Month: August 2023
ABC Entertainment News
Zendaya pays tribute to late ‘Euphoria’ co-star Angus Cloud
HBO/Eddy Chen Zendaya is paying tribute to her Euphoria co-star Angus Cloud one day after his family confirmed he had died at the age of 25. The actress, 26, took to Instagram on Tuesday, August [Read More…]
Ag News
CHS pursues Wisconsin soybean processing plant
The President of the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board is optimistic and excited about a possible soybean crushing facility near Evansville, Wisconsin. Clinton farmer Patrick Mullooly tells Brownfield it’s early in the process for CHS, as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump allies charged with felonies involving voting machines in Michigan
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (DETROIT) — A former candidate for attorney general in Michigan pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges associated with his alleged efforts to obtain and damage voting machines in the wake of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Lizzo sued for alleged hostile work environment, harassment by former dancers
Dave Simpson/WireImage (NEW YORK) — Grammy-award winning singer Lizzo is being sued by three of her former dancers for alleged harassment and creating a hostile work environment. The complaint was filed Tuesday in Los Angeles County [Read More…]
ABC National News
What to know about the ban on incandescent lightbulbs
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The ban on incandescent lightbulbs has officially gone into effect in the U.S., more than a decade after the federal government first passed a rule prohibiting the non-energy efficient lighting. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump indicted on charges related to efforts to overturn 2020 election: Sources
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has been indicted on charges related to special counsel Jack Smith’s probe into efforts to overturn the 2020 election, sources with direct knowledge [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harris rejects DeSantis challenge to debate slavery, Florida academic standards
Erin Clark/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (ORLANDO, Fla.) — Vice President Kamala Harris returned to Florida Tuesday and continued to take aim at the state’s widely panned new Black history curriculum standard that suggests [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ unseals new Jan. 6 arrest
U.S. Capitol Police (WASHINGTON) — While much attention is being trained on the possibility that former President Donald Trump could face charges for his actions leading up to Jan. 6, the Department of Justice on Tuesday [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Proposed Biden rule pushing insurers to boost mental health coverage expected soon, adviser says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden recently announced his administration’s plans to push private insurance companies to offer the same coverage for mental health services as they do for physical health services, improving upon a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Cases of leprosy on the rise in Florida, report says
FS Productions/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Cases of leprosy are rising in Florida, according to a new analysis published in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Emerging Infectious Diseases (EID) journal. Although the disease is still [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why rising COVID hospitalizations should not necessarily be a cause for concern
Reza Estakhrian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After several months of steady declines, COVID-19 hospitalizations appear to be ticking up again. For the week ending July 22, hospitalizations rose 12% from the previous week from 7,165 to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Can’t get enough ‘Barbie’? Get ready for ‘Monopoly: Barbie Edition’
Hasbro For those who haven’t gotten their fill of Barbie, Hasbro has announced preorders for its forthcoming Monopoly: Barbie Edition. Coming on the high heels of the record-setting film’s release, the special edition of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Judge denies motion to dismiss charges against ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez
A New Mexico judge on Tuesday, August 1, denied Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez‘s motion to dismiss the charges stemming from the fatal on-set shooting. Gutierrez was charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Seth MacFarlane donates a million bucks to help struggling actors amid strike
Hulu Family Guy and American Dad creator Seth MacFarlane has donated $1 million to The Entertainment Community Fund, the charity dedicated to actors who are struggling financially. The organization notes that with the addition of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nickelodeon announces alternative telecast of Super Bowl LVIII
Nickelodeon/CBS Sports On Tuesday, August 1, Nickelodeon and CBS Sports announced a collaboration that will bring the first-ever alternative telecast of the big game to the kids network. The “kids and family-centric, special slime-filled” presentation [Read More…]
ABC World News
US sees ‘narrow opportunity’ to restore democratic order in Niger after attempted coup, senior official says
Aldo Pavan/Getty Images (NIGER) — High-ranking officials at the U.S. Department of State are trying to restore democratic order in Niger, a key U.S. ally on counterterrorism. There may be a “narrow opportunity” to reverse [Read More…]
ABC World News
Fate of American nurse, Alix Dorsainvil and child reportedly kidnapped in Haiti still unknown
Petter Sandell/Getty Images (HAITI) — While the whereabouts of an American nurse and her young child reportedly kidnapped in Haiti late last week are still a mystery, the alarming surge of abductions taking place in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Teen cyclist from Team USA fatally struck days before world championships
USA Cycling (NEW YORK) — An up-and-coming American cyclist who was a member of the U.S. National Team was struck and killed by a car while he was training for a race over the weekend, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Abortion access restrictions affect maternity care access, research shows
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over 1.7 million women, nearly 3% of women of reproductive age in the United States, live in a county without access to abortion and with no access to maternity care, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
CVS to lay off 5,000 employees in push to shed costs
Bill Varie/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — CVS Health is laying off 5,000 employees as part of an effort to shed costs, the retail and pharmacy chain confirmed on Tuesday. The layoffs will primarily affect “non-customer [Read More…]