Month: March 2024
ABC Entertainment News
Captain America and Black Panther go retro and toe-to-toe in video game ‘1943: Rise of Hydra’
Marvel Entertainment/Epic Games On Wednesday, Epic Games and Marvel Entertainment released a trailer for a forthcoming World War II-set video game starring Captain America and Black Panther. 1943: The Rise of Hydra has both super-powered heroes [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Former Nickelodeon producer responds to ‘Quiet on Set’ docuseries: “I am so sorry”
Eric Vitale/Getty Images Dan Schneider is responding to the allegations against him in the docuseries Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV. The four-part series on Max includes interviews with former child stars from Nickelodeon shows like All [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Richard Simmons reveals skin cancer removal procedure
Gregg DeGuire/WireImage A day after clarifying he was “not dying” following a cryptic Facebook post that seemed to intimate the opposite, reclusive former fitness guru Richard Simmons took to Facebook again to say he had [Read More…]
Ag News
Deere, Kinze, and Ag Leader announce agreement to integrate tech
John Deere, Kinze Manufacturing, and Ag Leader Technology are working together to make it easier for farmers to integrate equipment and technology on their operations. Farmers who operate Kinze and Ag Leader planting and display [Read More…]
ABC World News
Private US firm wants to coordinate aid boats to Gaza
MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A private U.S. advisory firm of former senior American military, CIA and humanitarian officials is proposing to operate the anticipated daily deployment of international aid ships from [Read More…]
ABC National News
Daniel Penny to stand trial in October for NYC subway chokehold death
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny, the man who choked a homeless man to death last May on a New York City subway car, will stand trial beginning Oct. 8, a judge [Read More…]
ABC National News
About 184 law enforcement officers die by suicide each year: Report
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 1,200 of the nation’s public safety personnel died by suicide over a seven-year period, according to a report released by a nonprofit organization that tracks law enforcement [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota no longer only state to saddle counties with all indigent defense costs
Gov. Kristi Noem signed legislation this week to create a state public defender office. The proposal arose from a task force involving legislative and criminal justice officials. When the group convened, South Dakota was one of two states to saddle counties [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ewan McGregor had intimacy coordinator for love scene with wife Mary Elizabeth Winstead
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images for GreenSlate Even a married couple can use some advice in the bedroom — at least when your bedroom is being filmed. That was apparently the case between Ewan McGregor and wife [Read More…]
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Palm Royale’s Kristen Wiig says the series is for anyone who’s ever wanted to belong
Apple TV+ Kristen Wiig bulldozes her way into the Palm Beach, Florida, country club scene in the new Apple TV+ series Palm Royale, out on Wednesday. She plays a woman who thinks everything will fall [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: New ‘Popeye’ live action film in the works, and more
CBS has renewed NCIS: Sydney for a second season. The fifth series in the NCIS franchise was the #1 new series of the fall and currently ranks as the #3 new series of the 2023-24 [Read More…]
Ag News
What low commodity prices might mean for future farm bill
The director of University of Missouri’s Food and Ag Policy Research Institute says lower commodity prices have mixed implications for farm programs in the farm bill. Pat Westhoff says “the existing programs might be more [Read More…]
ABC World News
US no longer in top 20 of world’s happiest countries and is now behind Kuwait, Lithuania, UAE
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States has fallen eight spots and is no longer in the top 20 happiest countries in the world, falling behind countries like Canada, Israel, Kuwait, Lithuania and the [Read More…]
ABC National News
US port of entry stops five separate human smuggling attempts in less than 48 hours
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Five separate alleged human smuggling attempts at a single port of entry into the U.S. have been intercepted in less than 48 hours, according to the U.S. Customs [Read More…]
ABC National News
Maui officials slow to hand over documents in deadly fire investigation, AG says
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Seven months after deadly wildfires ripped through Maui, state investigators are finalizing a comprehensive investigative report that is now set to be released on April 17, 2024, after a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
5th Circuit Court of Appeals decision blocks enforcement of strict Texas immigration law SB4
ABC News In a decision late Tuesday, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a decision that again blocks Texas from enforcing its strict immigration law, SB4. Earlier in the day, the Supreme Court rejected [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Three takeaways from Tuesday’s primaries
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Businesman Bernie Moreno handily won Ohio’s GOP Senate primary, scoring a win for him and former President Donald Trump, who endorsed Moreno’s bid and campaigned with him in the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nearly half of Haley voters in Ohio say they’d back Biden: Preliminary exit polls
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two in 10 to as many as three in 10 Republican primary voters in Ohio continue to resist Donald Trump’s presidential candidacy — and among those supporting Nikki Haley, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
California’s special primary to succeed McCarthy: Fong projected to advance
Former Speaker Kevin McCarthy speaks during an event awarding House Clerk Cheryl L. Johnson with the 2023 Freedom Award, Feb. 13, 2024. (Aaron Schwartz/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The special primary election to succeed [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden heads to Arizona, Nevada to mobilize Latino voters
Official White House Photo by Adam Schult (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden made a campaign swing through battlegrounds Nevada and Arizona on Tuesday in which he touted his administration’s accomplishments and drew contrasts with what [Read More…]