Month: November 2021
ABC Health News
Spending Thanksgiving alone this year? Here are five tips to combat loneliness
Ridofranz/iStock (NEW YORK) — While Thanksgiving will be a time to gather again this year for many people, thanks to COVID-19 vaccines, it may for other people be the start of a difficult holiday season. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mickey Guyton says her 9-month-old son suffered from dehydration: What parents should know
stock_colors/iStock (NEW YORK) — Country singer Mickey Guyton is opening up about her son’s recent stay at a hospital intensive care unit. Taking to social media with an update on Saturday, she wrote, “My baby [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Len Bias’ mother says family is keeping basketball star’s memory alive, 35 years after his death
The Washington Post / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Legendary basketball player Len Bias is being inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame, 35 years after his death, but his family and fans [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/21/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final L.A. Clippers 97 Dallas 91 Final L.A. Lakers 121 Detroit 116 Final Phoenix 126 Denver 97 Final Chicago 109 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
To lower gas prices, Biden authorizes release from US strategic oil reserve
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — The White House said Tuesday that President Joe Biden will tap into the nation’s strategic oil reserve to help offset a surge in gasoline prices. Biden, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House: 90% of federal workers, military have gotten at least one COVID shot
Morsa Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — White House: 90% of federal workers, military have gotten at least 1 COVID shot Anne Flaherty More than 90% of the nation’s 3.5 million federal workers have gotten at least [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
First lady Jill Biden accepts White House Christmas tree
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden kicked off the holiday season in the nation’s capital on Monday by accepting delivery of the official White House Christmas tree — with all the sleigh [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Dozens in Congress still vote remotely as critics slam COVID policy
dkfielding/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Millions of American workers have returned to the office, and most children are back to in-person learning at schools, but dozens of members of the U.S. House of Representatives are still literally [Read More…]
ABC National News
Malcolm X’s daughter found dead in her apartment
Malcolm X’s daughters Ilyasah (L) and Malikah (R) gives a speech during the 90th birthday commemoration of Malcolm X in 2015. – Bilgin S Sasmaz/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Malikah Shabazz, a daughter of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Criminal charges dismissed against former leaders of Holyoke Soldiers’ Home in deadly COVID-19 outbreak
Matthew Cavanaugh/Getty Images (HOLYOKE, Mass.) — A Massachusetts judge has dismissed all criminal charges against two former officials from the Holyoke Soldiers’ Home, citing no “reasonably trustworthy evidence.” The facility made national headlines last year, [Read More…]
ABC National News
NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins to be 1st Black woman on International Space Station crew
Bill Ingalls/NASA (CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla.) — NASA astronaut Jessica Watkins will take to the skies in 2022 on a historic debut spaceflight to the International Space Station. Watkins will become the first Black woman to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Wisconsin Christmas parade live updates: 81-year-old, 79-year-old among the 5 killed
Chalabala/iStock (WAUKESHA, Wis.) — Five people were killed and more than 40 were hurt when an SUV barreled into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin, on Sunday afternoon, authorities said. Children are among the injured. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Death of 5-year-old boy Elijah Lewis ruled homicide, mom and boyfriend in custody
D-Keine/iStock (BOSTON) — The death of Elijah Lewis, the 5-year-old boy from New Hampshire who went missing before being found dead in Massachusetts last month, has been ruled a homicide, authorities said Monday. Lewis died [Read More…]
ABC World News
Bus crash in Bulgaria kills dozens, including children: Officials
DIMITAR KYOSEMARLIEV/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — At least 45 people, including a dozen children, were killed after a tourist bus from North Macedonia crashed and caught fire in Bulgaria early Tuesday, officials said. The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Two missionaries kidnapped in Haiti released, ministry says
RICARDO ARDUENGO/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two of the Christian missionaries who were kidnapped in Haiti last month have been released, according to the ministry. Nineteen people — including 17 missionaries, five of [Read More…]
ABC World News
At the Poland-Belarus border, efforts to ease suffering among migrants
fstop123/iStock (BIALYSTOK, Poland) — In a dark, cold Polish wood, Ahmad Al Hasan’s coffin was lowered into a freshly dug grave. It was early evening but already pitch black in the cemetery outside the village [Read More…]
Ag News
Improving the journey of soybeans
The Soybean Transportation Coalition works on behalf of soybean growers to improve roads, bridges and all the ways crops need to move from the farmer to the end user. Executive director Mike Steenhoek discusses how [Read More…]
Ag News
Where sustainable solutions start
Airable Research Lab leverages experience and knowledge in the soybean industry to create innovative and sustainable solutions in research and product development. In this Voice of Soy, Barry McGraw, the chief laboratory officer shares how [Read More…]
Weather
Extreme Fire Danger issued November 23 at 3:04AM MST by NWS
.DISCUSSION… Issued at 347 AM CST Tue Nov 23 2021 Today`s near record warmth combines with increasing southwest winds to bring critical fire weather conditions late this morning and through this afternoon across parts of [Read More…]
Weather
Red Flag Warning issued November 23 at 2:46AM MST until November 23 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 6 PM CST THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR FIRE WEATHER ZONES 050, 057, 058, 059, 060, 063, 064, 065, [Read More…]