Month: September 2024
ABC Business News
These two grocery categories still cost more: Expert shares silver linings of food prices for shoppers, potential long term savings
Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation is down significantly from its 9.1% pandemic-era peak in 2022, but the cost of food — especially groceries — may continue to puzzle some consumers at checkout lines [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Amazon launches new Amazon Saver private label to help shoppers save, take on Walmart, Target
Amazon (NEW YORK) — Amazon is expanding its grocery footprint, simplifying online shopping and launching a “new no-frills brand” to help consumers stretch their dollar, while taking aim at rival retail competitor Walmart. On Wednesday, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Shares in Trump’s Truth Social fall to record low following presidential debate
Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares in former President Donald Trump’s social media company fell to a record low Wednesday on the heels of Tuesday’s presidential debate, which a CNN poll indicated was won [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Polio vaccinations wrap up in Gaza as officials try to inoculate 90% of children under age 10
Majdi Fathi/NurPhoto via Getty Images (TEL-AVIV, Israel) — The last day of the polio vaccination campaign is wrapping up in Gaza, the World Health Organization (WHO) said Thursday. The campaign was launched after the first [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Elevated lead levels found in cinnamon products, report finds
Emilija Manevska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elevated levels of lead have been found in 12 of 36 ground cinnamon products and spice blends, according to a Consumer Reports article published Thursday. The U.S. Food and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New report finds alarming decline in US maternity care access
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report by March of Dimes found that over 5.5 million women live in U.S. counties experiencing limited to no access to maternity care resources that include hospitals [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Trump said he has ‘concepts’ of a health care plan. What we know about his policies
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Health care was one of the topics at the forefront of Tuesday night’s debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump said he was interested in [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Apple juice recall expands to products sold at Aldi, BJ’s, Walgreens due to elevated arsenic levels
Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A recall on apple juice due to potentially harmful levels of arsenic has expanded to include more brands sold at several additional retailers across the country. The initial voluntary [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Jordan Chiles opens up on losing Olympic bronze medal: ‘I followed the rules’
Jordan Chiles of Team USA looks on with her Bronze Medal from the Women’s Apparatus floor final on day ten of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 05, 2024 in Paris, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge tosses 2 more counts against Trump in Georgia election interference case
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Fulton County judge overseeing Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case on Thursday tossed out three more counts in the indictment, two of which the former president was facing. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump says he won’t participate in any more debates before the 2024 election
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump said on Thursday he will not take part in any more debates ahead of the 2024 election. In a post on his social media platform, Trump [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Project 2025 and abortion: Harris tries to pin monitoring pregnancies to Trump
Doug Mills/The New York Times/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a debate that often turned heated over key issues, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump were at odds over abortion, a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Dangerous’: Trump’s escalating 2024 election rhetoric criticized by officials, experts
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the presidential debate stage, Donald Trump was given an opportunity to acknowledge he lost the 2020 election. He did not take it. ABC News moderator David Muir read aloud [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ohio’s GOP governor dispels Republican claims that Haitian migrants are eating pets
Win McNamee/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio’s Republican Gov. Mike DeWine has stepped in to dispel rumors that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Springfield — an unsubstantiated claim amplified by former President Donald Trump [Read More…]
ABC National News
California Bridge Fire updates: Newsom expands emergency due to ‘extreme behavior’
Brais Seara/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Bridge Fire straddling Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties was the largest of three major wildfires menacing Southern California on Thursday as federal assistance and the state National [Read More…]
ABC National News
No CBP personnel responding to Uvalde shooting violated policy or law: Internal report
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection personnel who responded to the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, did not violate policy or the law, according to an internal [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect pleads guilty in connection with death of ‘General Hospital’ actor Johnny Wactor
Genaro Molina/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — One of the four suspects charged in connection to the shooting death of “General Hospital” actor Johnny Wactor has pleaded guilty, a spokesperson for Los [Read More…]
ABC National News
Appeals court won’t hear Trump’s request to lift limited gag order in hush money case
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has all but exhausted his efforts to eliminate the limited gag order in his criminal hush money case, after New York’s highest court [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bomb threats reported at City Hall, multiple other buildings in Springfield, Ohio
Paul Vernon/AP (SPRINGFIELD, Ohio) — A bomb threat prompted a major police response in Springfield, Ohio, on Thursday morning, according to the city commission office. The threat was sent via email “to multiple agencies and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Six UN workers killed in strike on Gaza school
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the latest round of cease-fire discussions appears to have reached an impasse. Meanwhile, after six hostages were found dead in Gaza, protests erupted in Israel. [Read More…]