Month: April 2023
ABC Politics News
Chief Justice Roberts declines invitation to testify about Supreme Court ethics
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Chief Justice John Roberts on Tuesday declined an invitation to testify before the Senate Judiciary Committee at a hearing about Supreme Court ethics. Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the influential [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
5 takeaways after Biden’s 2024 campaign launch — and why Dems and GOP are both excited
OsakaWayne Studios/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Joe Biden launched his reelection campaign Tuesday, capping off months of speculation over his electoral future and laying the groundwork for a potential rematch with former President Donald [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Pluto TV to air the ‘The Tony Awards: Act One’ before primetime broadcast
CBS/Pluto TV On Tuesday, CBS and free streamer Pluto TV announced they’ll both be taking part in this year’s Tony Awards, with the latter airing The Tony Awards: Act One. The broadcast will be a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
New ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ clip shows captive Rocket and his old friends
Marvel Studios Writer/director James Gunn had teased his upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 as an origin story for Bradley Cooper‘s beloved, bruising Rocket, and a new clip of the film exclusive to Collider [Read More…]
Ag News
A one-stop shop for soybean research
Soybean checkoff-funded research provides farmers with information that can help them improve yields and maximize their return on investment. In this Voice of Soy, Cate Newberg with the Soybean Research and Information Network shares how [Read More…]
ABC World News
Taliban kills suspected ISIS-K mastermind of Kabul airport bombing: US officials
Yagi Studio/Getty Images (AFGHANISTAN) — The terrorist allegedly responsible for planning the August 2021 bombing at the Kabul, Afghanistan, airport that killed 13 U.S. service members and at least 170 Afghans was himself killed by [Read More…]
ABC National News
Sheila Keen Warren pleads guilty to shooting husband’s 1st wife in 1990 killer clown case
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — A woman has admitted to dressing up as a clown and fatally shooting her husband’s first wife at the victim’s Florida home more than 30 years ago, though her attorney [Read More…]
ABC National News
At least 89 rounds fired in Dadeville Sweet 16 shooting, law enforcement agent reveals
Yuichiro Chino/Getty Images (ALABAMA) — Nearly 90 shell casings were found on the floor of the Dadeville, Alabama, dance studio where four people were killed and 32 others were injured this month, according to court [Read More…]
ABC National News
Los Angeles DA seeks victims of man accused of impersonating doctor
ATU Images/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The Los Angeles District Attorney’s Office is asking for victims of a man accused of impersonating a doctor to come forward. Stephan Gevorkian, 44, was charged with five felony counts [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York attorney pleads guilty to assisting sanctioned Russian oligarch
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York attorney is charged in a scheme to make nearly $4 million in payments to maintain six properties in the United States that were owned by [Read More…]
ABC National News
Doctor found shot dead at Detroit home during well-being check
Ascension Michigan (DETROIT) — A Michigan doctor has been found shot dead, sparking an investigation by Detroit police’s homicide unit. The body of 53-year-old Devon Hoover was discovered when officers responded to a house for a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump ‘lunged at her,’ E. Jean Carroll’s lawyer tells jury in battery, defamation case
Patrick Donovan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald Trump “banged the door closed and lunged at her,” an attorney for writer E. Jean Carroll told jury members as she recounted what Carroll said happened in 1996 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nikki Haley calls for ‘consensus’ and ‘sensitivity’ on abortion but says specifics will take work
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley on Tuesday made a her case for a “consensus” on abortion, an issue that continues to divide conservatives. But she stopped short of adopting strict stances [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
The other Florida Republican mulling a run for president? Miami’s mayor
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (MIAMI) — As the Republican field for president takes shape around former President Donald Trump, with Gov. Ron DeSantis expected to launch his own campaign by the summer, a third Floridian [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Timeline: Criminal probe into Trump’s efforts to overturn Georgia election results
Scott Olson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — On Jan. 2, 2021, former President Donald Trump asked Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to “find” the votes needed to win the state in the 2020 election. The now-infamous phone [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Joe Biden announces he is running for president again, setting up possible Trump rematch
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Tuesday he will seek a second term in office, confirming a reelection bid he has long previewed — as he faces a possible [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA approves new drug for rare form of ALS
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a new drug Tuesday to treat a rare form of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or ALS. The drug Qalsody (tofersen) is expected to help people [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Chevrolet to end production of the Bolt, America’s cheapest new electric vehicle
Jon Challicom/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Chevrolet is saying bye-bye to the Bolt. The Chevy Bolt hatchback, as well as its crossover Bolt EUV sibling, will cease production this year, General Motors has confirmed to [Read More…]
ABC Business News
World’s second-largest tobacco company to pay over $600 million for violating sanctions against North Korea
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The world’s second-largest tobacco company has agreed to pay what the Department of Justice is saying is “the single largest North Korean sanctions penalty in the history of the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
First Republic Stock plummets nearly 50% as banking trouble deepens
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares of First Republic Bank plummeted nearly 50% on Tuesday as the banking crisis continued to ripple through the financial system. The regional lender, left in dire condition after the [Read More…]