Month: August 2022
ABC National News
Jackson to lose running water for unknown amount of time: Mississippi governor
Tim Graham/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — People in Mississippi’s capital are poised to lose running water for an undetermined amount of time, the state’s governor said Monday night. A major pump at Jackson’s main water [Read More…]
ABC National News
Alex Jones’ second defamation trial over Sandy Hook massacre to move forward
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The parent company of InfoWars has agreed to face a second defamation trial over the false claims its founder, conspiracy theorist and right-wing provocateur Alex Jones, made about the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukrainian forces launch major counteroffensive
Vyacheslav Madiyevskyi/ Ukrinform/Future Publishing via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Michael Fishman not returning for season 5 of ‘The Conners’
Good Morning America Another original Roseanne star is leaving the ABC spin-off The Conners. Although the network is remaining mum, TVLine reports Michael Fishman, who played DJ, the youngest child of Dan and Roseanne since [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Former ‘Euphoria’ co-star Barbie Ferreira joining Ariana DeBose in Amazon thriller ‘House of Spoils’
Photo: Matt Sayles Days after she announced she was leaving HBO’s Euphoria, Barbie Ferreira has signed onto Oscar winner Ariana DeBose‘s psychological thriller House of Spoils. The Prime Video-bound project is being produced by the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Michelle Yeoh to receive inaugural Share Her Journey Groundbreaker Award at Toronto Film Festival
Cindy Ord/MG22/Getty Images for The Met Museum/Vogue Global superstar, martial artist and producer Michelle Yeoh will take to the stage at next month’s Toronto International Film Festival to receive a first-of-its-kind honor. The Crouching Tiger, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Colin Kaepernick and Nessa Diab announce birth of their first child
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Colin Kaepernick is now a first-time father. His longtime girlfriend, Nessa Diab, made the announcement Sunday on Instagram. “I thought long and hard about sharing our life-changing news today,” she commented on a photo of her, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Netflix’s ‘Beverly Hills Cop’ sequel gets new title, cast members for Eddie Murphy
L-R – Credit: Sam Jones; Netflix; Michael Kovac/Getty Images for NeueHouse Netflix announced Monday that its in-production Beverly Hills Cop sequel has a new title: Beverly Hills Cop: Alex Foley. Eddie Murphy will reprise the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Nude Barre fights colorism in fashion industry by offering diverse hosiery for all
Courtesy of Nude Barre (NEW YORK) — After years of hardship as a professional dancer trying to find tights that matched her skin tone, Erin Carpenter took matters into her own hands. A little over [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
First lady Jill Biden recovers from rebound COVID-19 case, will return to Washington
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden has recovered from a “rebound” case of COVID-19 and will return to Washington nearly a week after again testing positive for the virus, her office said. Biden, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Feds’ free COVID-19 test program to halt this week due to lack of funding
Bloomberg via Getty Images/FILE (WASHINGTON) — With COVID-19 funding drying up and no fresh cash infusion from Congress, the Biden administration says it will suspend its offer of free at-home rapid tests through COVID.gov. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Most relatives of deadly Kabul drone strike victims still not in US as promised
Bilal Guler/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One year after a deadly U.S. drone strike in Kabul killed 10 civilians, including seven children, 133 family members and co-workers of the Afghan aid worker mistakenly [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
TSA rolls out new program at LAX to better detect drones around airports
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — After drone sightings and even reports of a man flying in a jetpack around Los Angeles International Airport, the federal government is rolling out new tech [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ tells judge it has completed review of possible attorney-client privileged materials seized from Mar-a-Lago
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Monday said its team tasked with identifying potential attorney-client privileged materials that were seized in the search of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate earlier this month [Read More…]
ABC National News
19-year-old man arrested in deadly random shooting rampage in Detroit
Detroit Police Department via Twitter (DETROIT) — Using research and statistics, experts examine America’s history with guns, the real-life impacts of gun violence and what can be done going forward to mitigate the problem. A [Read More…]
ABC National News
School year begins with almost 400 teaching vacancies in major North Carolina district
Maskot/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — Almost 400 teaching positions remain open as students return to Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools in North Carolina on Monday. In addition to the 390 teaching positions that remain unfilled, there are an [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mississippi flooding will soon recede, minimal damage reported: Officials
ilbusca/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — Flood waters in central Mississippi have peaked and will soon recede, officials said on Monday. Officials projected on Saturday that water levels would reach 36 feet on Monday, but were [Read More…]
ABC National News
Artemis 1 launch updates: NASA says launch scrubbed after engine problem
NASA/Joel Kowsky (NEW YORK) — NASA kicked off Monday its plan to send an unmanned space capsule into the moon’s orbit, marking the initial launch in an ambitious plan to establish a long term presence [Read More…]
ABC National News
Employee who attempted to disarm gunman among those killed in supermarket shooting, police say
Central Oregon Daily News (BEND, Ore.) — An employee who attempted to disarm a gunman was among the victims of a shooting inside a Safeway supermarket in Bend, Oregon, police said Monday. Two people were [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA seeks on-farm conservation practices information
Farmers are being asked to share information about their on-farm conservation practices. Gregg Bussler with USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service office in Wisconsin tells Brownfield the Conservation Practice Motivation Survey is a joint effort with [Read More…]