Month: November 2024
ABC Entertainment News
Peacock renews ‘Day of the Jackal’ after recent first season debut
Peacock Peacock just launched its thriller series Day of the Jackal on Nov. 14, but reviews and viewership have been strong enough for the streamer to renew the series, ABC Audio has confirmed. The modern retelling [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Karate Kid’ star Ralph Macchio steps out with wife Phyllis, kids at Hollywood Walk of Fame ceremony
Phyllis Fierro, Macchio, and children Daniel Macchio and Julia Macchio – Etienne Laurent/AFP via Getty Images The Karate Kid star Ralph Macchio was supported by his family at his recent Hollywood Walk of Fame star [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Could bird flu strain the US public health system as seasonal influenza ramps up?
Three influenza A (H5N1/bird flu) virus particles (rod-shaped). Note: Layout incorporates two CDC transmission electron micrographs that have been inverted, repositioned, and colorized by NIAID. Scale has been modified. Image via CDC and NIAID. (NEW [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Who is Trump’s treasury secretary pick, Scott Bessent?
Vincent Alban/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Scott Bessent, a billionaire hedge fund manager who has helped fundraise for Donald Trump, is the president-elect’s choice to lead the Department of Treasury. Bessent has advised Trump [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump transition live updates: In a flurry of nominations, Trump announces 7 picks
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for attorney general, said Thursday he is withdrawing his name for the role — just a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump picks Johns Hopkins surgeon who argued against COVID lockdowns to lead FDA
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump said he wants Marty Makary, a Johns Hopkins surgeon and author who argued against pandemic lockdowns, to lead the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. “He will [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Matt Gaetz says he’s not returning to Congress after dropping bid to be attorney general
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Matt Gaetz said Friday he will not return to Congress after withdrawing his name from consideration to be President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general. In an interview with conservative [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 charged in death of 20-year-old Dartmouth College student Won Jang
mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two people have been charged in the death of Dartmouth College student Won Jang, 20, who was found dead by the Connecticut River on the school’s New Hampshire campus in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Infant dead in listeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food ready-to-eat meat and poultry products: CDC
The label for a ready-to-eat product by Yu Shang Food, Inc. that is part of a recall. Image via U.S. Department of Agriculture (NEW YORK) — An infant has died in a listeria outbreak linked [Read More…]
ABC National News
Some of RFK Jr.’s views are finding support in some unexpected quarters
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since being tapped as President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been criticized by medical and public [Read More…]
ABC National News
Defense rests in Daniel Penny subway chokehold trial
Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The defense in the Daniel Penny manslaughter and negligent homicide case rested without their client taking the stand. Penny is charged with manslaughter and negligent [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge to make decision on releasing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on bail next week
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs (NEW YORK) — Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared again in a New York City courtroom on Friday as he continues to fight for his release on bail [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: 15 dead, dozens injured in central Beirut strikes
Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia to continue testing, start mass producing new ‘Oreshnik’ missile: Putin
State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Russia will continue testing and start mass producing the new “Oreshnik” missile, an intermediate-range ballistic missile that was used to target Dnipro, Ukraine, this week, [Read More…]
Ag News
Trump names Rollins next Secretary of Agriculture
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins of Texas to serve as the 33rd US Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins was part of Trump’s 2016 Economic Advisory Council and has helped develop and manage the [Read More…]
Latest News
Attorney General Jackley Praises Selection of Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General Nominee
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is praising President-elect Trump’s selection of Pam Bondi as his Nominee for U.S. Attorney General. “I served with, and was impressed, with Pam as Florida’s Attorney General,” said Attorney [Read More…]
Latest News
Lobbyist shares his thoughts on the 2025 South Dakota legislative session
A long-time lobbyist and legislative observer stopped in Mitchell Thursday offering his analysis of the general election and his views of the upcoming South Dakota legislative session. David Owen is president of the South Dakota [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Gladiator II’ star Paul Mescal, director Ridley Scott and more talk revisiting Rome 2 decades later
Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures Nearly two and a half decades after the monumental film Gladiator hit theaters, acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott is returning the iconic Roman-era epic to the big screen with Gladiator II. The film, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘XO, Kitty’ gets season 2 premiere date, and more
Netflix has announced Jan. 16 as the premiere date for season 2 of its To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before spinoff, XO, Kitty. The new season, filmed in Seoul, South Korea, “will follow Kitty [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What is Bluesky? Social media platform tops 20 million users
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk has kept busy since Election Day, advising President-elect Donald Trump and receiving an appointment to co-lead a new government efficiency commission. Musk has [Read More…]