Month: December 2021
Ag News
A series of late-season storms as temperatures remain mild
A developing storm system over the central Plains will drift northeastward, crossing the Great Lakes region on Saturday. For the remainder of Friday into early Saturday, snow will spread from parts of Nebraska and South [Read More…]
Ag News
A late-Autumn storm sweeps the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, a snowstorm is underway in some areas west of the Mississippi River. Although the band of snow is narrow, some livestock stress and travel disruptions are occurring in southern South Dakota [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Al Unser, a four-time winner of Indianapolis 500, dies at 82
Al Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday following a long illness. He was 82. Unser died at his home in Chama, New Mexico, with [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Pro Bowler, Super Bowl champ Demaryius Thomas dies at 33
ATLANTA (AP) — Demaryius Thomas overcame a troubled childhood. He managed to shine as a receiver in Georgia Tech’s run-oriented offense. By the time his NFL career was over, he had earned five straight Pro [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Vikings beat Steelers 36-28, deny last-play pass in end zone
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota Vikings safety Harrison Smith ripped off his helmet once the victory was finally secured, after a 29-point lead on the Pittsburgh Steelers late in the third quarter evaporated into yet another [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The enemy of my enemy: Dojos unite in new season 4 trailer for ‘Cobra Kai’
Netflix Netlfix has dropped a brand-new trailer to its forthcoming fourth season of the Emmy-nominated Cobra Kai, and the old adage “the enemy of my enemy is my friend” comes to mind. The snippet shows the members of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nick Cannon explains why he returned to work so quickly following the passing of five-month-old son Zen
Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images After announcing during his Tuesday TV show that his five-month-old son, Zen, died Sunday from brain cancer, Nick Cannon explained on his show Wednesday why he decided to return so quickly after Zen’s passing. “A lot [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Yellowstone’ launches official podcast
Photo: Ben Trivett If you can’t get enough of Paramount Network’s Yellowstone — and the ratings suggest you can’t — there’s now a new official podcast for that. Hosted by Jefferson White, who plays Jimmy on the hit [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Hate You Give’ lead Amandla Stenberg reportedly eyeing Disney+’s ‘Star Wars’ series ‘The Acolyte’
Emma McIntyre/WireImage The Hate U Give star Amandla Stenberg is in talks to join Disney+’s the live-action Star Wars series, The Acolyte, according to Variety. Details on Stenberg’s character haven’t been revealed. Announced in 2020, with a slew of other Star Wars [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jennifer Aniston on “hurtful” assumption that she “chose career over kids”
ABC Fans could hardly wait to see the cast of Friends reunite for the 2021 HBO Max special, but for Jennifer Aniston, filming was more emotionally complicated than she anticipated. The actress told The Hollywood Reporter that she was “so [Read More…]
ABC Business News
NLRB set to count votes for Starbucks union election in Buffalo, New York
mattjeacock/iStock (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — History could be made for Starbucks workers in labor-friendly Buffalo, New York, on Thursday. The National Labor Relations Board is set to count votes for a union election collected from three [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Elizabeth Holmes rests her case after testifying for 7 days in fraud trial
Getty/Justin Sullivan (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — Elizabeth Holmes finished her testimony on Wednesday and her defense team rested their case in her criminal fraud trial. All that’s left now are closing arguments. Then the jury [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Head of Instagram grilled by Senate panel over impact on young users
GETTY/Roy Rochlin/Stringer (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Lawmakers on Wednesday grilled Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, in a wide-ranging hearing on the potential harms of social media use for young people. The senators pledged that the age [Read More…]
ABC Health News
A tale of two New Yorks: COVID-19 hospitalization rate surging upstate
Massimo Giachetti/iStock (NEW YORK) — COVID-19-related hospitalizations have been on an upward trend in New York state since last month, but there appears to be a drastic divide between the Big Apple and some of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Kids are driving up COVID cases, but parents are still reluctant to vaccinate them, poll shows
jacoblund/iStock (NEW YORK) — Roughly two-thirds of parents of elementary school-aged children are either holding off on getting their younger children vaccinated or refuse to do so, according to a poll released Thursday by the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC recommends dramatic expansion of HIV prevention medication
niphon/iStock (ATLANTA) — While a cure for HIV has remained elusive, in recent years there have been great strides made in the prevention and management of HIV and AIDS, the disease the virus causes if [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Study raises renewed alarm about missed cancer diagnoses during pandemic
iStock/gorodenkoff (NEW YORK) — Oncologists have been warning about dangerous gaps in cancer care since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, a nationwide study based on data from Veterans Affairs hospitals is raising new alarms. Since March [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Four things to know about omicron and holiday travel, gatherings
iStock/jacoblund (NEW YORK) — Just as hope rose that this year’s holiday season would inch back to pre-pandemic normalcy, the omicron variant of the virus that causes COVID-19 entered the picture , raising questions for many people. Cases [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 12/8/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Indiana 122, New York 102 Cleveland 115, Chicago 92 Philadelphia 110, Charlotte 106 Oklahoma City 110, Toronto 109 Washington 119, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 12/7/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Brooklyn 102, Dallas 99 New York 121, San Antonio 109 LA Lakers 117, Boston 102 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Tampa Bay [Read More…]