Month: May 2023
ABC Politics News
Rochelle Walensky, CDC director, leaving agency, Biden says
Matt Miller/ABC (WASHINGTON) — Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is leaving the agency, President Joe Biden announced. Walensky, who will leave at the end of June, said [Read More…]
ABC Business News
A strong jobs report defied recession alarms. Here are the industries hiring workers
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A better-than-expected jobs report on Friday defied interest rate hikes that aim to slash inflation by cooling the economy. Instead, the U.S. added 253,000 jobs in April, marking a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Did Amber Heard “quit” Hollywood?
Cliff Owen/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images The Daily Mail is reporting that former Aquaman star Amber Heard has “quit Hollywood and quietly relocated” to Spain with her 2-year-old daughter, Oonagh Paige. Reportedly quoting a friend, the [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmer making “tremendous progress” this week
Planting conditions are steadily improving in southern Minnesota. Tim Waibel of Courtland says it was extremely wet and cold in April. “So we didn’t start planting until this week Monday, but we’ve made tremendous progress [Read More…]
Ag News
East central Iowa farmer wrapping up planting
A farmer in east-central Iowa is wrapping up planting. Billie Danner of West Liberty says he finished planting corn Thursday and should be done with soybeans this weekend. “Timing is all good (and) it looks [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian mercenary group announces retreat from Bakhmut
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine on Feb. 24, 2022, the countries are fighting for control of areas in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Recent heat wave in the Mediterranean caused by climate change: Study
SimpleImages/Getty Images (LONDON) — Human-caused climate change led to the record-breaking heat wave that hit Spain, Portugal, Morocco and Algeria last month, according to a new study. In fact, researchers found that those scorching temperatures [Read More…]
ABC World News
Commonwealth countries take a muted view ahead of King Charles’ coronation
SEBASTIEN BOZON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While the buzz ahead of Saturday’s coronation of King Charles III is palpable in London, across the 15 commonwealth countries where the monarch is head of state, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Grand jury may review NYC subway chokehold killing: Sources
Jodie Wallis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The case involving the death of a homeless man on a New York City subway is likely headed to a grand jury next week, law enforcement sources said. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man arrested after woman killed on Arizona trail: Police
Maricopa County Jail (PHOENIX) — A man has been taken into custody after a woman was killed while hiking on a Phoenix trail last week, police said. “Phoenix police have taken a man into custody [Read More…]
ABC National News
Casey White pleads guilty to jail escape with corrections officer Vicky White
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Casey White pleaded guilty Thursday to his 2022 jail escape, which precipitated a multi-day manhunt that ended in the death of a corrections officer who authorities said helped him [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Formula 1 champ Max Verstappen on Red Bull’s winning streak: ‘We fought for this’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Max Verstappen could win his 38th Formula 1 Grand Prix on Sunday in Miami, Florida. The 25-year-old defending champion is leading in points this season and is on track to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
WHO downgrades COVID-19, says it’s no longer public health emergency
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (GENEVA) — The World Health Organization on Friday said it was downgrading COVID-19 and no longer characterizing it as a global health emergency. The U.N. health agency first declared the coronavirus to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC changing COVID-19 surveillance when public health emergency ends
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Friday it is changing the way it does surveillance of COVID-19 in the United States as the emergencies related to the virus [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Michelle Obama launches PLEZi Nutrition, new line of healthy food and drinks for kids
PLEZi (NEW YORK) — Former first lady Michelle Obama has announced her latest venture, PLEZi Nutrition, aimed at creating healthy food and beverage options for parents to give “healthier, great-tasting products” to their kids. Obama [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
One last ride: ‘Yellowstone’ to end with fifth season; launching sequel series
Paramount Network Paramount Network’s smash hit Yellowstone will be riding off into the sunset after its fifth season concludes, ABC Audio has confirmed. The hit drama, which stars Oscar winner Kevin Costner as ranch empire [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘DWTS’ pro Lindsay Arnold and husband welcome baby girl
Vivien Killilea/Getty Images Former Dancing With the Stars pro Lindsay Arnold revealed on Thursday, May 4 that she and husband Sam Cusick welcomed their second daughter. “We are so in love,” Lindsay, captioned a pair [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Padma Lakshmi dishes out more than food on season 2 of ‘Taste the Nation’
Craig Blankenhorn/Hulu Padma Lakshmi is serving up another season of her Hulu series Taste the Nation, premiering Friday. It looks at food and immigration issues in various communities all around the United States, but she [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jeremy Renner takes his “new parts for a tiny test drive” in “miraculous” new health update
Getty Images for Disney While Jeremy Renner continues to recover from his near-fatal snowplow accident in January, he posted to Instagram showing he’s still putting in the work. The last time the public saw Renner, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Citadel’ scores for Prime Video, and more
Ray Donovan star Liev Schreiber is in talks to star in the action-thriller The Guns of Christmas Past, according to Deadline. In the film, described as “A Christmas Carol meets John Wick,” Schrieber would play [Read More…]