Month: April 2022
ABC Health News
COVID-19 cases rise in Los Angeles County due to BA.2 variant
yorkfoto/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — COVID-19 cases are rising in Los Angeles County as the BA.2 variant continues to spread throughout the United States. Data from the L.A. County Department of Public Health shows 1,088 new [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID-19 vaccine campaign prevented millions of deaths, hospitalizations in U.S., study finds
Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite a recent increase in COVID-19 breakthrough infections, an updated report illustrates the significant impact the nation’s vaccine campaign has had in preventing millions of virus-related deaths, hospitalizations and infections. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Men who posed as federal agents are national security risk: Federal prosecutors
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The two men accused of impersonating federal law enforcement agents are a risk to national security, government prosecutors said in a court document, pushing to keep the men in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Alabama governor signs ‘Don’t Say Gay,’ trans care and bathroom ban bills
Julie Bennett/Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — In the latest salvo of legislation targeting LGBTQ youth, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey has signed into law two bills banning transgender health care for minors and teaching about gender identity [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Questions over White House COVID protocols amid uptick in cases
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is charging ahead with President Joe Biden’s schedule despite an uptick of COVID-19 cases among Washington politicians and staff members, including some in the president’s inner circle and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
U.S. sends Patriot battery to Slovakia so Ukraine can get its S-300 anti-aircraft system: Pentagon update Day 44
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGON) — 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 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
At Jackson confirmation, Harris asks Black senators to write letters to Black girls
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As she presided over Thursday’s historic confirmation vote for Ketanji Brown Jackson to become the first Black woman to sit on the Supreme Court, Vice President Kamala Harris gave an assignment [Read More…]
ABC National News
Power still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico amid massive outage
Pawel Gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Power is still out for around 850,000 customers in Puerto Rico on Friday, after a massive outage left 1.5 million customers without power, according to LUMA Energy, the company that [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two acquitted, two mistrials in Michigan governor kidnap plot
Mint Images/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — A jury found two men not guilty Friday on charges connected to an alleged plot to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and a mistrial was called on two [Read More…]
Ag News
South Dakota up to 32 avian influenza cases
New cases of avian influenza continue to strike South Dakota. Dr. Mendel Miller with the South Dakota Animal Industry Board tells Brownfield there have been ten new cases in the past week, bringing the state’s [Read More…]
Ag News
A late-Winter look & feel across most of the Nation’s mid-section
Across the Corn Belt, cloudy, chilly, breezy weather—accompanied by rain and snow showers—continues to inhibit spring fieldwork, including planting preparations. Friday’s high temperatures will remain below 50°F across most of the Midwest—and will struggle to [Read More…]
Ag News
A sharply colder pattern ahead for much of the heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures throughout the western and central U.S., while warmer-than-normal weather will be confined to the East and areas along the Gulf Coast. [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Matthew Mors tranfers to South Dakota State
Yankton native Matthew Mors has announced his commitment to South Dakota State men’s basketball after spending a redshirt year at the University of Wisconsin. Mors was a three-time Gatorade Boys Basketball Player of the Year [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Judith Light opens up about multi-dimensional ‘Shining Vale’ character
Starz Horror and comedy collide in the Starz series Shining Vale, airing Sundays. Courteney Cox and Greg Kinnear star as Patricia “Pat” Phelps and her husband Terry — a couple that moves their whole family [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Motion Picture Academy bans Will Smith from attending any Academy event for 10 years
Myung Chun/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has determined that Will Smith will be banned from attending any of its events — including the Academy Awards — [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Dancing with the Stars’ cha-chas to Disney+
ABC/Eric McCandless The long-running ABC reality competition series Dancing with the Stars is sashaying to Disney+. “Dancing with the Stars has entertained fans for 16 years on ABC, and we are excited to bring this [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Doctor Strange beats Batman for ticket presales on Fandango
Marvel Studios Marvel Studios’ sequel Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness has bested The Batman, becoming the biggest movie in 2022 to date in terms of ticket pre-sales on Fandango. Advance tickets went on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Simpsons’ makes history with deaf actor and character in Sunday night’s episode
Fox Sunday’s episode of The Simpsons will make history as the first to feature a deaf actor and use American Sign Language — despite characters only having four fingers. The episode, titled “The Sound of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Tearful Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrates with Biden at White House: ‘We’ve made it’
Oliver Contreras/for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden celebrated Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s historic confirmation to the Supreme Court at the White House on Friday with a tearful Jackson delivering [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jury partially deadlocked on charges in Michigan governor kidnap plot
Mint Images/Getty Images (DETROIT) — The jury deciding the fates of four men accused of plotting to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Friday they had reached a verdict on some of the criminal charges [Read More…]
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