Month: July 2023
ABC National News
High-tech 4th of July displays ditch fireworks over fire and pollution concerns
Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the Fourth of July right around the corner, many cities are gearing up for their traditional fireworks displays with many locations opting for innovative alternatives. Pallavi [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DeSantis campaign touts his ‘draconian’ LGBTQ record vs. Trump; gay conservatives denounce him
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ presidential campaign last week went after Republican rival Donald Trump for the former president’s past support of the LGBTQ community — though the viral video drew viral [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Most Americans approve of Supreme Court decision restricting use of race in college admissions: POLL
Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A majority of Americans approve of the Supreme Court ruling restricting the use of race as a factor in college admissions, though the country is more divided on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Khanna claims Supreme Court overruled Congress on student loan forgiveness, lauds Biden’s Plan B
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — California Rep. Ro Khanna on Sunday praised President Joe Biden’s continued efforts to cancel federal student loan debt after the Supreme Court struck down his initial plan to forgive up to $20,000 [Read More…]
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Pence praises Supreme Court effectively ending affirmative action: ‘Those days are over’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Former vice president and 2024 presidential hopeful Mike Pence on Sunday celebrated the Supreme Court’s landmark ruling that effectively ends affirmative action at U.S. colleges, telling ABC “This Week” co-anchor Jonathan Karl [Read More…]
ABC Business News
The secret to a successful sports car company? Build more SUVs
Lamborghini (SANT’AGATA BOLOGNESE, Italy) — Enthusiasts scoffed, guffawed and protested when Porsche, maker of the venerated 911 sports car, launched its Cayenne sport utility vehicle in 2002. The large SUV boosted the marque’s sagging sales, winning [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Mutiny shows ‘corrosive effect’ of war, CIA chief says
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Over 1,300 arrested in France in 4th night of protests over fatal police shooting of teen Nahel M.
kolderal/Getty Images (PARIS) — Riots erupted for a fourth night across France over the fatal police shooting of 17-year-old Nahel M., who was laid to rest on Saturday. More than 1,300 people were arrested overnight [Read More…]
ABC World News
Canadian wildfire dangers should prompt more proactive mitigation from government: Experts
shaunl/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Canada and the U.S. continue to feel the lasting effects of the ongoing wildfires raging in the Great White North, environmental experts are pushing for long-term changes that they [Read More…]
ABC World News
Canada marks worst wildfire season on record
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (LONDON) — Canada’s wildfire season is now the worst ever recorded as the country has exceeded the largest area ever burned in a year, totaling more than 19.5 million acres so far. [Read More…]
ABC World News
State Dept. review finds Biden bears some blame for Afghanistan failures
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The State Department released a declassified version of its long-anticipated report Friday examining the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, unveiling the harshest critique of any of the administration’s efforts to [Read More…]
ABC National News
110 million on alert for severe, dangerous weather over holiday weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Between the damaging storm threat from the Midwest to the East and dangerous heat in the West and South, more than 110 million Americans are on alert for dangerous weather [Read More…]
ABC National News
As acceptance rates decline, students bill themselves as admissions experts
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kelsey Hoskin charges students $675 for an hour-long, private college admissions strategy Zoom session. And students are paying. Unlike many traditional private college admissions consultants, Hoskin hasn’t served as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hollywood actors’ unions extends contract negotiations
Maria Korneeva/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) and Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) agreed Friday to an extension of the 2020 TV/Theatrical [Read More…]
Latest News
Several Thousands in Change Stolen on Mitchell’s Main Street
On Thursday, June 29 at approximately 12:30 am, an unknown individual entered a business in the 800 block of North Main and forced open a change machine. The total dollar loss is over several thousand [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
North Carolina 12-week abortion ban goes into effect, down from 20-week limit
Cyndi Monaghan/Getty Images (NORTH CAROLINA) — North Carolina now prohibits abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy, bringing its limit down from 20 weeks. This comes despite a lawsuit filed by Planned Parenthood and Dr. Beverly [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
A very early look at the Republican veepstakes
Manuel Augusto Moreno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While about a dozen major Republican candidates are fighting for the 2024 nomination, a more under-the-radar quadrennial competition is starting: the race to be the still-unnamed nominee’s running [Read More…]
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‘Heartbreaking’: Justice Sotomayor cites rise in LGTBQ+ discrimination in dissent to SCOTUS ruling
Philip Yabut/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — Justice Sonia Sotomayor accused the U.S. Supreme Court of granting businesses the right “to refuse to serve members of a protected class” for the first time in its history. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
In letter to House committee chair, Hunter Biden’s lawyer slams IRS whistleblower as ‘disgruntled’
Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An attorney for Hunter Biden on Friday transmitted a sharp and sweeping letter to a powerful Republican lawmaker condemning his handling of an IRS whistleblower who has accused Justice Department [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden outlines ‘new path’ to provide student loan relief after Supreme Court rejection
Thomas Roche/Getty Images (WASHINGTON, D.C.) — President Joe Biden said Friday his administration is moving forward with a new student loan relief plan after the Supreme Court struck down his original program to wipe out [Read More…]
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