How one woman is helping settle school lunch debt, advocating for universal free lunch
Tetra Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Millions of dollars in unpaid school lunch debt have been mounting in districts across the country, and one Virginia mom is on a mission to settle the bill in her local community.
Adelle Settle feels a student’s …
‘Nowhere to escape’: Frontline workers contend with wildfire smoke, face repeat of pandemic divide
Matt Leichenger(NEW YORK) — As wildfire smoke bathed New York City in fumes on Wednesday afternoon, UPS driver Matt Leichenger said he suffered a wave of nausea in the back of his truck with hardly anything he could do about it.
“There’s nowhere you …
Weekend Watchlist: What’s new on streaming
Ready, set, binge! Here’s a look at some of the new movies and TV shows streaming this weekend:
NetflixNever Have I Ever: Maybe you’re team Ben, maybe you’re team Paxton – or maybe you’re just team Devi (day-vee). Whatever the case, find out who preva…
Serena Williams announces Los Angeles Golf Club ownership
Laurence Mouton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Tennis superstar Serena Williams made a big announcement on Instagram Thursday about a new venture in the sports world.
Along with her husband Alexis Ohanian — the founder of venture capital firm Seven Seven …
New seat designed to make flying easier for wheelchair users
PriestmanGoode(NEW YORK) — For wheelchair users, taking a trip that involves flying can often be an undignified hassle. A partnership between a consortium and a major airliner is looking to change that.
Oftentimes at the gate, people who use power wh…
Nineteen teens posing for photo injured after deck partially collapses at Texas seaside park
KRTK-TV(HOUSTON) — More than a dozen teenagers from a church camp posing for a group photo were injured after a portion of a deck walkway collapsed at a seaside park in Texas, officials said.
The students were visiting Stahlman Park in Surfside Beach…
Florida woman appears in court after arrest in killing of neighbor Ajike Owens
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Florida woman appeared at her first court hearing after she was arrested in the shooting death of her neighbor, a mother of four, after an alleged dispute with the neighbor’s children.
Susan Lorincz, 58,…
‘This is secret information’: Trump on audio recording talks about not declassifying documents
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump said on an audio recording in 2021 that he had taken classified information with him to his Florida home after leaving the White House, ABC News has confirmed.
Trump is h…
Debuting on Disney+ Friday, ‘Moana’ star Auliʻi Cravalho in the animated show ‘Hailey’s On It!’
Courtesy DisneyAfter premiering on the Disney Channel and Disney XD Thursday, the animated show Hailey’s On It!, starring the voice of Moana, Auliʻi Cravalho, has come to Disney+.
The 22-year-old actress plays the title character, a 14-year-old girl w…
Biden condemns ‘hysterical’ and ‘ugly’ anti-LGBTQ measures
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz(WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday unveiled new initiatives to support LGBTQ Americans and called recent anti-trans efforts “thoroughly unjustified” and “ugly.”
Biden was set to host the White Hou…