Month: November 2022
ABC Politics News
Early voting soars in Georgia Senate runoff between Warnock, Walker
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Early voting in Georgia’s Senate runoff race between Democratic incumbent Raphael Warnock and Republican opponent Herschel Walker opened statewide to all registered voters on Monday, following record-breaking turnout this [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court counsel defends Justice Alito after he denied allegation of 2014 leak
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court’s top legal adviser on Monday defended Justice Samuel Alito after top Democrats on the Senate and House Judiciary Committees had publicly raised concerns about Alito’s alleged [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/28/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Washington 142, Minnesota 127 Philadelphia 104, Atlanta 101 Boston 140, Charlotte 105 Toronto 100, Cleveland 88 Brooklyn 109, Orlando 102 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mom says daughter remains hospitalized one month after swallowing water bead toy
Courtesy of Folichia Mitchell (NEW YORK) — A mom of three is sharing a warning for other parents after she says her 10-month-old daughter was hospitalized with critical injuries after swallowing a water bead. Folichia [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How China’s zero-COVID policy threatens the US economy
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Historic protests across China over its zero-COVID policy battered U.S. stocks on Monday, highlighting a close link between the contentious Chinese measures and domestic economic conditions that could [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Congress will try to stop national railroad strike as Biden urges lawmakers to act
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
Brittany and Patrick Mahomes welcome baby no. 2
Paras Griffin/Getty Images for Verizon Brittany and Patrick Mahomes have welcomed their second child! In a joint Instagram post shared Monday evening, the pair announced that they’ve welcomed a baby boy into their family, sharing a snapshot of their newborn from [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: No regrets starting war, Putin tells soldiers’ mothers
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 National News
Northwest US to see heavy snowfall, South facing string of tornadoes
David Ryder/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Parts of the Northwest could get up to two feet of snow on Monday and Tuesday, as a cross-country storm will bring snow and tornadoes in parts [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pence, some other Republicans rebuke Trump for dinner with white nationalist
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Multiple high-profile Republican lawmakers returning to Washington on Monday chastised former President Donald Trump over his dinner last week with white nationalist Nick Fuentes and rapper Ye, formerly known as [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What to know about the deadliest bird flu outbreak in history
Anthony Lee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As of Monday, more than 52.4 million birds across the United States have died of avian influenza, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This makes the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Elon Musk attacks Apple for allegedly threatening App Store removal
Scott Olson/Getty Image (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who owns Twitter, attacked Apple on Monday in a series of tweets hammering the tech giant for allegedly decreasing the amount of ads it [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri drought alert extended
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has extended Missouri’s drought alert through and executive order. The announcement comes at the recommendation of the state’s Drought Assessment Committee, which met earlier this month. The alert was put into [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Helena Bonham Carter speaks on “vindicated” Johnny Depp and rails against “witch hunt” of cancel culture
Bonham Carter and Depp in 2005 — John Shearer/WireImage Helena Bonham Carter is famous for speaking her mind and did so in a new interview with The Sunday Times. The former star of The Crown, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Will Smith hopes his Oscars slap won’t “penalize” everyone who worked on ‘Emancipation’
Apple TV+ The slave drama Emancipation was thought to be an Oscar vehicle for Will Smith — that is, until that infamous Academy Awards slap of Chris Rock, and the subsequent decade-long Academy ban for [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hooray for Hollywood? Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and more live dangerously in the trailer to ‘Babylon’
Paramount Pictures/Scott Garfield If you thought America was a party in the Roaring ’20s, wait ’til you get a load of what Hollywood was up to. That’s the thrust of the new trailer to the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Kim Kardashian ‘re-evaluating’ her relationship with Balenciaga amid ad scandal
Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kim Kardashian has broken her silence on Balenciaga’s recent ad scandal. “I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been disgusted and outraged by [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Pom Klementieff dishes on THAT big reveal in ‘The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’
Marvel Studios/Jessica Miglio (SPOILERS) Wrapped in the all the holiday cheer that was The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special was a big detail about the team and the family of Chris Pratt‘s Peter Quill/Star-Lord. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tyler Perry secures four-film deal with Amazon Studios
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua Tyler Perry has inked a multi-movie deal with Amazon Studios, Variety reports. According to the new deal, Perry will write, direct and produce four new movies to be released on Prime Video. A [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Still facing sex charges in the U.K., Kevin Spacey books role in film ‘Control’
Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images In the wake of a legal victory against actor Anthony Rapp, who accused him of sexual battery but is still facing multiple sexual assault charges in the U.K., Kevin Spacey [Read More…]