Month: February 2022
ABC National News
DC-area sniper appeals life sentences given to him as a juvenile
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Maryland Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on Tuesday over whether Lee Boyd Malvo, the last living D.C.-area sniper, should be given a revised sentence under new federal and [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Los Angeles County keeps mask mandate
Lucas Ninno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 908,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Universal teases the trailer for Jordan Peele’s latest thriller, ‘Nope’
ABC/Randy Holmes The teaser-trailer for Get Out Oscar-winner Jordan Peele‘s latest thriller, Nope, notes a new Universal Pictures tease. And since Peele has proven to be a master of suspense, the teaser doesn’t reveal much about the new project, and instead [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Oscar nominee Ariana DeBose celebrates Black History Month; Nick Cannon’s very unusual Valentine’s Day gift
Jon Kopaloff/WireImage West Side Story star Ariana DeBose is celebrating being nominated for an Oscar for Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role. She is also recognizing Black History Month in an article she wrote for Variety. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Douglas Trumbull, effects wizard behind ‘2001’, ‘Blade Runner’, and more, dead at 79
Trumbull in 1977, working on ‘Close Encounters’ — Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Douglas Trumbull, a groundbreaking visual effects artist who left his mark on cinema history thanks to his pioneering work on classics like 2001: A [Read More…]
ABC National News
Gun violence interrupters point to promise of intervention programs
iStock (NEW YORK) — In North Lawndale, a neighborhood on the West Side of Chicago laden with crime and poverty, Derek Brown, founder of Boxing Out Negativity, has taken the fight against gun violence off [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York City considers making pandemic sidewalk dining rules permanent
iStock/Juliana Vilas Boas (NEW YORK) — As New York City gets closer to its goal of returning to a pre-pandemic way of life, elected officials are considering making one emergency order a permanent fixture. A [Read More…]
Ag News
Outstanding Young Farmer winners develop lasting friendships
Matt and Jenna Kilgus, Fairbury, Illinois Winners of the National Outstanding Young Farmer Awards are honored by the recognition but take lifelong friendships from the experience. Matt Kilgus wasn’t aware that there was an Outstanding [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA chief economist expects producer benefits from climate-smart program
USDA’s chief economist says a focus of the department’s recently announced $1 billion Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities program will be how to track emission reductions and sequestration in an accurate and cost-effective way. Seth Meyer [Read More…]
Ag News
Biofuel groups weigh in on “good, bad, and ugly” in RFS proposal
The comment period for EPA’s proposed Renewable Volume Obligations for 2020, 2021, and 2022 has closed. Iowa Renewable Fuels Association executive director Monte Shaw sums up the proposal as “good, bad, and ugly. “The 2022 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mayim Bialik says ‘Jeopardy! National College Championship’ is “like March Madness”
Jeopardy! Productions Who are the smartest college students in the country? A new primetime Jeopardy! event aims to answer that question. Jeopardy! National College Championship starts tonight, and host Mayim Bialik tells ABC Audio, “It’s kind of a March Madness of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hulu reveals peeks of limited series ‘The Dropout’, ‘Life After Beth’, and ‘The Girl from Plainville’
Beth Dubber/Hulu Hulu has dropped release dates for several high-profile limited series, including the anticipated The Dropout, starring Amanda Seyfried, Amy Schumer‘s Life After Beth, and Elle Fanning in The Girl from Plainville. The Dropout tracks the meteoric rise and catastrophic fall of Elizabeth Holmes, disgraced founder of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Power of the Dog”s Jane Campion becomes first woman to be Oscar-nominated for best director twice
KIRSTY GRIFFIN/NETFLIX — © 2021 Cross City Films Limited/Courtesy of Netflix Jane Campion is making history. The New Zealand-born filmmaker is the first woman to be nominated in the best director category twice. She was first [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Peloton, once a pandemic darling, to cut 2,800 jobs
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Peloton announced Tuesday a major leadership shakeup and a plan to cut costs that includes laying off some 2,800 employees. The announcement comes as the pandemic wanes in the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
DOJ announces arrests in alleged $4.5 billion cryptocurrency laundering scheme
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Tuesday announced the arrests of a New York couple charged with conspiring to launder cryptocurrency presently valued at $4.5 billion — stolen during [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Want to lose weight? Try adding one hour more sleep, study finds
Adene Sanchez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Losing weight can be hard and confusing, but a new study has found an easy way to help. Adding just one hour or more of sleep a night can [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ preparing extensive evidence, witnesses for first trial of alleged Jan. 6 rioter
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More than 13 months after the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol, the Justice Department has readied an extensive group of witnesses and a mountain of evidence that it’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
McConnell to speak as congressional Republicans divided over RNC censure resolution
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican lawmakers are divided on what could become a defining issue for the GOP after the Republican National Committee passed a censure resolution last week including language critics [Read More…]
ABC National News
Parents of alleged school shooter have hearing to decide if they will face trial
Oakland County Sheriff’s Office (ROCHESTER HILLS, Mich.) — The parents of Ethan Crumbley, the teenager accused of fatally shooting four students at a Michigan school, appeared in court on Tuesday for a hearing that will [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Michigan closes bridge to Canada amid trucker-led protests
Lucas Ninno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.7 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 905,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]