Month: December 2022
ABC Entertainment News
The Year in Entertainment 2022: Those we lost
January January 6 – Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning trailblazer, 94 January 6 – Peter Bogdanovich, Paper Moon director, 82 January 9 – Bob Saget, comedian and Full House star, 65 January 12 – Ronnie Spector, frontwoman for The Ronettes, 78 January 18 – Andre Leon Talley, journalist, 73 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kate Winslet on being welcomed to Pandora by ‘Avatar”s original stars
20th Century Studios While jumping into the long-awaited sequel to the highest-grossing movie of all time might have been intimidating, Avatar: The Way of Water star Kate Winslet says she found the water just fine. [Read More…]
Ag News
Waiting on another WOTUS definition
The Supreme Court is expected to make a decision on a case about the Waters of the United States in 2023. Associate Attorney Hannah Schacherl says she’s hoping the court provides more clarity to the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Investigation underway after man dies in Connecticut jail
amphotora/Getty Images (SOUTH WINDSOR, Conn.) — The Connecticut Office of the Inspector General announced it is launching an investigation into the death of a man in police custody in South Windsor. Kevin Doherty, 55, of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Buffalo braces for possible flooding as temperatures rise after major storm
Normand Blouin / EyeEm/ Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Residents of western New York are going from shoveling snow to filling sandbags as a historic blizzard that killed at least 39 people in metropolitan Buffalo [Read More…]
ABC National News
Find My iPhone leads to car crash rescue in California
San Bernardino County Fire (SAN BERNARDINO, Calif.) — A California woman was saved after her car crashed off a 200-foot cliff on Christmas Day thanks in part to her iPhone’s location tracking feature, the San [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Arizona recount shows Democrat Kris Mayes beat Republican Abe Hamadeh
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Democrat Kris Mayes is the winner of Arizona’s attorney general race, a state judge announced Thursday. Mayes defeated Republican Abraham Hamadeh by 280 votes after a mandatory recount was triggered [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee withdraws Trump subpoena, citing investigation’s ‘imminent end’
Al Drago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Jan. 6 committee has formally withdrawn its subpoena of former President Donald Trump as the investigation comes to an end days before the next Congress, sources familiar with [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How a stranger helped three Buffalo nurses get to work during the historic storm
Courtesy of Ally Maderer (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — When the historic Buffalo, New York, storm stranded nurses at home, they turned to a stranger in a snowmobile club to give them an unconventional ride to work. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Cropping out with the Kardashians? Christmas photo draws Photoshop hisses
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for ABA When the Kardashian clan drops photos on Instagram — which is obviously often — some snarkers analyze them like the Zapruder film. In the past, Kim, Khloé, Kendall Jenner and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Prosecutors push for six years in prison, fines, for Varsity Blues college cheating scheme “architect” Rick Singer
Jason Marz/Getty Images Rick Singer, mastermind of the college admissions cheating scheme known as “Varsity Blues” that involved Hollywood stars Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin, deserves to spend six years in prison, federal prosecutors said [Read More…]
Ag News
Brazil suspends ethanol tariff
U.S. ethanol exports to Brazil will not face significant tariffs when the new year begins. Renewable Fuels Association CEO Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield the Brazilian government has extended the suspension of a 20 percent tariff [Read More…]
Ag News
Canola oil pathway for renewable diesel offers new opportunities
The Environmental Protection Agency is recognizing canola oil-derived renewable diesel as “advanced biofuels” under the Renewable Fuel Standard. Only biofuels produced by EPA-approved pathways are eligible for the RFS program. National Farmers Union Senior Advisor [Read More…]
Ag News
Fertilizer prices will have lasting impact on food security
A recent study suggests high energy and fertilizer prices will have the greatest impact on food security in the coming years. European researchers modeled how export restrictions in Ukraine and Russia combined with rising production [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope Emeritus Benedict’s ‘condition remains serious,’ Vatican says
Sven Hoppe/picture alliance via Getty Images (ROME) — A day after news emerged that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s health had worsened within a few hours, a Vatican official updated Thursday that he “is absolutely lucid [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Reporter shares husband’s journey from terminal brain cancer to remission
ABC News (NEW YORK) — One reporter decided to get personal on air in order to give hope to others who may need it. Diane Pathieu said she was told her husband Nick Adamski only [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ breaks Paramount+’s weekend viewership record
Paramount Pictures Top Gun: Maverick continues soaring to new heights. 2022’s box office champ has now become the most-watched film to ever debut on Paramount + domestically. The sequel to 1986’s Top Gun, once again starring Tom Cruise, [Read More…]
Ag News
Livestock producers maintain best practices
Animal rights activists continue to spread misinformation about modern animal agriculture and sometimes even trespass onto farms. Emily Solis with the Animal Agriculture Alliance, an organization that monitors activists and works to safeguard the future [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine targeted by dozens of Russian missiles
SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than nine 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
People flying from China will need negative COVID test to enter US
Matt Anderson Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starting Jan. 5, people flying from China will need a negative COVID-19 test within two days of their departure in order to enter the United States, the Centers [Read More…]