Month: August 2024
ABC Entertainment News
Ba(b)ywatch: “Crying Grandad” David Hasselhoff shares sweet photo with 1st grandchild
Valerie Hache/AFP via Getty Images FILE David Hasselhoff is a grandfather! The Baywatch alum, 72, shared a photo to Instagram of him holding his newborn granddaughter, London — his first grandchild. “A crying Grandad,” he gushed. “She’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Two doctors among the five people charged in connection to Matthew Perry’s death
Perry in 2017 — Jason Laveris/FilmMagic via Getty Images, FILE Five people — including two doctors — are now facing federal charges in connection with the 2023 ketamine death of Friends star Matthew Perry, ABC News has learned. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Zoë Kravitz discusses the challenges of growing up with Lenny Kravitz as a dad
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Lenny Kravitz’s daughter, actress Zoë Kravitz, is opening up about what it was like growing up with a famous rock star father. In a new interview with Esquire, Zoë discusses the differences of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Egg prices continue to soar by nearly 20%, new inflation data shows
d3sign/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Slow and steady may win the race for a tortoise vs. a hare, according to Aesop’s Fables. However, in reality, this turn of phrase does not ring true when applied [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Mars shakes up snack industry with $36B food merger to acquire Pringles maker
Packets of Pringles chips, manufactured by Kellanova, for sale at a supermarket in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, on Wednesday, Aug. 14, 2024. (Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — As more consumers reach for [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Wallace Amos Jr., founder of Famous Amos cookies, dies at 88
A box of Kellogg Co. Famous Amos brand chocolate chip and pecan cookies is arranged for a photograph in Ottawa, Illinois, U.S., on Monday, April 1, 2019. (Daniel Acker/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What does it mean that the WHO declared mpox a global public health emergency?
Felix Zahn/Photothek via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The spread of a newer strain of mpox in Africa led the World Health Organization (WHO) to declare the disease a public health emergency of international concern [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Breaking the taboo of menopause: 10 commonly asked questions answered
The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Actress Halle Berry is among the new wave of women in their 40s, 50s, 60s and beyond speaking out about menopause to take the conversation out of the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why the Summer Olympic Games in Paris may have been a COVID ‘success’ story
USA’s Noah Lyles celebrates with his bronze medal during the medal ceremony Men’s 200m Final at the Stade de France on the fourteenth day of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games in France. (Martin Rickett/PA Images [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Water bead-related ER visits among kids rose over 130% between 2021 and 2022: Study
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pediatric water bead-related emergency room visits increased over 130% in one year, a new study published in The American Journal of Emergency Medicine shows. Water beads are small balls of [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Jordan Chiles breaks silence on bronze medal being stripped
Alex Gottschalk/DeFodi Images via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. gymnast Jordan Chiles broke her silence over having the bronze medal she won from the floor exercise in Paris stripped by the Court of Arbitration [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Viral Olympic breakdancer Raygun says ‘hate’ over her performance has been ‘devastating’
Raygun of Australia in action during the Paris 2024 Olympics in Paris on Aug. 9, 2024. (Ezra Shaw/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Rachael Gunn, the Australian breakdancer known as Raygun, is speaking out after her [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Breaking down the LA Clippers new home ahead of Intuit Dome grand opening
ABC News (INGLEWOOD, Calif.) — The Los Angeles Clippers have been playing their home games in downtown Los Angeles at the Crypto.com Arena, formerly known as Staples Center, which is also home to the Los [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard Roundup — 8/14/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEBaltimore Orioles 4, Washington Nationals 1Cleveland Guardians 6, Chicago Cubs 1NY Mets 9, Oakland Athletics 1 AMERICAN LEAGUEKansas City Royals [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harris to propose $25K in down payment support for 1st-time homeowners
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Vice President Kamala Harris unveils her economic policy proposals in North Carolina on Friday, it will include a proposal to provide up to $25,000 in down payment support for [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump highlights higher grocery prices at 2nd news conference in a week
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is holding a news conference Thursday afternoon at his Bedminster golf club — his second in a week — as the campaign continues to pressure Vice [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harris to unveil economic agenda that would crack down on ‘price gouging’ on food, groceries
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is set to release her economic agenda on Friday following calls for her campaign to zero in on policy after their unprecedented rise to the top [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election 2024 updates: CBS News confirms VP debate will be Oct. 1 in New York City
U.S. Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024 in St Cloud, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
How to watch, what to know about the 2024 DNC
Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The Democratic National Convention is set to begin Monday, Aug. 19 in Chicago — during which Democratic Party delegates are set to support Vice President [Read More…]
ABC National News
1-year-old dead after abduction of 3 children ends in car crash in Maryland: Police
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — An alleged abduction of three Virginia Beach children ended in a car crash Thursday morning that left the youngest dead, according to police. Virginia State Police responded to [Read More…]