Month: May 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Will Poulter teases joining the “wonderfully weird” ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’ family for ‘Vol. 3’
Shannon Finney/Getty Images Actor Will Poulter recently appeared opposite Michael Keaton in the latter actor’s Emmy-winning Hulu series Dopesick, and while he admitted that he was blown away by the Batman veteran, Will recently got [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nearly $1 billion settlement announced in deadly Surfside condo collapse
Joe Raedle/Getty Images, FILE (MIAMI) — A nearly $1 billion settlement in last year’s shocking collapse of a Miami Beach-area condo building was unexpectedly announced during a routine status conference in a Florida courtroom Wednesday [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search continues for North Carolina nightclub bouncer who vanished after minor car crash
Courtesy of Richardson Family (RALEIGH, N.C.) — Friends and volunteers formed a search party Wednesday and fanned out in Raleigh, North Carolina, looking for clues and raising awareness about a popular nightclub bouncer, who they [Read More…]
Ag News
Parts concerns ramp up along with planting progress
Spare parts for chassis of construction machinery There’s a heightened awareness around parts shortages as spring fieldwork picks up. Southeast Minnesota farmer Rob Tate tells Brownfield breakdowns are common this time of year. “I was [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID-19 hospital admissions, deaths expected to keep climbing in the US amid resurgence
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amidst the nation’s latest resurgence in COVID-19 infections, new forecast models used by the CDC show that daily hospital admission levels and new virus-related deaths in [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Major US abortion pill producer says it has ample supply if demand soars
Mifeprex (WASHINGTON) — A major producer of the abortion pill in the U.S. says it has ample supply if demand suddenly soars in the wake of a Supreme Court decision and that it’s working with [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC issues alert for parents on outbreak of hepatitis among children. Here’s what to know
ABC News (ATLANTA) — Parents are being asked to look out for symptoms of hepatitis in their kids as an unexplained outbreak of cases in children continues across the United States. The Centers for Disease [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Camila Cabello wants to host more mental health conversations in Latino community
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Camila Cabello is making the most of Mental Health Awareness Month by opening up about her own struggles, and encouraging her fans to do the same. In [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mobile clinic aims to fix Mississippi’s health crisis
ABC News (NEW YORK) — On wheels across the Mississippi Delta region, a group of three women is pulling up their sleeves and reaching underserved communities with free reproductive and sexual health care services. Dr. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
John Eastman, Trump’s former lawyer, asked Pennsylvania lawmakers to throw out absentee ballots to overturn Biden win
Andy Cross/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — John Eastman, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, urged Pennsylvania lawmakers to sow doubt in the 2020 election and even suggested throwing out absentee ballots [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate Republicans block bill that would codify Roe v. Wade
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the wake of a bombshell leak last week of a Supreme Court draft opinion indicating the court’s conservative majority could soon overturn Roe v. Wade, Senate Democrats on Wednesday forced [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Report outlines federal ‘abuse’ of Native children at boarding schools
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — More than 500 American Indian, Alaska Native and Native Hawaiian children died over the course of 150 years in Indigenous boarding schools run by the American government and churches [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says US farmers play critical role in ‘feeding the world’ amid Ukraine war
Chris Kleponis/CNP/Pool/Getty Images (KANKAKEE, Ill.) — President Joe Biden hit the road Wednesday to talk about the role American farmers can play in alleviating global food shortages caused by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. At O’Connor [Read More…]
ABC National News
Convicted murderer, who attorneys say had schizophrenia, put to death in Arizona after SCOTUS denies stay
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (PHOENIX, Ariz.) — Arizona performed its first execution in nearly eight years, after the U.S. Supreme Court denied an eleventh-hour request from attorneys who said the man had schizophrenia and should not [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nearly 2,400 Astroworld attendees needed medical treatment after deadly concert, court filing says
Rick Kern/Getty Images, FILE (HOUSTON) — Nearly 2,400 people required medical treatment following last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston, according to a new court filing. Attorneys representing thousands of people suing promoter Live [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge agrees to stop fining Donald Trump $10,000 a day under certain conditions
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge in New York on Wednesday said he would purge his contempt finding against former President Donald Trump provided he met certain conditions by the end [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘I thought he was going to kill me’: Victim recounts fighting off would-be kidnapper
ABC News (BURLINGTON, Mass.) — As her alleged would-be kidnapper was set to appear in court, a Massachusetts mother spoke out about the terrifying random roadside attack and was reunited Wednesday with the good Samaritan [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Spider-Man: No Way Home’, ‘Euphoria’ lead the nominees for the 2022 MTV Movie & TV Awards
Sony Pictures/Matt Kennedy The $1.8-plus billion grossing Spider-Man: No Way Home leads all other contenders with seven nominations for this year’s MTV Movie & TV Awards. Euphoria, which also stars No Way Home‘s Zendaya, was [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa Farm Bureau president encouraged by biofuels momentum
The president of Iowa Farm Bureau is encouraged by recent policies that he says bode well for biofuels. Brent Johnson tells Brownfield EPA’s emergency waiver allowing E15 sales this summer will boost ethanol demand and [Read More…]
Ag News
Heat wave conditions for the Southwestern U.S.; more seasonal temps ahead for the Heartland
Hot weather that has been affecting much of the central U.S. will retreat southward. However, during the weekend and early next week, Southern heat will expand and intensify, stretching from the Desert Southwest to the [Read More…]