Month: April 2022
Remembering Jackie Robinson’s historic debut 75 years later
Photo File/MLB Photos via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seventy-five years ago, Jackie Robinson debuted as a first baseman with the Brooklyn Dodgers while donning jersey No. 42. Stepping out of the dark dugout into [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 4/14/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland 6, Tampa Bay 3 Seattle 5, Chicago White Sox 1 NY Yankees 3, Toronto 0 Detroit 4, Kansas City 2 [Read More…]
Gov. Abbott sends 2nd bus of migrants to Washington DC to protest end of Title 42
Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A second group of asylum seekers arrived in Washington, D.C., Thursday on a charter bus after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directed the Texas Division [Read More…]
NYC subway shooting suspect ate at Katz’s Deli during manhunt: Sources
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Frank James, the man accused of opening fire on a subway train in Brooklyn, visited multiple Manhattan neighborhoods, including a stop at the famous Katz’s Delicatessen, as the [Read More…]
California to delay COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California will not require students to be vaccinated against COVID-19 for at least another school year, health officials announced Thursday. The earliest the requirement would go into [Read More…]
Parents, students call for review of safety procedures in wake of deadly Michigan school shooting
JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images (OXFORD, Mich.) — Parents and students called for greater safety measures and transparency at the Michigan high school where four students were fatally shot in a mass shooting last year. [Read More…]
France marks third anniversary of Notre Dame Cathedral fire, with epic restoration underway
BENOIT TESSIER/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (PARIS) — Three years after flames engulfed Notre Dame, investigators are still trying to determine the cause of the devastating fire at Paris’ most famous cathedral. French President Emmanuel Macron [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukrainian commander issues urgent plea in Mariupol
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…]
Prince Harry, Meghan meet with Queen Elizabeth for first time since leaving royal roles
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, visited Harry’s grandmother, Queen Elizabeth, on Thursday, a spokesperson for Harry and Meghan confirmed to ABC News. The visit [Read More…]
Murder charges filed in death of Lincoln County woman
CANTON, S.D. (AP) — A man who has been in custody since a 20-year-old mother was found dead last month in Lincoln County has now been charged with murder and manslaughter. Randi Gerlach was found [Read More…]
South Dakota AG’s impeachment trial set for June 21-22
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The leader of the South Dakota Senate on Wednesday named a lead prosecutor for the impeachment trial of state Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg and scheduled it for late June. The announcement [Read More…]
Diane Kruger, Kiernan Shipka on how ‘Swimming with Sharks’ reflects real-life Hollywood
Courtesy fo Roku Out today, on The Roku Channel, Swimming with Sharks — starring Diane Kruger and Kiernan Shipka — is a drama about the dark side of Hollywood and how an assistant flips the script on an abusive boss. They [Read More…]
Biodiesel and renewable diesel are not the same
In this episode of Managing for Profit, Scott Fenwick, technical director with Clean Fuels Alliance America, discusses the differences and similarities between biodiesel and renewable diesel, the benefits they bring farmers, and what’s on the [Read More…]
GM CEO Mary Barra talks newest electric vehicle, inflation and competition with Tesla
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The CEO of General Motors Mary Barra sat down exclusively with ABC News’ Rebecca Jarvis to introduce their newest electric vehicle the Cadillac LYRIQ and take the first [Read More…]
Pfizer may have COVID-19 booster that addresses omicron, other variants by fall
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — By this fall, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its partner BioNTech could potentially have a COVID-19 booster that specifically addresses the omicron variant as well as its subvariants [Read More…]
ISIS ‘Beatle’ accused of murdering Americans found guilty on all charges
Mint Images/Getty Images (ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — A federal jury found ISIS fighter El Shafee Elsheikh guilty on all counts of being part of a core group of British terrorists known as the “Beatles,” who held [Read More…]
3 dead after severe storm system, wildfires rip through US
Image by Marie LaFauci/Getty Images (RUIDOSO, N.M.) — Three people have died as a result of extreme weather that has ripped through the U.S. in recent days. The bodies of two people were found in [Read More…]
Giuliani helps feds unlock devices as charging decision looms
Rey Del Rio/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Rudy Giuliani assisted federal investigators in unlocking several electronic devices that had been seized from him by the FBI — a move that could speed a decision [Read More…]
Body camera footage shows fatal police shooting of Grand Rapids man
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Police in Grand Rapids, Michigan, released video footage on Wednesday of the fatal police shooting of a Black man during a traffic stop April 4. Patrick Lyoya, 26, [Read More…]
Subway shooting suspect had means to carry out more attacks: Prosecutors
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The man accused of opening fire on a subway train in Brooklyn may have rushed the attack and had more weapons available to possibly commit other [Read More…]
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