Month: August 2022
ABC National News
US has 300,000 teacher, school staff vacancies, NEA President Rebecca Pringle says
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The current teacher shortage facing the United States is a “five-alarm crisis,” according to Rebecca Pringle, the president of the National Education Association, the largest teachers’ union in the country. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man charged in 2 Albuquerque killings has domestic violence history, police say
Albuquerque Police Department via AFP/Getty Images (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M) — The man charged in the killings of at least two of the four Muslim men killed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in recent months has a history of arrests [Read More…]
ABC National News
Instagram personality charged with murder months after allegedly fatally stabbing boyfriend
Hawai’i Police Department (LAUPAHOEHOE, Hi.) — Social media personality Courtney Clenney has been arrested and charged with second-degree murder with a deadly weapon, months after the death of her 27-year-old boyfriend Christian Obumseli. The 26-year-old, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dallas salon shooting suspect indicted on hate crime charge for allegedly shooting 3 Korean women
Jason Marz/Getty Images (DALLAS) — A man accused of shooting three Asian American women at a Dallas hair salon in May was indicted Tuesday on multiple counts, including committing a hate crime and aggravated assault, the Dallas [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kenan Thompson gets Hollywood Walk of Fame star
NBCUniversal Media, LLC Ahead of hosting the 2022 Emmy Awards next month, nearly 20-year Saturday Night Live veteran Kenan Thompson was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Thursday. His former SNL co-star [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Blood screen reportedly shows Anne Heche had drugs in her system after crash
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic While actress Anne Heche remains in a coma and in critical condition at the hospital following her fiery car crash last week, ABC News has learned a blood test turned up positive for narcotics. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Cast of ‘Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella’ will reunite for film’s 25th anniversary special
ABC News Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Cinderella turns 25 years old this year, and for its milestone anniversary, members of the original, star-studded cast will come together to celebrate. On August 23, Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg, Paolo Montalban, Victor Garber, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander and Veanne Cox will [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Van lives.” Lauren Ambrose joins ‘Yellowjackets’ cast
Lauren Ambrose in “Servant” — Apple TV+ Servant star and Six Feet Under veteran Lauren Ambrose has been tapped for the second season of the Emmy-nominated Showtime series Yellowjackets. The announcement was made via Twitter, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jennifer Hudson says she hopes her new talk show helps people find their own “superpower”
Warner Bros. Unscripted Television, Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution EGOT winner Jennifer Hudson has never played a superhero, but she says she’s hoping to create some with her eponymous new talk show. In a new [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Polio vaccine boosters offered to kids in London as virus linked to New York case detected
KoldoyChris/Getty Images (LONDON) — Children in London are being offered polio vaccine boosters after sewage samples with the virus were found in multiple areas across the city. The U.K. Health Security Agency announced Wednesday that all children between ages [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA’s move to stretch monkeypox vaccine supplies could pay off, experts say
Smith Collection/Gado via Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The Food and Drug Administration announced an emergency use authorization to move forward with their plan to stretch out the current monkeypox vaccine supply with a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Think you have monkeypox? It might be another skin condition
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the number of cases of monkeypox rising across the world, and descriptions of rashes from the virus varying from person-to-person, people are concerned that any new bumps might be [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Iconic ‘Field of Dreams’ game returns to MLB for second season
Stacy Revere/Getty Images, FILE (DYERSVILLE, Iowa) — The Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds will take to the cornfields of Iowa for a game fit for dreams on Thursday night in the second edition of the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Attorney General Merrick Garland speaks about FBI raid on Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorney General Merrick Garland on Thursday afternoon spoke for the first time since FBI agents raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Palm Beach, Florida. Citing “the substantial public interest in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Donald Trump received subpoena in spring for documents not turned over to investigators: Sources
SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump received a subpoena in the spring for documents related to what Trump is believed to have failed to turn over to federal investigators, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
In Iowa, GOP leaders decry Mar-a-Lago search and vow investigations if they retake Congress
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was searched by agents on Monday in relation, sources told ABC News, to documents that he took with him when he departed Washington, including [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump and allies raising funds off FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago
ED JONES/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump and his Republican allies are fundraising off Monday’s FBI raid of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate, providing another platform for Trump to capitalize financially on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Marine major and his interpreter find brotherhood amid war in Afghanistan
ABC (WASHINGTON) — A year ago, America ended its longest war and withdrew troops from Afghanistan. After occupying the country for two decades, the withdrawal immediately led to a dangerous situation for any U.S. allies still [Read More…]
ABC National News
Standoff ends after armed man allegedly tried to break into Cincinnati FBI office
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (CINCINNATI) — An hourslong standoff between law enforcement and an armed man who allegedly tried to break into the FBI’s Cincinnati office has ended, officials said. The status of the suspect was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Foul fumes in South Jersey have been contained and identified, officials say
WPVI (PAULSBORO, N.J.) — Officials have cracked the code on what was stinking up southern New Jersey this week, after authorities removed a truck that was releasing chemical fumes on Thursday morning. According to New [Read More…]