Month: March 2023
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian cruise missiles in Crimea
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
Gun used in kidnapping, killing of Americans in Mexico came from US
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A gun used earlier this month by cartel members to kidnap a group of Americans and kill two of them was illegally trafficked from the U.S., according to a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Footage captures moments surrounding Irvo Otieno’s death at hospital
Courtesy of Ben Crump Law (DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va.) — Prosecutors released video on Tuesday of the March 6 chain of events that ended with the death of Irvo Otieno at Virginia’s Central State Hospital. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Strike closes schools for half-million students in nation’s second largest district
Stella/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — For the second time in five years, classes were canceled Tuesday for more than 500,000 Los Angeles public school students after tens of thousands of service workers, backed by the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge rejects Trump legal team’s request to delay NY AG’s civil trial
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge declined Tuesday to move the trial date for a civil lawsuit filed against former President Donald Trump, his eldest children and his company by New York Attorney General [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
McCarthy again slams Manhattan DA in defense of Trump
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday again ripped into the Manhattan district attorney when asked about the potential charges against Donald Trump at a news conference at [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Flight attendants renew call to ban lap babies
EllenMoran/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Flight attendants are renewing calls to ban children 2 years and younger from sitting in the laps of their adult caregivers and parents while flying, citing safety concerns that have [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Yellen says bank ‘situation is stabilizing,’ smaller banks play important role
ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said Tuesday that “the situation is stabilizing and the U.S. banking system remains sound,” after regional bank failures have shaken the U.S. banking system. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Experts answer questions on home, car buying amid high interest rates and banking crisis
Phillip Spears/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As fallout continues from the Silicon Valley Bank collapse — the second-biggest bank failure in U.S. history — people across the country are simultaneously feeling the impact of inflation [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Online searches for ‘Everything Everywhere’ were everywhere after Oscars wins
A24 While Everything Everywhere All at Once was already an award-winning film on its way to its sweep at the 95th Annual Academy Awards, internet searches reveal not everyone was familiar with the modestly-budgeted multiverse [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Alexander Skarsgård is a dad! Actor confirms birth of first baby
HBO/Graeme Hunter Alexander Skarsgård is a dad! The Succession actor confirmed that he recently welcomed his first child with girlfriend Tuva Novotny while at the premiere for season 4 of the HBO series. After being [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kiernan Shipka, Charlie Plummer on their “important” coming-of-age film ‘Wildflower’
Momentum Pictures In the new coming-of-age film Wildflower, Kiernan Shipka stars as Bea, a high school senior with two neurodivergent parents who’s had to grow up faster than most kids her age. It’s a heavy subject matter, and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump live updates: Grand jury to reconvene on Wednesday
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A grand jury is continuing to weigh charges against former President Donald Trump in connection with the Manhattan district attorney’s probe into the 2016 hush payment [Read More…]
ABC National News
Major storm to bring more rain, damaging winds and heavy snow to California
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The state of California can’t catch a break from the heavy moisture coming in from the coast. A major storm is moving into the West Coast on Wednesday, bringing flooding [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“It sucks he’s not here”: Keanu Reeves talks the loss of ‘John Wick’ series co-star Lance Reddick at premiere
Lionsgate (NOTE LANGUAGE) At the movie’s premiere at Los Angeles’ famed TCL Chinese Theatre Monday night, John Wick: Chapter 4 star Keanu Reeves mourned the recent loss of his franchise co-star, Lance Reddick. The versatile [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Details emerge about Amanda Bynes’ psychiatric hold
Bynes in 2013 – Neilson Barnard/Getty Images ABC News has confirmed that Amanda Bynes was placed on a psychiatric hold early Sunday morning in Los Angeles. TMZ initially reported that Bynes was spotted wandering naked [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Kate McKinnon stars in ‘In the Blink of an Eye’ film, and more
Emmy-winning Saturday Night Live alum Kate McKinnon has been tapped to star in the upcoming feature In The Blink of An Eye directed by Andrew Stanton, the Oscar-winning helmer of Finding Nemo and WALL-E, sources [Read More…]
Ag News
Stormy weather returning to the Pacific West; an active pattern continues across the Heartland
A Pacific storm system moving ashore in California later today will dominate the nation’s weather headlines during the next few days. Initially, storm impacts will be focused across central and southern California and the Southwest, [Read More…]
Ag News
Educating the next generation of consumers about agriculture
Nourish the Future is a national education initiative developed by science teachers for science teachers to help connect students to modern agriculture. Jason Lewis is a Nebraska farmer and chairs the National Corn Growers Research [Read More…]
Ag News
Another round of late-season storminess develops on the Plains, points westward
Across the Corn Belt, mostly dry weather accompanies a warming trend. However, cold conditions linger across the deeply snow-covered far upper Midwest, including the Red River Valley of the North, where Tuesday morning’s minimum temperatures [Read More…]