Month: August 2022
Ag News
Agriculture watches next step in railroad labor dispute
An agricultural leader says now that the three-member Presidential Emergency Board has recommended a compromise to resolve the railroad labor dispute, the railroads and their employee unions should try again to work out their differences. [Read More…]
Ag News
Vilsack touts conservation support in inflationary bill
U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says conservation funding in the Inflationary Reduction Act will complement priority areas in the next farm bill. “This resource is going to allow us to begin to whittle down the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man allegedly shoots wife with crossbow while she slept on sofa
(OTTUMWA, IA) — A 68-year-old man has been arrested and charged with attempted murder after allegedly shooting his wife with a crossbow while she slept on a sofa in their home. The incident occurred at [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cops sued for allegedly harassing town’s Black residents
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (LEXINGTON, MS) — A month after the police chief of a Mississippi town was fired following leaked audio allegedly of him using racial slurs, a civil rights group is suing the department. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
This is how mifepristone and misoprostol induce abortions
Robyn Beck/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Just under 1 million people utilized abortion services in the U.S. in 2020, according to recent data from the Guttmacher Institute. Another report from Guttmacher in 2016 showed that [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kenan Thompson says they are “working hard” on a ‘Good Burger’ sequel
Todd Owyoung/NBC via Getty Images Kenan Thompson may have a sequel to Good Burger in the works. The 1997 film starring Kenan and Kel Mitchell as cashiers at a burger joint that was based off of a sketch featured in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Keke Palmer explains her desire to play Whitney Houston in a movie
Dave J Hogan/Getty Images If there’s one person Keke Palmer would love to play in a film, it’d be the late Whitney Houston. Her desire comes from wanting to do the singer some justice and tell her full [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Garfield’ cast update, ‘The Mole’ to return and more
Tom Hollander, Diane Lane and Calista Flockhart have been added to the season two cast of the FX series Feud, according to Variety. They join previously announced series stars Naomi Watts and Chloë Sevigny. The second [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Anne Heche’s death following car crash ruled an accident
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Anne Heche‘s death has been ruled an accident, more than a week after suffering serious injuries in a fiery Los Angeles car crash, city records show. The 53-year-old actress died from inhalation and thermal [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘She-Hulk: Attorney at Law’ hits Disney+ today
Disney+ She-Hulk: Attorney at Law is open for business! The latest Marvel series for Disney+ is out today, starring Tatiana Maslany as the big green lawyer. She tells ABC Audio she wasn’t all that familiar [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Yellowjackets’ casts Simone Kessell in pivotal role
Courtney Eaton as Teen Lottie – Photo credit: Kailey Schwerman/SHOWTIME Yellowjackets has found its “Adult Lottie.” The Showtime series has cast Obi-Wan Kenobi actress Simone Kessell in the role of a grown-up version of Lottie [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Gwyneth Paltrow to join season 14 of ‘Shark Tank’
Brian Stukes/Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow is joining Shark Tank. The actress and Goop founder will star in the hit ABC series as a guest shark for the show’s 14th season. Paltrow will join Mark Cuban, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Why Walmart entered the streaming wars
patty_c/Getty Images (BENTONVILLE, Ark.) — Walmart, the Arkansas-based retail giant known more for value than flare, made a splash in Hollywood this week upon the announcement of a deal with streaming service Paramount+. The retailer [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Abortion bans may lead to economic costs for states
Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade and allow states to decide their own stances on abortion access has led 16 states [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC director acknowledges mistakes to staff in internal message
Stefani Reynolds/Pool/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky made a remarkable acknowledgment of her agency’s failures during the COVID-19 pandemic as she delivered a message to her staff Wednesday. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Child dies from suspected case of brain-eating amoeba in Nebraska, the state’s first
Larry Mayer/Getty Images (OMAHA, Neb.) — A child in Nebraska is suspected to have died from a rare case of brain-eating amoeba, health officials said Wednesday. If confirmed, it will be the first known death [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Biden signs into law bill named for toddler who died after swallowing a battery
flubydust/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bill designed to help keep young children safe by strengthening safety requirements for products with button batteries was signed into law Tuesday by President Joe Biden. The legislation, known as [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Baby girl born with one lung and given 20% chance of survival goes home
Courtesy Joshua Valliere (SAN DIEGO) — A California girl has beaten the odds to reunite with her twin and return home with her family after a six-month stay at a San Diego hospital. Charlotte and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Monkeypox vaccine not ‘a silver bullet’, WHO says, as breakthrough cases emerge
AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As demand for monkeypox vaccines increases, the World Health Organization (WHO) has begun to receive preliminary reports on the efficacy of the shots, which suggests there are breakthrough [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/17/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Boston 8, Pittsburgh 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 4, Kansas City 0 Toronto 6, Baltimore 1 Seattle 11, LA Angels [Read More…]