Month: October 2022
Vikings hang on for 28-25 win over Saints in London
LONDON (AP) — Justin Jefferson bounced back from two quiet games and Greg Joseph made amends for a missed extra point. The Vikings star receiver scored a touchdown and beat Marshon Lattimore on a 39-yard [Read More…]
Davis rushes for 199 yards, SDSU beats Western Illinois
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) — Isaiah Davis rushed for 199 yards, including his first two touchdowns of the season, Mark Gronowski passed for 188 yards and a score, and South Dakota State beat winless Western Illinois [Read More…]
Spoilermakers: Purdue stifles No. 21 Minnesota for 20-10 win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Purdue has made a habit of these upsets of Top 25 teams under Jeff Brohm. Toughing out this win at Minnesota was one of his proudest moments in six years as [Read More…]
Is Harrison Ford headed into the MCU with ‘Thunderbolts’?
ABC While mum was the word even when he was at the D23 expo, rumors have it that Harrison Ford could be joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe in Thunderbolts. The project was teased by Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige at [Read More…]
Nick Cannon welcomes baby #10
John Sciulli/Getty Images for Amnesty International USA Just weeks after welcoming his ninth baby, his first with girlfriend LaNisha Cole, Nick Cannon is a dad for the 10th time — with an 11th on the way. Cannon confirmed the news [Read More…]
Service, with a ‘Smile’: Inside Paramount’s home run of a guerilla marketing campaign
Paramount Pictures If you’re a baseball fan, you may have noticed an odd pattern recently: patrons seated behind home plate, staring into the camera with a creepy smile on their face for the entire game. In some [Read More…]
Sigourney Weaver talks all about her new drama ‘The Good House’
Lionsgate-Roadside Sigourney Weaver has battled everything from aliens to ghosts over the course of her long and storied career, but in her newest film The Good House, she’s fighting her character’s own inner demons. Weaver stars as Hildy [Read More…]
Rhea Perlman salutes ‘Cheers’ on its 40th anniversary: “It’s incomprehensible”
Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/Getty Images Rhea Perlman refuses to believe Cheers is officially 40. The actress told ABC Audio she heard Cheers is turning the big 4-0 — “But, I don’t believe it.” “Maybe the 20th? Maybe the 27th? But the 40th?” she quipped. [Read More…]
Hurricane Ian’s damage will reach up to $65 billion
Ricardo Arduengo/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Ian flooded major cities and devastated homes after it made landfall in Florida — but the damage isn’t done. After temporarily becoming a tropical storm, Hurricane [Read More…]
Turkey prices soar ahead of Thanksgiving, what consumers can expect
Juanmonino/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The centerpiece for Thanksgiving tables across the country will cost more than ever this holiday season. The American Farm Bureau Federation announced Wednesday that “families can expect to pay record [Read More…]
Many people evacuating Hurricane Ian face dire financial choices
Franz Marc Frei/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fleeing Hurricane Ian, Kallie Collins, her fiance and four of her children flew out of Tampa Bay on Tuesday hours before the airport halted flights. However, her fifth [Read More…]
Dozens of brie, camembert products recalled amid listeria outbreak
Image Source via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than two dozen brands of cheese have been recalled in connection with a listeria outbreak that has left multiple people hospitalized, federal officials said. Old Europe Cheese [Read More…]
Pregnant Florida woman drives through Hurricane Ian to give birth
Health First’s Holmes Regional Medical Center (MELBOURNE, FL) — A pregnant Florida woman braved strong winds and potentially dangerous flooding to get to a hospital after she went into labor during Hurricane Ian. Hanna-Kay Williams, [Read More…]
988 Suicide Prevention Lifeline sees 45% increase in contacts, but funding concerns remain
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline launched on July 16, call centers have seen a 45% increase in contacts — primarily in people texting or sending messages seeking [Read More…]
Why young athletes may be more at risk for sudden cardiac arrest
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When 16-year-old Haley Meche stepped out onto the flag football field, she didn’t know it would nearly kill her. “My brain hurt so bad,” Meche told ABC News’ Good Morning [Read More…]
What the new FDA ‘healthy’ definition means for food labeling, consumers
d3sign/Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — Foods that claim to be “healthy” on their packaging will soon be subject to a new set of labeling guidelines, part of an effort by the U.S. Food and [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 9/29/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 10, Kanas City 3 Chi White Sox 4, Minnesota 3 Boston 5, Baltimore 3 Cleveland 2, Tampa [Read More…]
7 Americans released from detention in Venezuela, Biden says
Mohamad syam/500px via Getty Images (VENEZUELA) — Seven Americans detained in Venezuela have been released, the White House announced Saturday. “Today, after years of being wrongfully detained in Venezuela, we are bringing home Jorge Toledo, [Read More…]
Greg Abbott, Beto O’Rourke clash in 1st and only planned gubernatorial debate
Brandon Bell/Staff via Getty Images (TEXAS) — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and his Democratic challenger Beto O’Rourke faced off in a debate on Friday less than six weeks before Election Day. The debate — the first [Read More…]
Biden says Hurricane Ian may rank ‘among the worst’ in US history
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Hurricane Ian lashing the southeast U.S. after leaving a path of destruction in Florida, President Joe Biden provided a detailed update Friday on his administration’s response to the devastating [Read More…]