Month: May 2022
ABC Health News
America’s mental health care deserts: Where is it hard to access care?
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and two years into a global pandemic that has highlighted the need for increased access to mental health care, 570 counties across the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Parents of preemie describe their scramble to find baby formula
Courtesy of Mac and Emily Jaehnert (NEW YORK) — Parents of babies on specialized baby formulas are continuing to sound the alarm as the nationwide formula shortage in the U.S. persists, three months after major [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Nearly every state expected to see increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations, forecast shows
Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — As the nation’s COVID-19 resurgence reaches its highest point since mid-February, daily hospital admission levels and new COVID-19 related deaths in the U.S. are projected to continue increasing [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden invoking 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
Ashley Biden, the president’s daughter, tests positive for COVID-19
Gary Gershoff/WireImage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s daughter, Ashley Biden, has tested positive for COVID-19, according to a White House official. The first daughter, 40, was scheduled to travel to Latin America this week [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House to vote on domestic terrorism bill 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 is expected to pass a measure to beef up federal [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DHS pauses much-scrutinized disinformation group for review but slams ‘gross mischaracterizations’
Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security said Wednesday it was pausing its short-lived Disinformation Governance Board pending a review of the larger strategy behind it. The person tapped [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Steve Martin, Martin Short rave over Selena Gomez’s ‘SNL’ hosting debut
Hulu Steve Martin and Martin Short might not be related to Selena Gomez, but they’re certainly acting like proud parents after their Only Murders in the Building co-star hosted Saturday Night Live for the first [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Very nice! ‘Borat”s Sacha Baron Cohen teaming up with ‘King of the Hill’ creators for new animated special
Rick Rycroft-Pool/Getty Images Oscar nominee Sacha Baron Cohen is teaming up with Emmy-winning Beavis and Butthead and King of the Hill creator Mike Judge for an HBO Max and Cartoon Network animated special. Also in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mars lander losing power because of dust on solar panels
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NASA’s Mars lander, called Insight, is slowly losing power because its two solar panels are covered in dust and it will need to mostly shut down [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mother charged after loaded gun goes off in student’s backpack
Heather Charles/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images, FILE (CHICAGO) — The mother of a Chicago student faces child endangerment charges after the student brought a loaded gun to school in a backpack and the [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveils new gun law proposals in wake of Buffalo shooting
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled proposals Wednesday afternoon to strengthen the state’s gun laws and close “loopholes” in the wake of the deadly Buffalo mass shooting over the [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle producer expecting decreasing herd sizes
A southwestern Missouri cattle producer says there could be a sharp decrease in cattle herd sizes if processors and retailers don’t share more of their profit margins. “The producer has given all he can give [Read More…]
Ag News
Energy Secretary says administration is “all-in” on renewable fuels
The Biden administration says they continue to take steps to alleviate the pressure from rising fuel costs. From increasing access to E-15 to releasing oil from the strategic reserve, Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm says President [Read More…]
Ag News
Expect delayed pest pressure in alfalfa
Rebecca Vittetoe with Iowa State University says cool conditions slowed growth this spring. An extension agronomist expects delayed pest pressure in alfalfa. “Usually when we put out our comment about now is the time that [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures lower at midweek
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle are lower, waiting for the rest of the week’s direct business to develop. June live cattle closed $1.50 lower at $131.50 and August live cattle closed [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan House Ag Committees takes up fertilizer issues
Michigan farmers and ag groups are pressing the state legislature to address record fertilizer prices through the passage of resolutions. Eaton County corn and soybean grower Gary Parr, during a Michigan House Ag Committee hearing [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The joe about nothing: ‘Seinfeld’ inspires coffee collection
FILES/AFP via Getty Images) For those who have been drinking in Seinfeld repeats since the Emmy-winning show went off the air in 1998, you can now do it literally. The company Bean Box has created [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Cruise says he “never” would have let ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ debut on streaming
Paramount Pictures While some movie studios weathered the COVID-19 storm by releasing movies to streaming services instead of theaters, Tom Cruise insists he was “never” going to do that with his latest project, Top Gun: [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Marilyn Monroe’s dress designer calls Kim Kardashian’s Met Gala look “a big mistake”
NDZ/Star Max/GC Images It’s been weeks since Kim Kardashian rocked Marilyn Monroe‘s infamous “Happy Birthday” dress at this year’s Met Gala, but the commentary just keeps rolling in, the latest from the dress’s designer, Bob [Read More…]