Month: December 2024
ABC Entertainment News
Jim Carrey shares why he returned for ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’: ‘I need the money, frankly’
Antony Jones/Getty Images for Paramount Pictures Jim Carrey stars as the evil Dr. Robotnik in the upcoming third Sonic the Hedgehog movie, and he recently shared why he was motivated to return to the franchise. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: Paul Mescal to star in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films
Amy Sussman/WireImage Looks like Paul Mescal is going from playing a gladiator to a Beatle. According to The Hollywood Reporter, during a conversation between Mescal’s Gladiator II director Ridley Scott and director Christopher Nolan at the Directors Guild of America [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Albertsons sues Kroger, backs out of $25B merger after courts block the deal
Mark Felix/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Albertsons has filed a lawsuit against its rival Kroger following a failed multibillion dollar deal that would have marked the biggest supermarket merger in U.S. history. Two federal judges in [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation increased in November, complicating Fed’s next rate decision
Tang Ming Tung via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Consumer prices rose 2.7% in November compared to a year ago, ticking upward from the previous month and potentially giving pause to the Federal Reserve as it [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Judge rejects sale of Infowars to The Onion, Alex Jones says
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A bankruptcy judge rejected the sale of Infowars to The Onion, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones said during his podcast on Tuesday. “We are deeply disappointed in today’s decision but [Read More…]
ABC Business News
TikTok requests emergency motion to stop ban from taking effect
Jaque Silva/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — TikTok on Monday requested the emergency pause of a law set to ban the popular social media app next month. A temporary lifting of the measure would afford the Supreme [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Can Trump’s proposed tariffs revive the steel industry?
Allison Robbert-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump this week vowed to block the purchase of U.S. Steel by Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel Corp., promising to bolster the domestic steel industry with tariffs. “I [Read More…]
ABC Health News
California child suspected of getting bird flu after drinking raw milk
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (MARIN COUNTY, Calif.) — Health officials in Marin County, California say a child with a suspected bird flu infection drank raw milk before getting sick. “[Marin County Public Health] is reporting a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Late-stage breast cancer is rising, especially among Black women
Noam Galai/Getty Image (NEW YORK) — The rates of late-stage breast cancer at diagnosis have risen among women in all racial and ethnic groups, but Black women have been hit the hardest, according to a new study [Read More…]
ABC Health News
UnitedHealthcare CEO shooting opens up ‘volcanic’ anger toward health insurance agencies
Derek Crowe, a spokesman for the nonprofit People’s Action Institute, speaks with ABC News. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Fury, anger and resentment toward the health care industry have exploded in the public rhetoric in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
FBI Director Chris Wray resigning amid pressure from Trump
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — FBI Director Christopher Wray told employees at an internal town hall on Wednesday that he is resigning, according to sources familiar with the meeting. He said he is stepping [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Bill Clinton indicates he hopes Biden doesn’t issue preemptive pardons
ABC (NEW YORK) — Former President Bill Clinton, during an appearance on ABC’s The View on Wednesday, indicated he hopes President Joe Biden will not preemptively pardon people who could be targeted by the incoming [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pete Hegseth holds another high-stakes meeting with key Republican senator
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for defense secretary Pete Hegseth met on Wednesday with another moderate Republican whose vote will be closely watched in his confirmation battle. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump appoints ambassadors Kimberly Guilfoyle and Tom Barrack
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump posted a flurry of announcements to his Truth Social account on Tuesday night, including the appointment of Kimberly Guilfoyle as the ambassador to Greece and Tom Barrack [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democratic governors discuss going on offense, playing defense against Trump
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Democratic governors prepare to navigate and resist parts of President-elect Donald Trump’s next administration, one told ABC News she is most alarmed by Trump’s tariff plan. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman’s death as officer responded to Marjorie Taylor Greene threat highlights growing swatting issue
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ROME, Ga.) — The death of a woman this week in a car crash involving a police officer who was responding to a bomb threat against Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia home [Read More…]
ABC National News
Convicted Jan. 6 rioter says retired congressman invited him to Trump inauguration
Bill Clark/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A California man who pleaded guilty to a felony for his participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol filed a letter Wednesday showing he was personally invited [Read More…]
ABC National News
Luigi Mangione could face more charges in New York, Manhattan DA says
Photo by Pennsylvania Department of Corrections via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione, who is accused of second-degree murder for allegedly gunning down UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York City, could face additional [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kayaker who faked death, fled country has returned to US and is in custody in Wisconsin: Officials
Green Lake County Sheriff’s Office (GREEN LAKE, Wis.) — Ryan Borgwardt, the husband and father who authorities said faked his own death at a lake and fled the country, has returned to the U.S. willingly [Read More…]
ABC National News
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Luigi Mangione’s gun matches shell casings from crime scene, NYPD says
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ghost gun allegedly in Luigi Mangione’s possession when he was arrested in Pennsylvania has been matched to three shell casings recovered at the scene of Brian Thompson’s murder [Read More…]
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