Month: February 2023
ABC National News
US investigators to release preliminary report into East Palestine train derailment
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal investigators are set to release a preliminary report into the derailment of a Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals in East Palestine, Ohio, earlier this month. National [Read More…]
ABC National News
TV station employee, 9-year-old killed, two others wounded after shooting in Florida: Police
Kali9/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Two people have been shot and killed, including an Orlando news employee and 9-year-old girl, and multiple people were injured Wednesday in Pine Hills, Florida, police said. According to Orange [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
CHIPS Act will strengthen US national security by boosting access to semiconductors: Raimondo
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Making semiconductors in the U.S. is critical for national security, Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo told reporters on Wednesday, ahead of a speech she’ll give on supporting domestic [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 2/22/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Detroit 3, Washington 1 Montreal 5, New Jersey 2 Carolina 4, St. Louis 1 Tampa Bay 6, Anaheim 1 Toronto [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What the end of COVID trackers means for the future of the pandemic
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the pandemic seemingly enters a new phase with the public health emergency ending in early May, many COVID data trackers are shutting down, no longer sharing data such as [Read More…]
Latest News
Flights canceled, highways closed as winter storm wallops US
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — A brutal winter storm closed interstate highways from Arizona to Wyoming Wednesday, trapped drivers in cars, knocked out power to hundreds of thousands of people and prompted the first blizzard warning [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Schitt’s Creek’ alum Eugene Levy ventures out of his comfort zone for Apple TV+’s ‘The Reluctant Traveler’
Apple TV+ Eugene Levy doesn’t like to travel — at all. So of course his new show on Apple TV+, The Reluctant Traveler, premiering Friday, has him traveling all around the world, having once in a lifetime [Read More…]
Ag News
Temps to vary greatly across the U.S.; an active, wet pattern continues for most
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures throughout the central and eastern U.S., except in northern New England, while colder-than-normal conditions will dominate the West. Meanwhile, [Read More…]
Weather
Blizzard Warning issued February 23 at 1:51AM MST until February 23 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Blizzard conditions. Additional snow accumulations of 2 to 4 inches. Conditions gradually improving through the morning but significant drifting still likely. * WHERE…Portions of southwest [Read More…]
ABC National News
TV station employee, 9-year-old killed, two others wounded after shooting in Orlando: Police
Kali9/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Two people have been shot and killed, including an Orlando news employee and 9-year-old girl, and multiple people were injured Wednesday in Pine Hills, Florida, police said. According to Orange [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Marjorie Taylor Greene refuses to back down from ‘national divorce’ proposal
Anna Rose Layden/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the face of some harsh blowback, Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, the firebrand Georgia Republican, has tripled down on her proposal for a “national divorce”– splitting the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
A woman dies every 2 minutes during pregnancy or childbirth: Report
Oscar Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new World Health Organization report found that maternal mortality rates have either increased or remained the same in nearly all regions of the world in the past five [Read More…]
Weather
Blizzard Warning issued February 22 at 8:27PM MST until February 23 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Blizzard conditions. Additional snow accumulations of 4 to 9 inches, with the highest amounts along the Buffalo Ridge in Minnesota. Winds gusting as high as [Read More…]
ABC World News
Eight million refugees have fled Ukraine after a year of fighting, UN data shows
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 8 million refugees from Ukraine have been recorded across Europe as of Tuesday, nearly one year since Russia invaded, according to the U.N. refugee agency. Poland has [Read More…]
ABC National News
Did the train derailment in East Palestine affect its water supply? Experts say more testing is needed.
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — After a Norfolk Southern train derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, more than two weeks ago, residents and health officials have expressed concern about the state of water in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Union officials say cost cutting led to significant derailment rate increase
US Environmental Protection Agency / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — National union officials say years of cost-cutting and staff reductions within the freight rail industry have led to an increase in the rate [Read More…]
ABC National News
Washington, D.C.’s cherry blossoms might make an early appearance, as mild winter kicks in
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Springtime has come early to Washington D.C., if the city’s cherry blossom trees have anything to say about it. Across the Potomac, dozens of trees have already started to bloom creating [Read More…]
ABC National News
Couple sues fertility clinic alleging wrong sperm was used to inseminate wife
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Texas couple has filed a lawsuit against a fertility clinic and associated laboratories alleging their two kids are not their full biological children because allegedly, the wrong sperm [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US holds $31 trillion debt. What would it take to shrink it?
Mint Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A divide in Congress over the debt ceiling threatens to plunge the U.S. economy into disarray, drawing attention to a looming question: How has the nation’s debt ballooned to $31.4 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to Muir on Putin suspending nuclear treaty with US: ‘Big mistake’ and ‘not very responsible’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden told ABC News anchor David Muir in a new interview that it was a “big mistake” for Russian President Vladimir Putin to temporarily suspend Russia’s participation in the [Read More…]