Month: April 2023
ABC National News
Four arrested in shooting at birthday party in Alabama that killed four
amphotora/Getty Images (DADEVILLE, Ala.) — Four people, including two teenagers, have been arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a birthday party in Alabama over the weekend where four victims were killed and 32 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Some Atlanta jail staff members resign after death of inmate allegedly ‘eaten alive’ by bedbugs
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — An investigation into the death of a man whose family claims he was “eaten alive by insects and bedbugs” in an Atlanta jail has led to “sweeping changes,” according to the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman sentenced to 21 years for trying to kill lookalike with poisoned cheesecake
Queens District Attorney’s Office (NEW YORK) — On a late summer day in 2016, Viktoria Nasyrova traveled from Brooklyn to Queens so she could visit the Forest Hills home of Olga Tsvyk. She brought a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Durbin invites Chief Justice Roberts to testify about Supreme Court ethics
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Dick Durbin, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, on Thursday invited Chief Justice John Roberts to testify at a hearing about Supreme Court ethics. Durbin, the Senate’s No. 2 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Appeals court temporarily blocks GOP deposition of former Trump prosecutor
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal appeals court on Thursday issued an administrative stay temporarily blocking the deposition of Mark Pomerantz by the House Judiciary Committee less than two hours before it was set [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
House Republicans pass ban on transgender athletes competing with women, girls
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans passed first-of-its-kind federal legislation on Thursday to ban transgender athletes from competing on school sports teams with women and girls — a political messaging priority for the GOP [Read More…]
ABC Health News
One-third of US households used government’s free COVID test website: CDC
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — About one-third of American households used the free at-home COVID-19 test site launched by the Biden administration, new federal data shows. COVIDTests.gov was first launched in January 2022, when President [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Six ‘Spider-Man’ movies, including ‘Venom’, coming to Disney+ this spring
Disney+ If your Spidey Sense was tingling, it’s because Disney+ just announced that six Spider-Man movies, including the hit Tom Hardy spinoff Venom, are headed to the streaming service. Spider-Man: No Way Home unites Tom [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paramount+ reveals cast for eighth season of ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’
Paramount+ On Thursday, April 20, Paramount+ revealed the cast of the eighth season of the Emmy-winning RuPaul‘s Drag Race All Stars. As always, returning competitors from RuPaul’s Drag Race will take to the catwalk, vying [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tribeca Film Festival to premiere documentaries about Alicia Keys, Tierra Whack and Biz Markie
Scott Kowalchyk/CBS This year’s Tribeca Film Festival will feature documentaries about Alicia Keys, Tierra Whack and the late Biz Markie. According to the festival website, All Up in the Biz, directed by Sacha Jenkins, highlights the mark Biz Markie made on hip-hop via a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Bruce Campbell reflects on his “pivotal” role in pop culture, ongoing Bruce-O-Rama tour
ABC Audio (NOTE LANGUAGE) Bruce Campbell is a cult movie icon, having appeared in all of Sam Raimi‘s films, including the classic Evil Dead and Army of Darkness movies, as well as Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, [Read More…]
Ag News
Lawmakers: more foreign ag land data needed
Senate Agriculture Committee members plan to take a closer look at foreign ag land ownership in the United States. Ranking Member John Boozman tells Brownfield he would like to have a hearing on foreign ag [Read More…]
Ag News
Groups want USDA to consider supporting private innovations
Some agricultural groups want Congress to allow start-up companies to compete for research funding opportunities at the USDA. Legislative director Burton Eller with the National Grange, an agriculture and rural community advocacy group, tells Brownfield [Read More…]
Ag News
Ship sails on Congress overturning WOTUS
A member of the House Agriculture Committee is disappointed the ship has seemingly sailed on Congress overturning the Biden administration Waters of the U.S. rule. In an exclusive interview with Brownfield following an Ag Advisory [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Warning issued April 20 at 10:20AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in South Dakota… Big Sioux River at Sioux Falls I-90 affecting Minnehaha County. …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River [Read More…]
ABC National News
SpaceX live updates: Starship rocket launches into space
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images (BOCA CHICA, Texas) — SpaceX will attempt a second launch of its Starship rocket after the first launch attempt was scrubbed due to a frozen valve in the pressurization [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ray Romano reflects on 35 years with wife Anna, talks new film ‘Somewhere in Queens’
Good Morning America After 35 years of marriage, Ray Romano says nobody supports him like his wife Anna Romano. “Today when I left very early, I went over and kissed my wife. I thought she [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
MTV’s ’Pretty Stoned’ star Brandee Evans dishes on the female-led “stoner comedy”
Kelly Balch/Getty Images for ABA MTV’s new female-led comedy Pretty Stoned has arrived and star Brandee Evans is sharing what it’s all about. “It’s like our female stoner comedy, which I don’t think that you’ve ever seen,” she tells ABC [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Netflix cashes out on ‘Bling Empire’, and more
Bling Empire and its spinoff, Bling Empire: New York, won’t be back for a respective fourth and second season at Netflix, according to Deadline. Bling Empire, described as a real-life Crazy Rich Asians, centered on [Read More…]
Ag News
High-path avian influenza cases down dramatically from last spring
There are far fewer cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza compared to last spring. USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service administrator Kevin Shea says in the first three weeks of April 2022, there were [Read More…]