Month: August 2022
ABC Business News
Gas prices fall below $4 for first time since March
Michael Godek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The national average price for a gallon of gas fell below $4 on Thursday for the first time since early March, according to AAA data. The milestone was reached [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation hits these products the most and these the least: EXPLAINER
Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Price hikes have battered the U.S. economy for months, straining household budgets and prompting an aggressive series of rate hikes from the Federal Reserve. Inflation has sent prices sky [Read More…]
ABC Business News
FAA gets more than 57,000 applicants for air traffic control jobs
JazzIRT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) continues to deal with staffing issues on a nearly daily basis, the agency says it has received 57,956 applications for this year’s 1,500 open [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Labor Day sales to watch: Here’s what to know
CatLane/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Labor Day may be summer’s last “hoorah” — it’s also a great time to score some blowout deals. Historically, Labor Day is known for deals on clearance summer apparel and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘A League of Their Own’ series deep dives into the film’s original storylines
Nicola Goode It’s time to hit the field once again with the Rockford Peaches! The movie A League of Their Own is now a TV series, debuting Friday on Prime Video, starring D’Arcy Carden and Melanie Field as 1940s women who [Read More…]
ABC National News
Authorities monitoring online threats following FBI’s Mar-a-Lago raid
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Law enforcement agencies around the country are actively monitoring online threats and rhetoric that has emerged in the wake of the FBI raid on former President [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nebraska mother, daughter charged for illegal abortion after police obtain Facebook messages
stockcam/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Nebraska mother and teenage daughter are facing criminal charges after the teen allegedly got an illegal abortion and police say the two buried the fetus. While the abortion allegedly [Read More…]
ABC National News
Uvalde paper spotlights ABC News’ continuing coverage of local community in wake of massacre
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — In the wake of a mass shooting that killed 21 in its hometown of Uvalde, Texas, a prominent local paper announced it would be happy for the day when [Read More…]
ABC National News
Emmett Till’s cousin calls grand jury decision not to indict accuser ‘unfortunate, but predictable’
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Emmett Till’s cousin and advocates for justice in the decades-old case expressed disappointment in a grand jury’s decision not to indict the woman who accused Till of making advances [Read More…]
ABC National News
Boy paralyzed in Highland Park attack to return to third grade with twin brother
Roberts Family (HIGHLAND PARK, Ill.) — An 8-year-old boy left paralyzed in the mass shooting at the Fourth of July parade in Highland Park, Illinois, plans to return to school in the fall with his [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Johnny Depp’s acting return teased in new photo
ABC/Randy Holmes Johnny Depp‘s return to the cameras after his legal victory in his defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard is already underway. The French film company Why Not Productions has released an image [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Who was that masked man? New book takes a look at the history of cosplay
Simon & Schuster The concept of fans dressing up like their favorite pop culture characters, as they recently did at San Diego Comic-Con, may seem like a new phenomenon, but it’s not. That’s one of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Amanda Seyfried regrets filming nude scenes at 19: “I wanted to keep my job”
Seyfried in “The Dropout” — Hulu The Dropout‘s Amanda Seyfried admits to having some regrets about filming a nude scene when she was 19 years old, saying she did it because she felt it was [Read More…]
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Discovery+ teases “explosive” Armie Hammer documentary series, ‘House of Hammer’
Discovery+ Discovery+ has announced an “explosive” look into the salacious allegations that have derailed the career of The Lone Ranger and The Social Network star Armie Hammer. Hammer was accused of rape and abuse, and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jon Hamm joining Apple TV+’s ‘The Morning Show’
Photo: Cheryl Mann Mad Man veteran Jon Hamm is joining another acclaimed series. Apple TV+ announced the addition to the cast, noting the Emmy winner will play Paul Marks, a “corporate titan who sets his [Read More…]
ABC Business News
July inflation holds steady as food and shelter costs rise
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Inflation in July held steady even as the costs of housing and food rose, according to findings by the Bureau of Labor Statistics released Wednesday. The Bureau of Labor Statistics [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Harvard doctor on study claiming climate change intensifies pathogens
MR.Cole_Photographer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a new study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers found that climate change is expected to aggravate 58% of the world’s infectious diseases. “The societal disruption caused by pathogenic [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Hundreds of Americans still dying of COVID each day despite signs the latest surge may be slowing
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After several weeks of steady increases in coronavirus infections and hospitalizations, there are encouraging signs that the latest viral resurgence may be abating in the United States. The rate [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
US Open ticket sales skyrocket after Serena Williams announcement
Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The demand for tickets to the U.S. Open are soaring after Serena Williams announced she’s preparing to say goodbye to tennis. In a first-person essay for Vogue, Williams said she is [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Vanessa Bryant’s invasion of privacy trial against LA County begins
Josh Lefkowitz/Getty Images, FILE (LOS ANGELES) — Jury selection and opening arguments in Vanessa Bryant’s case against Los Angeles County began Wednesday. Bryant filed a lawsuit in September 2020, alleging that first responders took and [Read More…]