NYC sanitation department looks at trash collection policy to curb rats, traffic issues
Patricio Chile/ABC News(NEW YORK) — Nothing gets New Yorkers steamed like traffic woes and close encounters with the native wildlife — a.k.a. rats. Now the city is considering changes to trash pickup rules that could affect both.
The department says…
Officials steer away from mask mandates and mitigation measures despite COVID rise
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)(WASHINGTON) — Amid the latest COVID-19 resurgence sweeping the nation, some top health officials are asking Americans to wear face masks again in an effort to curb the spread of the virus.
Officials such as White House C…
Imagineer brings his Disney Parks stories to the Museum of Flight this weekend
(Kevin Rafferty photo by Katherine Schuh/Schuh Box Photos) If you have cherished family memories or a particular attraction you like when you visit a Disney park, chances are good they were created by an Imagineer who’ll be
Elijah Wood producing reboot of ‘Max Headroom’ for AMC
L-R Frewer, Amanda Pays — ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty ImagesWith reboots of Full House and Roseanne spin-off The Conners on the air now, another Reagan-era series is returning to TV.
Max Headroom was perhaps more…
Weekend Watchlist: What’s new on streaming
Ready, set, binge! Here are some of the new titles available to stream this weekend:
NetflixKeep Breathing: A woman must survive alone in the Canadian wilderness after her private plane crashes in this new adventure series.
Uncoupled: Neil Patrick Ha…
New COVID vaccines expected in fall
IMAGINESTOCK/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is preparing to roll out 171 million newly formulated vaccines this September as part of a $5B effort aimed at trying to blunt the impact of the highly contagious omicron variant.
The e…
House to vote on a bill banning assault weapons
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — House Democrats will vote Friday on a bill to ban assault weapons in the U.S.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., announced the vote in a letter to colleagues on Friday morning, calling the legislat…
Las Vegas declares emergency, with less than 50 days of clean water supply left
JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images(LAS VEGAS) — The city of Las Vegas has declared an emergency over its water supply after the Calf Canyon-Hermits Peak Fire, the largest wildfire in New Mexico history, contaminated the Gallinas River. The city relies so…
Hershey warns of possible Halloween and holiday candy shortage
Crystal Sing / EyeEm/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Trick-or-treaters may see fewer of their favorite sweets while going door-to-door this October.
Hershey announced in the company’s second-quarter earnings call on Thursday that it expects to face a candy …
Secrets under the ‘Surface’: Cast sounds off on Apple TV+’s twisty new thriller, debuting today
Apple TV+In Apple TV+’s new thriller series Surface, Loki veteran Gugu Mbatha-Raw plays Sophie, a woman who is getting re-acquainted with her seemingly perfect life after losing her memory in a near-fatal accident.
However, as she recovers, she begins…