Year: 2022
ABC Entertainment News
‘Emancipation’ cast on the difficult but gratifying experience of making the film
Apple TV+ The new historical action film Emancipation starts streaming today on Apple TV+. Based on a true story, Will Smith plays a runaway slave, and Ben Foster portrays the man tasked with hunting him down. It’s a role Foster tells [Read More…]
ABC World News
Mexican authorities search for ‘Ted Bundy’-like killer after 3 women found dead in Tijuana
Buena Vista Images/Getty Images (TIJUANA, Mexico) — Authorities in Mexico are searching for a suspect responsible for the recent deaths of three women who worked in bars and strip clubs in Tijuana, a Mexican state [Read More…]
ABC National News
Officers make 1st court appearance in Randy Cox case, man paralyzed in police custody
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW HAVEN, Conn.) — The five New Haven, Connecticut, police officers charged in the case of Randy Cox, a Black man who was paralyzed while being transported in custody, appeared in court [Read More…]
ABC National News
Accused Club Q shooter’s bomb threat case hindered by family’s refusal to testify: DA
Kali9/Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — The accused shooter in the deadly mass shooting at a Colorado LGBTQ nightclub was previously arrested over an alleged bomb threat incident last year, though the case was dismissed [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas court dismisses case against doctor who violated state’s abortion ban
P A Thompson/Getty Images (BEXAR COUNTY, Texas) — A Texas court dismissed a lawsuit Thursday against a doctor accused of providing an abortion to a woman despite the state’s strict ban on the procedure. Dr. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Multiple people injured in explosion at Iowa plant
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MARENGO, Iowa) — Multiple people were injured in an explosion at a plant in Iowa on Thursday, hospital officials said, as crews continue to battle a massive blaze in the incident. No [Read More…]
ABC National News
Good news: ‘Murder hornets’ haven’t been seen in Washington this year
Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For the first time since 2019, the northern giant hornet hasn’t been found in Washington State. The Washington State Department of Agriculture’s (WSDA) Pest Program announced [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Weather Advisory issued December 08 at 9:04PM MST until December 09 at 5:00AM MST by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 2 to 6 inches, with locally higher amounts possible, and a light glaze of ice. * [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
First Gen Zer elected to Congress details his trouble getting an apartment in DC
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As another Gen Zer, Olivia Rodrigo, famously said, “God, it’s brutal out here” — including for Washington, D.C.’s newest, youngest congressman-elect. Maxwell Frost, 25, the first [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
How basketball stars rallied for Brittney Griner during her detention in Russia
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NBA Commissioner Adam Silver celebrated the release of WNBA star Brittney Griner from Russian custody on Thursday and thanked the athletes who used their platforms to raise [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Online gambling among youth worries experts, one teen says sports betting was an ‘escape’
Hispanolistic/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Steve, 18, first felt the thrill of gambling at the age of 15. His “first high” came when he won a couple hundred dollars while playing dice, he told ABC [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New COVID booster authorization will sway parents to get young kids vaccinated, FDA vaccine chief hopes
d3sign/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine chief, said he is well aware that COVID-19 booster uptake might be low for the latest shot, authorized by the government on [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Los Angeles County holds off on mask mandate even as it enters ‘high’ COVD transmission category
EMS-FORSTER-PRODUCTIONS/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles County said Thursday it is holding off on issuing an indoor mask mandate amid rising COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. During a press conference, LA County Public Health Director [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
USD head men’s basketball coach Eric Peterson injured in fall at home
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota men’s basketball coach Eric Peterson was hospitalized Thursday after he sustained multiple injuries in a fall at his home and will not be with the Coyotes when they play [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jackie Chan says ‘Rush Hour 4’ might happen after all
Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martial artist and action movie icon Jackie Chan has confirmed it: Rush Hour 4 is a go. According to Variety, Chan confirmed to fans at the Red Sea International Film Festival [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Top Gun: Maverick’ is the Best Film of the year, according to National Board of Review
Paramount Pictures As if being the highest grossing movie of the year — and Tom Cruise‘s career — wasn’t enough, Top Gun: Maverick is aces with the National Board of Review. The New York City-based [Read More…]
Ag News
New House Ag Committee chair plans to scrutinize ag program spending
A fellow Republican on the House Ag Committee is pleased the new chairman plans to take a deep look at USDA spending. Randy Feenstra of Iowa tells Brownfield Glenn GT Thompson will ensure oversight of [Read More…]
Ag News
DOE awards agrivoltaics projects
The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded $8 million to solar projects that integrate farming. Seven projects will support agrivoltaics research that combines solar energy technology and production agriculture. Among the winners are Iowa State [Read More…]
Ag News
Appetite for U.S. dairy products still strong
The U.S. Dairy Export Council says October was the seventh straight month for increases in dairy exports. Total values increased 24 percent from 2021 to nearly $820 million and volumes were up nine percent. Exports [Read More…]
Ag News
Land O’Lakes official debunks butter shortage claims
A leading butter supplier is easing supply concerns. Heather Anfang with Land O’Lakes suggests reports of a holiday butter shortage are false. “There was less inventory this year as an industry in butter than last [Read More…]
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