Month: April 2022
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Biden to visit facility that manufactures Javelin anti-tank missiles
Mykhaylo Palinchak/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 Entertainment News
Pete Davidson’s new series ‘Bupkis’ headed to Peacock
Mary Ellen Matthews/NBC Pete Davidson‘s staying with the Peacock. The Saturday Night Live star’s new TV project, the comedy Bupkis, has gotten a full-series order from the streaming service. As reported, the show aims to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Courtney B. Vance hopes his new legal drama series ’61st Street,’ continues the conversation on police reform
George Burns/AMC In the new AMC drama series, 61st Street, Courtney B. Vance stars as Franklin Roberts, a lawyer working to prevent Tosin Cole‘s character, Moses Johnson, from becoming a victim of Chicago’s infamously corrupt [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Archegos founder Bill Hwang charged in massive stock market fraud
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York on Wednesday announced criminal charges against the founder of a private investment firm and its chief financial officer for alleged “manipulative trading” and “deceptive [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production up as stocks tighten
U.S. ethanol production moved modestly higher last week but stayed well below a million barrels as seasonal maintenance continues at some plants. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 963,000 barrels a day, up [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer juggling risks from volatile grain market and input costs
An Illinois farmer says it is difficult to keep track of all the factors pressuring the global grain markets. Lance Panzer of Waltonville in southern Illinois tells Brownfield the war in Ukraine, drought in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Vilsack approves transfer of funds to support HPAI response efforts
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has taken action to support response efforts to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza. The Secretary approved the transfer of nearly $263 million from the Commodity Credit Corporation to USDA’s Animal and Plant [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Parents of kids under 5 fed up with lack of FDA action on a vaccine
Courtesy Emmie Fital (NEW YORK) — Parents eager to vaccinate their toddlers and preschoolers last fall were told a COVID shot for the youngest age group was on its way, with data expected by the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New research reveals sleep disorder may be linked to Parkinson’s
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New research on the connection between sleep and Parkinson’s disease is being hailed as a “first step” toward curing and preventing the condition, a brain disorder that causes uncontrollable movements. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden, Obama, Clintons at funeral for Madeleine Albright, first female secretary of state
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Much of official Washington remembered former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, the first woman to ever serve in that role, at her funeral Wednesday at Washington National Cathedral. Albright, who [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DHS secretary grilled on ending Title 42, preparation for immigrant influx
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas faced blunt questions from lawmakers on Wednesday about how the Biden administration is handling and preparing for the eventual end of pandemic-justified border restrictions that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ukraine war not discussed in Reed prisoner swap with Russia, US officials say
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. and Russian officials have been negotiating the prisoner swap for Trevor Reed for months, according to senior administration officials Wednesday, with talks intensifying in recent weeks amid [Read More…]
ABC National News
Arrest made in death of 10-year-old girl
Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — Police said Tuesday they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found on a Wisconsin walking trail. Lily Peters, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Minneapolis Police Department racial discrimination investigation concludes, findings to be released
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — The Minnesota Department of Human Rights will release findings Wednesday from its investigation into the Minneapolis Police Department two years after filing a charge of discrimination against the city. The [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Pretty in pink: Check out Margot Robbie in her ‘Barbie’ Dream Car
Warner Bros. Pictures The Greta Gerwig-directed live-action Barbie movie has been given a release date of July 21, 2023, and with Warner Bros.’ announcement came the first image of Margot Robbie as the titular toy [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Warner Bros. teases ‘Black Adam’, ‘Elvis’, ‘Aquaman’ and more at CinemaCon expo
Cinemacon 2022 – Eric Charbonneau It was Warner Bros. night to shine in Sin City at the annual CinemaCon expo on Tuesday, and the studio amped up the star power onstage, as well as showed [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
’The Batman’ sequel announced with Robert Pattinson, director Matt Reeves returning
Warner Bros. Pictures Gotham City, rejoice! Warner Bros. and DC announced at CinemaCon Tuesday night that a sequel to The Batman is happening. Not only is the box office hit getting a sequel, the entire [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Justin Lin out as ‘Fast X’ director; ‘Hacks’ returns with new trailer, and more
Justin Lin on Tuesday announced that he was stepping down as director of the latest Fast & Furious film, Fast X. A reason for the sudden departure was not given. “With the support of Universal, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Ford chairman discusses company’s push to all-electric fleet
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The road toward an all-electric vehicle future is long and filled with roadblocks concerning high costs and supply chain issues, according to automakers and motor vehicle experts. However, the head [Read More…]
Ag News
Short-term drying over parts of the Corn Belt; temps vary across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, unusually cool weather prevails, except along and southwest of a line from near the Nebraska-South Dakota border into the lower Ohio Valley. Frost and Freeze Warnings and Advisories were in effect [Read More…]