Month: May 2022
ABC Business News
Gasoline prices hit new high ahead of summer travel holiday
Michael Godek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With Memorial Day weekend around the corner, many Americans will likely hit the road to enjoy the unofficial start of summer. But that road trip will cost them as [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Stock market has worst day since 2020
Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stock futures are down ahead of Thursday’s opening bell after Wall Street suffered its worst day in nearly two years. On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropped 1,165 [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Bite Beauty products on sale at Sephora as company prepares to shut down operations
Bite Beauty/ABC News Photo Illustration (NEW YORK) — Sad news for Bite Beauty lovers: The brand has officially announced it is shutting down operations after 10 years in business. The clean beauty brand is beloved [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 5/18/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati at Cleveland (Postponed) AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 6, Detroit 1 Minnesota 14, Oakland 4 Boston 5, Houston 1 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden embarks for Asia with a heavy focus on China and North Korea
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With much of the Biden administration’s attention this year focused on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, President Joe Biden turns his attention to Asia Thursday as he embarks on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden invokes Defense Production Act to address baby formula shortage
Shawn Thew/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is invoking the Defense Production Act to address the widespread shortage of baby formula, the White House announced Wednesday evening. The move will get ingredients [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House passes bill to aid fight against domestic terrorism after Buffalo supermarket shooting
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting that left 10 Black people dead, the House on Wednesday approved a measure to beef up federal efforts to combat [Read More…]
ABC National News
Alleged teen gunman in Buffalo mass shooting set to appear in court
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The 18-year-old suspect accused of shooting 13 people, 10 fatally, in what authorities described as a racially-motivated rampage at a Buffalo, New York, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US reopens embassy in Kyiv
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 World News
Russian soldier pleads guilty to shooting unarmed Ukrainian civilian
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russian Sgt. Vadim Shishimarin pleaded guilty on Wednesday to killing an unarmed Ukrainian civilian. The guilty plea carries a life sentence. Shishimarin, 21, is accused of shooting a 62-year-old [Read More…]
Ag News
Broad range of temps ahead for the Heartland; more rain for most
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across the northern half of the U.S., while hotter-than-normal conditions will stretch from California to the southern Atlantic Coast. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Wonder Twins’ powers, deactivate: Warner Bros. Discovery shelves superhero project
KJ Apa — Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images An HBO Max movie based on DC Comics characters The Wonder Twins has been shelved. The Hollywood Reporter reports the plug has been pulled on the project, which was [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What’s next for McCormick-Oz squeaker — and the possible electoral turbulence of Mastriano as governor
Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many across the country — and certainly former President Donald Trump — are watching Pennsylvania. Ballots are still being counted in the GOP Senate primary race, where razor-thin [Read More…]
ABC National News
Buffalo supermarket at center of deadly shooting a community lifeline
Libby March for The Washington Post via Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — On the east side of Buffalo, New York, community is the neighborhood’s greatest asset and the local Tops Friendly Market on Jefferson Ave. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas authorities share more details on inmate’s escape from bus
kali9/Getty Images (LEON COUNTY, Texas) — An inmate serving a life sentence for murder managed to free himself of restraints and cut through a caged area of a bus transporting him before overpowering a bus [Read More…]
ABC National News
Did the fentanyl crisis thrive because the US ignored opioid abuse?
Icy Macload/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the fentanyl crisis continues to sweep across the United States, lawmakers are focused on trying to stop the flow of fentanyl into their communities, but many are saying [Read More…]
ABC National News
Interstate highway shootings surged during pandemic, ABC News analysis shows
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As the nation continues to grapple with mass shootings in New York and California this past weekend, a new analysis by ABC News and ABC’s owned stations shows a startling [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Buffalo shooter’s livestream sparks criticism of tech platforms over content moderation
Hollie Adams/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The 18-year-old suspect who allegedly gunned down 10 people in a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday had, authorities say, an assault-style [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Martin Shkreli, infamous ‘Pharma Bro,’ released from prison early
Drew Angerer/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Martin Shkreli, who was derided with the nickname “Pharma Bro” after he hiked the price of a lifesaving drug, and who flaunted his pricey purchase of a one-of-a-kind [Read More…]
ABC Health News
1st monkeypox case in US this year reported in Massachusetts
Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Massachusetts resident has tested positive for monkeypox, health officials confirmed Wednesday, making it the first case of the rare virus detected in the United States [Read More…]