Month: July 2022
ABC Health News
Will the BA.5 COVID strain force new mask mandates?
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The new COVID-19 variant, called BA.5, has been rapidly spreading across the country and is now estimated to make up more than 60% of new cases, according to the CDC. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Abortions can resume in West Virginia after judge blocks pre-Roe ban
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (CHARLESTON, W.Va.) — Abortions in West Virginia can — at least temporarily — resume after a judge struck down a pre-Roe ban Monday. Following the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Carl Nassib reflects on publicly coming out on social media, hopes for fall NFL season
ABC News (NEW YORK) — NFL defensive end Carl Nassib initially “agonized” over his decision to publicly come out as gay last offseason following his sixth year in the league. But ultimately, he realized that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ocasio-Cortez, other House Democrats arrested in Supreme Court abortion rights protest
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Several House Democrats were arrested on Tuesday while protesting outside the Supreme Court over its decision to overturn constitutional protections for abortion access. The group of Democratic lawmakers and others [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Bannon trial live updates: Defense says ‘there was no ignoring the 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
Biden signs executive order on Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday that codifies a 2020 law dealing with Americans held hostage or wrongfully detained abroad. Drawing on the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Secret Service will say no new Jan. 6 texts found after records were deleted; investigation requested
400tmax/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Secret Service is preparing to notify the House Jan. 6 committee that it has found no new text messages related to the Capitol riot, a source says — the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee chair Bennie Thompson tests positive for COVID-19
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Bennie Thompson, the chairman of the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol, announced Tuesday he has COVID-19 two days ahead [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge finds sufficient evidence to continue Elijah McClain case
Family Photo (AURORA, Colo.) — A Colorado judge has found that evidence against the five former Aurora police officers and paramedics in the 2019 death of Elijah McClain is strong enough to pursue criminal cases. [Read More…]
ABC National News
States with large number of unvaccinated first responders could face ‘major workforce disruptions,’ study says
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — States with a large number of unvaccinated first responders “may face major workforce disruptions due to COVID-19 illness,” according to a study released Tuesday by researchers at the University [Read More…]
ABC National News
How to look out for neighbors during an extreme heat wave
SimpleImages/Getty Images (GIDEON, Mo.) — In the small town of Gideon, Missouri, — with a population of about 1,000 people — almost everyone knows one another, according to local police chief Rinda Dillard. When the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dangerous heat tightens its hold on Americans
dszc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dangerous heat has tightened its hold on the U.S. with 100 million Americans across 24 states on heat alert Tuesday from Texas to Massachusetts. While many of these areas will [Read More…]
ABC National News
Navy’s Blue Angels to get first female demonstration team pilot
Chief Petty Officer Paul Archer/US Navy (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Navy Lt. Amanda Lee has been selected as the first female jet pilot to join the Navy’s elite Blue Angels flight demonstration team, according to the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US weapons ‘stabilize’ front line, Ukraine commander says
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency 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 [Read More…]
ABC World News
Millions could die without ‘urgent’ funding as ‘catastrophic famine’ looms in East Africa, IRC says
Sally Hayden/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — The International Rescue Committee for the first time on Tuesday issued a “Crisis Alert” update to its annual “Emergency Watchlist” report, warning that millions of people across [Read More…]
ABC World News
UK temperature tops 40 C for first time, as Heathrow passes 104 F
Sebastian Gollnow/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — The U.K. on Tuesday posted its highest temperature on record, breaking 40 degrees Celsius for the first time, after government officials declared a national emergency and issued [Read More…]
Ag News
CHS CEO says Ukraine grain export outlook not improving
The head of an international grain merchandiser suggests the outlook for exporting grain out of Ukraine is not improving. Jay Debertin is CEO of the nation’s largest ag cooperative, CHS. “Conditions to export products are [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures supported by the lower move in corn
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day higher ahead of the week’s direct cash business and the higher boxed beef at midday. Feeders were in the lead on the lower [Read More…]
Ag News
Dry July for a MO farmer
A western Missouri farmer says his crop development is speeding up with the lack of moisture. “The corn definitely needs a drink, but it’s not going to get that so, I guess, it is what [Read More…]
Ag News
Kansas farmer begins carbon program journey
A southeast Kansas producer says he recently enrolled in a carbon program to help improve soil health on his farm. Zach Townsend tells Brownfield his family’s conservation practices will help capture CO2 from the atmosphere [Read More…]