Year: 2023
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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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Jennifer Lopez shares details of her 54th birthday party
ABC Jennifer Lopez is giving fans a “lil peek” into her 54th birthday party festivities. The “Jenny from the Block” singer shared a series of photos and videos from the celebration via her “On the [Read More…]
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‘Arrow’ vet Stephen Amell catches arrows from fellow SAG-AFTRA actors for saying he “does not support striking”
Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic Actor Stephen Amell, famous from CW’s so-called Arrow-verse of superhero shows and now on the STARZ wrestling show Heels, has taken a heel turn of his own, in the eyes of those supporting [Read More…]
Ag News
Grassley says 2023 Farm Bill probably won’t include cattle market reform
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa says it isn’t likely his proposed cattle market reform will be included in the 2023 Farm Bill. He tells Brownfield Senator Fischer, one of the main leaders in this [Read More…]
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“Bad year for insects,” says Integrated Pest Management specialist
Insects are on the march across the Midwest. University of Minnesota Extension integrated pest management specialist Bruce Potter says conditions in his state and several others have been favorable for pests. “This has just been [Read More…]
ABC National News
Deadly stabbing of gay man at NYC gas station investigated as potential hate crime
LEREXIS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The deadly stabbing of a 28-year-old professional dancer at a Brooklyn, New York, gas station is being investigated by the NYPD as a hate crime, police sources told ABC-owned station [Read More…]
ABC National News
Biden to keep Space Command in Colorado, enraging Alabama’s Tuberville
Michael Dunning/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. Space Command will stay in Colorado after President Joe Biden decided to undo Trump-era plans to relocate the center to Alabama — and some are arguing the move [Read More…]
ABC National News
Police say no known link between Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann, Atlantic City slayings
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — There’s no apparent connection between Gilgo Beach murder suspect Rex Heuermann and the killings of sex workers near Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 2006, prosecutors said Tuesday. The [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Cases of leprosy in Florida on the rise: CDC
FS Productions/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Cases of leprosy are rising in Florida, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Although the disease is still rare in the U.S. — with just 159 cases [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Suits’ producer addresses show’s streaming resurgence and the possibility Meghan Markle could return in reboot
L-R: Adams, Rick Hoffman, Macht in 2015 — NBCUniversal Cable Entertainment/Theo Wargo If you’re a Netflix subscriber, chances are you’ve seen a trailer for the former USA Network legal drama Suits. Given Nielsen numbers, there’s [Read More…]
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Serena Williams reveals sex of baby no. 2 with husband Alexis Ohanian
Taylor Hill/Getty Image Serena Williams and her husband, Alexis Ohanian, have some thrilling news to share — they’re expecting a baby girl! The couple, who are already doting parents to their adorable 5-year-old daughter Olympia, documented the moment in [Read More…]
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In Brief: ‘Vanderpump’ star going to Fox’s ‘Special Forces’ reality show, and more
Vanderpump Rules star Tom Sandoval will compete on the second season of Fox’s Special Forces: World’s Toughest Test, according to Variety. The series tasks celebrities from all genres to take on — and try to [Read More…]