Month: May 2023
ABC National News
4 teens charged with murder of beloved 24-year-old Chicago police officer
Jason marz/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Four teenagers, including a 16-year-old, have been charged in the murder of a beloved 24-year-old Chicago police officer, authorities announced Wednesday. Officer Aréanah Preston had just finished her shift and was [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Will Trump verdict have an impact on the 2024 campaign trail?
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A day after a New York jury verdict that found Donald Trump liable for battery and defamation flooded the airwaves, it appeared on Wednesday to have caused little more than [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
George Santos live updates: Congressman says he won’t resign
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has been indicted on 13 counts, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
A year after Uvalde, parents, legislators, activists struggle to pass gun reform
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Despite a consistent stream of tragedies, Texas officials aren’t doing enough to combat gun violence, according to elected officials, activists and families of people killed in mass shootings who say [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rep. George Santos has been criminally charged. Here’s what prosecutors say he did.
Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ISLIP, N.Y.) — A federal grand jury has indicted Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., on 13 counts centering around three alleged schemes, according to court documents. The congressman, who was sworn into [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden keeps pressure on McCarthy in debt ceiling fight
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday continued to pressure House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and other Republicans to increase the debt limit without tying it to their spending proposal [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA advisers vote unanimously in favor of allowing 1st over-the-counter birth control pill
Isabel Pavia/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Medical and scientific experts advising the Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Wednesday in favor of allowing a birth control pill to be sold without a prescription. The vote could [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Johnny Depp reportedly directing Al Pacino in ‘Modi’
Depp and Pacino on the set of ‘Donny Brasco’ — Lawrence Schwartzwald/Sygma via Getty Images Johnny Depp is getting behind the camera for the first time since 1997’s The Brave, and The Wrap says he’ll [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Keanu Reeves’ band Dogstar announces first live performance in 20 years
SGranitz/WireImage Dogstar, the ’90s alt rock band featuring actor Keanu Reeves on bass, has announced a live concert for the first time in 20 years. The trio, which also includes guitarist/vocalist Bret Domrose and drummer Rob [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Schwarzenegger tracks the ups and downs of his legendary life in Netflix documentary ‘Arnold’
Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) Like the heroes he’s played on screen, Arnold Schwarzenegger is unflinching when looking back at his life in the new trailer of the Netflix documentary Arnold. As most know, Schwarzenegger grew up [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Marvel Studios drops behind-the-scenes peek at “gritty” Disney+ MCU series ‘Secret Invasion’
Marvel Studios On Wednesday, Marvel Studios dropped a behind-the-scenes featurette for its forthcoming series Secret Invasion, coming to Disney+ on June 21. The sneak peek has the series’ star-studded cast — returning Marvel Cinematic Universe [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA adding conservationists
USDA is undergoing a nationwide search for soil conservationists. Nearly $20 billion from the Inflation Reduction Act is dedicated to conservation efforts and the Natural Resources Conservation Service needs more boots on the ground to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Owner speaks out after dog makes history with Westminster win
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Who’s the best boy? Buddy Holly, a petit basset griffon Vendéen or PBGV, was named the 2023 best in show winner at the 147th Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show Tuesday [Read More…]
ABC National News
Soldier sentenced to 25 years in prison in BLM protester killing
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — An Army sergeant convicted of murder in the fatal 2020 shooting of an armed Black Lives Matter protester during a demonstration in Austin, Texas, was sentenced to 25 years [Read More…]
ABC National News
Teen hiker rescued from chest-deep snow in Glacier National Park
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A missing teenage hiker was rescued from chest-deep snow in Montana’s Glacier National Park after going missing for three days, officials announced Tuesday. Rescue personnel found [Read More…]
ABC National News
How dad shot three times escaped the Texas mall massacre
Irvin Walker II via Washington Law Firm (ALLEN, Texas) — Irvin Walker II had just dropped off his wife at the Allen Premium Outlets in Texas when a gunman fired shots into his car, hitting [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
George Santos live updates: Congressman in custody, indicted on 13 counts
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., has been indicted on 13 counts, including seven counts of wire fraud, three counts of money laundering, one count of theft of public [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Under pressure, Homeland Security surging resources to border as Title 42 ends
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security is assigning hundreds of asylum officers to the border to sort through the region’s recent surge in humanitarian needs, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said Wednesday. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What we know about Texas’ gun laws after Allen mall mass shooting
makenoodle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Texas’ gun laws have long come under scrutiny from gun reform groups and anti-violence activists who argue that too many loopholes put firearms in the wrong hands. “We seem to [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Struggling Correa hears, understands boos after Twins loss
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — With each empty at-bat by Carlos Correa, the exasperation mounted in the crowd in Minnesota. The boos at the end were merely the natural progression. Correa went 0 for 5 — dropping [Read More…]