Month: June 2023
ABC Business News
‘Huge hassle’: I-95 collapse snarls truckers but wider economic damage uncertain
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — The collapse of a section of Interstate 95 in Philadelphia left Glenn Messinger scrambling to find new routes for 40 trucks that deliver food each day from a warehouse located [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Al Pacino and girlfriend Noor Alfallah welcome baby boy
Dominik Bindl/Getty Images Al Pacino has become a father for the fourth time, ABC Audio has confirmed. The 83-year-old’s 29-year-old producer girlfriend, Noor Alfallah, gave birth to a son named Roman Pacino, according to a rep for the Godfather icon, who said, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘What We Do in the Shadows’ drops season 5 trailer
FX The mostly undead gang from What We Do in the Shadows is coming back July 13 on FX, and to spread the word, FX has dropped a new trailer. The fifth season of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Last of Us’-themed haunted house experience coming to Universal Theme Parks
HBO/Liane Hentscher As part of its Halloween Horror Nights this year, Universal Studios has announced it’s bringing the scares of HBO’s smash video game adaptation The Last of Us to its visitors in a new [Read More…]
Ag News
Nitrogen costs less, but still expensive
An agriculture economist says the price of nitrogen fertilizer has stabilized, but it’s still high. Gary Schnitkey with the University of Illinois tells Brownfield all three major forms of nitrogen matched their prices at the [Read More…]
Ag News
Minimal disease issues for wheat
Disease pressure hasn’t been much of a challenge for Michigan wheat growers. Michigan State University plant pathologist Marty Chilvers tells Brownfield the lack of rain has meant a mostly disease-free season. “Across the state, there’s [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle mostly higher watching direct business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher ahead of widespread direct cash business. Feeders were pressured by the higher move in corn. August live cattle closed $.10 higher $171.07 and October live [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin legislature considers “wedding barn” regulation
Some Wisconsin legislators want to create new regulations and licensing requirements for agricultural tourism facilities such as wedding barns. Assembly Bill 304 includes language that would require most wedding barn and event venues to have [Read More…]
Ag News
Senators introduce seed, animal research bill
Legislation has been introduced in the U.S. Senate that would support seed and animal breeding research tailored to different regions of the U.S. Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin says the Seeds and Breeds for the Future [Read More…]
ABC World News
Two Americans found dead in luxury hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico: Police
mbbirdy/Getty Images (BAJA CALIFORNIA SUR, Mexico) — Two Americans were found dead in their luxury hotel room in Baja California Sur, Mexico, local police told ABC News. Police and paramedics arrived at the Hotel Rancho [Read More…]
ABC World News
American tourist killed, another injured in attack near Germany’s Neuschwanstein castle, police say
Frank Rumpenhorst/picture alliance via Getty Images (BERLIN)– An American tourist was killed and another was injured when they were attacked by an American man they met near the famous Neuschwanstein castle in southern Germany, authorities [Read More…]
ABC National News
Canadian wildfires prompt more air quality alerts in US midwestern states
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Poor air quality stemming from the wildfires in Canada is continuing to affect large swaths of the U.S. The National Weather Service has issued air quality alerts in five Midwestern [Read More…]
ABC National News
Grand jury indicts Daniel Penny in chokehold death of Jordan Neely
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A grand jury has indicted former U.S. Marine Daniel Penny in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train. The exact charges will not be [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DACA turns 11: As White House calls for immigration reform, ‘Dreamers’ share their worries
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA, hit a milestone on Thursday, 11 years after it first began. As the White House touts how DACA [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Patients with HIV in US saw rise of rare, deadly bacterial illness last year: CDC
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (ATLANTA) — Patients with HIV in the United States saw an increase in rare, deadly meningococcal infections last year, new preliminary data shows. Nearly 10% of all meningococcal disease [Read More…]
ABC Health News
US Olympians call for change after death of teammate due to childbirth complications
Patrick Smith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three of America’s top female athletes have suffered life-threatening complications while giving birth. Now, the two athletes who survived giving birth, Olympic gold medalists Allyson Felix and Tianna Bartoletta, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New UK study finds women diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer are living longer
Ana Maria Serrano, ABC News (LONDON) — Women diagnosed with breast cancer in England are living longer than they would have 20 years ago, new research by Cancer Research UK and the University of Oxford [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US offers to drop some charges for now against Sam Bankman-Fried
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York said they would drop several criminal charges, at least for now, against disgraced crypto executive Sam Bankman-Fried if the judge agrees to try him [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I’m ready”: Kevin Spacey plots acting comeback after UK sex assault charges
YUKI IWAMURA/AFP via Getty Images In a lengthy interview in the German publication ZEITmagazin, embattled actor Kevin Spacey details his life after he became ensnared in the #MeToo movement and how he’s aiming for a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hulu going true crime this summer with slate of ABC News Studios docuseries
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images ABC News Studios has announced an upcoming summer slate of true crime shows bound for Hulu. First up is The Ashley Madison Affair on Friday, July 7. The three-part series will explore [Read More…]