Month: November 2021
ABC Business News
Prosecution rests in Elizabeth Holmes trial after nearly 11 weeks
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Federal prosecutors have rested their nearly 11-week case against Elizabeth Holmes, the former Theranos CEO accused of misleading investors to bankroll her one-time multibillion-dollar Silicon Valley start-up despite [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How large retailers are avoiding supply chain woes
artran/iStock (NEW YORK) — Walmart, Target and Macy’s say they are finding ways to bring products to shelves in time for the holiday season even though supply chain issues are still impacting the economy and [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Thanksgiving travel might be messy amid shortages and storms, experts say
baona/iStock (NEW YORK) — The number of fliers this year will approach pre-pandemic levels, according to the Transportation Security Administration. However, experts said staffing shortages and a storm on the horizon threaten to disrupt Americans’ [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Women say pain was dismissed in lawsuit alleging fentanyl switch at fertility clinic
kuzma/iStock (NEW YORK) — A group of seven women are suing Yale University, claiming they underwent invasive and painful procedures for in-vitro fertilization and received saline instead of fentanyl, an opioid painkiller. According to the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Selena Gomez to launch new mental health platform, WonderMind
Gotham/GC Images (NEW YORK) — Selena Gomez wants to tear down the stigmas surrounding mental health, so she teamed with her mother, Mandy Teefy, and Newsette co-founder Daniella Pierson to launch WonderMind, a new platform [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA authorizes Pfizer, Moderna boosters for all adults
Teka77/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday authorized booster doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for everyone 18 and older who is already considered fully vaccinated, teeing up many Americans [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How to ensure your Thanksgiving doesn’t turn into a superspreader event
Liliboas/iStock (NEW YORK) — With a winter virus surge lurking and no readily available vaccines, Thanksgiving 2020 was very different for most families. This year, expectations are much higher. But even this year, a recent [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/18/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Miami 112, Washington 97 Golden State 104, Cleveland 89 Memphis 120, LA Clippers 108 Minnesota 115, San Antonio 90 Philadelphia [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden gets first physical as president, power transferred to VP Harris
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — It was a question that plagued Joe Biden’s presidential campaign: Could a 77-year-old man — who at age 78 would be the oldest person ever to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden pardons turkeys Peanut Butter and Jelly ahead of Thanksgiving
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden issued the first pardons of his presidency Friday to some lucky turkeys named Peanut Butter and Jelly. In a ceremony in the White House Rose Garden, Biden [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Democrats pass sweeping social spending, climate policy package
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — After months of wrangling, House Democrats managed a big win Friday, passing their roughly $1.75 trillion social and climate spending package despite a Republican effort to delay the final vote. House Speaker [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kyle Rittenhouse acquitted on all charges
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (KENOSHA, Wisc.) — A Wisconsin jury has acquitted Kyle Rittenhouse on all charges in the killing of two men and the wounding of another during political unrest in Kenosha last summer — a [Read More…]
ABC National News
US Capitol Christmas Tree arrives from California
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After nearly a year of planning and a more than 4,500-mile trek across the country, the U.S. Capitol Christmas Tree arrived in Washington Friday, just in [Read More…]
ABC National News
County to investigate care given to Turpin siblings after rescue from abusive parents
ABC News (NEW YORK) — New details were revealed Friday about an outside independent probe launched to investigate the treatment of the Turpin siblings since their dramatic 2018 escape from captivity, casting new light on [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Masks cut virus incidence by 53%, new analysis finds
Michael Anthony/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.1 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 768,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ahmaud Arbery trial: Defense attorney claims ‘public lynching’ of man accused in the killing
Octavio Jones/Pool/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Defense attorney Kevin Gough called the homicide trial of Ahmaud Arbery, an unarmed Black jogger, a “public lynching” of his client — who is one of three white men [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn, soybeans, wheat mixed Friday
Soybeans were mixed, adjusting spreads. Contracts consolidated ahead of the holiday shortened week, expecting much lighter business. Thanksgiving will push back the USDA’s weekly export sales numbers to Friday morning. The trade continues to watch [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures mixed prior to on feed numbers
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were mixed ahead of the USDA’s on feed report, which was out after the close. December live was up $.37 at $133.52 and February was $.45 higher [Read More…]
Ag News
October cattle placements up 2%
The USDA’s cattle on feed numbers were close to pre-report expectations. October placements were up 2% on the year at 2.245 million head, most of that cattle weighing less than 800 pounds, with feed prices [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 19, 2021
Dec. corn closed at $5.70 and 3/4, down 2 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $12.63 and 1/4, down 2 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $371.80, up $1.40Dec. soybean oil closed at 58.16, down 101 [Read More…]