Month: April 2023
ABC Politics News
Government agencies urge ‘revamp’ of certain software to take cybersecurity burden off customers
Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. and international government agencies are urging software manufacturers to “revamp” the design of certain software to take the burden of cybersecurity flaws out off of the customer. Historically, the Cybersecurity [Read More…]
ABC National News
Court preserves access to abortion pill but tightens rules
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A federal appeals court ruled that the abortion pill mifepristone can still be used for now but reduced the period of pregnancy when the drug can be taken and said it could not [Read More…]
ABC National News
Torrential storms batter South Florida, close key airport
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Nearly a foot (30 centimeters) of rain fell in a matter of hours in Fort Lauderdale – causing widespread flooding, the closure of the city’s airport and the suspension of [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Rays win 12th straight to start season, 1 shy of MLB record
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Rays won their 12th straight game to start the season, one short of the major league record, as Randy Arozarena hit a three-run homer in a 9-7 [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Gilgeous-Alexander leads Thunder past Pelicans in play-in
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander exercised patience during his lowest-scoring first half all season, routinely deferring to teammates such as Lu Dort and Josh Giddey in an effort to keep New Orleans defenders off [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
LaVine scores 39, Bulls beat Raptors 109-105 in play-in game
TORONTO (AP) — Zach LaVine scored 39 points, DeMar DeRozan had 23 against his former team and the Chicago Bulls overcame a 19-point deficit to beat the Toronto Raptors 109-105 in a play-in tournament game [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 4/12/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Houston 7, Pittsburgh 0 Seattle 5, Chi Cubs 2 LA Angels 3, Washington 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Minnesota 3, Chi [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Twins’ Farmer struck by pitch, gets stitches and teeth reset
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Minnesota’s Kyle Farmer was hit in the face by a 92 mph fastball on Wednesday, a frightening mistake by Chicago White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito that sent the Twins shortstop for oral [Read More…]
Latest News
Judge cancels Montana gas plant permit over climate impacts
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A judge canceled the air quality permit for a natural gas power plant that’s under construction along the Yellowstone River in Montana citing worries over climate change. State District Judge Michael Moses [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Gray, Twins take series with 3-1 win vs. White Sox
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sonny Gray vomited in the morning, an apparent reaction to medication for an upper respiratory virus circulating in the Minnesota clubhouse. He pushed through for a favorable result, much like the way [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Suicides increased in 2021, reaching highest level since 2018: CDC report
xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Suicides increased during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic, new federal data shows. There were 48,183 people who died by suicide in 2021, according to a report published Thursday [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mom of two says she had seizure after teens placed bucket on her head in Target store
Courtesy Lana Clay-Monaghan (NEW YORK) — A California woman is speaking out about the lasting injuries she says she suffered after a group of teenagers allegedly placed a bucket over her head while she was [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Fed staff expects banking crisis to cause a recession this year
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve’s staff is more worried about the U.S. economy tipping into a recession after the recent banking crisis, the minutes from the central bank’s meeting in March reveal. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Official calls on Meta, Mattel to do more to get Fisher-Price Rock ‘n Play sleepers off the market
CPSC (NEW YORK) — The head of the government agency that oversees recalls is making an urgent plea when it comes to getting a recalled baby product off the market. Alexander Hoehn-Saric, chair of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jamie Foxx receiving after unknown ‘medical complication,’ daughter Corinne says
Joe Maher/Getty Images Jamie Foxx is recovering after suffering an undisclosed “medical complication” Tuesday, according to a social media post by the movie star’s daughter, Corinne Foxx. “We wanted to share that, my father, Jamie Foxx, experienced [Read More…]
ABC World News
US special operations team working out of embassy in Ukraine: Sources
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A small U.S. military special operations team has been based at the U.S. Embassy in Kyiv since early in the war in Ukraine that began in February 2022, according to a [Read More…]
ABC National News
US appeals court partially blocks federal judge’s ruling on abortion drug mifepristone
Creativeye99/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal U.S. appeals court late Wednesday partially blocked an unprecedented ruling by a single federal judge in Texas last week that reverses the Food and Drug Administration’s approval of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden admin pauses asylum processing changes for migrants at border
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is pausing a key effort to reform and increase asylum processing at the border, the Department of Homeland Security confirmed on Wednesday. First introduced last year, [Read More…]
Weather
Red Flag Warning issued April 13 at 1:46AM MDT until April 13 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHWEST IOWA, AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA… The National Weather Service [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Unprecedented Texas abortion pill ruling sparks debate about ‘judge shopping’
Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An unprecedented ruling by a single federal judge in Texas on mifepristone is raising concerns of “judge shopping” in a legal clash that could reshape abortion [Read More…]