Month: July 2022
ABC Business News
Former teacher opens up about why he quit for a job at Walmart
Courtesy Seth Goshorn (NEW YORK) — A former teacher in northeast Ohio is opening up about why he walked away from years of teaching to go work at Walmart. Seth Goshorn decided to share his [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Gun CEOs testify to House after mass shootings, blame ‘erosion of personal responsibility’
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Leading gun manufacturing executives testified Wednesday before a House panel investigating the role of the firearms industry in the nation’s high rates of gun violence, maintaining [Read More…]
ABC Health News
‘Trigger laws’ on abortion temporarily blocked in Wyoming, North Dakota
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (TETON COUNTY, Wyo.) — “Trigger laws” that would place a near-total ban on abortion were temporarily blocked in Wyoming and North Dakota on Wednesday, just as they were to go into effect. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Health officials fight monkeypox stigma as virus spreads
bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Mark Hall, a nurse practitioner who was diagnosed with monkeypox, says he isn’t exactly sure who he contracted the disease from. However, he found out he was exposed by someone [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Woman with brain tumor fights for medical records from sperm donor
Courtesy of Saliyl Dotson (NEW YORK) — Laura High has a brain tumor, but she says that’s not her defining characteristic. High is a stand-up comedian whose routine consists of jokes about being a millennial [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Dermatologists warn against TikTok-viral calamine lotion makeup primer hack
Meaghan Skinner Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another day, another TikTok trend, and the most recent beauty craze comes in the form of calamine lotion. Content creators have been sharing videos of themselves using the [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Athlete, rapper Flau’jae Johnson ready to profit from new NCAA rules
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Lakia Johnson, the mother of Flau’jae Johnson, remembers her daughter’s basketball journey like only a mother can. “She goes, ‘I want to play basketball.’ And I said, ‘Basketball? Well, there’s [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 7/27/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit 4, San Diego 3 Milwaukee 10, Minnesota 4 Colorado 6, Chi White Sox 5 St. Louis 6, Toronto [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
9/11 families slam Saudi-backed LIV Golf tournament in New Jersey
Jamie Squire/LIV Golf via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Terry Strada, the chair of the organization 9/11 Families United, which advocates for families of victims and survivors of the 2001 attacks, was shocked when [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
President Biden’s granddaughter will get married on the White House’s South Lawn
drnadig/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Naomi Biden, President Joe Biden’s eldest granddaughter, will have her fall wedding on the South Lawn of the White House — the first time the White House has hosted nuptials [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
State policies on extreme heat seen as critical in mitigating climate change effects
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With communities around the country suffering from extreme temperatures, just months after some of those same locations saw unbearable cold snaps, some state leaders are taking the initiative with [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Paul Whelan’s twin brother speaks out on US proposal to secure his release with Brittney Griner
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The family of former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan, who has been held in Russia for more than three years, said they now have “a little bit of hope” after learning [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Music industry backs bill to limit use of rap lyrics in federal court amid Young Thug indictment
Paras Griffin/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Top music industry leaders, including the Recording Academy, are backing legislation introduced in Congress on Wednesday that would limit the use of rap lyrics as evidence by federal prosecutors [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee deepens probe into Trump cabinet: Sources
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is working to secure testimony from a growing number of officials in former President [Read More…]
ABC National News
Six arrested in stray-bullet killing of 13-year-old South Carolina girl
Sheila Paras/Getty Images, FILE (CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, S.C.) — A 13-year-old girl is dead and six people are under arrest after police alleged the suspects unleashed a barrage of gunfire with an assault weapon into her [Read More…]
ABC National News
At least three dead in Kentucky flood, one of the ‘most devastating’ in state history
BanksPhotos/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Rescues are ongoing in Kentucky amid “one of the worst, most devastating” floods in the state’s history, Gov. Andy Beshear said. A flash flood emergency was issued overnight as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two dead in Oregon as heat wave bakes Pacific Northwest
David Ryder/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The severe heat in the Northwest has now turned deadly, with the Oregon state medical examiner reporting two suspected heat deaths on Wednesday. With temperatures expected to stay in [Read More…]
ABC National News
76 million-year-old dinosaur fossil sells at auction for $6.1 million
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A skeleton of one of history’s most ferocious predators sold at auction for just over $6 million to an unknown buyer on Thursday. Sotheby’s had announced earlier this month [Read More…]
ABC National News
Boy partially paralyzed in Highland Park shooting is asking mom if he’ll walk again
Jason and Keely Roberts pose with four of their six children, including their 8-year-old twins, Luke and Cooper. – Roberts Family photo (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Eight-year-old Cooper Roberts, who was enjoying a Fourth of [Read More…]
ABC World News
White House went public with Griner, Whelan offer to reassure Americans; Russia says no deal yet
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration’s unusual decision to publicize its offer to Russia to free Brittney Griner and Paul Whelan — the basketball star and former Marine whom the U.S. says are [Read More…]