Month: March 2023
ABC National News
LA schools closed for second day as service workers walk picket lines
Stella/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — For the second straight day, classes were canceled for more than 400,000 Los Angeles public school students as tens of thousands of service workers, backed by the powerful teachers union, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two killed, train derailed as ‘bomb cyclone’ hits California
Alameda County Fire (NEW YORK) — A “bomb cyclone” is wreaking havoc across an already soaked California, killing at least two people whose vehicles were crushed by falling trees in the San Francisco Bay Area, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Stephen Smith probe is a homicide, South Carolina authorities confirm
Kacen Bayless/The State/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — South Carolina authorities have confirmed they are investigating the death of Stephen Smith as a homicide, nearly eight years after the 19-year-old was found [Read More…]
ABC Health News
All types of hormonal birth control raise breast cancer risk slightly, study finds
Shana Novak/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study is offering more information for women about whether the type of birth control they take increases their risk of breast cancer more than another. The study, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Death toll linked to contaminated eye drops rising as more report vision loss
Jrgen Hopf / EyeEm/ Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The death toll of an outbreak linked to contaminated recalled eye drops has risen and more people have lost their vision. According to an update issued by [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The West Wing’ creator Aaron Sorkin reveals he suffered a near-fatal stroke last fall
Bruce Glikas/Getty Images In an interview with The New York Times, Oscar-winning screenwriter and the Emmy-winning creator of The West Wing, Aaron Sorkin, revealed he suffered a near-fatal stroke last fall. Sorkin explained to the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“The truth shall set you free”: Zachary Levi confirms Dwayne Johnson’s ‘Black Adam’/’Shazam’ drama
Warner Bros. Discovery Not only was Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson‘s Black Adam ultimately unsuccessful, but at least according to Shazam star Zachary Levi, Johnson’s failed attempt to shape the DC universe around himself also hurt Shazam‘s sequel. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Broadway musical adaptation of NBC’s ‘Smash’ hitting the stage in 2024
Hilty and McPhee in 2015 – Bruce Glikas/FilmMagic Smash, the short-lived Broadway musical-themed NBC show, is coming to the Great White Way in 2024. In an announcement Wednesday, the TV show’s producers Steven Spielberg and [Read More…]
Ag News
Recognizing agriculture’s role during National Ag Week
Many in the ag industry are highlighting the role agriculture plays in providing a safe and abundant food supply during National Ag Day and Week. Don Lamb is the director of the Indiana State Department [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production, stocks below a week ago
U.S. ethanol production declined last week and stocks got tighter. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 997,000 barrels per day, a 10-week low and a decrease of 17,000 on the week and 45,000 [Read More…]
Ag News
Timing is everything
The administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency said the release of the updated Waters of the United States rule was timed to provide more certainty to agriculture. The timing of the release is one complaint [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol groups back governors’ call for year-round E15
Ethanol supporters are calling on the Environmental Protection Agency to issue an emergency waiver that would allow E15 sales this summer. Geoff Cooper, President and CEO of the Renewable Fuels Association, says the EPA still [Read More…]
ABC World News
North Korea fires multiple cruise missiles amid US-South Korea joint drills
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles toward the East Sea Wednesday, the latest show of its military capabilities during the 11-days-long joint drills between the U.S. and South Korea. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy visits troops after night of Russian strikes
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Large asteroid to safely pass by Earth in once-per-decade moment
Tayeb Benzian / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An asteroid between 140 and 310 feet in size will safely pass by Earth on Saturday, according to NASA Asteroid Watch. An asteroid of this size only [Read More…]
ABC National News
Three kids, one adult killed in domestic mass shooting in South Carolina
kali9/Getty Images (SUMTER, S.C.) — Three children and one man were killed in an apparent domestic mass shooting in South Carolina, authorities said. A second man, who authorities believe was the shooter, was also found [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID fraud victims are still struggling to clear their names
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A little over two years ago, Richard Loew and his wife Donna were settling into a relaxing, new stage of their life: retirement in Florida. But then came a government-branded [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Yara Shahidi discusses work-life balance, her “selfish season” and more
AB + DM for Byrdie Yara Shahidi has always struck a balance between work and play, but landing her role as Zoey Johnson on black-ish interrupted her equilibrium and invited a world of unprecedented opinions [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Vanessa Hudgens heads to Philippines to explore her family’s Asian roots in travel documentary
ABC High School Musical star Vanessa Hudgens is set to shoot a travel documentary that will take her to the Philippines, her mother’s homeland. The as-yet-untitled project, filming in Palawan and Manila later this month, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Anne Hathaway goes pop with ‘Mother Mary’, and more
We Crashed star Anne Hathaway and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever‘s Michaela Coel have been tapped to lead the cast of the upcoming movie Mother Mary, according to Deadline. The film, directed by The Green Knight [Read More…]