Month: February 2023
ABC Entertainment News
‘This Is Us’ star Milo Ventimiglia returns to TV in ‘The Company You Keep’
ABC/Brian Bowen Smith Milo Ventimiglia is back on TV with The Company You Keep — his first post-This Is Us project, which debuts Sunday night on ABC. Ventimiglia plays a con artist who might be falling for a CIA [Read More…]
ABC National News
Darryl Tyree Williams’ family calls for manslaughter charges against North Carolina police officers involved in his death
WTVD (RALEIGH, N.C.) — The family of Darryl Tyree Williams calls for manslaughter charges against the six Raleigh police officers involved in the fatal encounter. Williams died after being shocked several times by a Taser [Read More…]
ABC World News
First ever images of Antarctica’s ‘Doomsday glacier’ show melting from below
NASA (THWAITES GLACIER, Antarctica) — Scientists studying one of the most crucial glaciers that’s been deteriorating by climate change got a new look at what’s going on underneath the surface. In two studies published in the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Officials urge Bakhmut civilians to evacuate
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Almost a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched an invasion into neighboring Ukraine, the two countries are engaged in a struggle for control of areas throughout eastern and [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ opens civil rights investigation after Black man shot in face by deputy
Black Lawyers for Justice (BRANDON, Miss.) — The shooting of a Black man in Mississippi during a drug raid is the subject of a federal civil rights investigation, the U.S. Department of Justice announced. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 Jewish men reportedly shot following religious services in LA within 24 hours: ‘Deeply concerning’
Tetra Images/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Police are investigating after two Jewish men were reportedly shot after leaving religious services in Los Angeles within 24 hours. The Los Angeles Police Department told ABC News it [Read More…]
ABC National News
How the US watches the sky — and tracks what’s flying overhead
Airman 1st Class Andrew Britten/North American Aerospace Defense Command (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke to the nation on Thursday about the recent shoot-downs of flying objects in U.S. and Canadian airspace. He addressed how [Read More…]
ABC National News
Sister of Buffalo massacre victim explains son’s courtroom outburst at killer’s sentencing
ABC News (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — As she stared down the teenager who murdered her sister and nine other Black people in the racially motivated Buffalo mass shooting, Barbara Massey Mapps said her blood was boiling [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fox News hosts called 2020 election fraud ‘total BS’ in private, new Dominion court filing says
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fox News anchors and producers privately acknowledged that former President Donald Trump and his allies’ allegations of election fraud in the aftermath of the 2020 election were false despite [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden ‘remains fit for duty,’ White House doctor says after his 2nd presidential physical
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — Joe Biden on Thursday had his second physical as president, at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, more than a year after his first physical since taking [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
4 flying objects have been shot down over North America: Timeline of key moments
ABC News Illustration/Google Earth (NEW YORK) — Since late January, four vessels, including a suspected Chinese spy balloon, have been seen in U.S. and Canadian airspace and were all subsequently shot down by the U.S. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
The prices of these products have dropped, defying high inflation
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation has eased in recent months but remains sky-high, especially for some household items like eggs and flour. Price hikes for other products, however, have not only slowed but [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Judge raises possibility of revoking Sam Bankman-Fried’s bail over possible witness tampering
Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York on Thursday raised the possibility of revoking bail and remanding Sam Bankman-Fried into custody for possible witness tampering but opted to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Grogu (Force) grabs a snack in a new clip from ‘The Mandalorian’ season 3
Lucasfilm On Thursday, Disney+ released a new clip from The Mandalorian‘s third season, which debuts on the streaming service March 1. The scene acts as a bit of an expository catchup for viewers, as Pedro [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Taron Egerton building buzz for “the perfect game” in trailer to ‘Tetris’
L-R: Efremov, Egerton — Apple TV+ When one thinks of the blockbuster, block-spinning game Tetris, one might not think of international intrigue and Soviet secret police chases through the streets of Moscow. But that’s the [Read More…]
Ag News
Central Minnesota farmland market “historically strong” despite rising interest rates
A certified appraiser says the farmland market in Central Minnesota is holding up remarkably well. Andrew Wendlandt with Compeer Financial tells Brownfield sales have been very strong despite rising interest rates. “Actually historically strong sales, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ohio train derailment: EPA administrator visits East Palestine, asks residents to ‘trust the government’
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — The mayor of an Ohio village where a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed earlier this month told ABC News that he “wasn’t built for this” and needs [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nikki Haley said Biden and Harris think America is racist, but they’ve said the opposite
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nikki Haley, a former South Carolina governor and new GOP presidential candidate, this week accused President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris of thinking America [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senators push for Russian mercenaries in Ukraine to be labeled terrorist organization
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Lindsey Graham and Sheldon Whitehouse on Thursday called for Congress to have the Russian-backed paramilitary Wagner group formally labeled as terrorists. The bipartisan trio want to pass [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fetterman checks himself into hospital for treatment with ‘severe’ depression, staff says
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman on Wednesday checked himself into a Washington hospital “to receive treatment for clinical depression,” his chief of staff said on Thursday. “While John has experienced depression off [Read More…]