Month: July 2022
ABC Entertainment News
New Line seeking to rejoin the fight with ‘Mortal Kombat’ reboot sequel
New Line After the April 2021 Mortal Kombat reboot surprised industry prognosticators with a strong theatrical showing just as theaters were opening back up, Warner Bros.-owned New Line is reportedly stacking up its quarters for [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“War is afoot” in new trailer for ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel ‘House of the Dragon’
Emma D’Arcy as Princess Rhaenyra Targaryen — HBO/Ollie Upton On Wednesday, HBO released the trailer to its Game of Thrones prequel series, House of the Dragon. Laenor Velaryan sets the stage in the trailer’s tease [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
San Diego Comic-Con kicks off Thursday: What to wear, what to expect
“Black Adam” – Warner Bros. Pictures Seeing masked heroes is nothing new for patrons of any comic convention. But it will be the mandate this year, when the mothership of all cons, San Diego Comic-Con, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I think I was embarrassed”: Witney Carson hid cancer surgery from ‘Dancing with the Stars’ producers
ABC/Kelsey McNeal In a new interview with People, Witney Carson explains she hid having skin cancer surgery so she wouldn’t miss her first season on Dancing with the Stars. Carson was 19 when she was diagnosed with melanoma, a genetic form [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Are record corporate profits driving inflation?
bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As prices for goods are on the rise, there has been a debate over how much control consumers have at the cash register. Some economists, like Rakeen Mabud of the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Family calls for Sesame Place performer to be fired
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — The legal team representing the family of two young Black girls who were seemingly waved off by a Sesame Place character is calling for the costumed performer to [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Five manufacturers responsible for over half of guns seized in a dozen cities: Study
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than half of the guns seized on the streets of a dozen American cities after being used in crimes were made by five manufacturers, according to data released Wednesday by [Read More…]
ABC Health News
LGBTQ groups slam government handling of monkeypox
Wesley Lapointe / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Protesters in several cities across the country are calling on the Biden administration, as well as local officials, to address the rapid rise in [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New York City COVID-19 cases surge as unvaccinated take the brunt
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 cases are continuing to surge in New York City and unvaccinated residents are bearing the brunt. Data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows that, as [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC finds significant increase in opioid overdoses among minority groups
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE (ATLANTA) — A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found a significant increase in opioid overdose death rates among Black and American Indian/Alaskan Natives people in the US. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Why Rob Gronkowski says he ‘isn’t really retiring,’ plus what he’d say if Tom Brady called
GMA (NEW YORK) — Larger than life Super Bowl champion and pro football star Rob Gronkowski recently retired from the NFL for a second time — but just because he says he won’t be back [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
New mural calls attention to Americans held abroad as loved ones say, ‘This doesn’t go away’
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Families of several Americans who are detained abroad arrived in Washington on Wednesday morning to unveil a mural depicting them in an effort, their relatives say, to increase [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Bannon trial live updates: FBI agent details Bannon’s social posts about subpoena
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Steve Bannon, who served as former President Donald Trump’s chief strategist before departing the White House in August 2017, is on trial for defying a subpoena from the House select [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Georgia prosecutors ‘target’ 16 ‘fake electors’ in 2020 election probe
Jason Marz/Getty Images (FULTON COUNTY, Ga.) — The Georgia district attorney probing former President Donald Trump and his allies’ efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election in the state has notified 16 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sen. John Thune speaks about inflation and House vote to protect same-sex marriage
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On Tuesday, House Democrats passed a bill which would protect same-sex and interracial marriages, in response to the Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and fear among lawmakers [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Georgia’s 6-week abortion ban to go into effect immediately in ‘unorthodox’ ruling
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia’s so-called “heartbeat law” can go into effect, a federal appeals court ruled on Wednesday, making the state the latest to institute a six-week ban on abortion [Read More…]
ABC National News
Teen surfer bitten, dead shark found on shore in latest New York sightings
Quogue Village Police Department (NEW YORK) — Two more shark encounters were reported on Long Island Wednesday, including an attack on a teenager, officials said. A dead shark, which appeared to be a great white [Read More…]
ABC National News
1 soldier dead, 9 injured after lightning strike at Army base in Georgia
Alfredo Alonso Avila / EyeEm / Getty Images (FORT GORDON, Ga.) — One U.S. Army Reserve soldier has died and nine others were injured after a lightning bolt strike while on a range at Fort [Read More…]
ABC National News
Here’s which food items might be more expensive at the grocery store this month
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As grocery prices continue to rise on everything from grains to greens, customers are struggling to find ways to keep costs down. Consumer prices on food experienced the largest annual [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ivana Trump funeral held Wednesday at NYC Catholic church
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The funeral for the late Ivana Trump, first wife of former President Donald Trump, was held on Wednesday at New York City’s St. Vincent Ferrer Church. Ivana Trump died [Read More…]