Year: 2021
ABC Business News
Facebook announces it is changing company name to Meta amid mounting controversies
Thinkhubstudio/iStock (NEW YORK) — In the shadow of mounting controversies for his beleaguered tech firm, CEO Mark Zuckerberg laid out his vision for the future of the internet at a company conference Thursday, which he [Read More…]
ABC Business News
New York woman sues Kellogg’s for $5 million over Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts
bhofack2/iStock (NEW YORK) — A woman from New York is suing The Kellogg Company for $5 million because she says the company’s Whole Grain Frosted Strawberry Pop-Tarts product doesn’t have enough strawberries in its filling. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How the proposed billionaires’ income tax would work
Douglas Rissing/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A proposal to levy a new tax code on America’s ultra-wealthy has sent shockwaves through the nation’s capital and beyond on Wednesday, as lawmakers struggle to reach an agreement over how [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Spanx founder Sara Blakely gives staff $10,000, plane tickets
iStock/Wolterk (NEW YORK) — Sara Blakely is probably going down as one of 2021’s best bosses ever. The Spanx founder recently announced that she is giving the company’s employees two first-class Delta plane tickets to travel [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Striking John Deere worker killed in traffic accident reporting to picket line
WQAD (MILAN, Ill.) — A John Deere worker who was taking part in the ongoing strike was killed in a traffic accident while walking to the picket line on Wednesday morning, the United Auto Workers Union [Read More…]
ABC Health News
With holidays looming, scientists point to additional data showing value of vaccines
SergeyChayko/iStock (NEW YORK) — The summer surge of COVID-19, fueled by the delta variant, raised alarm bells among scientists and citizens alike that unlike prior variants of the virus, this one was different. Those fears [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What would happen to abortion access if Roe v. Wade is overturned or weakened: Report
zimmytws/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has a real opportunity this year to overturn Roe v. Wade, the landmark case that made abortion a federally protected right, or otherwise lessen the right to abortion. The [Read More…]
ABC Health News
TikTok, phony doctors to blame for dangerous DIY lip filler trend: Experts
dimid_86/iStock (NEW YORK) — Young people everywhere are giving themselves lip filler using DIY methods seen on TikTok, and medical professionals want it to stop. The popularity of lip filler has been on the rise [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mother-daughter duos talk simultaneous breast cancer battles: ‘We lift each other’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Imagine being a mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer, and months later you find out your daughter was diagnosed as well. This is the reality two mother-daughter duos faced over [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Packers to be short-handed at receiver against Cardinals
Dylan Buell/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — The Green Bay Packers will be short-handed at wide receiver when they take on the Arizona Cardinals tonight. Davante Adams and Allen Lazard will both miss the game after being [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
PETA asks MLB to end use of ‘Bullpen’
gpflman/iStock (NEW YORK) — PETA has asked Major League Baseball to end the use of the term ‘bullpen.” The organization says they would like a more animal-friendly term that doesn’t reference the area where bulls [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Arizona Cardinals DE Watt likely done for year
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Arizona Cardinals defensive end JJ Watt will have season-ending shoulder surgery, according to ESPN’s Adam Schefter. The team had already ruled Watt out for Thursday’s game against the Green Bay [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NAACP calls on athletes not to sign with Texas teams over voting, abortion laws
Raymond Boyd/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The NAACP on Thursday called on members of the NBA, WNBA, NFL, NHL and MLB to consider not signing with teams in Texas as a protest against several controversial [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Prescription drug cost relief nixed from Democrats’ plan
uSchools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — A popular plan to let the government directly negotiate lower prescription drug prices with pharmaceutical companies — extracting significant savings for taxpayers and patients — will likely not be part of the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
No vote expected on infrastructure this week
rarrarorro/iStock (WASHINGTON) — House Democratic leaders are pulling the plug on infrastructure this week. The plan to vote on the $1 trillion infrastructure bill Thursday is now officially canceled, according to sources familiar with the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former New York Gov. Cuomo charged with misdemeanor sex crime
Bennett Raglin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been charged with a misdemeanor sex crime in Albany City Court, according to a spokesman for the New York State Court System. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Garland, under GOP attack, defends memo on violent threats against school board officials
Getty Images/Tasos Katopodis (WASHINGTON) — A Senate hearing grew heated on Wednesday as Republicans repeatedly demanded Attorney General Merrick Garland retract and apologize for a memo he issued earlier this month aimed at addressing a rise [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Manchin raises concerns over billionaires’ tax as Democrats scramble to close social spending deal
Getty Images/Drew Angerer (WASHINGTON) — Democrats on Wednesday scrambled to close the deal on President Joe Biden’s landmark social spending legislation, focusing on new ways to pay for the package, including a billionaires’ tax the White [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York City firefighters protest vaccine mandate outside mayor’s residence as deadline nears
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City firefighters and other city workers protested outside the mayor’s residence Thursday, as a COVID-19 vaccination deadline quickly approaches. Nearly all municipal employees, including [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Global cases, deaths on the rise for 1st time in 2 months
Bill Oxford/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 4.9 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 740,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns [Read More…]