Month: November 2022
ABC National News
Police forces scramble to fill vacancies as crime rises
ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — Across the country, police forces are scrambling to keep their roll call numbers at full staff, but officials said they’ve been hit with challenges. Burnout, low morale, and dejection have caused [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect in Vanessa Guillen case pleads guilty to multiple federal charges
Bell County Sheriff’s Office (WACO, Texas) — A woman accused of helping Fort Hood soldier Vanessa Guillen’s suspected killer dismember and dispose of her body pleaded guilty to multiple federal charges on Tuesday, weeks before [Read More…]
ABC National News
Virginia Walmart mass shooting: Store to close for the ‘foreseeable future’
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (CHESAPEAKE, Va.) — A Virginia community is reeling after a man armed with a handgun shot and killed six people and injured several others in a mass shooting at [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jury convicts Oath Keepers leader, 1 other of seditious conspiracy in Jan. 6 trial
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A jury on Tuesday convicted Oath Keepers leader Stewart Rhodes and associate Kelly Meggs of seditious conspiracy in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol while also convicting three [Read More…]
ABC National News
Walmart employee complained about suspect’s behavior months before mass shooting: Lawsuit
Chesapeake Police Department Handout (CHESAPEAKE, Va.) — A victim of the mass shooting at a Walmart store in Chesapeake, Virginia, filed a lawsuit against the company on Tuesday. The suit accused Walmart of being negligent [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate approves historic legislation to protect same-sex marriages
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Tuesday approved legislation to codify protections for same-sex and interracial marriages, marking a historic win for Democrats anxious to secure the rights amid growing concern that a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
McConnell casts doubt on Trump getting elected after dinner with white nationalist
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, the likely next House speaker, defended former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, a week after Trump dined at his Mar-a-Lago resort with white nationalist Nick [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court conflicted over Biden deportation policy
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday wrestled for more than two hours with a perennial Washington pickle: how to square immigration enforcement mandates in federal law with Congress’ failure [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
World Cup live updates: US defeats Iran to advance to knockout round
Stuart Franklin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After years of controversy around its location, the 2022 World Cup is underway in Qatar. There have been allegations of payoffs to FIFA members to earn the bid, criticism [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New data shows Alzheimer’s drug can slow cognitive decline
Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Promising data shows that an Alzheimer’s drug can slow cognitive decline. In a phase III clinical trial, with results published Tuesday in The New England Journal of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Woman sues Kraft over Velveeta mac and cheese preparation time
Amazon (NEW YORK) — A woman in Florida has sued Kraft Heinz Foods Company, claiming the time it takes to make its microwaveable cup of Velveeta macaroni and cheese is longer than what the claims [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Biden says Congress must avert rail strike but it’s ‘not an easy call’; workers ‘disappointed’
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Monday asked Congress to intervene and avert a potential strike of the nation’s railway workers — which could upend huge parts of the economy [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Wednesday’ breaks ‘Stranger Things” debut week record for Netflix
Netflix/Matthias Clamer Netflix has another hit show on its hands: Wednesday, the Addams Family-adjacent series starring Jenna Ortega in the title role, managed to break the streaming service’s record previously set during the debut of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Baz Luhrmann wants to release a concert cut of ‘Elvis’
Warner Bros. Pictures Fans of Baz Luhrmann’s movie Elvis may one day have more of it to love. The director tells Indiewire that he hopes to release a concert cut featuring all the musical performances star Austin Butler shot for the film. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Keke Palmer, Steve Martin and Martin Short, and Austin Butler hosting ‘SNL’ in December
Hulu/Craig Blankenhorn Saturday Night Live has announced its first hosts and musical guests for the month of December. It had previously been announced that Nope star Keke Palmer would kick things off on December 3 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hugh Jackman reveals the moment he wanted to return as Wolverine in ‘Deadpool 3’
Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix Fans are still reeling at the fact that they’ll finally see Hugh Jackman as Wolverine opposite Hugh’s real-life pal Ryan Reynolds‘ Deadpool in the upcoming third adventure of the snarky mercenary. In a chat [Read More…]
Ag News
Britt Farms honored with conservation award
Britt Farms of Clifton Hill, Missouri has been named the 2022 Missouri Leopold Conservation Award winner. Britt Farms owner Ryan Britt and his family operate a 5,000-acre crop and livestock farm where they prioritize conservation [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle higher waiting for cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle closed higher and feeders were mixed ahead of the week’s direct cash business. December live cattle closed $.10 higher at $152.67 and February live cattle closed $.12 higher [Read More…]
Ag News
FMCSA denies ag groups’ request for trucking waiver
The Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration has denied a request from several ag groups to exempt truckers from certain hours-of-service rules. The ruling, published Tuesday in the Federal Register, said the exemption would not create [Read More…]
Ag News
Dry weather persists in most of Tennessee
Western Tennessee received some much needed rain while the rest of the state remains dry. The precipitation in the west helped the emerging winter wheat crop. Dry conditions continue to impact pastures and winter wheat [Read More…]