Month: April 2023
ABC Sports News
Rays tie record with 13-0 start, rally to beat Red Sox 9-3
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — After going unbeaten against four teams with losing records, the Tampa Bay Rays headed to Toronto to try setting Major League Baseball’s post-1900 record for consecutive wins at a season’s [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Snyder agrees to $6.05B sale of NFL’s Commanders
Dan Snyder has a deal in place to sell the NFL’s Washington Commanders for the biggest price paid for a North American professional sports team. A group led by Josh Harris and Mitchell Rales that includes Magic Johnson has an agreement in [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Taylor, Julien, Correa HR in 9-run 1st, Twins top Yanks 11-2
NEW YORK (AP) — Michael A. Taylor, rookie Edouard Julien and Carlos Correa hit consecutive homers in a nine-run first inning, and the Minnesota Twins routed the New York Yankees 11-2 on Thursday night. “That [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What to know about planning and pricing for domestic, international destinations as summer travel interest soars
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Airlines are already booking up for getaways abroad this summer and as Americans finalize travel plans, there are some important things to keep in mind. With 75% of seats [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Boycotts rarely work, experts say amid Bud Light anti-trans backlash
Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fresh calls to boycott Bud Light volley across social media nearly two weeks after a product endorsement from Dylan Mulvaney, a transgender influencer, set off backlash among [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ takes her final bow: Creators dish on fifth and final season
Philippe Antonello/Prime Video Mrs. Maisel is ready for her curtain call. The Emmy-winning Amazon Prime Video comedy The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel debuts the first three episodes of the fifth and final season Friday. The show follows Miriam [Read More…]
ABC World News
Friend of detained journalist Evan Gershkovich: ‘We need to make sure he feels he’s not alone, he’s not forgotten’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich felt “slight unease” about reporting in Russia, but believed it was his professional duty to remain in the country to “tell the world [Read More…]
ABC National News
Recycling plant fire fully extinguished, evacuation order still underway, Indiana officials say
KeithBinns/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Ind.) — A large fire at an Indiana recycling plant is now fully extinguished, officials said Thursday, while an evacuation order for more than 2,000 residents remains in place. “The fire has [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mississippi parents share 1st photos with their ‘miracle’ quintuplets together
Courtesy of Haylee Ladner (PURVIS, Miss.) — For the first time this week, a Mississippi couple got to hold their baby quintuplets together and commemorate the milestone with a couple of precious family photographs. Haylee [Read More…]
ABC National News
American couple held for ransom in Haiti released nearly a month later
Toussaint and Imbert Family (NEW YORK) — After being held for ransom for nearly a month in Haiti, a Florida couple was released Thursday after negotiations with their kidnappers, the Haitian National Police and the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Husband sentenced to life in prison in wife’s 13-year cold case murder
Ramsey County Sheriff’s Office (NEW YORK) — A Minnesota judge sentenced a man to life in prison without parole Thursday for the death of his first wife, 13 years after police said he shot her [Read More…]
ABC National News
Virginia lawmakers honor teacher shot by 6-year-old student
(Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — Virginia lawmakers on Wednesday passed a resolution recognizing Abby Zwerner, 25, for what they characterized as courageous actions, saying she earned the state’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Book ban battle threatens Texas library system’s fate
Diana Vyshniakova / EyeEm / Getty Images (LLANO COUNTY, Texas) — A Texas county’s library system is being threatened amid an ongoing battle over banned books. On Thursday, the Llano County Commissioners Court discussed whether to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden announces plan to expand health care coverage for DACA recipients
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is proposing a rule that, if finalized, would open eligibility for Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act’s health insurance exchanges to recipients of the Deferred Action for [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats praise, grumble over decision for Chicago to host 2024 convention
ilbusca/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Democratic National Committee’s decision to have Chicago host its 2024 convention caps a lengthy decision making process, leaving many Democrats pleased but others in rival cities wishing they had gotten [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Toxicologist explains 5 food chemicals that a new bill seeks to ban
Os Tartarouchos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new bill introduced in California could potentially do away with some additives that appear in ingredient lists of processed foods from candy to cereals. Earlier this week, the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Everything you need to know about the rare fungal infection that’s infected nearly 100 people in Michigan
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 100 cases of a rare, fungal infection have been linked to a Michigan paper mill. Public Health Delta & Menominee Counties (PHDM) said 19 cases [Read More…]
ABC Health News
For Black women, most pregnancy-related deaths happen weeks or months after childbirth
Wanda Irving (NEW YORK) — Shalon Irving knew her newborn daughter Soleil for less than one month. Three weeks after giving birth to Soleil, now 6, Shalon Irving, who is Black, died from complications of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Appeals court rules on mifepristone: What it means for access to abortion medication across the country
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Well before a federal judge in Texas issued his ruling on the abortion drug mifepristone, abortion providers across the country said they had been preparing for what they called [Read More…]
Ag News
Biobased Academy highlights the benefits of biobased products to fleet professionals and technicians
The Biobased Academy is a comprehensive training program that aims to educate fleet and facility professionals and technicians on the operational, health, safety, and environmental benefits of biobased fleet and facilities products. Clean fuels are [Read More…]