Month: February 2024
ABC Health News
Heart health month: What we know about lipoprotein (a)
ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For decades, doctors have encouraged patients to monitor their cholesterol levels, with studies showing that heart disease risk increases with high levels of low-density lipoprotein (LDL), also known as [Read More…]
ABC Health News
As 988 centers struggle to hire, burnout plagues some crisis staff
Kelly Livingston/ABC News (NEW YORK) — For Belinda Mosby, the nightmares started in March. Mosby had been working at Carelon Behavioral Health, one of the new 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline hotline centers in New [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What to know about ZYN, the nicotine substitute going viral and facing scrutiny
In this photo illustration, ZYN nicotine cases and pouches are seen on a table, Jan. 29, 2024, in New York. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A type of nicotine pouches designed for adults [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Four takeaways for parents from the Senate grilling of social media CEOs
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta, apologizes to families who have been harmed due to unsafe social media during the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building, Jan. 31, 2024, in Washington. (Tom [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Richard Simmons reflects on being made fun of, shares message of self-love
Simmons in 2013 – Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Richard Simmons is turning his unpleasant experiences into wisdom. In a Facebook post Tuesday, the reclusive 75-year-old fitness personality issued a rare public statement. “For as long as I [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Taraji P. Henson steps into Kevin Hart’s ‘Fight Night’ for Peacock, and more
Deadline reports Taraji P. Henson has been tapped for a role in the Peacock limited series Fight Night: The Million Dollar Heist, joining Kevin Hart and Terrence Howard. Set in Atlanta, Fight Night chronicles one [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle producers ready to address cattle traceability
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association will fine tune their stance on cattle traceability today and cattle producers are ready to discuss it. Kansas Livestock Association President Philip Weltmer tells Brownfield the resolution was introduced by [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: UNRWA warns operations will be shut down soon without funding
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 100 days since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
ABC World News
US hits Houthi UAVs, ground control station in Yemen
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. military forces early Thursday morning conducted what Central Command called a “self-defense” strike against Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles and a ground control station. According to Centcom, the U.S. had identified [Read More…]
ABC World News
Children among nine injured in ‘corrosive substance’ attack in London
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONDON) — London police are investigating a “corrosive substance” attack that left nine people, including two young children, injured on Wednesday, the Metropolitan Police said. Detective Superintendent Alexander Castle said that a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Three dead, five in critical condition in Boise building collapse near airport
Piccell/Getty Images (BOISE, Idaho) — Three people died and five were left in critical condition after a building under construction near the Boise, Idaho, airport collapsed Wednesday night, according to fire department officials. “Tonight, there [Read More…]
ABC National News
Idaho college murders: Bryan Kohberger’s lawyers request change of venue, outside jury pool
In this June 27, 2023, file photo, Bryan Kohberger enters the courtroom for a hearing at the Latah County Courthouse in Moscow, Idaho. (August Frank-Pool/Getty Images) (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Arguing that a “fair and impartial [Read More…]
ABC National News
New Mexico officers will not be charged in fatal shooting while responding to wrong house
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three New Mexico police officers involved in the fatal shooting of Robert Dotson while responding to the wrong home’s address will not be charged, according to a letter from the [Read More…]
ABC National News
North Carolina police looking for woman who made distressed call to 911 before she vanished
Greensboro Police Department (GREENSBORO, N.C.) — A 25-year-old mother made a distressed call to 911 before she vanished in Greensboro, North Carolina, and police are asking for the public’s help in locating her. Marissa Carmichael [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fulton County DA Fani Willis, prosecutor Nathan Wade subpoenaed to testify in upcoming misconduct hearing, per lawsuit
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis and Nathan Wade, one of her top prosecutors in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald Trump and 18 others, have been [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former Presidents Obama, Clinton to support Biden at campaign event
In this Nov. 5, 2022, file photo, President Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama embrace on stage during a rally in Philadelphia. (Mark Makela/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s campaign is planning a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US officially blames Iran-backed group for drone strike, clearing way for retaliation
President Joe Biden receives the Presidential Daily Briefing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in the White House Situation Room. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — Is the U.S. on the brink of war [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ disrupts Chinese hacker effort to use malware to hijack US-based routers
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department announced Wednesday it has successfully disrupted an effort by Chinese government-sponsored hackers to target U.S. critical infrastructure networks using a malware that had hijacked “hundreds” of home [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House passes bipartisan tax bill that would expand child tax credit
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House voted Wednesday night to pass a bipartisan tax bill that would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The House voted 357-70 to [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued February 01 at 5:28AM MST until February 01 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and [Read More…]