Month: August 2022
ABC Entertainment News
‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ coming to Disney+ and digital September 8
Marvel Studios/Jasin Boland One of the summer’s biggest hits, Thor: Love and Thunder, is coming home. The Taika Waititi-written and directed fourth Thor film will hit digital streamers for purchase, and free for Disney+ subscribers, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Apple announces September event where new iPhone is expected
Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Apple users eagerly awaiting a new iPhone model will likely get their wish next month. The company announced on Wednesday that it will hold a public [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa Farm Bureau president sees opportunity in Inflation Reduction Act
The president of Iowa Farm Bureau sees plenty of opportunity for agriculture in the Inflation Reduction Act. Brent Johnson, who farms in west-central Iowa, tells Brownfield the bill invests heavily in climate solutions. “There are [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Nobody likes having their name salvestized!” Will Smith gets some interesting advice via FaceTime
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Following his infamous Oscar-night slap of Chris Rock, Will Smith has said he’s been seeking advice from others in an effort to work on the issues that led to the incident. However, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kellogg’s conjuring up ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ cereal
Disney+ Kellogg’s has officially released a tasty bit of promotion for the upcoming Disney+ release of Hocus Pocus 2: a themed breakfast cereal. Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy and Bette Midler return as the witchy [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: ‘Dancing with the Stars’ pros Sasha Farber and Emma Slater split after 4 years of marriage
ABC/Maarten de Boer Dancing With the Stars pros Emma Slater and Sasha Farber have reportedly separated after four years of marriage. “They’ve been apart for many months now,” a source tells Us Weekly. “They both [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Barbie Ferreira leaving ‘Euphoria’ ahead of season 3
HBO/Eddy Chen Barbie Ferreira, who played Kat Hernandez on the first two seasons of HBO’s Emmy-winning teen drama Euphoria, won’t be returning for season 3. The 25-year-old model/actress broke the news on Wednesday, writing on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Shazam!’, ‘Aquaman’ sequels delayed; ‘Crawdads’ sings at box office, and more
We’ll have to wait a little longer for DC’s Aquaman and Shazam! sequels, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom — which stars Jason Momoa returning as the titular superhero, along with Patrick Wilson’s Orm Marius and Yahya Abdul-Mateen II’s Black Manta — [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Biden’s student loan forgiveness policy: How to apply, who qualifies, more
jayk7/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just a week before repayments on federal student loans were scheduled to resume after a two-year pause, President Joe Biden on Wednesday announced a sweeping new policy to cancel debt [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Green living: How families can save money and reduce food waste
Oscar Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After working for seven years in the corporate world as an aerospace engineer, Anita Vandyke said she needed to shed the material excess in her life and “give more.” [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Rothy’s launches sustainable tennis-inspired capsule collection ahead of US Open
Rothy’s x evian (NEW YORK) — Rothy’s and Evian are taking reduce, reuse, recycle to a whole new level. The two brands have teamed up to created a limited-edition tennis-inspired capsule collection made with recycled [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Truff, Hidden Valley collaboration has ranch and hot sauce fans fired up for limited-edition condiment
TRUFF (NEW YORK) — Condiment fans are clamoring on social media over the luxurious and spicy new collaboration from Hidden Valley Ranch and hot sauce company Truff, Spicy Truffle Ranch. The two companies announced the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pfizer’s RSV vaccine candidate over 85% effective in older adults, data shows
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pfizer announced Thursday that its vaccine candidate for respiratory syncytial virus was more than 85% effective in preventing lower respiratory tract illness in older adults. The New York-based [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Which US states have the highest and lowest polio vaccination rates?
CDC (NEW YORK) — With a single case of paralytic polio detected in Rockland County, New York, and the virus showing up in wastewater samples in two counties in the state, as well as New [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Three children in Georgia test positive for monkeypox: Officials
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Three children in Georgia have now tested positive for monkeypox, newly updated state data has revealed. The Georgia Department of Health did not immediately respond to ABC News’ request for comment [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroy team up for new virtual PGA tournament
Laurence Mouton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two of golf’s biggest names — Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy — are stepping up to lead a new virtual golf tournament. Called the TGL, the new virtual golf [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/24/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit 6, San Francisco 1 Oakland 3, Miami 2 Texas 16, Colorado 4 Washington 3, Seattle 1 Cleveland 7, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Justice Department expected to file heavily redacted Mar-a-Lago affidavit as judge considers limited release
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday is expected to file a heavily redacted version of the affidavit used to support a search warrant of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DHS takes step to ‘preserve’ DACA for young migrants amid looming legal challenge
DHS Photo by Benjamin Applebaum (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security took steps on Wednesday to codify the Obama-era Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program into regulatory policy — even as a court case [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
The congressional race that could indicate just how red Iowa has shifted
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images, FILE (DES MOINES, Iowa) — As the final speaker at the Iowa State Fair’s Des Moines Register Soapbox — a mainstay for presidential hopefuls and statewide candidates — [Read More…]