Month: August 2022
ABC Business News
DOT rule would require airlines to issue refunds for domestic flights delayed by 3 hours
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Travelers could soon have more rights if their flight is canceled or delayed, as the Department of Transportation looks to “strengthen” protections for consumers seeking refunds. The [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Boeing workers approve contract after averting strike
nycshooter/Getty Images (ST. LOUIS) — Nearly 2,500 Boeing workers at three St. Louis-area facilities on Wednesday accepted a contract offer from the plane manufacturer after calling off a strike planned for earlier this week. In [Read More…]
ABC Business News
T.J. Maxx parent company to pay $13 million for selling recalled products
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The parent company of department store chain T.J. Maxx has agreed to pay a $13 million fine for the sale of roughly 1,200 recalled products over [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Would you try a mustard doughnut? French’s teams up with Dough to create a tangy confection
French’s (NEW YORK) — It may be hot dog season, but one condiment company made a tangy new twist on the popular yellow spread by turning it into a confection. Ahead of National Mustard Day [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Officials suspect 2-year-old died after being in hot car, marking 14th hot car death this year
Marin Tomas/Getty Images/STOCK PHOTO (SCRANTON, Kan.) — Officials in Scranton, Kansas, suspect heat played a role in the death of a 2-year-old, who died after being found unresponsive in a car Sunday afternoon. It would [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Dallas City Council committee passes resolution to limit impact of Texas abortion law
Shelby Tauber/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (DALLAS) — A Dallas City Council committee passed a resolution Tuesday looking to limit the impact of Texas’s strict abortion law. The council’s Quality of Life, Arts, and Culture [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New study warns young children may be susceptible to eating disorders
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Children as young as 9 years old have engaged in disordered eating behaviors, according to a new analysis published in JAMA this week. The analysis, which was published Monday [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Monkeypox case trajectory could outpace current vaccine supply, vaccine expert says
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. is currently in a race to have the necessary tools and medicines to stop the growing spread of monkeypox, and it may [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Moderna considering creating an mRNA monkeypox vaccine amid growing demand for shots
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — Amid growing concerns over the potential threat of monkeypox, executives from Moderna said Wednesday they have initiated a research program to consider whether the company could create a monkeypox [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/2/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Arizona 6, Cleveland 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 3, Tampa Bay 1 Seattle 8, NY Yankees 6 Detroit 5, Minnesota [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Georgia allows ‘unborn child’ to count as a dependent on taxes
Getty Images, FILE (ATLANTA) — Pregnant people in Georgia will now be able to count their fetus as a dependent on their tax return and file for child support, according to state law. The state’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Gillibrand calls on Biden to invoke Production Act, increase monkeypox vaccines
Lev Radin/Pacific Press/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand on Wednesday called on the Biden administration to invoke the Defense Production Act to help increase supply and access to monkeypox vaccines, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Kari Lake, sledgehammer in hand, leads celebratory slate of Trump loyalists in Arizona
Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — While ABC News and others haven’t made projections in her still too-close-to-call contest, former TV reporter Kari Lake, Donald Trump’s pick in Arizona’s GOP gubernatorial primary, went [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate votes to support Finland and Sweden joining NATO
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Senate approved a resolution Wednesday evening to support Finland and Sweden in joining NATO — a crucial step in the quest of the two countries to join the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Congress passes bill named for toddler who died after swallowing a battery
Trista Hamsmith/Reese’s Purpose (WASHINGTON) — A bill designed to help keep young children safe by strengthening safety requirements for products with button batteries has passed both the U.S. House and Senate, and is now headed [Read More…]
ABC National News
Teen speaks out after police held him at gunpoint over apparent misunderstanding
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (ARLINGTON, Texas) — A 16-year-old boy is speaking out after he was held at gunpoint and detained by police in what authorities said appears to have been a misunderstanding. The incident occurred [Read More…]
ABC National News
Amtrak train hits semi-truck in Maryland, no one injured
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (ROCKVILLE, M.D.) — An Amtrak train departing from Washington, D.C., collided with a semi-truck in Maryland Wednesday evening, officials said. The incident occurred around 5:20 p.m. in Rockville, Maryland, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Sexual abuse survivors call for answers amid probe into Catholic Church in Baltimore
yorkfoto/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Survivors of sexual abuse by Catholic Church leaders rallied in front of Maryland Attorney General Brian Frosh’s office, calling for the release of preliminary findings of an investigation into the Archdiocese [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jury selection continues in trial of former UCLA doctor accused of sexual abuse
Mint Images/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Jury selection in the trial of former UCLA Health physician James Heaps, who is accused of sexual abuse, began on Monday and is expected to take place the rest [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kentucky governor says water systems heavily damaged after flooding, as scorching heat replaces rain
Michael Swensen/Getty Images, FILE (FRANKFORT, Ky.) — Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said water and electricity systems across the state remain heavily damaged Wednesday from intense flooding, an issue raising concerns as scorching heat replaces rainfall. [Read More…]