Month: July 2022
ABC Business News
US job growth stronger than expected as economy adds 372,000 jobs
JLGutierrez/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. saw stronger than expected job growth in June, as the economy added 372,000 jobs and the unemployment rate remained at 3.6%, according to data released by the Bureau of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Privacy fears emerge over corporate policies covering travel for abortion
Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Days after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, a slew of major U.S. companies said they will cover travel costs for employees who cannot access an [Read More…]
ABC Business News
New Grubhub perk for Amazon Prime members
Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amazon members are already primed to enjoy perks of speedy delivery and now, that can include food from hundreds of thousands of restaurants. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Monkeypox cases up 77% in one week: WHO
Steve Russell/Toronto Star via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Monkeypox cases around the world have increased 77% in seven days, the World Health Organization said Thursday. There have been 6,027 laboratory-confirmed cases of monkeypox in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump White House counsel Cipollone testifies before Jan. 6 committee
Drew Angerer/Getty Image (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House counsel Pat Cipollone appeared on Capitol Hill Friday morning for a closed-door interview with House Jan. 6 committee investigators after negotiations over what he could be [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden signs executive order on abortion access amid pressure from Democrats
Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two weeks after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order aimed at protecting access to abortion nationwide despite efforts [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
New gun legislation won’t eliminate mass shootings but will still save lives, say experts
Zach Gibson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Bipartisan Safer Communities Act signed into law last month most likely would not have prevented the recent Fourth of July massacre and won’t eliminate future mass shootings — but [Read More…]
ABC National News
California social services system ‘failed’ 13 Turpin siblings, report finds
Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images, FILE (RIVERSIDE, Calif.) — The 13 Turpin siblings, rescued in 2018 from captivity in their parents’ California home, were “failed” by the social services system that was supposed [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mom says airline allowed unaccompanied daughter to exit plane alone after flight
Gary John Norman/Getty Images (MIAMI) — A Georgia mom is speaking out after she said her 12-year-old daughter, who was traveling solo as an unaccompanied minor, exited an American Airlines flight at a Miami airport [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trevor Reed speaks out on Russia’s detention of Brittney Griner, Paul Whelan
ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As American basketball star Brittney Griner remains detained in Russia, Trevor Reed said he knows her grim reality all too well. “They do not like Americans and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe gunned down while giving speech
YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP via Getty Images (NARA, Japan) — Former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot and killed during a campaign speech in western Japan on Friday, hospital officials said. Abe, 67, was just minutes [Read More…]
Ag News
More rain for parts of the Midwest Corn Belt; heat wave continues on the southern Plains
Across the Corn Belt, a final round of rain is spreading eastward from the middle and upper Mississippi Valley. Early Friday, some of the heaviest rain is falling across central Illinois. The recent and ongoing [Read More…]
Ag News
Sysco sues ‘Big Four’ packers
A major food distributor is accusing the nation’s largest meat processors of fixing beef prices. Sysco has filed a lawsuit alleging Tyson Foods, JBS, Cargill, and National Beef conspired to inflate beef prices since at [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Warning issued July 08 at 9:21AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …FLOOD [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Iowa’s Barta doubts Big Ten expands further ‘in near future’
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The Big Ten has no additional expansion plans even though schools interested in becoming members have reached out to the conference in the week since the additions of Southern California and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Gunman kills Japan’s ex-leader Shinzo Abe during a speech
NARA, Japan (AP) — Former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated Friday on a street in western Japan by a gunman who opened fire on him from behind as he delivered a campaign speech — [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Rocketman’s Taron Egerton takes a dark turn in the true crime drama ‘Black Bird’
Apple TV+ Black Bird, starring Taron Egerton and the late Ray Liotta, premieres Friday on Apple TV+. It tells the true story of a convicted drug dealer, played by Egerton, who can go free if he gets a [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Jobs data arrives as economy faces threats of inflation and recession
JLGutierrez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As recession fears grow, officials on Wall Street and in Washington, D.C., will be watching employment data on Friday to see if aggressive borrowing cost increases from the Federal Reserve [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Raiders announce first Black female team president in NFL history
Ethan Miller/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — The Las Vegas Raiders welcomed Sandra Douglass Morgan, the first Black woman ever to serve as team president in NFL history, on Thursday. “It is the honor of a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Police determined Highland Park shooting suspect posed ‘clear and present danger’ after past threat
ANTONIO PEREZ/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Highland Park Police Department three years ago determined that the alleged Fourth of July massacre suspect posed “clear and present danger” after a family member claimed [Read More…]