Month: June 2022
ABC National News
7 killed, 46 injured in 10 weekend mass shootings nationwide
Alfredo Alonso Avila / EyeEm / Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The shooting occurred early Sunday at a private venue in South Tacoma, where a large crowd was gathering. A Texas trail ride, a barbecue in [Read More…]
ABC National News
3 dead, at least 50 injured after Amtrak train derails in Missouri: Officials
Robert Alexander/Getty Images, FILE (MENDON, Mo.) — Three people are dead and dozens are injured after an Amtrak train derailed after hitting a dump truck that was in an uncontrolled public crossing in Mendon, Missouri, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Rare Netherlands tornado kills 1, wounds 9
JEFFREY GROENEWEG/ANP/AFP via Getty Images (ZEELAND, Netherlands) — A tornado tore through the Netherlands’ western province of Zeeland, killing one and wounding nine on Monday, according to regional emergency services. A 73-year-old woman died, one [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: 13 dead in missile strike on shopping mall
ANATOLII STEPANOV/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…]
Ag News
Tennessee crops: soybeans 56% and cotton 46% rated good to excellent
Tennessee crops are starting to show signs of stress in some areas as hot and dry weather persists. Statewide, soybeans are rated 56% good to excellent, with 83% emerged and 12% blooming. Seven percent of [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa corn, soybeans rated 80% good to excellent
Iowa farmers took advantage of good weather last week. USDA’s latest crop update says activities including alfalfa harvest and spraying crops. Corn and soybean condition ratings are both 80 percent good to excellent, with 97 [Read More…]
Ag News
MO crop conditions fall on little moisture
Missouri’s crops suffered last week under hot and mostly dry conditions. USDA says corn silking has begun in the state, about a week later than normal. Corn is rated 69 percent good to excellent, down [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana crops stressed by another hot week
Another week of hot, dry conditions is stressing crops in Indiana. The latest weekly crop report from USDA says the average temperature for the week was nearly 75 degrees, above two degrees above normal for [Read More…]
Ag News
Arkansas crops: soybeans 77% and cotton 78% rated good to excellent
Crop conditions declined slightly as temperatures rose and rainfall was scarce. Soybeans are rated 77% good to excellent, with 51% of the crop blooming. Just 2% of the crop is left to be planted. Cotton [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The King reigns at the box office: ‘Elvis’ edged out ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ after all
Warner Bros. Pictures It was a dogfight at the box office over the weekend, but in the end, Elvis downed Maverick. Newly revised numbers quoted by Variety show that Baz Luhrmann‘s Presley biopic beat Tom [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mishael Morgan becomes first Black woman to win lead actress award at Daytime Emmys
Kevin Winter/Getty Images Mishael Morgan made history Friday night as she became the first Black woman to win an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Performance in a Daytime Drama: Actress. She was previously nominated for Outstanding Supporting Actress in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ inspires makeup palette
Marvel Studios Sometimes, you just want your eyes to sparkle. In case you don’t have the power to control lightning to get that effect, Ulta Beauty has you covered. The cosmetics company has revealed its [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Better Call Carol: Burnett to appear in final season of her “favorite show” ‘Better Call Saul’
Michael Kovac/Getty Images for AFI AMC’s acclaimed drama Better Call Saul just recruited another Emmy winner for its final season: Carol Burnett. The network announced Monday that the iconic comedienne will guest in multiple episodes [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige teases big return to July’s San Diego Comic-Con
Disney General Entertainment/Jennifer Potheiser Before the COVID-19 pandemic, Marvel Studios stormed 2019’s San Diego Comic-Con, where the studio’s head Kevin Feige teased projects, including eventual Emmy nominees The Falcon and The Winter Soldier and WandaVision [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Can high-tech air filtration systems lower the risk of COVID in autos?
Cris Cantón/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Still concerned about COVID-19 transmission in automobiles? One carmaker may have a novel approach to keeping passengers safe. British luxury marque Jaguar Land Rover claims the Cabin Air Purification [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Experts looking for ways to prevent hot car deaths, new radar technology could detect heartbeats
Mykhailo Polenok / EyeEm/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Every year, approximately 38 children die from being left in a hot car, according to Kids and Cars Safety, a national nonprofit that tracks hot car [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Overturning Roe v. Wade raises stakes for patients who need IVF, experts say
Cara Skowronski and her husband hold their daughter, who was born via a gestational surrogate. – Cara Skowronski (NEW YORK) — Cara Skowronski and her husband are the parents of a 2-year-old daughter who was [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Brittney Griner appears at preliminary hearing amid ‘wrongful’ detention in Russia
KIRILL KUDRYAVTSEV/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — WNBA star Brittney Griner appeared at a preliminary hearing in Moscow on Monday more than three months after she was detained in Russia. Griner did not respond to [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Colorado Avalanche defeat Tampa Bay Lightning to take first Stanley Cup since 2001
Andrew Bershaw /Icon_Sportswire (TAMPA, Fla.) — The Colorado Avalanche beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 Sunday night in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Finals in Tampa, Fla. The Avalanche took the series 4 games [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 6/26/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Tampa Bay 4, Pittsburgh 2 Milwaukee 10, Toronto 3 Minnesota 6, Colorado 3 Washington 6, Texas 4 Arizona 11 [Read More…]