Month: July 2022
ABC Entertainment News
‘Captain America 4’, starring Anthony Mackie, gets director in ‘The Cloverfield Paradox”s Julius Onah
Marvel Studios Julius Onah, the Nigerian-born director of 2018’s hit The Cloverfield Paradox, has been handed the reins to the next Captain America movie, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Marvel Studios is characteristically mum at [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Elon Musk terminating $44 billion deal to buy Twitter
Jonathan Newton/The Washington Post via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk is terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, according to a new Securities and Exchange Commission filing. “Mr. Musk has sought [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How the two Theranos trials led to different outcomes for Elizabeth Holmes, Sunny Balwani
Dai Sugano/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The federal fraud case against the top executives of the failed biotech company Theranos posed an interesting tale of two different trials, according [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Woman credits walking with helping her lose over 200 pounds
living_lifewith.shenisha/Instagram (HOUSTON) — A Houston woman says the secret to her success in losing over 200 pounds was simply walking. Shenisha Armealine, 27, said she began walking in 2017, while at her heaviest weight of [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Houston Astros visit Uvalde to celebrate community after shooting
ABC News (UVALDE, Texas) — In the wake of the horrific shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, the Houston Astros and the Astro Foundation visited the city Friday to host a series of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says falling gas prices show his ‘program is working’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday touted falling gas prices, robust new jobs numbers and a low unemployment rate to make the case that his economic program and fight to bring [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Louisiana trigger laws banning nearly all abortions allowed to stand by state Supreme Court
ilbusca/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A Louisiana Supreme Court ruling allowed the state’s ban on almost all abortions to go into effect on Friday, after a series of court challenges by local abortion providers was moved [Read More…]
ABC National News
Record heat, severe storms expected for parts of US this weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Excessive heat warnings are in effect across much of the southern U.S. heading into a weekend with potentially record-breaking temperatures. As of Friday morning, 13 states are on heat alert [Read More…]
ABC National News
Reward offered for information on couple slain on walk in New Hampshire
Concord New Hampshire Police Department (CONCORD, N.H.) — New Hampshire officials are offering $50,000 in reward money to anyone who provides information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person responsible for the [Read More…]
ABC National News
8-year-old paralyzed after being shot in Highland Park parade attack, family spokesperson says
Roberts Family (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — An 8-year-old boy is paralyzed from the waist down after he was shot in the chest during a mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Memorial services begin for victims of Highland Park parade shooting
Jim Vondruska/Getty Images (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Memorial services and funerals have begun for the victims of this week’s mass shooting at a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois. Seven people were killed [Read More…]
Ag News
MO ag leaders gearing up for state fair
Missouri ag leaders are gearing up for the state fair as the August 11th kick off date approaches. Missouri State Fair Director Mark Wolfe says the fair is a great opportunity to offer ag education in [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmer welcomes needed moisture
A farmer in south-central Minnesota recently welcomed much needed rain. Dennis Schmidt of New Ulm says June was very dry and his corn was suffering. “You could really already see gravely pockets (and) sandy pockets [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle, hog futures close week with mixed action
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle were mixed, adjusting spreads, and feeders were lower on the higher move in corn. August live was $.60 lower at $133.95 and October was down $.90 at $138.95. August feeders [Read More…]
Ag News
Poultry executives found not guilty of price-fixing
After three separate trials, five executives of Pilgrim’s Pride and Claxton Poultry accused of price-fixing have been acquitted. The Department of Justice accused Jayson Penn, Mikell Fries, Scott Brady, Roger Austin, and William Lovette of [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin farmer pleased with crop progress so far
A southern Wisconsin farmer says crops look good despite a dry stretch of weather. Luke Goessling grows corn and soybeans in the Whitewater area, about 20 miles north of the Illinois border. He says, “I [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Love and Thunder’ already shaking box office: $30 million from sneak previews, $78 million-plus worldwide
Marvel Studios Thor: Love and Thunder officially opened Friday, but thanks to sneak preview screenings on Thursday, the movie made nearly 30 million bucks. Deadline reports that performance was the second-best sneak preview haul of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“One of the bright lights”: Jennifer Aniston mourns death of ‘The Morning Show’ crew member
Apple TV+ Jennifer Aniston took to her Instagram to urge donations to a fund set up on behalf of a crew member on The Morning Show, who died in a motorcycle crash on July 4. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Upside Down, on top: ‘Stranger Things’ continues streaming dominance
Netflix Netflix’s smash Stranger Things was on the minds — and in the living rooms — of American audiences, according to the latest ranking of streaming service aggregator app Reelgood. Based on data from the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Robocop’ reborn for the video game ‘Rogue City’
“Robocop” – Orion Pictures Corporation/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images The seminal sci-fi action movie Robocop turns 35 on July 17, and to help celebrate, video game developer Nacon has released a trailer for its upcoming [Read More…]