Month: May 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Amazon’s ‘Night Sky’ is sci-fi series with a twist
Amazon Studios What exactly is in that shed? The new sci-fi series Night Sky is streaming now on Amazon Prime. Academy Award winners J.K. Simmons and Sissy Spacek play an aging couple with their fair [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA advisers to meet to discuss COVID-19 shots for kids, vaccines for fall
Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the wake of Pfizer’s new pediatric COVID-19 vaccine data for children under the age of 5, which was released on Monday, the Food and Drug Administration has set new, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump-backed election deniers could soon be overseeing elections — as experts warn of ’emergency’
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the last batches of ballots still being tallied in Pennsylvania’s Republican Senate primary, Donald Trump weighed in last week to insist his chosen candidate go ahead and “declare victory” [Read More…]
ABC National News
Despite recent shootings, New York City transit crime rate holds steady
Alexi J. Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Enriquez, 48, was shot and killed in an unprovoked attack on a Q train Sunday in New York City as it headed into Manhattan. The tragedy comes [Read More…]
ABC National News
Person of interest identified in unprovoked NYC subway shooting: Sources
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Police have identified a person in connection with the unprovoked fatal shooting of 48-year-old Daniel Enriquez on a Q train in New York City on Sunday, according to [Read More…]
ABC World News
Trevor Reed says US should trade Viktor Bout if it will free Americans held in Russia
Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trevor Reed, the former U.S. Marine recently released after nearly three years in Russian captivity, has called on the U.S. government to negotiate a prisoner swap like the one that [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine outgunned 20 to 1 in east, Zelenskyy says
John Moore/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. Ukrainian troops [Read More…]
Ag News
Tennessee planting update: soybeans 53% and cotton 78% planted
Hot and dry weather helped farmers play catch-up on planting this past week. Eastern Tennessee farmer Don Holbert tells Brownfield they were slow to start. “We couldn’t get the weather to warm up or the [Read More…]
Ag News
Growing pains for double crop insurance
Possible expansion of double crop insurance could have growing pains for farmers double cropping for the first time. University of Illinois ag economist Gary Schnitkey says while expanding the double crop insurance area ‘may’ be [Read More…]
Ag News
Arkansas crops: 90% rice and 74% cotton planted
Another decent week of weather helped Arkansas farmers make big strides in planting pace. Corn planting is 98% complete with 90% of the crop emerged. Seventy-seven percent is rated good to excellent. Rice planting is [Read More…]
Ag News
Additional funds aid efforts to remove feral hogs from Arkansas
The Arkansas Department of Agriculture has been awarded additional funds to help with feral hog eradication efforts across the state. The $650,000 in federal funding was part of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2022. Arkansas [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybean planting still slow in South Dakota
Corn and soybean planting continues to lag in South Dakota. USDA’s latest crop report says corn is 62 percent planted, compared to the five-year average of 71 percent. Emergence is 11 percent, well behind 33 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Vanessa Hudgens to host 2022 ‘MTV Movie & TV Awards’
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua tick, tick…BOOM! co-star Vanessa Hudgens has been announced as the host of the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards. The event will be held live from the Barker Hangar in Los Angeles on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Laura Dern, Sam Neill say their ‘Jurassic Park’ relationship was “inappropriate”
Murray Close/Getty Images While 1993’s blockbuster Jurassic Park is universally thought of as a family-friendly film, two of its stars now say there was something “inappropriate” about it. That is to say, Laura Dern‘s paleobotanist [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker say I do, again, in Italy
Robino Salvatore/GC Images The third set of “I dos” vowed by Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker on Sunday was to die for. The couple, who had a Las Vegas wedding in April and then jumped [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Zendaya, Andrew Garfield, Pete Davidson make ‘TIME”s 2022 “100 Most Influential People” list
TIME has released its list of the 100 Most Influential People of 2022, and among them are Emmy winner Zendaya, multiple Oscar nominee Andrew Garfield, Simu Liu and now-former SNL star Pete Davidson. As always, each of this year’s class was hailed by their [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Letitia Wright explains how ‘Black Panther’ sequel “honors” Chadwick Boseman’s legacy
Marvel Studios Letitia Wright dropped some hints to Variety about the upcoming sequel Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, and how all involved are honoring the original film’s star, the late Chadwick Boseman. Wright plays Shuri, the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Beyond blessed and grateful”: Chris Pratt announces birth of second baby girl with Katherine Schwarzenegger
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Marvel movie star Chris Pratt announced over the weekend that he and his wife, Katherine Schwarzenegger, welcomed their second baby together. “We are so excited to announce the birth of our second daughter, Eloise [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Horseback chases, cars and Tom Cruise running: ‘Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One’ teaser debuts
Paramount Pictures Paramount Pictures has dropped the first teaser-trailer for the series’ seventh chapter, Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning Part One, and to say it’s action-packed is an understatement. The snippet teases chases on horseback [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘High School Musical: The Musical’ getting fourth season, and more
Disney+’s High School Musical: The Musical: the Series has been picked up for a fourth season ahead of the season three premiere, the streamer announced on Friday. Disney also announced July 27 as the premiere [Read More…]