Month: October 2022
ABC Business News
Sales slump at Facebook parent Meta, stock tumbles
Budrul Chukrut/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, reported a second consecutive quarter of declining sales on Wednesday, as the company contends with a widespread drop in online [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA announces third round of 2022 ReConnect broadband funding
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the USDA is providing additional funding for rural high-speed broadband projects. He says, “We’re here to announce a 759 million dollar investment in 49 awards in 29 states across the [Read More…]
Ag News
A warmer, wetter pattern ahead for the Plains, and later the Corn Belt
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for above-normal temperatures across the eastern half of the country, while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover the West. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation can be expected nearly nationwide, [Read More…]
ABC National News
No federal charges over in-custody death of Jamal Sutherland, DOJ says
Charleston County Sheriff’s Office (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice will not pursue any federal charges in the in-custody death of a mentally ill Black man at a South Carolina jail last year, officials said [Read More…]
ABC National News
Massachusetts man pleads guilty to murdering Google employee Vanessa Marcotte
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Angelo Colon-Ortiz pleaded guilty Wednesday to second-degree murder and unarmed robbery charges in connection with the 2016 killing of Vanessa Marcotte, a Google employee in New York City who [Read More…]
ABC National News
George Floyd mural vandalized in Milwaukee, police seek answers
Matthew Hatcher/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (MILWAUKEE) — A George Floyd mural was vandalized in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, according to ABC affiliate WISN 12. It’s unclear when the mural was vandalized. Paint was splattered over the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former official pleads not guilty to killing journalist who investigated him
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A former Nevada county official accused of fatally stabbing a Las Vegas journalist who was investigating his office has pleaded not guilty to murder. Robert Telles, 45, appeared briefly [Read More…]
ABC National News
1 dead, up to 3 injured after Missouri bridge collapses while under construction
Kali9/Getty Images (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — One person is dead and up to three others are injured after a bridge that was under construction near Kansas City, Missouri, collapsed, authorities said. Workers were pouring concrete [Read More…]
ABC National News
Competitive fishermen accused of cheating in Ohio tournament plead not guilty to felony charges
Jason Marz/Getty Images (CLEVELAND) — A pair of competitive fishermen reeled in by suspicious tournament officials after allegedly putting lead weights and fish fillets in their catch pleaded not guilty to criminal charges on Wednesday. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family tried to take gun from St. Louis school shooting suspect: Police
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (ST LOUIS, Mo.) — The family of the 19-year-old suspect accused of opening fire in a St. Louis, Missouri, high school had recently removed the firearm used in the deadly school shooting [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Herschel Walker denies 2nd woman’s claim that he paid for her abortion: ‘Lie’
Jesse McGowan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Georgia Senate candidate Herschel Walker on Wednesday denied an unnamed woman’s new claim that in Dallas in 1993 he paid for and strongly encouraged her to have an abortion that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democratic New Jersey Sen. Bob Menendez under federal investigation: Sources
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is under federal criminal investigation, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News and confirmed by an adviser to the senator. The investigation is [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family of Texas teen shot by police in McDonald’s parking lot speaks out
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — A Texas teenager remains on life support more than three weeks after he was shot by a now-former police officer who confronted the unarmed teen [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden vows ‘breathing room’ for families going into midterms
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, highlighting his administration’s war on rising costs less than two weeks ahead of the midterm elections, announced new initiatives Wednesday he said will provide “a little breathing [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans seize on crime in the midterms, but some locals say they are still waiting for real solutions
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images, FILE (TOLEDO, Ohio) — At a community block watch meeting earlier this month outside of Toledo, Ohio, residents told personal stories of break-ins, burglaries, road rage and shootings in their neighborhoods and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
James Cameron slights superhero films, again
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images In an interview with The New York Times, Avatar series director James Cameron took another shot at the current box office superstars: superhero movies. Cameron groused, “When I look at these big, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nick Cannon expecting second baby with Alyssa Scott
John Sciulli/Getty Images for Amnesty International USA Just weeks after Nick Cannon announced his 11th child is on the way, Alyssa Scott posted to Instagram that she’s the mom-to-be again, and Entertainment Tonight has confirmed [Read More…]
Ag News
Mississippi river levels still low, concern U.S. soy
Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek says Mississippi River levels at Memphis, Tennessee continues to be a problem for barge movement. “You’re only as strong as your weakest link. You eventually have to pass [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan Dairy Market Program receives support
Michigan farmers have voted to continue the state’s dairy checkoff. The Michigan Dairy Market Program for Grade “A” Milk was established in 1983 to promote the sale of milk and milk products as well as [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I was struggling”: Melissa Villaseñor reveals mental health was behind surprise ‘SNL’ exit
NBC/Will Heath When it was announced that Melissa Villaseñor would be leaving Saturday Night Live before the show’s current 48th season, it came as a surprise to fans. The actress’s gift for impressions of stars [Read More…]