Month: November 2021
ABC Health News
Jessica Simpson opens up about her four-year sobriety journey
Randy Holmes via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jessica Simpson has been sober for four years. The singer and entrepreneur penned an emotional Instagram post on Monday, in which she shared a photo of herself [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Braves win the World Series, their first since 1995
Carmen Mandato/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — It’s been almost 30 years since the Atlanta Braves won a World Series and, on Tuesday night, the drought officially ended — hammering the Houston Astros 7-0 in Game 6 [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/2/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Atlanta 7, Houston 0 (Atlanta wins series 4-2) NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Milwaukee 117, Detroit 89 Miami 125, Dallas 110 [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Henry Ruggs III charged with DUI resulting in death in car crash
Ethan Miller/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Las Vegas Raiders wide receiver Henry Ruggs III has been charged with DUI resulting in death connected to a car crash Tuesday morning, according to police. Ruggs, the team’s [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
‘Tomahawk chop’ under scrutiny as Atlanta Braves compete in World Series
Streeter Lecka/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Atlanta Braves are one win away from potentially securing their fourth World Series title, but their name and a gesture used by fans have come under scrutiny from Native [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Handball federation changes uniform requirements after ‘sexist’ bikini rule outcry
Filip Viranovski/iStock (BASEL, Switzerland) — The International Handball Federation has updated its uniform rules after backlash over its women’s bikini requirements. After being called out for fining the Norwegian women’s handball team 1,500 euros (about [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republican Glenn Youngkin projected to win Virginia governor’s race
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (NEW YORK) — Republican Glenn Youngkin, a former private equity executive running his first campaign for political office, will be the next governor of Virginia, ABC News has projected. “My fellow Virginians, we stand [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrat McAuliffe facing 52% unfavorable numbers in Va. governor race, preliminary exit poll data shows
Win McNamee/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — A more closely divided electorate than a year ago, underwater ratings for President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump alike and a popularity deficit for the Democratic candidate [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
The national implications of Virginia’s gubernatorial election
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (RICHMOND, Va.) — Virginia voters had a choice: They could continue the commonwealth’s more than a decade-long streak of backing Democratic candidates at the statewide level, or they could reestablish Virginia as a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senators push Justice Department to crack down on illegal gun modifications
bytmonas/iStock (WASHINGTON) — They’re cheap, easy to produce and can make guns more dangerous in minutes. Gun modifications are becoming a problem for the country as the number of shooting incidents linked to automatic weapons [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Schumer says Democrats reach deal on lowering prescription drug costs
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Tuesday that Democrats have reached a deal on a measure aimed at lowering the cost of prescription drugs — a key part of President Joe Biden’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Scientists investigate the steep costs of climate change and US wildfires
f00sion/iStock (LOS ANGELES) — Climate change is making wildfires in the western United States larger and more destructive, and the effects are felt across the country, according to a study by Steve Davis, a professor [Read More…]
ABC National News
Striking John Deere workers vote against tentative new contract
iStock/Wolterk (NEW YORK) — Members of the United Auto Workers Union voted Tuesday against a tentative agreement that would have ended the ongoing strike of more than 10,000 John Deere workers. The vote came up 55% [Read More…]
ABC National News
Democrat Eric Adams projected to win New York City mayoral race
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Democrat Eric Adams is projected by ABC News to win the New York City mayoral race. The win, while expected in a city with many more registered Democrats [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: CDC panel votes ‘yes’ on Pfizer vaccine for young kids
peterschreiber.media/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 747,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
New theory about mysterious LAX ‘jet pack man’ released by police
Los Angeles Police Department (LOS ANGELES) — Following nearly two years of reported sightings of a man flying at relatively high altitudes around aircrafts landing at Los Angeles International Airport, the police department released a [Read More…]
ABC World News
After ending Ethiopia’s trade status, US weighs sanctions, genocide designation over Tigray war
DavorLovincic/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is ending Ethiopia’s special trade status under U.S. law — the latest penalty imposed on the Ethiopian government amid its ongoing war with the Tigrayan People’s Liberation Front, the [Read More…]
ABC World News
COP26 live updates: Biden speaks on methane reduction, forest conservation
oonal/iStock (GLASGOW, Scotland) — Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are touting as the most important environmental summit [Read More…]
ABC World News
“We’re blinking code red,” President Biden looks to put the US back at center of climate change fight
Oliver Weiken/picture alliance via Getty Images (GLASGOW, Scotland.) — COP26 is underway with President Biden looking to put the United States back at the center of the global effort on climate change. After leading the [Read More…]
Ag News
Milder across the Heartland; showers to return
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10- day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures across much of the South and East, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in most areas along and northwest of a [Read More…]