Month: September 2023
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 9/20/23
(NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Detroit 4, LA Dodgers 2 Minnesota 5, Cincinnati 3 Washington 13, Chi White Sox 3 AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas 15, Boston [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Morning exercisers tend to have healthier habits, which can help with weight loss, study finds
Guido Mieth/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study finds that people who tend to exercise early in the morning also tend to have healthier eating habits and lower weight. Although research is mixed on [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Exclusive: Oscar Mayer reintroduces Wienermobile to the road
Oscar Mayer (NEW YORK) — Nostalgia wins in the court of cars and cold cuts. After the iconic hot dog on wheels for Oscar Mayer was rebranded as the Frankmobile earlier this summer — specifically [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘American Horror Story’s’ Angelica Ross says Emma Roberts apologized for alleged transphobic comment
Heidi Gutman/BRAVO, Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Angelica Ross has revealed that her former American Horror Story co-star, Emma Roberts, has reached out to apologize after Ross publicly accused Roberts of making a transphobic remark on set. Taking [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian missile strikes hit multiple Ukrainian cities
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia has continued a nearly 19-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine. Recently, though, the Ukrainians have gone on a counteroffensive, fighting to reclaim occupied territory. Here’s how the news is developing. [Read More…]
ABC World News
‘Humanity has opened the gates of hell,’ UN Secretary-General says of climate urgency
Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — UN Secretary-General António Guterres delivered another speech critical of the failure to make progress on climate action. In the opening remarks for his Climate Ambition Summit, he said [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge sets trial date to decide how much Giuliani owes 2 election workers for defaming them
Elijah Nouvelage for The Washington Post via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A federal judge has ordered a Dec. 11 trial date to determine what damages Rudy Giuliani will have to pay two former Georgia election workers [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Who’s in, who’s out: 6 candidates are expected to be at the 2nd GOP debate
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With a week before the second Republican primary debate, six candidates expect to be on stage at the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California on Sept. 27. The campaigns [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What happens if the government shuts down? A lot, history tells us
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The nation is barreling toward what could become one the largest government shutdowns in U.S. history beginning Oct. 1, with each of a dozen bills needed to keep funding flowing mired [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate confirms CQ Brown as next Joint Chiefs chairman after vote sidesteps Tuberville blockade
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Air Force Gen. Charles “CQ” Brown Jr. was confirmed on Wednesday night with overwhelming bipartisan support in the Senate and will become only the second Black chairman [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DeSantis rolls out energy policy, contends climate change is invoked to create ‘fear’
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (MIDLAND, Texas) — Speaking at an oil rig site on Wednesday in Midland, Texas, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis unveiled his energy plan for the U.S. if he is elected president, saying he would [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump faces chorus of GOP critics, but some voter support, after pushing back on 6-week abortion ban
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s campaign on Wednesday defended his record from criticism from other Republican leaders on the issue of abortion in the wake of Trump denouncing rival Ron DeSantis for [Read More…]
Ag News
Ill-timed rains for eastern Iowa farmer
Ill-timed rains have hurt crops and delayed harvest in eastern Iowa. Dan Schurr grows corn and soybeans near LeClaire and says rainfall was quite limited during the growing season. “We were quite dry in the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Zelenskyy avoids confrontation with Russian foreign minister in remarks before UN Security Council
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Volodymyr Zelenskyy avoided a potential face-off with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov during the Ukrainian president’s first in-person appearance before the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday. Speaking via a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Chester County prison officials had ‘concerns about the leadership’ a year before Danelo Cavalcante’s escape
Mark Makela/Getty Images (WEST CHESTER, Pa.) — Officials in Chester County, Pennsylvania, admitted Wednesday that there were failures in official communications following convicted murderer Danelo Cavalcante’s escape from their county prison on Aug. 31. During the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood to be prosecution witness in Georgia election case
Scott Olson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Fulton County district attorney’s office has secured pro-Trump attorney Lin Wood as a witness in its Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others, according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect pleads not guilty by reason of insanity in murder of LA sheriff’s deputy
KABC (LOS ANGELES) — The suspected gunman in the fatal shooting of a Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputy pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity to murder with special circumstances. Kevin Salazar, 29, was arrested on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fentanyl, guns found at another New York City home with child after death at day care
ABC News (NEW YORK) — New York City police seized fentanyl and weapons on Wednesday during a search of a house in Queens where a 10-year-old lives, officials said. Police executed a search warrant and found [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man formerly on death row gets murder case dismissed after 48 years
Charles O’Rear/Getty Images (OKLAHOMA CITY) — After 48 years, a man who says he was wrongfully convicted of murder has officially had his case dismissed. Glynn Simmons was 22 when he was convicted of first-degree murder [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pentagon to review LGBTQ+ discharges, correct records to ensure benefits
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the 12th anniversary of the repeal of the “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy, the Pentagon on Wednesday detailed a new DOD outreach campaign that will begin [Read More…]