Month: April 2023
ABC Business News
Whole Foods closes flagship San Francisco store over employee safety concerns
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Whole Foods is temporarily closing a large store in downtown San Francisco due to concerns over employee safety, the company said on Wednesday. The closure arrives roughly a week after [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jon M. Chu steering adaptation of musical ‘Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat’ for Amazon Studios
Nick Argo/©Academy Museum Foundation Call it the Amazon Technicolor Dreamcoat: Deadline reports Jon M. Chu, veteran of Crazy Rich Asians and the musical In The Heights, has inked a deal with Amazon Studios to bring Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber‘s musical Joseph and the [Read More…]
Ag News
Injunction stops WOTUS Rule in 24 more states
A federal judge in North Dakota has issued a preliminary injunction to block the Biden administration’s Waters of the US rule from being implemented in 24 states. Mary Thomas Hart, chief counsel with the National [Read More…]
Ag News
Fieldwork limited by weather in Wisconsin
The amount of fieldwork getting done in Wisconsin depends on location, soil type, and weather. Casey Kelliher raises corn and soybeans near Whitewater, and he’s waiting for the soil to dry out after recent rains [Read More…]
Ag News
Increases in demand for US beef
As summer grilling season approaches, the demand for US beef is increasing. Lance Zimmerman, Senior Beef Analyst for Rabo AgriFinance, discusses how this demand is reflected within the market. …
Ag News
Minnesota net farm income second-highest in 25 years in 2022
Minnesota farmers enjoyed a very profitable year in 2022. University of Minnesota Extension economist Pauline Van Nurden says annual data collected by a database called FINBIN shows median net farm income for crop and livestock [Read More…]
Ag News
Several questions remain on USDA’s approach to climate smart agriculture
The USDA continues its farmer-led approach to climate smart agriculture, but the agriculture industry still has questions. USDA Under Secretary of Farm Production and Conservation Robert Bonnie says the agency is trying to figure out [Read More…]
ABC National News
Manhattan DA receives new suspicious white powder envelope: Police sources
Kena Betancur/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York City Police Department is responding to a new threatening letter sent to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, according to police sources. The sources told ABC News the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fox News sanctioned by judge in Dominion defamation case over discovery delays
Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge overseeing Dominion Voting System’s $1.6 billion defamation suit against Fox News on Wednesday imposed a sanction against the network after it made “misrepresentations” to the court [Read More…]
ABC National News
Designs of the new Uvalde elementary school revealed
Uvalde CISD Moving Forward Foundation (UVALDE, Texas) — Eulalio “Lalo” Diaz Jr. reminded the small gathering in Uvalde, Texas, that their community “is known as the tree city,” as the Uvalde Moving Forward Foundation announced their [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man ordered back to prison 2 years after his murder conviction was set aside
Crowell & Moring law firm (TITUSVILLE, Fla.) — When Crosley Green was released from a Florida prison in 2021 after serving 33 years for a murder he said he did not commit, he and family members [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York City names its first-ever ‘rat czar’
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York City now has a “rat czar.” Kathleen Corradi has been named the city’s director of rodent mitigation. “You’ll be seeing a lot of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Donald Trump seeks 4-week delay in E. Jean Carroll defamation, battery trial
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump sought Wednesday to delay a writer’s defamation and battery case that is scheduled to go on trial this month, arguing the “deluge” of media coverage of his [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
With mifepristone in limbo, Harris reaffirms White House commitment to abortion access
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Americans’ access to the abortion pill mifepristone still in limbo, Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday convened a meeting of a White House task force on reproductive health care during [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Justin J. Pearson: Shelby County Board of Commissioners votes to reinstate expelled lawmaker
Seth Herald/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Less than a week after being ousted by the Tennessee House of Representatives by the Republican supermajority, District 86 representative Justin J. Pearson has just been reinstated by a unanimous [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Chicago mayor-elect talks combatting rising crime levels, investing in education
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Growing up with nine siblings, who all shared one bathroom, Chicago mayor-elect Brandon Johnson said his father taught him: “We are only as strong as the person who was struggling the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
NPR leaves Twitter amid dispute over labeling
RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NPR will stop sharing content on Twitter, the company announced Wednesday — a rebuke of certain labels the social media platform attached to the news outlet. The international media non-profit said [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Juul to pay $462 million settlement for ‘central role in the youth vaping epidemic,’ AGs say
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several attorneys general announced a new $462 million settlement from e-cigarette manufacturer JUUL Labs on Wednesday. The settlement is the largest multistate settlement which includes the most “stringent restrictions on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
James Gunn announces MCU vets David Harbour, Frank Grillo for DC Studios’ animated ‘Creature Commandos’
Warner Bros. Discovery On Wednesday, James Gunn revealed the lineup for Creature Commandos, the first animated series for his and Peter Safran‘s new DC Studios timeline. Based on the comic series of the same name [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Warner Bros. Discovery announces a decadelong “faithful” TV adaptation of the ‘Harry Potter’ book series
Stuart Wilson/WireImage On Wednesday, Warner Bros. Discovery announced a merging of HBO Max and Discovery+ into a single streamer dubbed Max — and that on it will be a decade-long TV series retelling of JK [Read More…]