Month: April 2023
High-yield savings accounts surge amid shaky stock market, experts say
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tech giant Apple last week announced a buzzy product release — but it wasn’t a new version of its iPhone or virtual reality headset. Rather, the company offered its first [Read More…]
DOJ joins investigation of Southwest’s holiday flight meltdown: Was schedule ‘unrealistic’?
E4C/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has joined an investigation led by the Department of Transportation into Southwest Airlines’ meltdown in December — when the company canceled more than 16,000 flights over an [Read More…]
Mayim Bialik up for ‘Big Bang Theory’ spinoff appearance, teases ‘Blossom’ reboot
ABC/Sami Drasin Following talk of a possible spinoff of The Big Bang Theory, Mayim Bialik, who played Amy Farrah Fowler on the original CBS sitcom, says she’d be open to making an appearance, if she’s asked. “We’re all [Read More…]
As Sudan cease-fire announced, some Americans still struggling to escape
State Department photo by Chuck Kennedy/ Public Domain (WASHINGTON) — After intense negotiations, the Sudanese Armed Forces & Rapid Support Forces had agreed to implement a 72-hour cease-fire across the country beginning at midnight Monday, [Read More…]
Fulton County DA says charging decisions to come this summer in 2020 election probe
Creativeye99/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Fulton County, Georgia, district attorney who has been probing possible criminal interference in the 2020 election will announce her charging decisions “in the near future,” the DA alerted law enforcement [Read More…]
NC man released from hospital after being shot when basketball rolled into neighbor’s yard
Thir Sakdi Phu Cxm / EyeEm/Getty Images (CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A North Carolina man was released from the hospital after he and his 6-year-old daughter were shot by a neighbor last week following an incident [Read More…]
Tucker Carlson and his producer out at Fox News, one week after Dominion settlement
Jason Koerner/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TV host Tucker Carlson and Fox News have “agreed to part ways,” Fox said in a statement Monday. “We thank him for his service to the network,” Fox said [Read More…]
Trump-aligned super PAC bankrolls $6 million ad campaign attacking DeSantis
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A super PAC supporting former President Donald Trump has already spent more than $6 million on television ads attacking Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, even before DeSantis has declared his presidential [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued April 24 at 7:05PM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Hanson and Davison Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. James [Read More…]
Patti LuPone disses Kim Kardashian’s bow on ‘American Horror Story’
Bravo/Charles Skykes Bringing back a New Year’s Eve segment he shared with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, Watch What Happens Live! host Andy Cohen on Sunday night quizzed outspoken Broadway legend Patti LuPone about what she thinks [Read More…]
Police issue warrant for former ‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera in connection to alleged assault
Margera in 2013 – Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images Former Jackass star Bam Margera is in trouble with the law again. Pennsylvania State Police announced they’ve issued a warrant for the arrest of Brandon “Bam” Margera in [Read More…]
Tony Robbins, bongos and more: Matthew McConaughey introduces “immersive learning experience” ‘Roadtrip’
ABC Matthew McConaughey, who in 2020 published his New York Times bestseller Greenlights, top-lined a marathon self-help session called The Art of Livin‘ on Monday, in which he introduced an “immersive learning experience” he calls [Read More…]
Gabrielle Union executive producing, starring in ‘Pretty Little Wife’ for Amazon Studios
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic Gabrielle Union will star in and executive produce a series adaptation of Darby Kane’s bestseller, Pretty Little Wife, ABC Audio has confirmed. Produced by A+E and Amazon Studios, the project is being described [Read More…]
Soybeans are emerging in Missouri
A few of Missouri’s crops are starting to break through the soil. In the last week, USDA says 2% of Missouri’s soybean are emerged and 16% of the state’s soybeans are planted. That compares to [Read More…]
Jets agree on deal to acquire Aaron Rodgers
After six weeks of waiting, Aaron Rodgers is leaving behind his brilliant legacy in Green Bay and heading to the bright lights — and massive expectations — of the Big Apple. The New York Jets [Read More…]
After Mexican president tests positive for 3rd time with COVID, what do we know about reinfection?
ABC News Over the weekend, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said he had tested positive for COVID-19, his third time battling the virus. Lopez Obradour, who suffered a heart attack in 2013, wrote on [Read More…]
HBO’s ‘House of the Dragon’ builds cast for second season
HBO Production just got underway on the second season of the hit Game of Thrones prequel House of the Dragon, but HBO announced Monday that four new faces will be seen in Westeros. Variety reports [Read More…]
From ‘Succession’ to Bond: Emmy winner Brian Cox joins reality series ‘007’s Road to a Million’
Prime Video With his Emmy-winning role in Succession at an end, Brian Cox isn’t slowing down. Amazon’s Prime Video announced on Monday that he will be starring in the big-budget, James Bond-inspired reality adventure series [Read More…]
Arnold Schwarzenegger headed back to the big screen with ‘Breakout’
Netflix His first foray into television, Netflix’s FUBAR, is set to debut on May 25, but Arnold Schwarzenegger will also be back on the big screen. Deadline reports the action icon will star in Breakout, [Read More…]
New dairy collaboration focuses on climate
Dairy organizations in North and South America are joining forces to promote how agriculture has a positive impact on climate. The National Milk Producers Federation, the U.S. Dairy Export Council, and national agricultural organizations from [Read More…]