Year: 2021
ABC Politics News
What you need to know about the COP26 climate summit
iStock/slowmotiongli (NEW YORK) — For the next two weeks, governments around the world will convene for a highly anticipated summit on climate change that has been billed as the “last best chance” to meet the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden, Democrats failing to sell agenda to American people: POLL
iStock/lamontak590623 (NEW YORK) — Negotiations on the infrastructure and social program bills have consumed Capitol Hill for months. Still, a new ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday finds Democrats are failing to sell the legislation to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas Halloween party shooting leaves 1 dead, 9 injured, search for gunman ongoing
Texarkana Police Department via Facebook (TEXARKANA, TX.) — A search is ongoing in eastern Texas for a gunman who opened fire at a Halloween party attended by “at least a couple hundred” revelers, killing one [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fight isn’t over for Marine who lost limbs in Kabul suicide attack
Courtesy Sgt. Tyler Andrews (WASHINGTON) — There was a sense of danger and urgency in the air at Hamid Karzai International Airport on the evening of Aug. 26. Sixteen hours earlier, the U.S. Embassy had [Read More…]
ABC World News
Explosion in Mexico destroys at least 30 buildings, leaves 1 dead, 15 injured
KeithBinns/iStock (MEXICO CITY) — A large explosion attributed to a gas leak in east-central Mexico’s Puebla state has left at least one dead, 15 injured and damaged between 30 to 50 buildings, local government authorities [Read More…]
Ag News
The 2021-2022 National FFA Officer Team is ‘ready’
The 2021-2022 National FFA Officer team was elected at the close of the 94th National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis. The six students selected to lead the National FFA Organization say they’re ready to [Read More…]
News
Mitchell Chamber, CVB, MADC and MMS&B recognize achievements
It was boots, chaps, and cowboy hats Friday night at the annual Mitchell Chamber, Development, and Main Street Annual Recognition Event. This year’s Hoe-Down at the Highland celebrated local businesses and individuals for their commitment [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Through her attorneys, ‘Rust’ armorer claims she has “no idea” how live rounds got onto film set; claims media “slander”
iStock/LPETTET Through her legal representation, Hannah Gutierrez Reed, the armorer on the set of Rust, on which Alec Baldwin accidentally fatally shot camerawoman Halyna Hutchins and injured director Joel Souza, is now speaking out. Authorities say the pistol that Baldwin aimed at [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In trailer for his new docuseries ‘Best Shape of My Life,’ Will Smith reveals he considered suicide
Westbrook Media for YouTube Originals Will Smith dropped the trailer for his Best Shape of My Life docuseries Friday, and in the clip, he reveals that he had thoughts of taking his own life. The Fresh Prince of Bel Air star [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tracee Ellis Ross reflects on ‘black-ish’ ahead of series finale
ABC/Kwaku Alston black-ish was renewed for its eighth and final season back in May, and Tracee Ellis Ross, who plays the Johnson family matriarch Dr. Rainbow “Bow” Johnson, says the final show will be a bittersweet moment [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Will Agatha Harkness get her own ’WandaVision’ spinoff? Star Kathryn Hahn weighs in
Marvel Studios With the Marvel Cinematic Universe expanding further into television, fans are hopeful that the MCU is brewing up a WandaVision spinoff series about Agatha Harkness, who was played by standout star Kathryn Hahn. Speaking to Entertainment Tonight, the Emmy-nominated actress [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Squid Game’-inspired cryptocurrency shot up 82,000% in first days of trading
Netflix A cryptocurrency based on — but not licensed by — the smash Netflix show Squid Game is smashing expectations. The digital currency SQUID began trading Tuesday at just $0.01235. As of around 12:30 p.m. Friday, it was [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Facebook employees questioned apparent restrictions on Palestinian activist’s account: Documents
luchezar/iStock (NEW YORK) — Earlier this year, multiple Facebook employees questioned the apparent restrictions on well-known Palestinian activist Mohammed El-Kurd’s Instagram account, according to internal Facebook documents shared with ABC News and a group of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11: 5 things to know
SeventyFour/iStock (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 vaccine shots for kids ages 5 to 11 may be available as soon as next week after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday authorized the Pfizer vaccine for kids. With the FDA’s [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Biden to push schools to set up routine COVID testing for kids, staff
Vadym Terelyuk/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is launching a new effort with The Rockefeller Foundation to encourage schools to set up surveillance COVID testing for students and staff, ABC News has learned. The effort, which [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Amy Robach opens up about taboo side of breast cancer – how it changes your life forever
MarinaLitvinova/iStock (NEW YORK) — ABC News’ Amy Robach was diagnosed with breast cancer eight years ago, on Oct. 30, 2013. Following a live mammogram on “Good Morning America” to kick of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Robach, then 40, received a phone call [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mother speaks out after urgent calls to 911 about child’s medical emergency go unanswered
Ralers/iStock (NEW YORK) — Some 911 call centers across the country say they are experiencing staffing shortages. Some centers are struggling with as much as 30% to 50% vacancies, according to reports from the International Academies [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How an epidemiologist plans to celebrate Halloween with his kids amid COVID-19
FamVeld/iStock (NEW YORK) — With Halloween just days away, kids across the country are gearing up for candy and fun, while many parents are wondering how to keep their kids safe amid the coronavirus pandemic, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Opponents of Line 3 pipeline say project threatens Biden’s climate legacy
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Construction of an oil pipeline deep in America’s heartland has become one of the most contentious environmental battles in the country. The thousand-mile long Line 3 pipeline transports Canadian tar sands [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden administration considering payments for families separated under Trump policy
grandriver/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is considering making settlement payments to migrants who were separated from their children during the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy,” according to two people familiar with the planning. Enacted in April of 2018, [Read More…]