Month: March 2023
ABC National News
Black developers push to diversify the creators behind the pixels
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The video game industry is one of the most lucrative tech sectors in the world, bringing in $159.3 billion globally, according to the International Trade Administration. But not everyone is getting [Read More…]
ABC National News
Neighbor files lawsuit against Pennsylvania chocolate factory over deadly explosion
WPVI (WEST READING, Pa.) — A Pennsylvania woman who lives next to a chocolate factory that exploded Friday has filed a lawsuit accusing the company of negligence that led to the fatal explosion. Betty Wright claimed [Read More…]
ABC National News
1-year-old allegedly fatally shot by 5-year-old sibling at apartment: Police
Miguel Marin/EyeEm/Getty Images (LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — A 1-year-old boy was allegedly fatally shot by his 5-year-old sibling at an apartment in Indiana, police said. Police received a report of a shooting at an apartment complex in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
John Fetterman returning to Senate following treatment for depression
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pennsylvania Sen. John Fetterman is expected to return to Congress the week of April 17, after the upcoming two-week recess, according to a source familiar with the matter. The Democratic lawmaker, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate votes to repeal decades-old measures that authorized Iraq, Gulf wars
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Wednesday voted to repeal two congressional authorizations from decades ago allowing the use of military force against Iraq, a country then falsely accused of stockpiling chemical and nuclear [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US wants Israeli ‘consensus’ on judicial overhaul, White House says, after Biden, Netanyahu exchange
Sean Gallup/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. would like to see any decision on judicial overhaul in Israel in “keeping with a consensus” and based on the “broadest possible base of public support,” White House spokesperson [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak and other tech leaders warn ‘out-of-control’ AI poses ‘profound risks’
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Artificial intelligence-driven language models have garnered millions of users in recent months, instantly whipping up viral sensations like a biblical verse about how to remove a peanut butter sandwich from [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon on “forward-thinking” female journalists in ‘The Boston Strangler’
20th Century Studios/Hulu The fifth episode of true-crime podcast Truth and Lies: The Boston Strangler just dropped, featuring a conversation with Keira Knightley and Carrie Coon, two of the stars of Hulu’s new film The Boston Strangler. The podcast [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Owen Wilson lost a lifetime Rolling Stones pass after he mistakenly went onstage
Terence Patrick ©2023 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved For a Rolling Stones fan, there would be few things better than a lifetime, all-access pass to their concerts. And apparently Owen Wilson had one, but it was revoked after he took [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Yara Shahidi announces sixth season of ‘Grown-ish’ will also be its last
Freeform/Tiffany Roohani Bad news for Grown-ish fans: The newly renewed sixth season of Grown-ish will also be its last. Yara Shahidi, who stars as Zoey Johnson on the show, announced the news in a video message to her fans. “I wanted to [Read More…]
Ag News
FAPRI forecast: lower farm income in 2023
University of Missouri’s Food and Agriculture Policy Research Institute is forecasting lower U.S. farm income this year. FAPRI Director Pat Westhoff says if farmers raise an average crop, commodity prices could be pressured. “We’re talking [Read More…]
Ag News
New poll shows majority of Americans support year-round E15
The Renewable Fuels Association points to results of a new nationwide poll as further evidence most Americans support year-round E15. RFA CEO Geoff Cooper says a polling firm recently surveyed nearly 2,000 registered voters, asking [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Storm Watch issued March 29 at 1:39PM MDT until April 01 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS
…WINTER STORM WATCH IN EFFECT FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH LATE FRIDAY NIGHT… * WHAT…Blizzard conditions possible. Total snow accumulations of 4 to 8 inches possible. Winds could gust as high as 50 mph. * WHERE…Portions [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope Francis taken to hospital with respiratory infection
Alessandra Benedetti – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (ROME) — Pope Francis has been diagnosed with a respiratory infection, according to the Vatican Press Office. He was taken to The Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, where he [Read More…]
ABC World News
What’s behind India’s strategic neutrality on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine
ALEXANDR DEMYANCHUK/SPUTNIK/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Countries in Africa, Asia and the Middle East have all avoided taking sides on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine — but India’s size and power make it the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Thirteen states on alert for strong winds, heavy snow as major storm heads east
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thirteen states are on alert for strong winds and heavy snow as a major storm moves east. A major storm hitting the California coast brought damaging [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Nothing to hide,’ Pence says as he weighs appeal of Trump probe order
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence said Wednesday he’s weighing how to proceed after a federal judge ruled one day earlier he must testify to a grand jury investigating efforts by former [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sen. Rand Paul staffer’s parents speak out after he was ‘brutally attacked’ in DC
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A staffer for Sen. Rand Paul was stabbed and seriously injured in Washington, D.C., on Saturday and a suspect has since been arrested, police and Paul’s office said Monday. On [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Starbucks’ former CEO denies breaking law after Sen. Sanders accuses company of ‘union busting’
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Starbucks’ former CEO Howard Schultz on Wednesday denied breaking the law in response to sharp criticism from Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., who accused the company of “the most [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Gwyneth Paltrow’s kids’ depositions read in court for 2016 ski crash trial
Christopher Polk/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Gwyneth Paltrow‘s two children, daughter Apple Martin and son Moses Martin, had their depositions read in court Tuesday during the civil trial regarding the 2016 ski accident involving [Read More…]