Year: 2021
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…]
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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…]
ABC Health News
Should you get a booster shot? Experts say it’s time
Milan Markovic/iStock (NEW YORK) — Millions more vaccinated adults across the U.S. became eligible for a COVID-19 booster shot on Friday. And yet, the vast majority of vaccinated Americans were already eligible — many just [Read More…]
ABC Health News
1st injectable, bimonthly HIV treatment approved in UK
PeopleImages/iStock (LONDON) — The UK approved a new HIV treatment that requires an injection every other month, rather than the current routine of taking pills every day. The UK’s National Institute for Health and Care [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Undefeated: Deaf football team brings triumph and pride to California community
Amelia Ortiz/CSDR Student Yearbook Committee (RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — Once considered underdogs, the football team at the California School for the Deaf in Riverside has defied the odds with an undefeated season that has electrified and [Read More…]
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What we know about Chinese tennis star Peng Shuai as the UN calls for probe into her whereabouts
Zhong Zhi/Getty Images (LONDON) — International concern is mounting for tennis star Peng Shuai, who disappeared from the public eye after accusing a retired top Chinese Communist Party official of sexual assault earlier this month. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Democracy is on the line’: Election officials face ongoing threats for doing their jobs
adamkaz/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Al Schmidt had a front-row seat to history when a batch of votes in Philadelphia tipped the state of Pennsylvania, and the 2020 presidential election, toward Joe Biden. As Philadelphia’s Republican city [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Family separated at southern border reacts to possibility of government payouts
Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (NEW YORK) — Leticia works at a bakery helping to prepare the pastries that hungry New Yorkers order with their coffee in the morning. At first glance, she’s like any other [Read More…]
ABC National News
Passenger’s gun accidentally discharges at airport, authorities say
Kali9/iStock (ATLANTA) — A passenger accidentally discharged a gun at the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport Saturday, airport officials said, causing panic and sending travelers onto the tarmac on one of the busiest travel weekends of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Black trans women live in fear after pattern of deaths in Chicago
Danielle A. Scruggs for ABC News (CHICAGO) — The story of De’Janay Stanton’s death is one that many transgender women in Chicago fear. The 24-year-old Black transgender woman was shot and killed by a romantic [Read More…]