Month: October 2022
ABC Business News
Some Pine-Sol products recalled over possible bacteria exposure
Consumer Product Safety Commission (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Clorox is issuing a recall Tuesday of roughly 37 million Pine-Sol products over a possible bacteria contamination. The recall affects “Pine-Sol [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Is the US facing a potential ‘tripledemic’ of flu, RSV and COVID-19?
skaman306/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As summer ended and the United States headed into the fall and winter, doctors were worried Americans would see a “twindemic” — a situation in which both flu and COVID-19 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What can the US do to increase updated COVID booster rates?
Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster was rolled out at the beginning of September, only 19.4 million Americans have received it as of Oct. 19, according to data from [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Increasingly warming planet jeopardizes human health, major report warns
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As temperatures continue to increase worldwide, so do profound impacts on our health, including our mental health, according to a major report by almost 100 experts, including the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pediatric nurse shares her daughter’s experience with RSV
Courtesy Hannah Brand (NEW YORK) — A pediatric nurse from Nebraska is speaking out to share her daughter’s experience with RSV, a respiratory virus that is spiking among children, leaving many pediatric hospitals across the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Woman sues five companies alleging their chemical hair-straightening products caused her uterine cancer
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Jenny Mitchell said she first started using chemical hair-straightening products in 2000 when she was in third grade. Nearly two decades later, Mitchell, now 32, was diagnosed with uterine cancer, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
High school football coach who lost job for praying on field after games to be reinstated
Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A public high school football coach in Washington state who famously lost his job for leading prayers on the field after games will be reinstated by the [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 10/25/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Washington 120, Detroit 99 New Orleans 113, Dallas 111 Oklahoma City 108, LA Clippers 94 Phoenix 134, Golden State 105 [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Russian court denies Brittney Griner’s appeal of nine-year prison sentence
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Russian court has denied the appeal of WNBA star Brittney Griner, who is facing nine years in a Russian prison on drug charges. Griner appeared virtually [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 10/24/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 120, Indiana 106 Toronto 98, Miami 90 NY Knicks 115, Orlando 102 Houston 114, Utah 108 Chicago 120, Boston [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Astros and Phillies to face off in 2022 World Series
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The stage has been set for the 2022 World Series. The best-of-seven championship series will feature the Philadelphia Phillies against the Houston Astros. The Astros advanced on Sunday night [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden’s student debt relief in legal limbo, but advocates urge people to keep applying
jayk7/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While a federal appeals court decision Friday opened the door to a potential setback for President Joe Biden’s student debt relief program, legal experts and advocates for loan forgiveness tell ABC [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Midterm elections: How politics are infiltrating public school systems
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — School board meetings have become more heated in recent years — from discussions on how to address gender identity to a surge in the outright banning of some books in some [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Why the few voters who pick both Republicans and Democrats may swing the midterms
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Democrats and Republicans wage electoral war for control of Congress and 36 governors’ mansions as well as victory in numerous state and local races, voter ticket-splitting — a trend operatives [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s former chief of staff Mark Meadows fighting subpoena in 2020 election probe
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump chief of staff Mark Meadows is fighting a subpoena from the Fulton County, Georgia, special grand jury investigating efforts to overturn the 2020 election. Meadows’ lawyer argued in a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
After backlash, House progressives retract letter to Biden on Ukraine strategy
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House progressives on Tuesday retracted a letter they sent Monday to President Joe Biden in which they urged him to directly negotiate with Russia on an end to the war [Read More…]
ABC National News
St. Louis school shooting: What we know about the teacher and student killed
Courtesy Saint Louis Public Schools (ST. LOUIS) — St. Louis, Missouri, is in mourning after student Alexzandria Bell and teacher Jean Kuczka were gunned down at the Central Visual and Performing Arts High School on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Verdict reached in deadly Wisconsin Christmas parade attack
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WAUKESHA, Wis.) — A verdict has been reached in the trial of Darrell Brooks, accused of barreling his SUV into a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin. Six people were killed and dozens [Read More…]
ABC National News
$700 million jackpot up for grabs in Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing
LPETTET/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A whopping $700 million is up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing on Wednesday night, lottery officials said. The estimated jackpot increased from $680 million after no ticket matched [Read More…]
ABC National News
Three Florida men arrested in multimillion-dollar theft ring of stolen meat across Midwest, authorities say
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three Florida men have been arrested for allegedly stealing $9 million worth of frozen meat across the midwestern United States, authorities said Tuesday. Yoslany Leyva Del Sol, Ledier Machin Andino [Read More…]