Month: November 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Has ‘The Bachelorette”s Gabby Windey ditched fiancé Erich Schwer?
ABC/Craig Sjodin Eagle-eyed Dancing with the Stars viewers have noticed The Bachelorette season 19 star Gabby Windey, who accepted Erich Schwer‘s marriage proposal during the reality dating show’s season finale, wasn’t wearing her engagement ring [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Heartstopper’ star Joe Locke joining the MCU, and more
Heartstopper‘s Joe Locke has been tapped for a role in Disney+’s WandaVision spinoff Agatha: Coven of Chaos, according to Variety. Locke joins Kathryn Hahn in the Marvel Studios series, in which Hahn will reprise her [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Anne Hathaway and Jeremy Strong talk their new film ‘Armageddon Time’
Anne Joyce / Focus Features Out now in select theaters and across the country on Friday, the new film Armageddon Time is the deeply personal story of writer/director James Gray growing up in a Jewish household in the 80s, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
CVS agrees to $5 billion opioid settlement
Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — CVS Health on Wednesday said it had agreed to a $5 billion settlement designed to “substantially resolve” opioid lawsuits against the pharmacy chain. “We are pleased [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Fed expected to impose another major rate hike, intensifying inflation fight
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Economists expect another jumbo-sized increase in borrowing costs when the Federal Reserve announces its interest rate decision on Wednesday. Mounting evidence suggests that previous rate hikes have slowed key areas [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Woman starts Facebook group to help protect other women amid rise in drink spiking
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A Facebook group started to help protect women from the dangers of drinks “spiked” with illegal drugs has gone viral with nearly 8,000 followers. The group was started by Melanie [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Divisiveness’ that ‘grips’ US is something adversaries exploit: DHS secretary
Jack Date/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The divisiveness in the United States is something adversaries seek to take advantage of, especially during the midterm elections, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told ABC News in an interview [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harris to announce over $13 billion in assistance to help cut energy costs this winter
Tetra Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will announce new steps the Biden administration is taking to help lower energy costs for Americans this winter. The U.S. Department of Health and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Midterms put election denialism to the test. What you need to know.
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Voters will help shape the future of American democracy next week when they cast their first statewide ballots since 2020, with a new generation of Republicans who have made election denialism [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Prosecutors, defense deliver closing arguments in Trump ally Tom Barrack’s illegal lobbying trial
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Prosecutors accused former President Donald Trump ally Tom Barrack of “leveraging his access” while the defense accused the prosecution of “misdirection” as closing arguments concluded Tuesday in Barrack’s trial on charges [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect in Paul Pelosi attack to be arraigned on federal charges
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — The man accused of attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband with a hammer last week is expected to be arraigned in a California federal court on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Daylight saving time ends on Sunday: What to know about setting your clocks back
CatLane/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daylight saving time [DST] is coming to an end on Sunday, bringing an extra hour of sleep for millions of Americans. The ending of daylight saving time means that the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Uvalde community sees political divide as gun debate stirs midterms
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Voters across Texas will be heading to the polls for the midterm election on Nov. 8, but few other counties in the state have garnered more national attention than [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family of man killed by Detroit police are suing them for $50 million
RapidEye/Getty Images (DETROIT) — The family of Porter Burks, a 20-year-old schizophrenic man killed by Detroit police, is suing four unnamed officers for $50 million, according to the family’s attorney, Geoffrey Fieger, who announced the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia rejoins wartime deal on Ukrainian grain exports
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than six months after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas [Read More…]
ABC World News
South Korea responds to North firing 23 missiles
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — Tensions rose in the Korean Peninsula while the two Koreas test-fired missiles one after another in a series of tit-for-tat moves on Wednesday. North Korea fired four short-range ballistic [Read More…]
ABC World News
Who is Lula? Winner of Brazil’s presidential election
Daniel Munoz/VIEWpress/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brazil’s voters on Sunday chose a new president: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, known by the name Lula. Lula narrowly beat out Jair Bolsonaro, the incumbent far-right [Read More…]
ABC World News
US citizen imprisoned in Saudi Arabia over tweets
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. citizen and Florida resident Saad Ibrahim Almadi was arrested for a series of tweets he published that were critical of Saudi Arabia while visiting family in the Kingdom last [Read More…]
Ag News
A pattern shift ahead for parts of the Heartland later next week
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures along and east of a line from Texas to Lake Michigan, while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover areas from the Pacific Coast [Read More…]
Ag News
Syngenta pushes back against FTC complaint
Syngenta is pushing back against a recently filed complaint by the Federal Trade Commission alleging one of its incentive programs inflates prices for farmers. Syngenta president of Crop Protection Vern Hawkins says the FTC’s complaint [Read More…]