Month: April 2022
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia bans British PM, cabinet members from territory
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian troops invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
ABC World News
First Muslim religious freedom ambassador lays out US agenda
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Rashad Hussain, the U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for International Religious Freedom, is the first Muslim-American ever to hold the title, and he told GMA 3 that his appointment sent a powerful signal to [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukrainian mother relives horror of son’s execution in Bucha basement
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The images of five bodies found fatally shot in a basement in Bucha, Ukraine, with their hands tied behind their backs, apparently tortured and executed, alerted the world to possible [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Twins: MRI shows no structural damage to Buxton’s right knee
BOSTON (AP) — Twins manager Rocco Baldelli said an MRI on star Byron Buxton’s right knee didn’t reveal any structural issues. Speaking before Saturday’s game with the Boston Red Sox, Baldelli said that a team [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
NAACP calls on Justice Department to investigate $90 million Mississippi welfare fraud case
JC Olivera/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The NAACP called on Attorney General Merrick Garland to investigate years of allegations of widespread fraud and misspending in Mississippi totaling a reported $96 million, according to a letter obtained exclusively [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Debra Messing and Enrico Colantoni light up the stage in ‘Birthday Candles’
John Lamparski/Getty Images Two years and one pandemic later, Birthday Candles, starring Debra Messing, finally makes its Broadway debut — and if it’s good old-fashioned life perspective you’re searching for, bring all the issues and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Two-time cancer survivor Ethan Zohn reflects on re-running the Boston Marathon after living through Boston Bombing
cr: Ethan Zohn On Monday, former Survivor winner and two-time cancer survivor Ethan Zohn will re-run the Boston Marathon for the first time since 2015, when the Boston Bombing shattered the event. The attack killed [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 ‘breathalyzer’ test
InspectIR Systems (NEW YORK) — The Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a COVID-19 test that uses breath samples — the first of its kind to get the agency’s green light. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
$50,000 reward split between tipsters in NYC subway shooting
John Lamparski/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Five tipsters will split a $50,000 reward for providing police with information that led to the arrest of the suspect in Tuesday’s mass shooting on a New York City subway [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Burying my son’: Parents of man killed by Grand Rapids police officer speak out
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — The family of a man fatally shot by a police officer in Grand Rapids, Michigan, earlier this month is demanding that the officer be fired and prosecuted. “It is [Read More…]
ABC National News
Timeline of New York subway shooting and capture of suspect
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were injured, including 10 by gunfire, in a mass shooting on a rush-hour subway train in Brooklyn, New York, on Tuesday morning, triggering a manhunt for [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Warner Bros.’ new leadership is reportedly overhauling its DC Comics properties
Warner Bros. Pictures David Zaslav, the CEO of Discovery, which recently purchased Warner Media for $43 billion, is apparently eager to iron out some wrinkles in the capes of its superhero properties. Variety is reporting Zaslav [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Fantastic Beasts’ threequel ‘The Secrets of Dumbledore’ conjures up $6 million in previews
Warner Bros. Pictures Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore, the third in a series of Harry Potter spin-offs, managed to conjure up $6 million from Thursday night preview audiences in the U.S., according to Deadline. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
What would ‘Bridgerton’ be without two of its most “powerful” women: Queen Charlotte & Lady Danbury
LIAM DANIEL/NETFLIX If you’re one of the millions of people who contributed to Bridgerton’s season one record-breaking viewership, you’ve most likely started, or even already finished, season two of the Netflix dramedy. And with the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
No, that’s not really Tom Cruise jumping over Keegan-Michael Key in viral video
Karwai Tang/WireImage While Tom Cruise arguably certainly doesn’t look like — or perform stunts like — most 59 year olds, he didn’t actually vault over six foot tall funnyman Keegan-Michael Key. However, you’d be forgiven [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Woman shares warning on TikTok after learning streak on nail is cancer
Cavan Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For years, Maria Sylvia ignored a straight, brown streak that had appeared on her right thumbnail. The 25-year-old shared what it looked like in a TikTok video last month [Read More…]
Ag News
CoBank anticipates tight grain stocks and volatility for years
An economist with CoBank says the Russian invasion of Ukraine will impact grain stocks and prices for years. Kenneth Zuckerberg tells Brownfield the global grain markets have been managing through a period of extreme volatility, [Read More…]
Ag News
Soy Excellence Centers increasing markets for US soybeans
An Illinois farmer has experienced first-hand how Soy Excellence Centers are diversifying demand and increasing markets for US soybean exports. Mark Read of Putnam, IL recently traveled to Honduras, where the Illinois Soybean Association has [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How to curb food costs and make money-saving meals as inflation rises
Liu Guanguan/China News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With inflation at a 40-year high and food costs continuing to rise, it’s time to take stock of how we approach cooking to make the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
As COVID-19 cases rise, disability advocates say CDC isn’t doing enough
Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After the omicron wave of COVID-19 receded earlier this winter, states and cities across the country moved quickly to ease mitigation measures, leaving many officials hopeful that [Read More…]