Month: June 2022
Ag News
Global Dairy Trade ownership changes completed
The Global Dairy Trade marketing platform now has three equal owners instead of one. The trading platform was created and owned by New Zealand-based Fonterra Cooperative Group but was kept separate from the milk production [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jamie Foxx, Tom Brady get Cameron Diaz to “unretire” for Netflix film ‘Back In Action’
Toni Anne Barson/FilmMagic; NBC/Mary Ellen Matthews After reportedly retiring from Hollywood, Cameron Diaz is Back In Action, literally. Jamie Foxx tapped an expert on “unretiring,” NFL legend Tom Brady, to help him convince the actress [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kevin Bacon, Kyra Sedgwick try ‘Footloose’ dance challenge
John Lamparski/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival Kevin Bacon has officially joined in on the TikTok Footloose challenge. The actor, who played Ren McCormack in the 1984 classic, shared a video of himself trying the viral [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: NeNe Leakes negotiating settlement in racial discrimination lawsuit against Bravo
ABC/Paula Lobo After former Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes filed a racial discrimination suit against the Bravo network and the producers of the show in the spring, she is reportedly negotiating a settlement. This week, an Atlanta judge [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Super’s friend: Actor Matt Lintz on playing Kamala Khan’s “man in the chair” in ‘Ms. Marvel’
L-R Lintz, Iman Vellani/Marvel Studios Being the bestie of a superhero was a long-running trope in the comics world before Jacob Batalon‘s character, Ned, referred to himself as being Peter Parker’s “man in the chair” in Spider-Man: [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Airbnb issues permanent global party ban in wake of string of shootings
Gabby Jones/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Short-term rental giant Airbnb has issued a permanent global ban on parties following a string of shootings that have broken out nationwide at properties it lists. The [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Baby neck floats could lead to severe injury, death: FDA
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration issued a new alert this week, warning parents not to use baby neck floats on their children, particularly those with special needs, as part [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Fauci says he’s taking 2nd course of Paxlovid after experiencing rebound with the antiviral treatment
Anna Rose Layden-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — After testing positive for COVID-19 earlier this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday that he has joined a growing group of people experiencing a Paxlovid rebound, following [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone subpoenaed by Jan. 6 committee
Erin Schaff-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Donald Trump’s former White House counsel Pat Cipollone was subpoenaed Wednesday for a deposition by the House’s Jan. 6 committee. “The Select Committee’s investigation has revealed evidence that Mr. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
New York governor to unveil new gun legislation in response to Supreme Court ruling
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Wednesday detailed what is in gun safety legislation she will propose during a special state legislative session scheduled for Thursday.Hochul is set [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Most who supported bipartisan Jan. 6 commission best Trump in Tuesday’s GOP primaries, runoffs
Jon Hicks/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony before the House Jan. 6 committee Tuesday added a new layer of political consequences for Donald Trump after she detailed a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Justice Stephen Breyer to officially retire Thursday at noon, swear in Ketanji Brown Jackson
Saul Loeb – Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer, the most senior member of the U.S. Supreme Court’s liberal wing, said he will officially step down from the bench at noon [Read More…]
ABC National News
Officials ‘horrified’ after finding 53 dead in suspected human smuggling incident in Texas
Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Four men have been charged in connection with the alleged migrant smuggling operation that took the lives of 53 people who were trapped in the sweltering heat of a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Manhunt underway after 2 sheriff’s deputies shot in Alabama
kali9/Getty Images (BIBB COUNTY, Ala.) — A manhunt is underway in Alabama for a suspect who allegedly shot two Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies, officials said. The shooting occurred Wednesday afternoon on Highway 25 in the [Read More…]
ABC National News
3.5 magnitude earthquake strikes South Carolina
Nine OK/Getty Images (ELGIN, S.C.) — A 3.5 magnitude earthquake struck near Elgin, South Carolina, on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed. The latest quake comes after a 3.4 earthquake hit the area, 6.4 miles [Read More…]
ABC National News
NTSB chair says unheeded recommendations might have prevented deadly Missouri Amtrak crash
Ashlin Wang/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (MENDON, Mo.) — Federal investigators are working to determine if an Amtrak train was traveling at a speed limit of 90 mph when it plowed into a dump truck [Read More…]
ABC National News
Outrage after man accused of killing Chinese food delivery worker released on bail
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — The widow of a Chinese food delivery worker who was fatally shot is speaking out after her husband’s alleged killer was released on bail. Glenn Hirsch, 51, was arrested in New [Read More…]
ABC World News
Mystery remains over deaths of 21 teenagers at South African nightclub
Peng Song/Getty Images (LONDON and PRETORIA) — The mysterious deaths of 21 teenagers at a popular nightclub in South Africa has swirled speculation and left many unanswered questions. The incident remains under investigation by South [Read More…]
ABC World News
Europe adds visitor fee for US travel next year
Santiago Urquijo via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Americans head to crowded airports for a revival of European summer vacations, it looks like next year will be more expensive for those headed to the European [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy economist is concerned about what milk pricing consensus might look like
Dairy groups are continuing to talk about needed reforms in milk pricing ahead of the next farm bill. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack has already said the industry needs to form a consensus before he would [Read More…]