Month: August 2022
ABC Business News
Twelve grocery and food savings tips to take with you on your next shopping trip
Oscar Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trae Bodge, smart shopping expert, shared her tips for saving on groceries with Good Morning America, to help consumers keep costs down at checkout. Consumer prices on food experienced [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/4/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Oakland 8, LA Angels 7 Houston 6, Cleveland 0 Tampa Bay 6, Detroit 2 Toronto 9, Minnesota 3 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Eight years before Uvalde, Arredondo was demoted from previous law enforcement position: Report
Eric Thayer/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Eight years before Uvalde school Police Chief Pete Arredondo led the controversial law enforcement response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School, he was demoted from a high-ranking [Read More…]
ABC National News
Four people in critical condition after apparent lightning strike at DC park
DC Fire and EMS/Twitter (WASHINGTON) — Four people are in critical condition following an apparent lightning strike at a Washington, D.C., park, authorities said Thursday evening. D.C. Fire and EMS said it had responded to [Read More…]
ABC National News
New Orleans renews search for missing remains of victims of notorious 1973 fire
Marilyn LeBlanc-Downey and her son, Skip Bailey, remember Ferris LeBlanc as a brother, uncle and father figure. – ABC News (NEW ORLEANS) — The New Orleans City Council is reviving an effort to locate the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mall of America lockdown lifted after shots fired: Police
Raymond Boyd/Getty Images, FILE (BLOOMINGTON, Minn.) — Shoppers were sent running for safety at the Mall of America Thursday, after police said shots were fired at the Minnesota shopping center. Police responded to an “active [Read More…]
Ag News
Hot, largely dry pattern ahead for much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions in the Desert Southwest. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall in the South, East, and [Read More…]
Latest News
Autopsy: Family killed at Iowa park shot, stabbed, strangled
Three family members killed during a shooting last month at an eastern Iowa state park were shot, stabbed and/or strangled, according to autopsy results released Thursday. Tyler Schmidt, 42, died from a gunshot wound and “multiple sharp [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Hernández, Guerrero homer as Blue Jays beat Twins 9-3
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit a three-run homer, Teoscar Hernández homered for the second straight day and the Toronto Blue Jays cruised to a 9-3 win over the Minnesota Twins on Thursday night. [Read More…]
Weather
Heat Advisory issued August 05 at 2:27AM MDT until August 05 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Heat index values up to 107 expected. * WHERE…Jerauld, Sanborn, Bon Homme, Hutchinson, Yankton, Davison, Hanson and Beadle [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Meta cracks down on cyberespionage, warns of ‘perception hacking’ ahead of midterm elections
Jason Alden/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Meta said it is focused on continuing to disrupt emerging cybersecurity threats, including “perception hacking” efforts that could attempt to create unjustified fears about the security [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Monkeypox vaccine available for kids on case-by-case basis, FDA says
Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With over 6,000 cases of monkeypox confirmed in the United States, including five children, the demand for the monkeypox vaccine is high. And while the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
7 ways to reduce your risk of monkeypox
Mike Kemp/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services declaring the monkeypox outbreak a public health emergency as the number of cases continue to rise, the most important thing [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
CPAC convention kicks off in Dallas ahead of Trump keynote speech Saturday night
Dylan Hollingsworth/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DALLAS) — The annual Conservative Political Action Conference got underway Thursday in Dallas, Texas, one of the largest gatherings of conservatives and, since its inception in 1974, a crucial campaign [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Exclusive: Members of Congress urge Blinken to demand ‘Hotel Rwanda’ hero’s release
SIMON WOHLFAHRT/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — While WNBA star Brittney Griner’s sentencing in Russia dominates headlines, members of Congress are urging the White House to do more to free yet another prominent figure [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats tee up first vote on climate, tax bill but Sinema still a holdout
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — All eyes are on Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema as Democrats look to begin debate on their major health care, tax and climate bill this weekend. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Dick Cheney defends daughter Liz, slams Trump, in new primary ad
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With her competitive primary contest less than two weeks away, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., is out with a striking new ad on Thursday featuring [Read More…]
ABC National News
Systemic issues plague American higher education, author says in new book
ABC (NEW YORK) — Two questions — “What is college for and who pays for it?” — form the foundation of a new book that explores a variety of systemic issues facing America’s higher education [Read More…]
ABC National News
4 people in critical condition after apparent lightning strike at DC park
DC Fire and EMS/Twitter (WASHINGTON) — Four people are in critical condition following an apparent lightning strike at a Washington, D.C., park, authorities said Thursday evening. D.C. Fire and EMS said it had responded to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas teen’s parenthood journey reflects state of post-Roe America
ABC News (CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) — Brooke Alexander of Corpus Christi, Texas, runs a tight schedule raising her twin 5-month-old girls, Olivia and Kendall. From feedings to naptime and diaper changes, the 19-year-old told “NIGHTLINE” [Read More…]