Year: 2024
ABC Entertainment News
Disney shares official trailer for ‘Snow White’ live-action adaptation
Disney The official trailer for Disney’s Snow White live-action adaptation is here. West Side Story actress Rachel Zegler stars as the titular Disney Princess opposite Wonder Woman actress Gal Gadot‘s Evil Queen. “This was my [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘A Different Man,’ ‘Sing Sing’ win Gotham Awards
Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Gotham Film & Media Institute The 2024 Gotham Awards took place in New York City Monday night. A Different Man, starring Sebastian Stan, took home Best Feature, while Colman Domingo and Clarence Maclin [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Ted Danson named Carol Burnett Award honoree and more
Ted Danson has been named the Carol Burnett Award honoree for 2025, the Golden Globes announced on Monday. The actor will be recognized during this year’s Golden Globes, which will air Jan. 5 on CBS. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Emma Corrin on acting with rats for ‘Nosferatu’: ’30 of them were on my bare chest’
Courtesy of Focus Features Emma Corrin got up close and personal with rats for the film Nosferatu. The actor, who uses they/them pronouns, told Deadline they filmed a scene for the upcoming horror film where [Read More…]
ABC Health News
E coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders declared over: CDC
Matt Cardy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The deadly E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders was declared over on Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. In total, 104 people reported falling ill across [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Cases of RSV, flu ticking up among young children in US as respiratory virus season begins
Ekaterina Goncharova/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Cases of flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) are ticking up across the United States even as overall respiratory virus activity remains low. Flu activity is increasing slightly among children [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Houston Texans player Azeez Al-Shaair suspended for 3 games for illegal hit on Jaguars QB Trevor Lawrence
Cooper Neill/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The NFL has suspended Houston Texans linebacker Azeez Al-Shaair for three games without pay after he delivered a devastating and illegal hit to the head of Jacksonville Jaguars quarterback Trevor [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden, during Angola visit, speaks on ‘shared history’ of slavery
Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (LUANDA, Angola) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday, during his diplomatic trip to Angola, acknowledged America’s “original sin” of slavery and the slave trade that once connected the United States [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Black Republicans feel left out of Trump’s second-term picks
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President-elect Donald Trump fills out his Cabinet and chooses his closet advisers ahead of Inauguration Day, many African American leaders are asking why more Black [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Congress could determine NFL Washington Commanders’ home stadium
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congress’s December to-do list includes an unusual item this year: a bill that could determine the home of the NFL’s Washington Commanders. Since 1997, the team has played home games [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
GOP senators seek ‘normal process’ to confirm Trump nominees, torn over FBI background checks
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Republicans senators returned to Washington after Thanksgiving recess to a renewed peppering of questions about President-elect Donald Trump’s Cabinet picks, a familiar refrain emerged: trust the confirmation process. “That’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DNC hopes to highlight success ahead of post-election meeting
Chair of the Democratic National Committee Jaime Harrison bangs the gavel on the first day of the Democratic National Convention (DNC) at the United Center in Chicago, Aug. 19, 2024. (Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images) [Read More…]
ABC National News
Another round of lake effect snow to hit Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York: Latest
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A wintry blast is slamming the Great Lakes region with 3 to 5.5 feet of snow — and more lake effect snow is in the forecast for later this week. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Daniel Penny jury begins deliberations in chokehold death of Jordan Neely
ABC (NEW YORK) — The jury has begun deliberating in the subway chokehold death trial of Daniel Penny. The jury — comprised of seven women and five men — is considering whether to convict Penny [Read More…]
ABC National News
Undocumented Chinese immigrant charged with selling weapons to North Korea
Shenghua Wen was allegedly moving items to North Korea by concealing them in shipping containers; FBI (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — An undocumented Chinese national living in the U.S. has been charged with procuring and shipping [Read More…]
ABC National News
Days of disabled workers earning less than $7.25 an hour may soon be over
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Department of Labor is proposing a rule that will eliminate the certificates that allow employers to pay some workers with disabilities less than the federal minimum wage, which [Read More…]
ABC National News
FBI investigating large drones spotted in New Jersey
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (MORRIS COUNTY, N.J.) — The FBI is investigating after large drones were spotted flying over central New Jersey over the last two weeks. The “cluster of what look to be [Read More…]
ABC World News
South Korean parliament votes to lift martial law following president’s declaration
Patrick van Katwijk/WireImage (LONDON) — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol declared an “emergency martial law” in a televised speech on Tuesday, the Yonhap news agency reported. Yoon said the measure was necessary due to the [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. trade deficit expected to grow
An ag economist says the USDA is forecasting that the United States’ already record trade deficit will grow even larger in Fiscal Year 2025. Scott Brown is a professor emeritus at the University of [Read More…]
Latest News
Jackley Urges U.S. Senate Confirmation of Pam Bondi as United States Attorney General
Attorney General Marty Jackley is part of a 30-member coalition of Attorneys General and Attorneys General-elect who are urging the United States Senate to swiftly confirm Pam Bondi as the next United States Attorney General [Read More…]