Month: August 2022
ABC Business News
What the Tesla stock split means and why it matters
shaunl/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tesla will split its stock on Wednesday, joining giant firms like Amazon and Alphabet, the parent company of Google, which have chopped up shares this year as a means of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Marijuana, hallucinogen use reach all-time high among young adults
CasarsaGuru/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Marijuana and hallucinogen use among young adults has reached a new high. Use of marijuana and hallucinogens by 19- to 30-year-olds reached their highest levels since tracking began in 1988, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Tom Brady returns to training with Tampa Bay Buccaneers
Cliff Welch/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — Superstar quarterback Tom Brady returned to training camp with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Monday. Brady had spent nearly two weeks away for what the team called [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Purported National Archives letter shows extent of classified material previously at Mar-a-Lago
Rochlin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump allegedly had more than 700 pages of classified material in his possession, according to a May 10 letter from the National Archives to a lawyer representing Trump. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Alison Brie reveals even she wasn’t prepared for the twist ending in ‘Spin Me Round’
IFC Films Alison Brie plays wide-eyed ingenue Amber in the new dark comedy Spin Me Round, which parodies the classic adult novel formula. Amber works for an Italian food chain and is selected to fly to Italy for [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘House of the Dragon’ marks HBO’s largest series premiere with 10 million viewers
HBO HBO reports Sunday’s premiere of House of the Dragon drew 9.986 million viewers across linear and HBO Max platforms in the U.S. — the largest audience for any new original series in the premium [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘The Good Doctor’ gets a ‘Good’ spin-off, and more
ABC has given a series order to the spy drama The Company You Keep, starring This Is Us alum Milo Ventimiglia, according to Variety. Based on the Korean series My Fellow Citizens, the American version [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ now on digital
Courtesy Paramount Pictures One of the biggest hits of the year — in fact, the biggest hit of Tom Cruise‘s blockbuster-filled career — Top Gun: Maverick, will finally be available for purchase on digital today (Tuesday). As reported, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Bachelorette’ recap: Hometowns lead to a devastating elimination
ABC/Gizelle Hernandez Gabby and Rachel simultaneously visited their suitors’ hometowns on Monday’s episode of The Bachelorette. Gabby met Jason, Johnny and Erich‘s families on Monday. Here’s how the dates went: After showing Gabby around New [Read More…]
Ag News
Creating demand for Indiana corn
The US Grains Council works on behalf of US farmers and ag industries to develop new markets, enable trade, and improve lives around the globe. In this episode, Indiana farmer, and US Grains Council Chairman [Read More…]
Ag News
Senate Finance Committee to vote September 7th on USTR nominee
The Senate Finance Committee will vote next month on the nomination of Doug McKalip as chief ag trade negotiator. If voted favorably out of committee September 7th, the nomination will go before the full Senate [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/22/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE NY Yankees 4, NY Mets 2 Miami 3, Oakland 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City 6, Chi White Sox 4 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Latest primaries force Democrats into painful matchups — and decide DeSantis’ opponent
SDI Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Democrats are trying to keep control of a House remade by the once-a-decade redistricting process. Tuesday will offer perhaps the most visible display of the impact that post-census redistricting [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
NY’s Maloney and Nadler set for unexpected face-off that will boot one of the leading Dems from office
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Democratic primary battle between Reps. Carolyn Maloney and Jerrold Nadler in New York City is heading to a bitterly personal finish that’ll see one of the senior House [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sen. Patrick Leahy reflects on retirement, new memoir
Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Vermont Sen. Patrick Leahy, the most senior and longest-serving member of the U.S. Senate, will retire at the end of this year. His new memoir, The Road [Read More…]
ABC National News
Heavy rain, flooding threat moves east as Dallas reels from deadly downpours
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Dallas reels from deadly flooding, the rain is now moving east. Heavy downpours will strike Louisiana, southeast Texas and southern Arkansas on Tuesday morning. The flooding rains will stay [Read More…]
ABC National News
National Park Service joins search for missing hiker in Utah’s Zion National Park
Courtesy Pujan Agnihotri (SPRINGDALE, Utah) — The family of the hiker who went missing after flash floods hit Utah’s Zion National Park is hoping their loved one is found safely, as the National Park Service [Read More…]
ABC National News
Body found in reservoir believed to be that of missing teen Kiely Rodni: Police
Placer County Sheriff’s Office/Twitter (NEVADA COUNTY, Calif.) — California authorities believe that the body found in a vehicle submerged in a reservoir is that of missing teenager Kiely Rodni, the Nevada County Sheriff’s Office said [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bail denied for one half of couple accused of stealing identities of two dead children
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (HONOLULU) — Bail was denied Monday for the wife of a U.S. defense contractor accused of stealing the identity of a dead child, as well as conspiracy, according to her attorney. Walter [Read More…]
ABC National News
One death, hundreds of car crashes reported as three months’ worth of rain slams Dallas
Marcin Kilarski / EyeEm/ Getty Images (DALLAS) — Officials have announced one fatality after three months’ worth of rain pounded the Dallas area overnight. A 60-year-old woman was killed when her vehicle was swept away [Read More…]