Month: May 2022
ABC Business News
DC attorney general sues Mark Zuckerberg over Cambridge Analytica data breach
George Frey/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Washington, D.C., Attorney General Karl Racine has sued Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for allegedly failing to protect consumer data following the Cambridge Analytica data leak. “The evidence shows [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
PGA Championship: Justin Thomas rallies to win, Tiger Woods withdraws
Laurence Mouton/Getty Images (TULSA, Okla.) — Justin Thomas stunned fans on Sunday, coming from behind to win the 2022 PGA Championship at the Southern Hills Country Club in Tulsa, Oklahoma. After starting the day down [Read More…]
Ag News
Significant rains ahead from the Plains to East Coast
For the remainder of Monday, widespread showers and thunderstorms will affect the Southeast, with 1- to 2-inch totals common from Georgia to Virginia. Farther west, rain will expand and intensify during Monday across the central [Read More…]
Ag News
South Dakota planting conditions vary
The planting pace has been slow for some farmers in central and northern South Dakota. Reno Brueggeman of Miller tells Brownfield, “My area here we have caught almost 10 inches of moisture in the last [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn export inspections up on week
The USDA says wheat export inspections as of the week ending May 19th were in-line with what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2021/22 marketing year got underway June 1st, 2021 [Read More…]
Ag News
A warmer, wetter pattern to return to much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions from the Pacific Northwest to the northern Plains. Meanwhile, above-normal rainfall across Florida’s peninsula [Read More…]
Ag News
Significant rains developing on the Plains; cool across the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, widespread frost was reported Monday morning in the upper Great Lakes region, particularly in northern sections of Michigan and Wisconsin. The cool weather trails last week’s multi-day Midwestern severe weather outbreak, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pfizer three-dose COVID vaccine 80% effective against symptomatic omicron infection for youngest children
Justin Tallis – Pool / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In long-awaited data, Pfizer said its 3-dose vaccine was 80% effective against symptomatic omicron COVID-19 infection among children 6 months to under 5 years old. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Florida health officials investigating third possible monkeypox case in US
Jepayona Delita/Future Publishing via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida health officials are investigating what they describe as a “presumptive” monkeypox case, making it the third possible case of the virus in the U.S. as [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Jennifer Lopez says sleep is her biggest beauty secret
VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Lopez is dishing about all her beauty secrets. In her latest On the JLo newsletter, the superstar, who announced that she would be sharing all her [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 5/22/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati 3, Toronto 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 4, Cleveland 2 Boston 8, Seattle 4 Houston 5, Texas 2 Minnesota [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘I fought’: Trevor Reed speaks out on how he survived nearly three years in a Russian prison
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When the war in Ukraine broke out in February, Trevor Reed said he believed it meant he likely would never come home. The American former Marine by that time had [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas woman sought in fatal shooting of professional cyclist, US Marshals say
The U.S. Marshals Service shared this image of homicide suspect Kaitlin Armstrong. – U.S. Marshals Service (AUSTIN, Texas) — A manhunt is underway for a Texas woman wanted in connection with the fatal shooting of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two dead, three injured in ‘targeted’ shooting in northern Indiana, police say
kali9/iStock (GOSHEN, Ind.) — Two people are dead and three injured after what appears to have been a targeted shooting at a home in northern Indiana, police said. The incident occurred Saturday around 3:20 p.m., [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy calls for preventative sanctions at World Economic Forum
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 [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine updates: Russia publishes list of Americans banned from country
OLGA MALTSEVA/AFP 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 the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘American Idol’ recap: Noah Thompson wins season 20
ABC/Eric McCandless The winner of American Idol season 20 is Noah Thompson! The reveal came Sunday night during the three-hour finale, but not before some final challenges and star-studded performances. The show opened with Flo Rida [Read More…]
ABC Business News
‘We’re sorry’: Abbott CEO addresses baby formula crisis in new op-ed
Gado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The head of one of the country’s largest manufacturers of baby formula expressed remorse at his company’s role in the nationwide shortage — and announced a multimillion-dollar fund to help [Read More…]
ABC Business News
The student debt gender gap: Women burdened more by debt call for systemic changes
Chuck Savage/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the coming weeks, thousands of graduates will walk across a stage to receive their college diploma. When they leave the stage, they will have not only a degree [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Urshela, Twins overcome 6-run deficit, rally past Royals 7-6
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Gio Urshela hit a tiebreaking single in the ninth inning to complete Minnesota’s comeback from a six-run deficit, lifting the Twins over the Kansas City Royals 7-6 Sunday. “That win [Read More…]