Month: August 2023
ABC Entertainment News
Billy Porter says he’s selling his home amid the Hollywood strikes
Walt Disney Television/Yolanda Perez Amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes, actor Billy Porter shared the personal toll it has taken on him revealing that he has no choice but to put his house up for sale. “I have [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Stallone’s Netflix doc to close Toronto Film Fest, and more
Netflix dropped the trailer to the steamy new thriller Fair Play on Tuesday. The feature stars Bridgerton‘s Phoebe Dynevor and Solo‘s Alden Ehrenreich, respectively as Emily and Luke, a couple whose forbidden office romance while [Read More…]
Ag News
Mississippi River levels remain low, trade disruptions could occur
A climatologist says water levels remain low on the Mississippi River and the situation could worsen this fall. Dennis Todey, Director of the USDA’s Midwest Climate Hub, says conditions are slightly better than last year. [Read More…]
Ag News
Locally heavy showers, t-storms march from the central Plains to the central, southern Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, showers and thunderstorms are returning across some areas west of the Mississippi River, especially Missouri. The remainder of the Midwest is experiencing dry weather and near- or below-normal temperatures. Some of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Eleven missing after fire at vacation home for people with disabilities in France, officials say
FILE — Visoot Uthairam/Getty Images (LONDON) — Eleven people are missing after a fire engulfed a vacation home for people with disabilities in eastern France on Wednesday morning, officials said. The blaze broke out around [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hawaii wildfires fueled by Hurricane Dora’s winds prompt evacuations
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ferocious wildfires, whipped by the winds of Hurricane Dora, wreaked havoc in Hawaii, prompting evacuations, rescues and school closures and prompting an emergency proclamation from the acting [Read More…]
ABC National News
Three-month-old dies after being left in hot car in Houston, police say
Guido Mieth/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A baby boy died in Houston on Tuesday after being left in a car amid a dangerous and unrelenting heat wave, police said. A mother and her two children arrived [Read More…]
ABC National News
Second arrest made in death of Georgia mom of four
Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office (CONYERS, Ga.) — A second arrest has been made in connection with the death of Imani Roberson, a Georgia mother of four who disappeared last month, police said on Tuesday. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Voters in Ohio reject change to state’s constitution
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Delivering a win for abortion rights advocates, Ohio’s Issue 1 will fail, according to projections. The Republican-backed ballot initiative would have increased the threshold to amend the state’s constitution, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/8/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE LA Angels 7, San Francisco 5 Seattle 2, San Diego 0 Tampa Bay 4, St. Louis 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Vikings rookie Jordan Addison is turning heads in training camp after rocky off-the-field start
EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — Jordan Addison disturbed the Minnesota Vikings a few days before training camp with dangerous late-night behavior that tainted the start of his NFL career. Once he finally got on the practice field, Addison has settled [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Red Cross implements FDA policy allowing more gay and bisexual men to donate blood
Elke Meitzel/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — More gay and bisexual men will be able to donate blood after the American Red Cross announced Monday it would follow recent guidelines from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Record $1.58 billion Mega Millions jackpot won by one ticket sold in Florida
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A single ticket sold in Florida won the estimated $1.58 billion jackpot in Tuesday night’s Mega Millions drawing, a record high for the lottery and among the largest-ever U.S. drawings, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nick Viall, fiancée Natalie Joy expecting 1st child together: ‘Our biggest dream came true’
Frazer Harrison/WireImage Nick Viall and Natalie Joy will soon be a family of three. In a joint Instagram post shared on Tuesday, the Bachelor alum and his fiancée announced they are expecting a baby. “Our biggest dream came true,” they wrote in the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mayor finds 70 pounds of cocaine while on fishing trip in the Florida Keys
US Border Patrol (TAMPA, Fla.) — A Florida mayor had quite the unexpected catch while on a recent fishing trip. Tampa Mayor Jane Castor helped reel in 70 pounds of cocaine while fishing last month in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tory Lanez sentenced to 10 years for shooting and injuring Megan Thee Stallion
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Rapper Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison without the possibility of parole on Tuesday after he was convicted of felony assault for shooting and injuring hip-hop star [Read More…]
ABC National News
6-year-old allegedly admitted shooting teacher Abby Zwerner, court documents say
Billy Schuerman/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEWPORT NEWS, Va.) — The 6-year-old boy accused of shooting his first-grade teacher, Abby Zwerner, during class in Newport News, Virginia in January allegedly admitted to doing so [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sailors accused of spying for China both detained without bond
File photo — Paul Souders/Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — Two Navy sailors who allegedly spied for China were denied bail during detention hearings in California on Tuesday. The two men appeared in court days after being [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DA probing efforts to overturn Georgia election results likely to present case to grand jury next week: Sources
Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, the Georgia prosecutor who has been leading an investigation into efforts by former President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results [Read More…]
Ag News
10 Cents a Meal dollars support Michigan farmers
Michigan’s state budget is funding free public school lunch and breakfasts next year and continuing incentives to purchase locally sourced produce. Wendy Crowley tells Brownfield the 10 Cents a Meal for Michigan’s Kids and Farms [Read More…]
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