Month: June 2022
ABC Entertainment News
‘Squid Game’ reality series coming to Netflix
Netflix “How far would you go?” That’s what Netflix is asking folks in a casting call for a reality show version of the streaming service’s smash Squid Game. Squid Game: The Challenge will pit 456 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Iron your doilies: Peacock launching ‘Downton Abbey’ channel ahead of ‘New Era’ debut on the streaming service
“Downton Abbey: A New Era” – Focus Features Make sure your house is in order because Downton Abbey is coming to your home via a special Peacock channel. Ahead of its June 24 debut of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Wendy Williams Show’ reportedly ending Friday — without Wendy
Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images The long-running syndicated program The Wendy Williams Show is coming to an end Friday, notes Variety, which also explains the show’s titular host won’t be there to mark the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What stagflation means and why it matters
Toby Scott/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For months, sky-high prices have pummeled the budgets of everyday Americans. But many have offset the damage, at least in part, with wage increases driven by [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Couple pens book to share how they paid off $200K of debt and quit their jobs
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Money can be a taboo topic — whether it’s in a relationship or in your career. But one couple successfully tackled it head on to create a road map for [Read More…]
ABC Health News
WHO to assess whether monkeypox outbreak is a public health emergency
Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization said it is planning to assess whether the monkeypox outbreak spreading around the world is a public health emergency. According to Global Health, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA committee clears the way for kids 6-17 to get another vaccine option in Moderna
Donato Fasano/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — A committee of advisers at the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Tuesday in favor of authorizing the Moderna vaccine for kids ages 6 through 17, paving the way [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Surgeon general says kids need to be part of solution amid youth mental health crisis
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Facing a growing mental health crisis among America’s teens and young adults, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says the problem is not something adults can fix [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Russian court extends detention for WNBA star Brittney Griner
Mike Mattina/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — A court in Russia has extended the pre-trial detention for WNBA star Brittney Griner. Griner, who was detained in February, will remain in custody at least through July 2, according [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament accused of ‘sportswashing’
Craig Mercer/MB Media/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A splashy new golf tournament, which attracted some of the biggest players in the game and launched in London last week, has become the latest example of what [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NBA Finals: Warriors take the lead in Game 5 over Celtics
Ezra Shaw/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The Golden State Warriors are just one win away from another championship title after beating the Boston Celtics in Game 5 of the NBA Finals Monday night. The Warriors [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 6/13/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE San Francisco 6, Kansas City 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 11, Baltimore 1 Chi White Sox 9, Detroit 5 Texas [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump issues 12-page statement amid Jan. 6 hearings alleging he plotted a ‘coup’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday responded in a lengthy statement to the House’s ongoing Jan. 6 committee hearings, assailing the panel as illegitimate and their presentation as one-sided — [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
9/11 families respond to Biden Saudi Arabia trip: ‘Empathy is not enough’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A coalition of families and survivors of the Sept. 11 attacks on Tuesday urged President Joe Biden, during his visit to Saudi Arabia next month, to hold the kingdom [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Donald Trump, eldest children to give sworn depositions in real estate investigation
Chet Strange/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — New York’s highest court declined to take up an appeal by former President Donald Trump and two of his adult children, a decision that obligates the Trumps to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Congress passes bill to provide more security for Supreme Court justices’ families
Omar Chatriwala/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Tuesday approved a Senate bill to provide more security for the families of Supreme Court justices, sending the measure to President Joe Biden’s desk after Democrats and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fired-up Biden blames Republicans for blocking his plan to fight inflation
Hannah Beier/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — President Joe Biden delivered fired-up remarks on the economy before a friendly, cheering audience of union workers in Philadelphia Tuesday — nodding to inflation, high food and gas prices, and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Firefighters battle 2 growing wildfires near Flagstaff, Arizona
DiMaggio/Kalish, FILE (FLAGSTAFF, Ariz.) — Two wildfires are threatening communities near Flagstaff, Arizona, as the fire danger remains high due to dry, hot conditions. The largest, the Pipeline Fire, has quickly swelled to over 20,100 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Gas station manager fired for mistakenly setting gas to 69 cents per gallon
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (RANCHO CORDOVA, Calif.) — The manager of a Northern California gas station was fired after he accidentally set the gas price to 69 cents a gallon. John Szczecina, who served as the [Read More…]
ABC National News
US Mint releases Wilma Mankiller quarter for purchase, honoring first woman Cherokee Nation leader
Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, can now be seen on U.S. quarters available for purchase. Mankiller, an activist for Native [Read More…]