Month: February 2022
ABC Health News
Teenage girls had increased risk of developing eating disorders during pandemic: CDC
Stock Image/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are warning of a rise in eating and tic disorders among teenage girls during the COVID-19 pandemic. Echoing prior research, the proportion [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
RNC resolution citing Jan. 6 as ‘legitimate political discourse’ misconstrued: Pence
Getty Images/Justin Sullivan (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence has defended the Republican National Committee censure of GOP Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, arguing that the resolution referring to Jan. 6 as “legitimate political [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge rejects Trump’s effort to dismiss Jan. 6 civil lawsuits
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has rejected an effort by former President Donald Trump to dismiss a series of lawsuits brought against him by Democratic lawmakers and U.S. Capitol Police officers seeking to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘I don’t believe it’s a bluff,’ Defense Secretary Austin says of a possible Russian invasion of Ukraine
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — “This is not a bluff,” Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Friday about the potential for a Russian invasion of Ukraine in an exclusive interview with ABC “This Week” co-anchor Martha Raddatz. “He [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Scott Eastwood confirms “volatile” ‘Fury’ fight with co-star Shia LaBeouf
Rich Polk/Getty Images for IMDb (NOTE LANGUAGE) Actor Scott Eastwood confirms that a fight he had with Shia LaBeouf during the filming of their 2014 movie Fury got so bad that Brad Pitt had to physically break it up. Eastwood, the Suicide Squad star son of Clint, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kevin Hart introduces real-life Olympic Jamaican Bobsled Team to ‘Cool Runnings’ star Leon Robinson
Peacock Kevin Hart teamed up with Olympic Jamaican bobsled team as part of his Winter Olympics Tailgate Party, chatting with the team via remote from Beijing. Shanwayne Stephens, a groundbreaker as the team’s female driver, joined Hart along [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicole Kidman’s mini-mini skirt look for ‘Vanity Fair ‘drawing maximum flak
ABC They say “if you got it, flaunt it,” and Nicole Kidman certainly does that in a new cover shoot for Vanity Fair. The 54-year-old Academy Award nominee and newly-minted Being The Ricardos Oscar nominee posed in a barely-there Miu [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
National Archives confirms some documents retrieved from Mar-a-Lago were classified
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The National Archives and Record Administration (NARA) confirmed on Friday that some of the Trump White House documents recently recovered from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort were marked classified, and that the agency [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kim Potter, who killed Daunte Wright, sentenced to 24 months,fine on manslaughter convictions
Bruce Bisping/Star Tribune via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Brooklyn Center Police Officer Kim Potter was sentenced to 24 months and a fine of $1,000 on Friday, following her conviction in the death of Daunte [Read More…]
Ag News
Hog futures continue upward trend to close week
Cattle future traded mixed to lower with sideways action for a lot of the day watching little cash trade and light box movement. Live cattle contracts saw profit taking to close the week. Feeder cattle [Read More…]
Ag News
GoodSport beverage sees good growth
The mother and attorney who developed a milk-based sports drink says she didn’t imagine her idea would get this far. Michelle McBride worked with the University of Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research to create GoodSport, [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin lost 300 farms in 2021
The trend of having fewer farms continued in Wisconsin last year. The USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says the state had 64,100 farms which was down 300 from 2020. USDA says the amount of land [Read More…]
Ag News
Farm group sees potential in USDA climate-smart program
A leading state farm group says USDA’s $1 billion climate-smart program announced earlier this month could be positive for rural revitalization. Missouri Farm Bureau President Garrett Hawkins tells Brownfield the program will boost to the [Read More…]
Ag News
Historical highs suggest soybean futures face stiff resistance above $16
A market analyst points to historical highs as farmers ponder the upside potential of soybeans. Kent Beadle with CHS Hedging says there was a peak of $16.63 in 2008 and five years later prices reached [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“It’s really exciting!” Rosario Dawson dishes on training for ‘Ahsoka’, and joining the MCU thanks to ‘Daredevil’
Lucasfilm As any admitted fangirl would be, Rosario Dawson is pretty psyched. She’s part of the Star Wars universe, thanks to playing former Jedi Ahsoka Tano in The Mandalorian, The Book of Boba Fett, and her upcoming spin-off, Ahsoka. She’s also working [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“God doesn’t make mistakes”: Candice Cameron Bure says Bob Saget’s death didn’t shake her faith
Paul Archuleta/Getty Images While she’s still grieving the loss of her TV dad Bob Saget, Candice Cameron Bure says his untimely death on January 9 hasn’t shaken her belief in God. “I don’t question my faith,” the 45-year-old actress tells Us [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Kids and masks in school: Doctors answer questions as mask guidelines change
Cavan Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New Mexico and Virginia this week joined a growing number of states, cities and local communities that are going “mask optional” as omicron variant cases start to decline nationwide. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
McCarthy endorses Cheney’s primary opponent in latest move to get her out of office
Getty Images/Win McNamee (WASHINGTON) — In his quest to keep Republicans united and become House speaker, Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy has supported and given money to many of the Republicans who voted to impeach former President [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
All 535 members of Congress invited to Biden’s State of the Union address, but masks required
Getty Images/Chip Somodevilla (WASHINGTON) — Following weeks of speculation about what President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address on March 1 would look like — amid pandemic safety concerns — all members of Congress have [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to speak to nation as crisis with Russia over Ukraine escalates
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden was set to speak to the nation Friday afternoon on what the White House said are U.S. efforts to ease tensions over Ukraine, [Read More…]