Month: November 2021
News
Jean Rounds, wife of Senator Mike Rounds, passes away
Senator Mike Rounds released the following statement remembering his wife Jean who passed away this (Tuesday) morning after battling sarcoma cancer: “The love of my life is with the Lord. No more treatments. No [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lawyer for ‘Rust’ assistant director in tense exchange on Fox News; “He’s not responsible”
iStock/LPETTET On Monday, Lisa Torraco, the attorney for Rust assistant director Dave Halls, had a tense exchange with Martha MacCallum of Fox News, in which the lawyer shifted the blame for last week’s fatal set shooting away from her client. It had been widely reported [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Henry Winkler auctioning off one of his Fonzie jackets from ‘Happy Days’, ‘Scream’ mask, for charity
ABC Photo Archives If you’ve got the dough, you can soon walk away with some rare Hollywood memorabilia, from the collection of Emmy-winner Henry Winkler, “The Fonz” himself. And it’s all for a good cause. The New [Read More…]
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Looks like it’s back to the Squid Game after crypto coin busts; experts say it was a “scam”
Netflix If you dreamed of wealth by chasing a crypto coin named after — but not licensed by — Netflix’s hit Squid Game, it looks like you’ll have to find someone giving away the show’s creepy cards [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“It’s my wife’s last name, relax!” — Ken Jeong freaks out ESPN by shouting out his “Ho”
ABC/Tyler Golden Ken Jeong got some laughs — and apparently panicked co-anchors — on ESPN’s College GameDay show Saturday night — all for sweetly shouting out his wife. When asked for his picks in the Saturday evening match-up between UCLA [Read More…]
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Production on ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ begins, official cast revealed
Disney+ It’s a Halloween miracle: Production on Hocus Pocus 2 is officially underway. Disney announced Monday that the long-awaited sequel to the beloved 1993 movie has begun filming in Rhode Island, with stars Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy returning [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Why the John Deere strike is being viewed as harbinger of a new labor market
iStock/Wolterk (NEW YORK) — Members of the United Auto Workers Union are set to vote Tuesday on a tentative agreement that would end the ongoing strike of more than 10,000 John Deere workers. News of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID-19 live updates: Biden tests negative after press secretary contracts virus
iStock/Prostock-Studio (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 746,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Justices take up Texas abortion law in fast-tracked hearing
iStock/leekris (NEW YORK) — Exactly two months after allowing Texas to impose a near-total ban on abortions, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was taking a closer look at the groundbreaking state law deliberately designed [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden reflects on American leadership, progress made at G-20 summit
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (ROME) — President Joe Biden reflected on progress he made with other world leaders at this weekend’s G-20 summit, including ways to combat climate change, as the event wrapped up in Rome on [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Kids’ shots not widely available until Nov. 8
iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 746,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
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Kyle Rittenhouse trial, Ahmaud Arbery case both expected to hinge on video
ABC obtained video (NEW YORK) — Two trials over killings that have garnered national attention are now going on simultaneously and legal experts said they expect both will hinge on video evidence. Jury selection in [Read More…]
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Dia de Los Muertos offers healing for COVID-19 victims’ Latinx families
iStock/Cavan Images (NEW YORK) — This year, as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, many Mexican Americans will find solace in celebrating Día de los Muertos. The holiday, which is celebrated from Oct. 31 through Nov. [Read More…]
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Robert Durst indicted on murder of first wife, Kathleen
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — A grand jury indicted Robert Durst on a second-degree murder charge Monday in connection with the 1982 death of his first wife, Kathleen Durst. Westchester County prosecutors charged the real estate [Read More…]
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SpaceX prepares to send another NASA crew to International Space Station
iStock (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up to send a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station for the fourth time. The mission, dubbed Crew-3, will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, [Read More…]
ABC World News
COP26 live updates: Biden emphasizes urgency to fight climate change: ‘The science is clear’
iStock/Kinwun (GLASGOW, U.K.) — 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
S. Madagascar on the verge of climate change-induced famine: How to help
ABC News (AMBOVOMBE, Madagascar) — “Kere” is a word that echoes around southern Madagascar. It means hunger, and the people here know it all too well. For the past four years, the lack of food [Read More…]
ABC World News
COP26 live updates: World leaders converge upon Glasgow for historic climate summit
iStock/studio023 (NEW YORK) — 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
Ginger Zee helps explain climate change
iStock/chonticha wat (NEW YORK) — As the first piece of ABC News Radio’s series on the global climate crisis, Ginger Zee helps us understand the global impact of climate change. The signs and symptoms of [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri Soybean partnership with the University of Georgia will expand high oleic footprint
Missouri Soybean has partnered with the University of Georgia to execute a license combining the university’s high oleic soybeans with non-GMO Soyleic varieties developed by Missouri Soybean. Missouri Soybean’s high oleic Soyleic currently has maturity [Read More…]