Month: March 2023
ABC Business News
A bailout or not? Did the federal government bailout Silicon Valley Bank and Signature Bank?
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The word “bailout” is sure to make anyone who remembers the 2008 financial crisis nostalgic in all the worst ways. At the time, the government used taxpayer money to keep [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jeremy Renner shares adorable note from nephew as he recovers from snow plow accident
Marvel Studios Jeremy Renner is sharing the adorable note his nephew wrote to him as he continues to recover from a snow plow accident. Taking to Instagram Stories Wednesday, the actor shared a screenshot of the note which [Read More…]
Ag News
Managing risk beyond crop insurance
A crop insurance expert says now that the crop insurance deadline has passed, farmers should start thinking about other ways to manage risk. Tony Jesina with Farm Credit Services of America says the first thing [Read More…]
ABC World News
US military releases video from Russian fighter jet crash with drone
U.S. European Command (WASHINGTON) — U.S. European Command has released dramatic declassified video taken by the MQ-9 Reaper drone that shows the moment that a Russian Su-27 fighter jet collided with it after attempting to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two young skiers rescued after being stuck in snow for three hours with phone battery at 9%
aire images/Getty Images (BOSTON) — Two young skiers were rescued Tuesday night after getting lost while skiing outside the Wachusett Mountain ski area boundaries, according to the Princeton Fire Department. Princeton Fire Chief John Bennett [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mother reaches settlement with ICON Park, Orlando FreeFall operator after teen’s fatal fall
RapidEye/Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — The mother of a Missouri teenager who fell to his death last year while on the world’s tallest tower drop ride has reached a settlement in a wrongful death lawsuit [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden admin demands TikTok’s Chinese owner sell stakes or risk being banned: Official
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is demanding TikTok’s Chinese owner sell its stake in the app or risk getting banned, the company and a U.S. official told ABC News. [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Weather Advisory issued March 16 at 2:28AM MDT until March 16 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Mixed precipitation. Additional snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations of a light glaze. Winds gusting as high as [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Weather Advisory issued March 15 at 8:38PM MDT until March 16 at 9:00PM MDT by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 10 PM CDT THURSDAY… * WHAT…Mixed precipitation expected. Total snow accumulations of 1 to 3 inches and ice accumulations of a light glaze. Winds gusting [Read More…]
ABC National News
Asian Americans to rally nationwide on the 2-year anniversary of Atlanta shooting
Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Two years after the death of eight people at three Atlanta-based Asian-owned or operated spas, Asian Americans are uniting in cities across the nation to demand action [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Judge promises to rule soon on challenge to abortion drug, with potentially vast implications
Erin Hooley/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (AMARILLO, Texas) — A federal judge in Texas said Wednesday that he plans to rule soon on whether to overturn the federal government’s approval of an abortion medication [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Why most bank deposits are safe, despite the Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Andrea Ronchini/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The failure of Silicon Valley Bank, the second-biggest bank collapse in U.S. history, called into doubt the fate of roughly $175 billion in customer deposits. Days later, the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hugh Jackman busy “becoming Wolverine”
Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix On Instagram, Hugh Jackman is keeping fans abreast of his progress as he gears up for his face-off/team-up with real-life pal Ryan Reynolds‘ red-masked motormouth in Deadpool 3. Jackman posted [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
John Mulaney returns to Netflix with ‘Baby J’ special
Netflix/Marcus Russell Price Emmy winner John Mulaney is returning to Netflix on April 25 with a new stand-up special, John Mulaney: Baby J. It will be the third special on the streaming service for the [Read More…]
Ag News
Argentina’s soybean crop losses have far-reaching impact
A global market expert says the damaged crops in Argentina will have a far-reaching impact. Dan Basse with Ag Resource Company tells Brownfield his team is estimating the Argentine soybean crop at around 25% less [Read More…]
ABC National News
7 guests injured after tree branch fell on them at San Antonio Zoo
Google Maps Street View (SAN ANTONIO) — Seven people were sent to the hospital after a tree branch fell on them at a zoo in Texas, according to the San Antonio Fire Department. The tree [Read More…]
ABC National News
VA social worker sentenced for lying about military service, collecting benefits
Tetra Images/Getty Images (PROVIDENCE, R.I.) — A Rhode Island woman who pleaded guilty to carrying out what prosecutors said was a massive fraud — pretending to be a Purple Heart recipient and Bronze Star-decorated U.S [Read More…]
ABC National News
FBI investigates fire where Chinese billionaire, a Steve Bannon ally, was arrested
Former White House Chief Strategist Steve Bannon, right greets fugitive Chinese billionaire Guo Wengui before introducing him at a news conference, Nov. 20, 2018, in New York. — Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NEW [Read More…]
ABC National News
Washington state bill would provide safeguards against ‘deepfake’ political ads
David Ryder/Getty Images (OLYMPIA, Wash.) — Washington state legislators are looking to get ahead of some technological tools used for political misinformation before they say they further disrupt the public trust in government. The state Senate [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ex-Trump attorney Michael Cohen wraps up his grand jury testimony in Stormy Daniels hush money probe
Jefferson Siegel/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump’s former personal attorney, Michael Cohen, on Wednesday completed his testimony before a Manhattan grand jury investigating a 2016 hush money payment made to adult film actress [Read More…]