Month: January 2023
ABC National News
Remains found positively identified as missing 4-year-old girl in Oklahoma
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CYRIL, Okla.) — Remains found last week amid the search for a missing 4-year-old girl in Oklahoma have been confirmed to be those of the child, authorities said. Athena Brownfield was reported [Read More…]
ABC National News
California massacres suggest phenomenon of ‘mass shooting contagion’: Experts
LEREXIS/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Following four California mass shootings in the span of eight days that left 25 people dead and 17 injured, some gun violence researchers said they’re concerned that a phenomenon known [Read More…]
ABC National News
California to deliver more water to cities after heavy rain storms
David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — January’s record rain and snowfall on the West Coast has had a positive side effect for over 27 million California residents. California’s Department of Water Resources (DWR) announced Thursday [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Advisory issued January 26 at 8:52PM MST until January 27 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
James Gunn to fans of CW’s canceled ‘Doom Patrol’ and ‘Titans’: It wasn’t me
Warner Bros. Discovery Fans of the CW DC Comics-based shows Doom Patrol and Titans might have been surprised to find out that the shows won’t be back for fifth seasons, but they might also be [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tyre Nichols: a timeline of the investigation into his death
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Jan. 7, 2023: Tyre Nichols pulled over Tyre Nichols, a 29-year-old Black man, was pulled over by police for alleged reckless driving. According to Nichols’ mother, Rowvaughn Wells, Tyre [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA says new process is needed for regulating CBD products due to risks
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced Thursday that it will not review or allow the marketing of cannabidiol, or CBD, products as food items or dietary supplements. Up until [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Record number of deaths in US from cardiovascular disease early in pandemic: Report shows
MoMo Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New data from the American Heart Association highlights the major impact COVID-19 had on cardiovascular health and death rates during the first year of the pandemic. At least 928,741 [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What to know about severance pay amid high-profile layoffs
Anchalee Phanmaha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Continued recession fears and a cascade of tech industry layoffs have drawn renewed attention to severance packages, the compensation offered to some departing employees. Severance packages, which range widely [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nielsen numbers: ‘Stranger Things’ the most-watched streaming show in 2022; Disney+’s ‘Encanto’ the most-streamed movie
Netflix With January nearly over, Nielsen is looking back to 2022 and noted Stranger Things was the most-watched show of the year in the U.S. According to numbers quoted by Variety, Americans took in some [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Fox renews ‘The Simpsons’, ‘Family Guy’ and ‘Bob’s Burgers’ for two more seasons
© 2022 by 20th Television Fox has given the green light to more seasons of three of its beloved animated shows: The Simpsons, Family Guy and Bob’s Burgers, which will see the shows running through [Read More…]
Ag News
Labor a top legislative issue for Minnesota Pork
Issues surrounding the ag workforce top the list of legislative priorities for the Minnesota Pork Producers Association. Lauren Servick is director of public policy and engagement. “Obviously labor has been a big discussion lately in [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin farmer confident about spring inputs
A western Wisconsin farmer says his spring crop inputs are lined up with one exception. Tom Gillis from River Falls tells Brownfield he did get some applications done in the fall. “We already applied our [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: 11 dead in missile strikes on Ukraine
SAMEER AL-DOUMY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 10 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
Man shot dead after dog steps on hunting rifle’s trigger
avid_creative/Getty Images (WELLINGTON, Kan.) — A dog has shot and killed a 30-year-old man in the front seat of a car after it stepped on a hunting rifle lying in the back seat, Kansas authorities [Read More…]
ABC National News
60 stolen guns missing after 13 people arrested for string of firearm burglaries
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal and local law enforcement in Pennsylvania said they are struggling to locate the bulk of firearms stolen in a recent string of burglaries of licensed firearm dealers. Of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats launch dads caucus to focus on family issues, push for paid leave
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four House Democrats launched the Congressional Dads Caucus on Thursday, joining together around a legislative agenda that includes expanding parental leave, the child tax credit and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sleepy RNC chair race turns into contentious 3-way contest over party’s future
Bridget Bennett/Bloomberg via Getty Images (DANA POINT, Calif.) — Republican National Committee members will elect a new chair at a ritzy hotel in Dana Point on Friday, closing out an unusually contentious race that could [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Only about half of US adults are meeting physical activity guidelines: CDC
Guido Mieth/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Only about half of adults in the United States are meeting physical activity guidelines set by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, new research shows. The report, published Thursday [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What to know about PFAS after Thinx underwear settles class-action lawsuit
Nicky J Sims/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Human-made chemicals known as PFAS are back in the spotlight after the feminine hygiene company Thinx settled a class-action lawsuit earlier this month for millions of dollars. [Read More…]