Year: 2021
ABC Health News
How climate change can harm your skin
PeopleImages/iStock (NEW YORK) — Experts agree climate change is exacting a hefty toll on human health — from increasing rates of asthma and heat stroke to depression and anxiety. But now, dermatologists are chiming in, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Vermont has the highest vaccination rate in the country. So why are cases surging?
FatCamera/iStock (ATLANTA) — Vermont is one of the most vaccinated states in the country and has served as a model for its COVID-19 response throughout the pandemic. But now, the state is experiencing its worst [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Albuquerque hospitals enact crisis standards of care during ‘unprecedented’ time
PinkOmelet/iStock (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — The two largest hospital systems in Albuquerque, New Mexico, have activated crisis standards of care due to an “unprecedented level” of activity during the pandemic, hospital officials announced Thursday. University of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Texas abortion law impacting providers as far away as California, Maryland
iStock (DALLAS) — The impact of Texas’s near-total ban on abortions is being felt in states as far away as California and Maryland, according to new research. In the weeks since SB8, which outlaws most [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/11/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Toronto 115, Philadelphia 109 Indiana 111, Utah 100 LA Clippers 112, Miami 109 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Los Angeles 2, Ottawa [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/10/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Brooklyn 123, Orlando 90 Washington 97, Cleveland 94 Milwaukee 112, New York 100 Boston 104, Toronto 88 Detroit 112, Houston [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Durham probe offers fresh support for man who has long denied being ‘Steele dossier’ source
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The long-running special investigation into how the government probed candidate Donald Trump’s ties to Russia brought a new indictment last week and in the process cast fresh doubt on earlier claims [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ex-White House chief of staff Mark Meadows rebuffs Jan. 6 committee pending court ruling
OlegAlbinksy/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows wants a court to resolve former President Donald Trump’s claims of executive privilege before he cooperates with the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats move to censure Gosar over violent video attacking Biden, AOC
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A group of House Democrats have announced that on Friday they will formally introduce a measure to censure Rep. Paul Gosar, R-Ariz., for tweeting an edited Japanese cartoon showing him stabbing President [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Court pauses handover of Trump White House records to Jan. 6 committee
kuzma/iStock (WASHINGTON) — An appeals court has put a temporary pause on the handover of records from the Trump White House to the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection. A three-judge panel in the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says mandates work. He’s about to find out with his own civilian workforce.
iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — Pamela Millwood isn’t against getting vaccinated. But at the federal prison where she works in Jesup, Georgia, many of her coworkers are skeptical or downright opposed to getting a shot. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Hospitalizations on the rise in 14 states
Rattankun Thongbun/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 758,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nine victims dead following fatal Travis Scott Astroworld concert
iStock/peterspiro (HOUSTON) — Nine victims have been identified in the deadly stage surge at the Astroworld Festival concert. 23-year-old Arturo Sanchez, an attendee, said his heart literally stopped as he was trampled by the crowd, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judges in Arbery, Rittenhouse cases frustrated as they work to maintain fair trials
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — Under the glare of dueling national spotlights, judges presiding over the Kyle Rittenhouse homicide trial in Wisconsin and the case against three white Georgia men in the death of Ahmaud Arbery [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Hospitalizations on the rise in 14 states
CasPhotography/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 758,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
NJ state senator-elect Edward Durr meets with Islamic group after apologizing for anti-Muslim tweet
iStock/JillianCain (NEW YORK) — A political newcomer who beat New Jersey’s veteran state senate president in a surprise election upset met with a local Islamic group Wednesday after apologizing for a previous anti-Muslim tweet. Edward [Read More…]
ABC World News
Every US citizen who wants out of Afghanistan offered departure, State Department says
christophe_cerisier/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The State Department has arranged a means out of Afghanistan for the last remaining U.S. citizens who are seeking help departing, a senior State Department official told ABC News. It is an [Read More…]
Ag News
What to know when turkey shopping for Thanksgiving
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, you may be wondering how much turkey to buy. Meredith Carothers with the USDA’s Meat and Poultry Hotline has some tips ahead of grocery shopping. For more information call 888-674-6854 or [Read More…]
Ag News
No-till November
Conservation leaders in the Midwest are celebrating “no-till November”, a spin off of no-shave November, by encouraging farmers to consider no-till management plans. In this Managing For Profit, Illinois State Conservationist Ivan Dozier highlights the [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri Livestock Symposium
Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner, Will Robinson and Cyndi Young will be on the ground in Kirksville, Missouri on December 3 & 4, 2021 for the Missouri Livestock Symposium. …