Month: April 2022
ABC Politics News
Vice President Kamala Harris announces US ban on anti-satellite missile tests
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris announced Monday night that the Biden administration is setting a self-imposed ban on anti-satellite missile testing with the goal of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Weekend of mass shootings highlights rise in gun deaths
kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the holiday weekend, 12 people were shot at a Columbia, South Carolina, mall. In nearby Hampton County, nine people were shot outside a nightclub. And in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, two [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mom stabbed to death, dumped in duffel bag; suspect at large
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — The New York City Police Department is searching for the person who stabbed a New York City mother to death and dumped her body in a large rollable duffel bag, police [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian military calls on Ukrainian troops in Mariupol to surrender
Victor/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the east. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Critics slam UK plan to send migrants arriving by illegal routes to Rwanda
JonGorr/Getty Images (LONDON) — Church leaders, politicians and aid groups condemned the U.K. Home Office’s new plan to tackle illegal migration and clamp down on human-trafficking gangs by sending migrants to Rwanda. The scheme announced [Read More…]
ABC World News
If Russia takes Mariupol, forces could be freed to fight in east: Pentagon update Day 54
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the U.S. assessment of the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine updates: Russia begins long-awaited offensive in eastern Ukraine
Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
Weather
Extreme Fire Danger issued April 19 at 3:06AM MDT by NWS
.DISCUSSION… Issued at 401 AM CDT Tue Apr 19 2022 Breezy and dry southeasterly flow will again lead to very high to extreme fire danger concerns for today. Winds will quickly be strengthening during the [Read More…]
Weather
Red Flag Warning issued April 19 at 2:15AM MDT until April 19 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA… The National [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Advisory issued April 19 at 2:10AM MDT until April 19 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Southeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE…In South Dakota, Beadle, Sanborn, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ray J offers $50 million for Chris Rock to fight Will Smith; Anthony Anderson cries during ‘black-ish’ finale
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images After Chris Rock’s younger brother, Kenny Rock, told TMZ that he wants to fight Will Smith, Ray J says he’ll offer a fortune for Chris and Will to face off in a boxing match. When asked if he [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Piers Morgan looking to “uncancel those who have been cancelled” with new TV show
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Piers Morgan, who famously stormed off the set of Good Morning Britain last year following his comments that he didn’t “believe a word” of the racism accusations Meghan Markle leveled [Read More…]
ABC National News
15-year-old girl stabbed to death by intruder at California high school
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (LOS ANGELES) — A 15-year-old girl was fatally stabbed by an intruder at a high school in Stockton, California, on Monday, according to officials. The student was killed when a man in his 40s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Colorado River is America’s most endangered; ranchers work to combat climate change
Craig Hastings/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Colorado River, a major freshwater source for over 40 million people in seven southwestern states and parts of northern Mexico, has lost 20% of its water levels over [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kentucky senator speaks on her viral speech against state’s abortion ban
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — Kentucky state Sen. Karen Berg went viral last month for an impassioned speech in the Senate chambers against the state’s new law that bans abortions after 15 weeks, calling the legislation [Read More…]
ABC National News
Operator error suspected in death of 14-year-old on Orlando amusement park ride
iStock/Motortion (ORLANDO) — Operator error is suspected as the primary cause in the death of a 14-year-old boy who slipped out of his seat on a drop-tower ride at a Florida amusement park and plunged [Read More…]
ABC National News
Neighbor recounts deadly shooting at Pittsburgh Airbnb house
iStock/MattGush (NEW YORK) — In the aftermath of a mass shooting at an Airbnb rental house that left two 17-year-old boys dead and eight people wounded, neighbor Leonard Verdetto described what he said was “rapid [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia begins long-awaited offensive in eastern Ukraine
Sergei Chuzavkov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Health care workers in Northern California strike over short staffing, COVID protocols, pay
iStock/NanoStockk (NEW YORK) — More than 8,000 nurses and health care workers in Northern California are planning a one-day strike Monday over staffing and other COVID-19-related concerns. The employees of Sutter Health, a health delivery [Read More…]
ABC National News
Police arrest second suspect in South Carolina mall shooting, searching for third
iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — South Carolina police have arrested a second suspect in the mall shooting that injured more than a dozen people and are continuing a manhunt for a third. The Columbia Police Department [Read More…]