Month: November 2021
ABC Business News
Employers add 531,000 jobs last month as recovery gains steam, unemployment rate falls to 4.6%
vicky_81/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Hiring gained steam in October, with U.S. employers adding 531,000 jobs and the unemployment rate edging down by a fraction of a percentage point to 4.6%, the Department of Labor said Friday. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Why some experts say corporate ‘net-zero’ emissions pledges could have net-zero impact on climate crisis
NicoElNino/iStock (NEW YORK) — Dubbed a “code red for humanity” by the head of the United Nations, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change said in its most-recent report that the impacts of human-induced climate change [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Tips to save at the grocery store on your Thanksgiving shopping
Hispanolistic/iStock (NEW YORK) — With 20 days till Turkey day, it’s time to menu plan and get ahead on cost-effective ways to host Thanksgiving this year. According to a recent Instacart/Harris Poll survey, 48% of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pfizer’s COVID-19 pill reduces risk of being hospitalized or dying by 89%, company says
EHStock/iStock (NEW YORK) — A course of pills developed by Pfizer can slash the risk of being hospitalized or dying from COVID-19 by 89% if taken within three days of developing symptoms, according to results [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/4/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 109, Detroit 98 Utah 116, Atlanta 98 Boston 95, Miami 78 Phoenix 123, Houston 111 Oklahoma City 107, LA [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pelosi presses for votes Friday on Dems’ agenda as Biden calls key House members
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was making last-minute calls to key House members as Speaker Nancy Pelosi pressed for two critical votes Friday on the Democratic agenda: the president’s $1.75 trillion “Build Back [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Blinken details new efforts to investigate ‘Havana syndrome’
Hector Vivas/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Friday detailed new efforts to investigate “Havana syndrome,” the mysterious health affliction affecting dozens of U.S. personnel first identified in Cuba and now including several [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Colin Powell to be remembered as statesman and warrior at Friday funeral
Paul Morigi/Getty Images for Capital Concerts (WASHINGTON) — Retired Gen. Colin Powell, the first African American to serve as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and later as the first Black secretary of state, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Tied city council race in Portland, Maine, decided by drawing name out of a bowl
WMTW-TV (PORTLAND, Maine) — Hundreds of people in Portland, Maine, turned up Thursday to watch an unprecedented event unfold in local election history: The winner of an open city council seat was chosen by chance, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ sues Texas over restrictive voting law
Robert Cicchetti/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department announced Thursday it has sued the State of Texas over its restrictive voting law that went into effect in September. The complaint argues SB1 violates Section 208 of [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: US at ‘inflection point’ heading into winter months
CasPhotography/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 751,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
Live updates: Ahmaud Arbery murder case underway
DNY59/iStock (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — The murder trial of three white Georgia men charged in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man prosecutors allege was “hunted down” and shot to death while out [Read More…]
ABC National News
Four ways to combat climate change with a fork
Grandbrothers/iStock (NEW YORK) — As leaders from nearly every country in the world converge upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference — the climate crisis is at center stage, as well as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bond raised for mom of 8-year-old boy left dead in Houston apartment
Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HOUSTON) — A bond was raised Friday for the mother of an 8-year-old boy whose remains were left in his Houston home, along with three malnourished siblings. Gloria Williams, 35, was arrested [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search continues for missing 14-year-old in New Jersey
ABC News (EAST ORANGE, N.J.) — 14-year-old Jashyah Moore has been missing since Oct. 14. Her family is pleading with her community for answers that would help bring her daughter home. “I cannot imagine what she [Read More…]
ABC World News
Alleged kidnapper of 4-year-old girl sent to maximum security prison
Tamati Smith/Getty Images (PERTH, Australia) — Terence Darrell Kelly was charged Thursday afternoon with one count of forcibly taking a child under 16 for allegedly abducting 4-year-old Cleo Smith from a campsite on Oct. 16. Kelly [Read More…]
ABC World News
Famine-stricken Madagascar donations pour in from ‘World News Tonight’ viewers
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donations have poured in from thousands of “World News Tonight” viewers in the wake of our report on Southern Madagascar, a country on the verge of the world’s first climate change-induced [Read More…]
Ag News
Study shows the benefits of cow brushes
A new study shows stationary brushes and hanging hemp ropes are very important for cattle of all ages. Researchers from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada used stationary brushes to study weaned dairy [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures higher to end the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day higher on the higher cash business and recent strength in boxed beef prices. December live cattle closed $1.17 higher at $131.80 and February [Read More…]
Ag News
EU might need more traditional biofuels to meet climate goals
A recent report by RaboResearch says the European Union might need more traditional biofuels to reach environmental goals if new technologies are slow to develop. The report says unforeseen events in the future could affect [Read More…]