Month: August 2024
ABC Entertainment News
Sigourney Weaver, Tom Hiddleston and Hayley Atwell tackle Shakespeare in London
Good Morning America Three big Hollywood stars are tackling The Bard on London’s West End. Sigourney Weaver is starring in a revival of Shakespeare‘s The Tempest for an eight-week engagement starting on Dec. 7. The [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Where vice presidential pick Tim Walz stands on health care issues
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, ended weeks of speculation after selecting Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday. During his time as a member [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election 2024 updates: Split-screen campaign blitz kicks off in Wisconsin, Michigan
Democratic Presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the Sigma Gamma Rho’s 60th International Biennial Boule at the George R. Brown Convention Center on July 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Critics blast new VP nominee Tim Walz for ‘massive’ COVID-19 fraud ‘under his watch’
Tim Walz, governor of Minnesota and presumptive Democratic vice-presidential nominee, during a campaign event in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — With Tim Walz joining Democratic [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Woman charged in Arizona ‘fake elector’ case pleads guilty, docket shows
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — One of former President Donald Trump’s so-called “fake electors,” Loraine Pellegrino, pleaded guilty to a single “reduced charge” in the Arizona 2020 election case, according to the online docket. Her attorney [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
How Kamala Harris decided on her running mate, Tim Walz
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally with and Democratic vice presidential candidate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz at Girard College, on Aug. 6, 2024, in Philadelphia. (Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
ABC National News
Harvard ‘failed its Jewish students’ and must face antisemitism lawsuit, judge rules
Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Harvard University “failed its Jewish students” and must face a lawsuit over antisemitism on campus following the Oct. 7 Hamas attack against Israel, a federal judge in Boston [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man in ‘intimate relationship’ with Detroit neurosurgeon charged in his murder: Prosecutor
Ascension Michigan (DETROIT) — A man in an “intimate relationship” with a Michigan neurosurgeon has been charged in the doctor’s slaying, authorities announced Wednesday. Dr. Devon Hoover, 53, was found shot dead in his Detroit [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tropical Storm Debby live updates: More flooding expected as storm nears 2nd landfall
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Debby is slamming the Southeast with heavy rain after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday. At least six people have been killed in [Read More…]
ABC World News
2 arrested for planning terror plot at Taylor Swift show in Vienna: Police
Thomas Niedermueller/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management (VIENNA, Austria) — Security measures have been increased for Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna, Austria, this week after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack, [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA’s carbon verifier proposed rule possible before 2025
An ag lobbyist says she expects to see a proposed rule from USDA soon as the agency works to create a new carbon market verification program. Samantha Buchalter with the Russell Group helps manage the [Read More…]
Ag News
Broiler hatchery numbers continue to rise
The USDA’s weekly broiler hatchery numbers continue to imply a year-to-year increase in chicken production. 250.597 million broiler-type eggs were put into incubation last week, 2.163 million higher than the week before and 4% above [Read More…]
Latest News
Dean Knippling appointed Mitchell Chief of Police
Mayor Jordan Hanson has appointed Lieutenant Dean Knippling as Mitchell’s new Chief of Police. Knippling is grateful for the opportunity. “I’m very honored and pleased to enter this new phase of my career and look [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Simone Biles says therapy sessions during Olympics helped her performances
Simone Biles celebrates with her gold medal during the podium ceremonny after the artistic gymnastics women’s vault final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Paul [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lily Collins spills about ‘Emily in Paris’ season 4
InStyle/Leeor Wild Lily Collins is sharing how she saw herself in her Emily in Paris character on the upcoming season of the hit show. In an interview with InStyle as the magazine’s Fall 2024 cover [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Halle Berry drops out of Kim Kardashian legal drama; Ben Affleck could play Hulk Hogan, and more
Sarah Paulson, Niecy Nash, Teyana Taylor and Naomi Watts have been tapped to star in Ryan Murphy‘s upcoming legal drama for Hulu, All’s Fair, alongside Glenn Close and Kim Kardashian, according to Variety. Plot details [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine launches attack into Russia, marking biggest incursion since war began
pop_jop/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukraine has launched a major attack with Ukrainian troops into Russia, in what appears to be its biggest and most serious incursion into the country since Moscow’s full-scale invasion began in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tropical Storm Debby live updates: South Carolina forecast for storm’s second landfall
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Debby is slamming the Southeast with heavy rain after making landfall in Florida as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday. At least six people have been killed in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Newly released documents detail chaotic moments after Alaska Airlines door plug blowout
Jennifer Homendy, Chair of the National Transportation Safety Board, speaks during investigative hearing, into the blowout of a left mid exit door plug on a Boeing 737-9 MAX during Alaska Airlines Flight 1282 flight on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Public school educators are calling for a post-pandemic reset. Can it be done?
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Four years after the coronavirus pandemic closed much of the nation’s education system, thousands of the more than 50 million U.S. public school students and teachers are returning to school [Read More…]