Month: October 2024
ABC Entertainment News
‘Inside Out 2’ has record-breaking Disney+ debut
Disney/Pixar Disney announced Monday that its smash sequel Inside Out 2 attracted 30.5 million views globally in its first five days on Disney+. That makes the Disney/Pixar movie, which has become the highest-grossing animated film of all [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Martin Scorsese says working with Kris Kristofferson was “one of the highlights of my life”
Kristofferson and Burstyn in ‘Alice’ – Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images Martin Scorsese has added his name to the list of famous fans who are mourning Kris Kristofferson, whom he directed in the 1974 film Alice Doesn’t [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sam Heughan pens emotional goodbye to ‘Outlander’ as filming wraps
Starz Sam Heughan is saying goodbye to Outlander. The Scottish actor took to Instagram over the weekend to share a slideshow of images from his 11-year, eight-season and 101-episode tenure playing Jamie Fraser as filming on the beloved [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Judge declines to dismiss case against ‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez
Hannah Gutierrez, center; attorney Jason Bowles, left; paralegal Carmella Sisnero — Eddie Moore/The Albuquerque Journal via AP, Pool, FILE A New Mexico judge has declined to dismiss the case against Rust armorer Hannah Gutierrez, who was convicted [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Dockworkers hit picket lines in historic US port strike that could impact prices
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tens of thousands of U.S. dockworkers are set to walk off the job early Tuesday morning, clogging dozens of ports along the East and Gulf coasts and [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Hurricane Helene spotlights rising prices for home and flood insurance
Downed trees on a home in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, Sept.r 29, 2024, in Rutherfordton, N.C. (Sean Rayford/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Helene flooded properties and devastated buildings in recent days as it [Read More…]
ABC Health News
California sues hospital for denying patient an emergency abortion
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — California Attorney General Rob Bonta announced the state is suing a hospital in Eureka for allegedly refusing emergency abortion care to women whose lives are in danger. The lawsuit, filed [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Flu deaths in children hit new record as vaccination rates decrease: CDC
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of kids dying from influenza in the 2023-2024 season has set a new record for a regular flu season, after one new death was reported last week, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
A public health emergency was declared in North Carolina after Hurricane Helene. Here’s what that means
Feldhaar Christian / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — North Carolina became the latest state to have a public health emergency declared by U.S. health officials in response to Hurricane Helene. In a press release on [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why progress against HIV/AIDS has stalled among Hispanic and Latino Americans
CDC While the United States has made considerable progress fighting the HIV/AIDS crisis since its peak in the 1980s, headway has not been equal among racial/ethnic groups. Overall, HIV rates have declined in the U.S. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Baseball legend Pete Rose dies at the age of 83
Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds looks on from the field during batting practice during a Major League Baseball game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at Three Rivers Stadium circa 1985 in Pittsburgh. (George Gojkovich/Getty Images) [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Women take to the seas in the first-ever Women’s America’s Cup
Mihai Stetcu/Alinghi Red Bull Racing (NEW YORK) — Women are taking the helm at the 37th edition of the America’s Cup. For the first time in the racing event’s storied 173-year history, all-female sailing teams [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jimmy Carter 100th birthday updates: White House to honor former president with ‘Happy Birthday’ display
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter smiles during a book signing event for his new book ‘Faith: A Journey For All’ at Barnes & Noble bookstore in Midtown Manhattan, March 26, 2018 in New York City. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Walz-Vance VP Debate: How to watch, what to know
Signage is displayed outside the CBS Broadcast Center ahead of the U.S. vice presidential debate on September 30, 2024 in New York City. (ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden administration faces diplomatic frustrations in Lebanon, Gaza
Tom Brenner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Although President Joe Biden bluntly declared that “we need a cease-fire now” in Lebanon, his administration appeared to subdue its messaging on a push for a temporary truce between Israel [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump attacks Biden and Harris during stop in Hurricane Helene-ravaged Georgia
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump spoke at a furniture store in Hurricane Helene-ravaged Valdosta, Georgia, on Monday where he said the day wasn’t about politics — only to use the moment [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
2024 election updates: Helene politics is the focus 36 days until Election Day
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just 36 days until Election Day, the campaign trail is taking a sharp turn toward how Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are responding to the devastation [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hurricane Helene live updates: At least 121 dead, including 35 in hard-hit county
An ABC News graphic shows the latest weather conditions and warnings in the wake of Helene, on Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — The storm surge, wind damage and inland flooding [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man accused of hijacking Los Angeles bus charged with murder and kidnapping
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — The man accused of hijacking a Los Angeles Metro bus, fatally shooting a passenger and leading police on an hourlong chase last week is now facing a slew of charges, including [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ announces first-ever federal review of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Over 100 years after a white mob attacked a then-thriving Black community in Tulsa, Oklahoma, the Department of Justice announced the first-ever federal probe into the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. The [Read More…]