Month: April 2024
ABC Sports News
Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter allegedly stole $16 million from Dodgers star: DOJ
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani now faces federal charges over allegations he stole millions from MLB’s highest-paid player in a gambling scheme, the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How to get a last-minute tax filing extension
filo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tax season, beloved by few and dreaded by many, comes to a close on Monday. For some tardy filers, though, the task will just be getting started. Up to one [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Popular ‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ programs come with help and headaches
The Afterpay application login page arranged on a smartphone, Aug. 3, 2021. — Brent Lewin/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Buy Now, Pay Later (BNPL) trend, a significant shift in shopping habits, emerged [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Director Alex Garland unleashes ‘Civil War’ in theaters Friday
A24 One of the most hotly anticipated films of the year is out Friday. Ex Machina and The Beach veteran Alex Garland‘s Civil War depicts a modern-day United States at war with itself, through the lens of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former State Department official explains resignation over US support of Israel
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Annelle Sheline publicly resigned in March from her position with the U.S. State Department over the Biden administration’s Israel policy. Sheline, who holds a Ph.D., worked for one year as a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ron Howard looks back at a legend with Disney+ doc ‘Jim Henson: Idea Man’
Disney+ On Thursday, Disney+ revealed that Academy Award-winning director Ron Howard‘s tribute to the creator of The Muppets will debut on the streaming service May 31. Howard directed Jim Henson: Idea Man, which the streaming service [Read More…]
ABC National News
Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter allegedly stole $16 million from Dodgers star: DOJ
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani now faces federal charges over allegations he stole millions from MLB’s highest-paid player in a gambling scheme, the [Read More…]
ABC National News
O.J. Simpson, former football star acquitted of murder, dies at 76
Richard Stagg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — (NEW YORK) — O.J. Simpson, the former football great who was accused of and ultimately acquitted of the brutal 1994 slayings of his ex-wife and her friend, has died, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Buttigieg visits predominantly Black Alabama community following ABC News investigation about neighborhood flooding
ABC News (SHILOH, Ala.) — An unlikely visitor made his way through rural Alabama last Wednesday to visit the community of Shiloh, a place usually far from the public eye. U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What is FISA? Surveillance law in spotlight as lawmakers debate key spy program
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bill to reauthorize a spy program considered critical to U.S. national security is in limbo on Capitol Hill. An attempt on Wednesday to move ahead [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Education secretary elevates new deputy chief as college enrollment deadlines loom
Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will name LaWanda Toney as deputy chief of staff for strategic communications, as the secretary’s team looks to tackle college affordability with enrollment deadlines [Read More…]
ABC Business News
New whistleblower claims put Boeing’s quality control under more scrutiny
Stephen Brashear/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Boeing has come under fire and intense scrutiny ever since a door plug flew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5. Investigators revealed the plane, a 737 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Godzilla’s a monster on the small screen, too: Apple TV+ announces season 2 of ‘Monarch’, “multiple” spin-offs
Apple TV+ As Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire continues to leave a huge box office footprint, the rumbling is growing on the small screen, as well. On Thursday, Apple TV+ announced its hit show set in Godzilla’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paramount at CinemaCon: ‘Transformers’/’G.I. Joe’ movie, first ‘Gladiator II’ footage, ‘Scary Movie’ reboot and more
Hemsworth and Henry at Paramount’s CinemaCon exhibition – Jerod Harris/Getty Images for CinemaCon On Thursday, Paramount Pictures took the stage in Las Vegas at the annual industry expo CinemaCon and revealed its upcoming slate. The [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Matthew Perry’s Chandler Bing is TV’s most popular sitcom character, according to Google search data
NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images Matthew Perry died in October, but his legacy lives on in Chandler Bing. The sarcastic Friend is apparently the most popular TV character based on Google [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle, hog futures close higher Thursday
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up, supported by strong boxed beef and watching direct business develop. A light round of direct cash cattle business developed Thursday. Live deals were at [Read More…]
ABC National News
School bus aide arrested after allegedly abusing children with severe autism
Rathod | Mohamedbhai LLC (ENGLEWOOD, Colo.) — A school bus aide has been arrested by police in Englewood, Colorado, for allegedly physically abusing three children with severe autism, at least one instance of which was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Shohei Ohtani’s ex-interpreter allegedly stole $16 million from Dodgers star: DOJ
Christian Petersen/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — The former interpreter for Los Angeles Dodgers star Shohei Ohtani now faces federal charges over allegations he stole millions from MLB’s highest-paid player in a gambling scheme, the [Read More…]
News
Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in South Dakota Dairy Herd
The South Dakota Department of Agriculture and the Animal Industry Board have received confirmation from the United States Department of Agriculture’s National Veterinary Services Laboratory of the detection of highly pathogenic avian influenza in a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
RFK Jr. consultant terminated after saying that voting for him helps ‘get rid of Biden’
Mario Tama/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign says it has ended its contract with a consultant who was seen on video encouraging people to vote for him in order to [Read More…]