-spreading wildfires in Boulder County, Colorado. Several small [Read More…]
ABC National News
Truck driver’s sentence lowered to 10 years after originally receiving 110 years for fatal crash
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (DENVER) — A truck driver who was sentenced to 110 years in prison for a fatal accident in Colorado has been resentenced to 10 years after an outcry from family and advocates. [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Three Americans testing positive every second
JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 821,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
ABC National News
Criminal charges possible for man attacked by tiger after reaching into enclosure at Florida zoo
WZVN-TV (NAPLES, Fla.) — A maintenance worker who entered an unauthorized area of a Florida zoo and was attacked by a tiger could face criminal charges, authorities said. The tiger was shot and killed by [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction ‘tremendous relief,’ accuser says
JOHANNES EISELE/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell’s conviction was “one important step” toward justice, said Annie Farmer, one of four accusers who testified against her. “It’s a tremendous relief,” [Read More…]
ABC World News
Biden, Putin hold call amid heightened tensions over Ukraine
SAUL LOEB/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday — their second conversation this month amid heightened fears of a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The call, [Read More…]
Ag News
Scattered cattle deals in Texas at $138
Cattle closed mixed on Thursday with live cattle down on low export totals and feeders higher on a drop in corn prices. Mixed boxed beef limited upward pressure for live cattle. Cattle futures will continue [Read More…]
Ag News
Fluid milk consumption declining at fastest rate in 70 years
An extension educator says the rate of declining fluid milk consumption is concerning. Jim Salfer with the University of Minnesota says a recent USDA Economic Research Service study found fluid cows milk consumption was nearly [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing grain and livestock futures: December 30, 2021
Mar. corn closed at $5.96, down 9 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $13.27 and 3/4, down 28 and 3/4 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $413.60, down $1.80Jan. soybean oil closed at 55.85, down 85 [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin ginseng producer hits jackpot
A Wisconsin ginseng producer and processor had a lucky break to end 2021 thanks to a victory by his favorite football team. Owner Will Hsu of Hsu’s Ginseng near Wausau, Wisconsin beat out 180-thousand other [Read More…]