Month: July 2022
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Hot weather to moderate on the Plains; improving rainfall prospects eastern Corn Belt
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for above-normal temperatures nationwide. The greatest likelihood of extreme heat will stretch from the central and southern Plains into the Southeast. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal rainfall across [Read More…]
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EXPLAINER: Challenge pending to North Dakota abortion ban
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota’s only abortion clinic, the Red River Women’s Clinic, has gone to state court seeking to declare the state’s imminent abortion ban is contrary to the state constitution. The lawsuit also seeks [Read More…]
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6 members of white supremacist group appear in Idaho court, including a Sioux Falls man
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Six of the 31 members of a white supremacist group who were arrested near a northern Idaho pride event last month pleaded not guilty Monday to misdemeanor charges of conspiracy [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Chris Hemsworth, Taika Waititi talk the “love triangle” at center of ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’
Marvel Studios The fourquel Thor: Love and Thunder kept on rumbling at the box office this weekend, and as most know by now Natalie Portman‘s Jane Foster comes back into the life of Chris Hemsworth‘s [Read More…]
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‘The Bear’s lead Jeremy Allen White calls show’s success “overwhelming”
L-R – Edebiri, White — FX/Matt Dinerstein The hit new FX series The Bear was just renewed for a second season, and star Jeremy Allen White tells Good Morning America that the show’s success is [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Dune: Part Two’ gets underway
Warner Bros. Pictures With a photo of the movie’s “clapper” posted to the film’s official social media channels, Dune: Part Two officially got underway Monday. The follow-up to Denis Villeneuve‘s Oscar-winning sci-fi epic reunites much [Read More…]
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‘First Kill”s Joseph Reitman on going from vampire hunter to ‘House Hunters’
Netflix/Brian Douglas Character actor and acting coach Joseph Reitman has been seen in hit movies like A Perfect Storm and shows including The Punisher. Now he’s in Netflix’s new hit vampire show First Kill. In the latter, he plays Clayton, a grizzled [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jenifer Lewis honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Jenifer Lewis, one of Black cinema’s favorite mothers, was honored with the 2,726th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Friday. The 64-year-old actress, who starred in all eight seasons of black-ish, was humbled by the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Amazon warehouses under investigation from federal prosecutors, Department of Labor
KAZUHIRO NOGI/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York and the Department of Labor are inspecting Amazon warehouses around the country as part of a civil investigation into unsafe and unseemly [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Allyson Felix reflects on career after last championship run: ‘It’s been such a joy’
Michael Kappeler/picture alliance via Getty Images (EUGENE, Ore.) — The celebrated runner, who is the most decorated track star with 11 Olympic medals and 19 world championship medals, ran her last championship race ever on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
In a post-Roe world, Democrats want to protect digital health data from abortion punishments
ANDREY DENISYUK/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Among the priorities for congressional Democrats after the demise of Roe v. Wade are bills to protect someone’s digital health data from being subpoenaed for civil and criminal court cases [Read More…]
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Trump, Pence to host dueling campaign events in Arizona governor’s race
Siavosh Hosseini/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a dramatic midterm split-screen, former President Donald Trump and his former Vice President Mike Pence will hold dueling campaign events this weekend in Arizona as Trump [Read More…]
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Manchin shrugs off Sanders’ climate rebuke as Dems make peace with health care-only bill
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — With Joe Manchin’s stamp of approval in the closely divided Senate, President Joe Biden and Democratic Party leaders are ready for the chamber to move forward before the next [Read More…]
ABC National News
5 major details from committee’s Uvalde mass shooting report
CHANDAN KHANNA/AFP via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Members of a special committee of the Texas state legislature met with family members of the victims on Sunday to present their findings. A scathing 77-page report [Read More…]
ABC National News
Great Salt Lake dry-up causing dangerous climate ripple effect, ecologists say
ABC News (SALT LAKE CITY) — The Great Salt Lake has lost two-thirds of its size due to rising temperatures and scientists say this is already causing a dangerous ecological ripple effect throughout Utah. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Authorities applaud armed citizen who killed 20-year-old Indiana mall shooter
Jon Cherry/Getty Images (GREENWOOD, Ind.) — Police identified and applauded the 22-year-old who shot and killed a gunman who opened fire on a Greenwood, Indiana, shopping mall. The gunman, who killed three people before being [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search continues for missing 20-year-old Ole Miss student
Oxford MS Police Department (OXFORD, Miss.) — The search continues for 20-year-old Ole Miss student Jimmie “Jay” Lee, who has now been missing for 10 days. Lee was last seen on the morning of July [Read More…]
ABC National News
Uvalde officials wanted a more favorable portrayal of police response to shooting, memo shows
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (UVALDE, Texas) — Days after Texas Public Safety Director Steve McCraw criticized the way law enforcement handled the Robb Elementary School shooting, Uvalde officials sought a more positive portrayal of the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Grandma of 4-year-old killed in strike: ‘I hate them all’
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…]
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Ghana declares 1st ever outbreak of Ebola-like Marburg virus disease
Getty Images (LONDON) — Ghana on Sunday declared its first ever outbreak of the Ebola-like Marburg virus disease. Blood samples taken from two patients in the southern Ashanti region were sent for testing to the [Read More…]