Month: December 2021
Ag News
Mild, wet winter forecast could alleviate continued drought
An ag meteorologist says drought across the Northern Great Plains and parts of the Upper Midwest this year was the worst in at least 20 years. Jeff Andresen tells Brownfield drought in that region has [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Chill Advisory issued December 30 at 8:16PM MST until January 01 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND CHILL ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM FRIDAY TO NOON CST SATURDAY… * WHAT…Very cold wind chills expected. Wind chills as low as 35 below zero. * WHERE…Portions of east central, south central [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Is ‘Squid Game’ getting a season two AND three?
Noh Juhan | Netflix Not only will we likely be getting a season two of Squid Game, we might be getting a season three as well. The Korea Times reports that the creator of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’ becomes Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film ever
Courtesy of Sony Pictures ©2021 CTMG Spider-Man: No Way Home is now officially Sony Pictures’ highest-grossing film of all time, Deadline reports. The Tom Holland-led superhero flick has raked in $1.16 billion at the global [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jada Pinkett Smith opens up about her hair loss; Snoop Dogg and Kevin Hart remember 2021; & more
Steve Jennings/Getty Images Jada Pinkett Smith is suffering from the autoimmune disorder alopecia, which causes hair loss. The Matrix Resurrections star opened up about the disease Wednesday in an Instagram video. “Look at this line right here,” Jada said as she [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
What do Sarah Hyland and Wells Adams want to accomplish in 2022? “To get married, finally!”
Christopher Polk/E! Entertainment/NBCUniversal/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Image The pandemic already twice postponed actress Sarah Hyland and The Bachelorette alum Wells Adams‘ wedding, but the duo believes 2022 will break the vicious cycle. Speaking to ABC Audio, the pair discussed what they [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
An old adversary returns on season four of ‘Cobra Kai’
Thomas Ian Griffith as Terry Silver. Courtesy of Netflix © 2021 An old adversary is slithering his way back to the All-Valley Karate Championship in season 4 of Netflix’s Cobra Kai, the wildly popular continuation [Read More…]
ABC Business News
The year in tech: Space tourism lifts off, NFTs go mainstream and Big Tech faces reckoning
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the past year, routine space tourism emerged from science fiction to reality, digital art you can’t even touch auctioned for millions at Christie’s, and malicious attacks emanating from [Read More…]
ABC Health News
US shatters COVID case records, as experts predict infection rates will continue to grow
iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — Amid a record-breaking surge, the U.S. is now averaging more COVID-19 cases per day than at any other point in the pandemic, according to new data updated on Wednesday from the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How this mom lost over 200 pounds after family tragedies
Courtesy Tiesha Robinson (STATESVILLE, N.C.) — A North Carolina mom is celebrating after losing over 200 pounds, half of her original weight. Tiesha Robinson, of Statesville, North Carolina, said she lost the weight even after [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pediatric COVID-19 case rates, hospitalizations ‘on fire’ amid nation’s latest surge
iStock/narvikk (NEW YORK) — With coronavirus cases in the U.S. approaching near-peak levels recorded last winter, pediatric coronavirus infection and hospitalization levels are now surging to their highest point in months. Last week, nearly 200,000 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Immunocompromised at higher risk of COVID breakthrough infection: Study
iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — A new study suggests immunocompromised Americans people who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are more likely to have breakthrough infections than people without weakened immune systems, but found full vaccination still [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
John Madden, former Hall of Fame NFL coach and broadcaster, dies at 85
Getty Images/Kirby Lee (NEW YORK) — John Madden, the NFL coach, broadcaster and namesake for the billion-dollar video game franchise, died unexpectedly Tuesday. He was 85 years old. The legendary coach helmed the Oakland Raiders [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harry Reid, the former 5-term US senator from Nevada, has died at 82 following cancer battle
Brendan Hoffman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Harry Mason Reid, the former five-term U.S. senator from Nevada who led Senate Democrats for a decade spanning the Bush and Obama presidencies, died Tuesday, his wife, Landra Reid, confirmed [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Westchester DA declines to pursue charges against former New York Gov. Andrew CuomoGov. Cuomo
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — Westchester District Attorney Mimi Rocah has declined to pursue criminal charges against former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo for allegations made by two women that he kissed them on the cheek. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Georgia deploys National Guard to hospitals and testing centers as the state reports record-high COVID cases
iStock/narvikk (ATLANTA) — Georgia is planning to send the National Guard to hospitals and testing sites as the state set a single-day record for COVID-19 cases. In a statement Wednesday, Gov. Brian Kemp announced that [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jeffrey Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell guilty on 5 of 6 counts in sex trafficking case
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — A jury has convicted Ghislaine Maxwell, the longtime associate of serial sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, on five of six counts related to the abuse and trafficking of underage girls. Maxwell faced [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: 3 Americans testing positive every second
John Paraskevas/Newsday via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 821,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
ABC National News
Lake Tahoe sees 16 feet of snow in December, crushing records
Getty IMages/Christopher Kimmel (NEW YORK) — Following a year of both extreme heat and drought, Lake Tahoe has seen a record-breaking amount of snow this December, according to the U.C. Berkeley Central Sierra Snow Lab. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ghislaine Maxwell jury wants more testimony
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — Jury deliberations in the Ghislaine Maxwell trial resumed Wednesday morning. Maxwell was walked partway into the courtroom around 9:25 a.m., wearing a burgundy turtleneck and clutching a green folio. While the [Read More…]