Year: 2024
ABC Business News
Burger King owner will buy out its biggest franchisee in US for about $1 billion
The parent company of Burger King is buying out its biggest franchisee in the U.S. for about $1 billion and will renovate hundreds of its locations. Restaurant Brands International Inc. will acquire all of the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Palace says Kate hospitalized for abdominal surgery. King Charles III to have prostate treatment
LONDON (AP) — The Princess of Wales has been hospitalized after undergoing planned abdominal surgery and will remain at the private London Clinic for up to two weeks, Kensington Palace said Wednesday. Moments after news [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Drinking 100% fruit juice linked to weight gain in kids; doctor suggests alternatives
Yulia Naumenko/Getty Imagess (NEW YORK) — A new meta-analysis of more than a dozen studies found that drinking 100% fruit juice is linked to weight gain in children. ABC News medical correspondent Dr. Darien Sutton [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Cancer deaths declining overall, but troubling increase for colon and breast cancer in younger adults: Report
ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Deaths from cancer have declined by 33% since 1991, averting 4.1 million deaths. However, more people are being diagnosed with cancer than ever before, and at an earlier age, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What to know about a proposed Wisconsin tax on electric vehicle chargers
Jon Challicom/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Electric vehicle charging stations could spring up at gas stations and grocery stores throughout Wisconsin, after the state Senate passed a proposed bill on Tuesday. The bill, which passed [Read More…]
ABC Business News
The state of self-checkout: Target tests a new system as retailers combat long lines, inventory loss
Elena Zaretskaya/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Several major retailers are re-evaluating self-checkout for customers after analysts have seen inventory loss. “Retailers are really starting to use technology in order to look at the shrink problem,” [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Well-reviewed Emmys telecast has record low ratings, and more
Justified‘s Walton Goggins, Impeachment: American Crime Story‘s Sarah Catherine Hook, Maestro‘s Sam Nivola, Gen V‘s Patrick Schwarzenegger and Sex Education‘s Aimee Lou Wood have been tapped to star in season 3 of The White Lotus, [Read More…]
Ag News
Taking Steps to Spray Early
Tough to control weeds are one of the biggest challenges farmers face every growing season. But using a pre-emergence residual program gets fields off to a great start. In this Managing for Profit, Asgrow Technical [Read More…]
Ag News
John Deere partners with SpaceX to expand rural connectivity
A new agreement between John Deere and SpaceX will allow farmers facing rural connectivity challenges to fully utilize their precision agriculture technologies. Mike Kool, John Deere’s senior product manager for connected fleet, says farmers will [Read More…]
ABC World News
US plans to relist Houthis as a global terror group
Houthi followers protest to condemn the U.S.-U.K. during a tribal gathering on Jan. 14, 2024 on the outskirts of Sana’a, Yemen. (Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration plans to relist Yemen’s Houthi rebels [Read More…]
ABC World News
Police: 10-year-old boy reportedly attacked by shark at Bahamas resort
Philip Waller/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 10-year-old boy from the United States was reportedly attacked by a shark at a resort in the Bahamas, police said. The incident occurred shortly before 4 p.m. local [Read More…]
ABC World News
Spate of transgender deaths in first days of 2024 prompts outrage in Mexico
Flavio Coelho/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The new year has begun with a spate of transgender deaths in Mexico, prompting protests, outrage and fear among the country’s LGBTQ community. At least three transgender people have [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Clark moves into fourth on NCAA scoring list as No. 2 Iowa beats Wisconsin
IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Caitlin Clark scored 32 points, moving into fourth place on the all-time NCAA Division I women’s basketball scoring list, to help No. 2 Iowa beat Wisconsin 96-50 on Tuesday night. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Jim Harbaugh interviews with Falcons for head coaching vacancy after talking with Chargers
ATLANTA (AP) — Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh interviewed with the Atlanta Falcons for their head coaching vacancy on Tuesday, his second interview in two days. The Falcons announced the interview with Harbaugh, who is exploring a return [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Federal lawsuit accuses NY Knicks owner James Dolan, media mogul Harvey Weinstein of sexual assault
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A woman has alleged that New York Knicks owner James Dolan sexually assaulted her a decade ago and then set her up to be molested by now-imprisoned film producer Harvey Weinstein, according [Read More…]
ABC National News
E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: With Trump in attendance, Carroll set to testify as first witness
Former President Donald Trump speaks at his caucus night event at the Iowa Events Center, Jan. 15, 2024 in Des Moines, Iowa. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial [Read More…]
ABC National News
Millions of Americans under wind chill alerts as winter storm brings heavy ice, snow, rain to Northwest
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 105 million Americans remain on alert for dangerously low wind chills after an artic blast swept across the United States. There were at least nine weather-related fatalities nationwide [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘This is the end’: Alaska Airlines passengers sue over door plug blowout
NTSB investigators have recovered the door plug from the Alaska Airlines Boeing 737-9 MAX, flight 1282 that was found in the backyard of a home in Portland, Oregon. (NTSB) (NEW YORK) — Four passengers are [Read More…]
ABC National News
Daniel Penny returns to court for dismissal hearing in NYC subway chokehold death
Daniel Penny leaves the courtroom after an arraignment hearing at NYS Supreme Court on June 28, 2023 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — A judge is expected to decide Wednesday [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kohberger lawyer wants the public to see request for the judge to rethink dismissing charges
Bryan Kohberger, accused of murder, arrives for a hearing on cameras in the courtroom in Latah County District Court on Sept. 13, 2023 in Moscow, Idaho. (Ted S. Warren-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — In a [Read More…]
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