Month: June 2024
ABC World News
Iberian lynx rebounds from ‘endangered’ status
Manuel ROMARIS/Getty Images (LONDON) — The Iberian Lynx has rebounded from “endangered” to “vulnerable,” a new study by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced on Thursday. The population of the rare wild [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard Roundup – 6/20/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Cleveland Guardians 6, Seattle Mariners 3Tampa Bay Rays 7, Minnesota Twins 6Houston Astros 5 Chicago White Sox 3Kansas [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jonathan Majors lands first movie role following assault conviction
ABC News Jonathan Majors has landed his first big-screen role following his 2023 assault conviction. Deadline reports Majors will star in the revenge thriller Merciless, to be directed by Martin Villeneuve, the younger brother of [Read More…]
Ag News
Frequent periods of heat, with scattered storms ahead next week across the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures and rainfall across most of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, while drier-than-normal weather should be [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA Acreage report could include bearish revisions
USDA will provide a clearer picture of U.S. crop acreage at the end of the month. Iowa State University Extension economist Chad Hart says he expects to see an increase to overall planted area. “To [Read More…]
ABC World News
At least 600 Egyptians die in hajj pilgrimage: Source
Getty Images – STOCK (EGYPT) — Around 600 Egyptians have died during the annual Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca amid scorching heat, a security source said, as authorities formed a crisis unit on Thursday to probe [Read More…]
ABC National News
Timeline of the ‘mysterious’ and international monoliths: Here’s what we know
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Few modern-day structural mysteries have garnered as much international fascination as the tall, mirrored monolith columns that have appeared in seemingly random locations since 2020. Reminiscent of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Is air conditioning enough? Why extreme heat can still put you at risk
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — “The heat is coming for everybody,” Andrew Dessler, a professor of atmospheric sciences at Texas A&M University, said as one of the season’s earliest-onset heat waves scorches the [Read More…]
ABC National News
FAA investigating after Southwest Airlines plane descended dangerously low on airport approach
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (OKLAHOMA CITY) — The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a Southwest Airlines plane descended to a dangerously low altitude as it made its approach to the Oklahoma City Airport just after [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump seeks recusal of judge who fined him $464M in civil fraud trial
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump filed a motion Thursday to try to get the judge who oversaw his civil fraud trial in New York kicked off the case. The motion [Read More…]
ABC National News
Migrant in US illegally was previously deported prior to allegedly killing woman: ICE
Salwan Georges/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The man accused of murdering a Maryland woman in 2023 is an undocumented immigrant who was arrested and expelled at least three times, according to an ICE official. Victor [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump expects Biden to be a ‘worthy debater’ after spending months attacking his mental fitness
Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is raising his debate expectations for President Joe Biden a week ahead of the two men facing off, and after spending months describing him as a [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Netanyahu video was ‘perplexing,’ ‘disappointing,’ US says
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty [Read More…]
ABC World News
Netanyahu and White House continue public disagreement over claim US withholding weapons amid Israel’s war with Hamas
Kena Betancur/Getty Images (ISRAEL) — The public war of words between Israel and the U.S. continued Thursday with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu responding pointedly to the White House after the Biden administration again denied his [Read More…]
ABC World News
Putin deepens ties with Vietnam amid increasing Russian isolation over Ukraine
Contributor/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Fresh off the heels of his closely-watched visit to North Korea, Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Vietnamese President To Lam in Hanoi to reaffirm the Kremlin’s ties to its [Read More…]
ABC World News
Paleontologists discover fossils of new crocodile-like reptile species that lived 237 million years ago
Getty Images – STOCK (BRAZIL) — Paleontologists have discovered a new species of ancient crocodile-like reptile that once roamed the lands and waters of Brazil. The fossils, found in a fossiliferous locality named “Linha Várzea [Read More…]
ABC National News
Donald Sutherland, veteran actor and father of Kiefer Sutherland, dead at 88
Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Actor Donald Sutherland, who starred in films including “Klute,” “M*A*SH*,” “Ordinary People” and, more recently, played the evil President Snow in “The Hunger Games” franchise, has died at age [Read More…]
ABC National News
Service restored to Amtrak, NJ Transit after earlier suspension
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amtrak service between Philadelphia and New Haven, Connecticut, resumed on Thursday evening after train service was suspended for over two hours as crews worked to restore power in the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family of black belts saves woman from alleged sexual assault
Getty Images – STOCK (KATY, Texas.) — A family of taekwondo black belts in Texas rescued a woman who was allegedly being sexually assaulted. Han An, wife Hong An and their three children Hannah, Simon [Read More…]
ABC National News
Top Florida law enforcement official sues DeSantis, alleging he was fired for blowing the whistle
Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A former top law enforcement official in Florida is accusing Gov. Ron DeSantis and his top aides of forcing him to retire after he refused to carry out orders [Read More…]