Month: July 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Former ‘Cheer’ star Jerry Harris sentenced to 12 years in prison for sex crimes
Jim Spellman/Getty Images Jerry Harris, a former star of the popular Netflix docuseries Cheer, was sentenced Wednesday to 12 years in prison after pleading guilty to sex crime charges earlier this year. The 22-year-old actor pleaded [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
FBI director calls China ‘biggest’ US threat; authorities warn of North Korean cyber attacks
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Speaking alongside his British counterpart in London on Wednesday, FBI Director Christopher Wray called China the “biggest long-term threat” to both the U.S. and the U.K. “The Chinese government [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
North Carolina governor signs executive order to protect abortion rights in the state
Allison Joyce/Getty Images, FILE (RALEIGH, N.C.) — North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper signed an executive order to strengthen access to reproductive health care in the state on Wednesday. The order takes several steps to defend [Read More…]
ABC National News
Highland Park survivor recalls the scary moment she realized she was wounded
ABC News (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — Lorena Rebollar Sedano has attended the Highland Park, Illinois, Fourth of July parade for 28 years, but this year’s festivities turned to terror when Sedano and her family were [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin Farm Technology Days releases updated traffic plan
The following information has been provided by the Clark County, Wisconsin Farm Technology Days committee, and the Clark County Sheriff’s Department to make entering and leaving the three-day event as smooth as possible. Farm Technology [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Strangers Things’ creators announce upcoming TV spinoff, plus Upside Down-set stage play
Netflix Matt and Ross Duffer, the sibling creators of the phenomenon Stranger Things, are staying with Netflix in a big way. Long story short, if you love Stranger Things, you’re in luck. On Wednesday, the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Thor: Love and Thunder”s Taika Waititi “forgot” co-star Natalie Portman was in ‘Star Wars’
Hayden Christensen and Natalie Portman in “Star Wars: Episode II” — Lucasfilm With an Oscar under his belt, a blockbuster in Thor: Ragnarok and another likely on its way with Thor: Love and Thunder, pretty [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I don’t fault Joey for a second” – Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest’s female champ Miko Sudo on onstage scuffle
Bobby Bank/Getty Images Miki Sudo is the #1-ranked female competitive eater in the world, and she proved it again on July 4 by returning from maternity leave to capture her eighth Nathan’s Famous International Hot Dog Eating [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“A sequel? What am I a hack?”: Kevin Smith drops celeb-packed trailer to, yes, the sequel ‘Clerks III’
ABC/Eric McCandless On Wednesday, Kevin Smith dropped the trailer to his third Clerks movie, and as he’d promised, it reflects the filmmaker’s real life in more ways than one. The writer-director and podcaster maxed out [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“We fight or we die”: Viola Davis reigns in new trailer to ‘The Woman King’
Sony Pictures Oscar and Emmy winner Viola Davis plays General Nanisca in the fact-based epic The Woman King, and the new trailer shows she’s not taking any prisoners. According to Sony Pictures, “The Woman King [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What is next for Juul after FDA temporarily suspends ban of its e-cigarettes and other products?
Mario Tama/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Popular e-cigarette manufacturer Juul Labs, Inc. has been left in limbo after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration said it is temporarily pausing a ban on the company’s products. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Granger Smith’s wife speaks out 3 years after son’s drowning death, shares water safety tips
Rick Kern/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Amber Smith, the wife of country music star Granger Smith, is opening up about grief, living with loss and water safety three years after her son River died [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Many Black children are dying by suicide, doctors say: Understanding the why — and how to help
Quintin Lamarr told ABC News that he struggled with bullying as a Black, gay teen growing up in Milwaukee. – Leslie Andrews (NEW YORK) — Quintin Lamarr first began having thoughts of suicide when he [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Biden, Harris speak to Cherelle Griner, wife of detained WNBA star Brittney Griner
Todd Wawrychuk/ABC News, FILE (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris called Brittney Griner’s wife to discuss efforts to release the WNBA star, who has been detained in Russia since February, according [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Deshaun Watson’s possible year-long NFL suspension following payouts over alleged sexual misconduct
Nick Cammett/Diamond Images via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The professional football fate of an NFL star quarterback is set to be determined this week amid sexual misconduct allegations. A three-day internal disciplinary hearing [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
FINA decision on transgender athletes may have ripple effects on other sport’s governing bodies
Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A stance on transgender athletes made by one of the world’s most important athletic federations has sent ripples throughout the rest of the sports world and [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 7/5/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Seattle 6, San Diego 2 Miami 2, LA Angels 1 Pittsburgh 5, NY Yankees 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Baltimore 10, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats Schumer and Manchin strike deal to cut costs for seniors
Brandon Bell/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Senate Democrats have reached agreement on a key portion of a revised domestic policy bill, once known as Build Back Better, which would allow Medicare to negotiate prescription drug [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden’s communications director Kate Bedingfield leaving the White House in coming weeks
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — White House communications director Kate Bedingfield plans to depart in late July, according to administration officials. Bedingfield is a longtime top aide to President Joe Biden: She [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield held in contempt for not turning over Trump documents
GC Images/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield is being held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with subpoenas for information related to its business relationship with the [Read More…]