Monty Hall, center, and announcer Jay Stewart, right, with a contestant on “Let’s Make a Deal”: ABC Photo Archives/ABC via Getty Images(BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.) -- Monty Hall, the co-creator and longtime host of the classic TV game show Let’s Make a Deal, has died at age 96. Hall’s family confirmed his death from heart failure to ABC News. Born in Canada, Hall earned a college degree in zoology and biology […]
Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- Ten days after Hurricane Maria ravaged Puerto Rico, the U.S. territory's governor approved a moratorium on rent payments for those living in public housing as residents struggle to recover from the devastating storm.Puerto Rico Gov. Ricardo Rossello said at a joint press conference Saturday with the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that the moratorium will stay in effect until January. An estimated 10,000 […]
Jason Bean-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is objecting to O.J. Simpson's relocation to Florida upon his release from prison, which could take place as early as Sunday.Bondi wrote a letter to Florida Department of Corrections Secretary Julie L. Jones on Friday requesting that the department "immediately notify all authorities of Nevada that Florida objects to granting Simpson permission to relocate to Florida to serve parole," according […]
Ricardo Arduengo/AFP/Getty Images(SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico) -- Hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico is expecting heavy rain and flash flooding on Saturday as critical relief efforts continue on the island.A tropical wave formed near the Lesser Antilles, and is expected to drift west over the next few days. Conditions are not favorable for development into a tropical storm, but locally heavy rainfall is expected over the Leeward Islands, including Dominica; the U.S. Virgin […]
Education Images/UIG/Getty Images(COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) -- The Air Force Academy issued an alert for an active shooter on campus late Friday night and investigated, but police said there was no shooter at about 12:30 a.m. local time.An Air Force official confirmed that there were reports at about 10 p.m. MT of an active shooter at the Colorado Springs, Colorado, campus, and a shelter-in-place order had been given via text message, […]
About 1500 Democrats bought tickets for today’s re-appearance of the “steak fry” tradition former U.S. Senator Tom Harkin hosted each fall. The afternoon event, held outdoors in a Des Moines park, opened with a lightening-round of brief speeches from 14 Democratic candidates who are running for governor or who are running in Iowa’s third congressional district. […]Powered by WPeMatico
An Iowan known by her fans as “Miss Kittie” is still competing in off-road bicycle races at the age of 67. Kittie Weston-Knauer is the oldest female rider on the BMX cruiser circuit in the United States. She has no plans to retire. “What I want to be able to do is to know that […]Powered by WPeMatico
ABC/Paul Sarkis(LOS ANGELES) -- Kyra Sedgwick is back in a lead dramatic TV role -- seven years after winning an Emmy for her part on The Closer -- playing the producer of a TV crime show whose daughter disappears in the new ABC series Ten Days in the Valley. Sedgwick also is an executive producer on the 10-episode series, with each episode taking place during a single day of the child's […]
ABC(LOS ANGELES) -- Shark Tank, the critically acclaimed and Emmy-winning business-themed reality show, returns for season nine with a two-hour premiere this Sunday, October 1 at 8 p.m. Billionaire Mark Cuban; real estate mogul and recent Dancing with the Stars contestant, Barbara Corcoran; the "Queen of QVC" Lori Greiner; technology innovator Robert Herjavec; fashion expert and FUBU founder Daymond John; and venture capitalist Kevin O'Leary, a.k.a. "Mr. Wonderful," will all returning to the Tank, but they […]
