Month: May 2024
ABC Politics News
‘She killed her chances’: Kristi Noem’s odds dim of being Trump’s VP pick, sources say
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Dakota’s two-term Republican governor, Kristi Noem, has been widely promoted as a contender to be former President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate, with Trump himself saying that she was [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House passes GOP antisemitism bill amid college unrest
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The House passed the Antisemitism Awareness Act on Wednesday amid unrest on college campuses. The bill, which was introduced by a bipartisan group of lawmakers, passed 320-91. The measure [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Georgia governor signs controversial bail fund restrictions, expands cash bail
Megan Varner/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A controversial Republican-backed bill that would criminalize state bail funds and expand the list of charges that require cash or property bail has been signed into law by Gov. Brian [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Some Republicans expected to join Arizona Democrats to pass repeal of 1864 abortion ban
Getty Images – STOCK (PHOENIX) — Two Republican state senators are expected to join Democrats in Arizona on Wednesday to pass a bill to repeal the state’s Civil War-era near-total abortion ban — three weeks [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Ahsoka’ baddie Ivanna Sakhno downloading role in ‘M3GAN 2.0’
Lucasfilm Star Wars: Ahsoka star Ivanna Sakhno has a “major part” in the upcoming sequel to the killer toy movie M3GAN, Deadline is reporting. Sakhno, who played baddie Shin Hati in the Disney+ Star Wars [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
TNT’s ‘Rich & Shameless’ to follow NBA Western Conference Finals with a focus on sports scandals
TNT TNT has announced that its hit true-crime anthology series Rich & Shameless will return during the NBA Western Conference Finals with a most appropriate focus: sports scandals. The series will highlight “the true stories [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Baskin-Robbins is turning imagination into ice cream with ‘IF’ promotion
Baskin-Robbins As a tie-in to the Ryan Reynolds/John Krasinski family film IF, Baskin-Robbins is helping turn fans’ imaginations into real ice cream. Starting May 1, the company is launching two new flavors named after the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fed holds interest rates steady at highest level since 2001
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve decided to hold its benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, postponing highly anticipated rate cuts as elevated inflation continues to burden U.S. households. The announcement arrives days [Read More…]
ABC National News
Air Force preps new military charges against convicted Pentagon leaker Jack Teixeira
STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– Massachusetts Air National Guardsman Jack Teixeira, who pleaded guilty to numerous federal crimes after leaking sensitive information online, will now face military criminal proceedings next month for alleged violations [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Keke Palmer, Stephanie Hsu, Brothers Osbourne and more to judge ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’
Paramount+ Paramount+ dropped the trailer to the ninth season of RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars Tuesday and with it, revealed some of its celebrity judges. Actress, recording artist and author Keke Palmer will be a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
New Line snaps up Josh Gad-directed Chris Farley biopic starring Emmy winner Paul Walter Hauser
Paul Walter Hauser — Steven Simione/FilmMagic Variety reports that New Line Cinema is backing a Chris Farley biopic that will star Black Bird actor Paul Walter Hauser as the Saturday Night Live superstar. Farley died [Read More…]
Ag News
A morel dilemma
Depending on your location, morel mushroom season runs from as early as March to as late as June. The key is the weather—daytime temperatures in the 60s and nighttime temperatures somewhere in the 40s. While [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production rises as stocks tighten
U.S. ethanol production bounced back last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 987,000 barrels a day, up 33,000 on the week as some plants ended seasonal maintenance, and 11,000 above last year. [Read More…]
Ag News
Congresswoman says farm bill shouldn’t come at the cost of hungry people
The U.S. House and Senate Ag Committees have released their summaries of the upcoming farm bill, and an Illinois Congresswoman says protecting access to nutrition programs is important. Nikki Budzinski, who sits on the House [Read More…]
ABC National News
College protests updates: Violence erupts between opposing protesters at UCLA, LAPD responds
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Four big takeaways from Day 9 of Trump’s hush money trial
Former President Donald Trump awaits the start of proceedings at Manhattan criminal court, Apr. 30, 2024, in New York City. (Curtis Means/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A Los Angeles-based attorney who represented both [Read More…]
ABC National News
Harvey Weinstein scheduled to appear in court after sex crimes conviction overturned
Former film producer Harvey Weinstein appears in court at the Clara Shortridge Foltz Criminal Justice Center in Los Angeles, California, on 04 October 2022. (Etienne Laurent/POOL/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Harvey Weinstein is [Read More…]
ABC National News
Officials: 55 people injured after Los Angeles Metro collides with USC bus
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — A Los Angeles Metro Rail train and a University of Southern California bus collided on Tuesday, leaving at least 55 people injured and two individuals in critical condition, officials said. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’s moving ahead with effort to oust Speaker Johnson
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene announced on Wednesday that she will move ahead with her attempt to oust Speaker Mike Johnson from the House’s top job — though [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
WNBA star Brittney Griner reflects on ‘mistake’ that led to agonizing detention in Russia in “20/20” special
ABC News (NEW YORK) — WNBA star Brittney Griner opened up for the first time about her harrowing monthslong detention in Russia and the “mistake” that got her sentenced to nine years in prison in [Read More…]