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A school bus driver is being hailed as a hero after a fire on the Garden State Parkway in South Jersey. The call came in around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday for a fire near mile marker 20.6 in Upper Township. Officials tell WPVI that 10 students and a bus driver were all able to escape the ... Read more

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ABC Business - WOND

Beyond Meat(NEW YORK) -- Beyond Meat has pared down its ingredient list and upgraded the recipe to add more nutrient-dense plant-based ingredients -- including heart-healthy avocado oil -- for its latest innovation of the plant-based meat alternative.The California-based company announced its new and improved Beyond Meat IV on Thursday as two new products, Beyond Burger and Beyond Beef, roll out with a fresh new look at grocery stores nationwide.Thanks to the nutritional advancements in Beyond Meat's new recipe, the company is the first to be recognized by the American Heart Association, as well as the American Diabetes Association for its Better Choices for Life program, which is reflected on the new packaging.The fourth generation of Beyond Meat products is also the first in the category to be Clean Label Project Certified, from the nonprofit that works to provide transparency in food labeling on products that use as few ingredients as possible, ensuring those ingredients are wholesome.What changed in the new Beyond Meat burgers and beef alternative?The fourth generation of Beyond Meat boasts 21 grams of plant-based protein that comes from the addition of red lentils and faba beans, 20% less sodium and 60% less saturated fat than the previous version -- after swapping out coconut and canola oils for avocado oil.The new statistics are compared to beef with an 80/20 lean to fat ratio, which typically contains 70-80 mg of sodium for 4-ounces, which is the labeled serving size of Beyond Ground Beef and Beyond Beef Burger reflects.Sodium in the new Beyond Beef is 310 mg, which was reduced from 390 mg in the previous version.Registered dietitian, author, and nutrition advisor Joy Bauer, who was tapped to consult on the new product development, told ABC News' Good Morning America that "the best news of all is a simplified ingredient list.""It's easy to enhance nutrition labels, it's a whole other challenge to have it taste just as yummy," she said, adding that in blind tastings with existing Beyond Meat consumers, they preferred the new version over the old one.The addition of avocado oil, which contains heart-healthy monounsaturated fats according to the American Heart Association, also makes for a better sizzle and sear like traditional beef thanks to its higher smoke point.Diana Stavaridis, Senior Culinary Manager for Beyond Meat who oversaw the development of the new recipe and tested the product in a variety of applications, said this version has a "beefier flavor and texture" that's easy to prepare."They caramelize and brown beautifully when cooked, and offer the juicy, tender culinary experience of beef," Stavaridis said of the beef alternative that's naturally colored with pomegranate concentrate and beet juice.In tandem with the product launch, Beyond Meat created a short documentary-style film, "Planting Change," to give consumers an inside look at how the product is made. The film includes interviews with leading medical and nutrition experts, ecologists, and historians talking about plant-based diets and nutrition.The company's Chief Marketing Officer Akerho Oghoghomeh said in a statement, that Beyond Meat is proud to create a burger alternative "while offering health and environmental benefits to the consumer.""We know that health is a top driver for the plant-based meat category, and with the advancements in taste and nutrition of our new Beyond Burger and Beyond Beef, we’re giving consumers a really compelling reason to make the switch,” he said.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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ABC Entertainment

Netflix has dropped the trailer for Hit Man, the new rom-com co-written by and starring Anyone but You's Glen Powell. The film, based on a 2001 Texas Monthly article by Skip Hollandsworth, itself based on a true story, follows Powell as "a strait-laced professor [who] uncovers his hidden talent as a fake hit man in undercover police stings." He meets his match in a client — played by Adria Arjona — who steals his heart and ignites a powder keg of deception, delight and mixed-up identities, per the streamer. Hit Man premieres in select theaters on May 24 and Netflix on June 7 ...Ahead of its fifth episode, which aired Thursday, CBS renewed its freshman drama Elsbeth for a second season. The series follows Carrie Preston's titular character Elsbeth Tascioni, a role she previously played on The Good Wife and The Good Fight, as she leaves Chicago and heads to New York for a new investigative role. The series, per the network, is averaging 11 million viewers per episode in Live+35 multiplatform viewing. According to Nielsen's most current data, the series has garnered 7.27 million viewers. Elsbeth also stars Wendell Pierce and Carra Patterson ...The American Film Institute will celebrate Nicole Kidman's career on April 27. TNT will air a tribute special on June 17, according to Entertainment Tonight. Kidman will be honored by her Big Little Lies co-star Reese Witherspoon, along with Morgan Freeman and Naomi Watts, among others. Big Little Lies co-star Meryl Streep will make the award presentation. Kidman is the first Aussie to receive the award ...Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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ABC Health - WOND

Flavio Coelho/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Misty Stamm was working tirelessly to figure out the details: waking up early, the hourslong drives, booking hotels and finding doctors who could legally administer gender-affirming hormone therapy to her 16-year-old transgender daughter.Stamm is living in one of the 24 states where legislation is restricting gender-affirming health care for transgender youth, so she and parents like her must make long, expensive trips out of their home states to find the care their children need, according to a new report from the Southern Equality Research and Policy Center.“If we didn't have the care, I don't think she'd be alive,” said Stamm.Stamm, who lives in Tennessee, drove five hours to get her daughter to a gender clinic in Ohio when her family first started considering care options. She wanted her daughter to be seen by a physician in person.With new gender-affirming care restrictions set to go into effect soon in Ohio, Stamm and her daughter have since turned to a telehealth provider in Virginia.However, they still have to drive two hours to Virginia for the online appointment, as to not break Tennessee law, which also bans telehealth providers from providing care and treatments like puberty blockers and hormone therapies to a minor located in the state.Stamm told ABC News that the time, effort and money they’re spending to access care is worth it.When she came out as transgender at 13, “the mental health issues stopped completely,” said Stamm. “That affirmed to us that this was the right thing.”Stamm's daughter had been in counseling and therapy since she was in fifth grade, struggling with her mental health and experiencing depression, anxiety and suicidal ideations.At age 14, Stamm's daughter received puberty blockers to temporarily pause the development of physical sex characteristics. As her daughter grew older, the family and physicians together decided to move forward with hormone therapy. Throughout this process, they said, psychologists and therapists were consulted and were required for approvals.“There's no talk of surgery or anything like that,” said Stamm. “That's a decision that she can make when she is an adult.”Meanwhile, her mental health has progressed exponentially -- Stamm said her daughter has since been released by her therapist and is only seen occasionally, as needed."She's just doing so well, and if we didn't have access -- we have to have it. She has to have it," she said.Gas, airfare, lodging and other expenses to cross state lines and access gender-affirming care could cost hundreds to thousands of dollars, the Southern Equality report states.Stamm says she and her husband have spent likely thousands of dollars in travel costs to get care and are anxiously awaiting the day their daughter turns 18 so she can access care more freely.The report from Southern Equality Research and Policy Center found that it could take almost 20 hours of driving roundtrip for some families across the South and Midwest to reach a state where trans youth care is legally accessible.Families with transgender children across southern Florida, Louisiana, Missouri and Texas are the hardest hit, according to the report -- they would need to take a more than eight-hour car ride one way to get to a clinic that serves trans youth.Jennifer, an Austin, Texas, resident who asked to go by a pseudonym for safety concerns, said the health care bans in her state threw her family into logistical and financial chaos.Her 15-year-old daughter’s appointments to begin hormone therapy were canceled before the law in Texas even went into effect. When they sought out care in Louisiana, providers also were canceling appointments.She sought out the help of local advocacy groups to help her family find a provider in Texas' neighbor to the west, New Mexico.However, the costs continue to mount: “We are in a position that we could afford to buy plane tickets and stay in a hotel for a couple of nights and pay all of the out-of-pocket expenses for the medical care,” said Jennifer. “For a lot of people, that's probably not an option.”Though telehealth has expanded opportunities for access to care, policies like those in Tennessee restrict these appointments for prescriptions from happening in the state and force some families like the Stamms to cross borders for online appointments.Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, who signed the gender-affirming care ban, has defended the bill against legal challenges."Tennessee is committed to protecting children from permanent, life-altering decisions," said Lee in a post on social platform X after the Justice Department argued the law violates the Fourteenth Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.Supporters of gender-affirming medical care bans argue that children should wait until they’re older to make these medical decisions, and that there needs to be more research on the impact of these procedures on patients.In the state’s court filings in opposition to a lawsuit against the ban, the state invokes Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization -- the decision which overturned Roe v. Wade and ended federal protections for abortion rights.The state argues that Dobbs allows states “to regulate medical treatments” and that it does not discriminate against transgender people because “not all transgender individuals use puberty blockers, hormones, or surgery.”“This Court should acknowledge divergent views and hold that the responsibility to choose between them rests with the people acting through their elected representatives,” read the state’s filing.The Tennessee Legislature is now considering a bill that could make it a felony to help a minor access gender-affirming care out-of-state without parental consent.Transgender care for people under 18 has been a source of contention for state politicians in recent years, impacting a group estimated to make up less than 1.5% of the population ages 13-17, according to an estimate from researchers at the University of California, Los Angeles.Often due to discrimination, stigma, and gender-related stress, trans youth are at increased risk for poor mental health and suicide, substance use, experiencing violence, and other health risks, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.Major national medical associations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, the American Medical Association, the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, and more than 20 others have argued that gender-affirming care is safe, effective and medically necessary.“Allowing them to live in their identity is what saves their mental health,” Jennifer said in response to criticism over transgender medical care.As families continue to seek out avenues for care, Jennifer and Stamm want lawmakers to know that they're just a "normal, regular family."“I want them to see us as people,” Jennifer said. “We are their neighbors, we are people who teach their kids in school. We are people they work with.”Stamm adds, "She's just a regular kid, just trying to be a regular kid. … This has just presented so many challenges for her and we feel isolated. Our circle is tight and small ... Hopefully, people will be a little bit more empathetic to what we're going through. And how ridiculous all of this is."Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty ImagesMatthew Perry died in October, but his legacy lives on in Chandler Bing.The sarcastic Friend is apparently the most popular TV character based on Google search data for 12 months crunched by the website NoDeposit365.co.uk: According to their numbers, there are more than 320,000 monthly searches for Chandler, proving no, he cannot be any more popular in the eyes of TV watchers.Second comes Bart Simpson with 291,000 monthly searches, and his dad, The Simpsons patriarch Homer, ranked third with 289,333.Peter Griffin, the dad from Family Guy, ranked close behind at fourth, with 286,548 searches every month for the father from Quahog.Stan Marsh from South Park rounded out the top five with 252,167 monthly searches, but his animated friends also fared well: Kenny McCormick and Kyle Broflovski ranked #9 and #10, with 190,292 and 182,883 monthly searches, respectively.What, no love for Cartman?Methodology and results have not been verified or endorsed by ABC News or The Walt Disney Company.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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ABC Business - WOND

Stephen Brashear/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Boeing has come under fire and intense scrutiny ever since a door plug flew out of an Alaska Airlines flight on Jan. 5. Investigators revealed the plane, a 737 Max, was missing key bolts when the door was installed.The company has been accused of not doing enough to ensure its aircraft and other products are up to standards, and some former employees attest the company has been doing shoddy work for years.On Wednesday, another whistleblower, Boeing engineer Sam Salehpour, alleged the company took shortcuts in its production of 787 and 777 jets and, as a result, the planes have serious structural flaws."I literally saw people jumping on the pieces of the airplane to get them to align, basically by jumping up and down your deforming parts so that the holes align temporarily and you can hit a piece with a mallet so that you can go into the hole. And that's not how you build an airplane," Salehpour told reporters.Boeing refuted Salehpour's claims in a statement released Wednesday.ABC News' Gio Benitez spoke with "Start Here" about the latest development.START HERE: Gio who is this person?GIO BENITEZ: Hey, Brad. So this is Sam Salehpour. He's an engineer with Boeing, and he claims that parts of the plane's fuselage are being fastened together improperly on the assembly line which, in theory, he says could weaken the aircraft over time. So we're talking about decades of time, and he spoke at a press conference yesterday.And his lawyer said that he had been raising these issues with Boeing management for years, but that they just weren't listening.Now the FAA says it is investigating these claims from a Boeing whistleblower, but Boeing is actually responding very, very strongly. And they told us this, "These claims about the structural integrity of the 787 are inaccurate. The issues raised have been subject to rigorous engineering examination under FAA oversight."This analysis has validated that these issues do not present any safety concerns, and that the aircraft will maintain its service life over several decades."So obviously, Boeing is very strongly disagreeing with this whistleblower and they sent us a very long statement, probably one of the longest I've ever seen.START HERE: And just so I'm clear. So this is different from the Max planes. When we talk about the door plug that was a 737 Max. These are Dreamliners he's complaining about.BENITEZ: Yeah. These are totally different planes. These are the 787 Dreamliners. You're talking about the Max 9, obviously, scrutiny was intensified over Boeing because of that door plug flying off that plane in January. It was a very, very serious issue. And then you think back to 2018 and 2019, you had those Max crashes.So those were the 737 Max planes. Now we're talking about the 787 Dreamliners. There has not been any accident with the 787 Dreamliner. This is just a concern. In fact, these planes have been in service for about 13 years now and back in 2021 and 2022 Boeing actually addressed this exact issue because of employee concerns. They slowed production down and they actually temporarily stopped delivering the 787. At the time, the FAA signed off on how Boeing addressed this issue.Now, it's important to note that this whistleblower has not provided any documented evidence. So right now, the onus is really on the FAA to tell us, is this a new problem or is this the same problem that Boeing already dealt with?START HERE: And is this a problem at all. It's interesting that he's kind of presenting this hypothetical. He's almost saying yes, we haven't seen any accidents yet, but they could become issues after decades of flying. It's only been 13 years. How would you even test that? How would you even predict what's going to happen decades from now, though, Gio?BENITEZ: Well, there are special stress tests, and Boeing has conducted a lot of them, actually, and they used an older 787. They actually put it through 165,000 simulated cycles of takeoffs, pressurization, depressurization and landings. And they didn't find any issues of fatigue there, and this jet is actually designed for a lifespan of 44,000 cycles. So we're talking about almost four times the amount of cycles that it would go through anyway.Now that is what Boeing is saying. Of course, the simulation is very different than what's happening in real life, but Boeing believes that this is very accurate.So the whistleblower says he's going to testify on Capitol Hill next week. And he says that's when he's going to provide the evidence.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Rathod | Mohamedbhai LLC(ENGLEWOOD, Colo.) -- A school bus aide has been arrested by police in Englewood, Colorado, for allegedly physically abusing three children with severe autism, at least one instance of which was allegedly caught on video, according to a law firm representing the families.The three students endured "extreme physical and mental abuse" over the course of six months while on a Littleton Public Schools special needs bus, the Rathod Mohamedbhai law firm said in a press release Wednesday. All three children are non-verbal, and could therefore not report the abuse, the law firm said.Kiarra Jones, 29, faces felony assault charges for crimes against at-risk children, according to police."It was determined that more than one non-verbal autistic student was assaulted by the suspect on a moving school bus while en route to school," the Englewood Police Department said in release Tuesday. "It was also determined that the suspect was the victims’ assigned paraprofessional employed by Littleton Public School District at the time of the incident."Jones allegedly subjected the children to "unfathomable abuse," the law firm said.Starting in September 2023, the parents said they "saw significant shifts in their child’s behavior and noticed physical injuries on their child, including unexplained scratches, bruises, a lost tooth, a broken toe, a black eye, and other deep bruises on their bodies and feet," the law firm's press release stated.The parents contacted the school with their concerns in January. The school then reached out to the school district. But according to Ciara Anderson, an attorney with the film, the school district "utterly failed" to take action."They did a sham investigation in which they looked at one ride," Anderson said in a press conference Tuesday. "They did no other investigation, they asked no other questions and they provided no other monitoring. Because of these horrific failures by the school district, the bus aide was emboldened to continue her abuse — and she did."The school district has not responded to ABC News' request for comment.Jones was arrested April 4 after a video recorded in March, which was released by the law firm on Tuesday, allegedly showed her "repeatedly hitting, punching, and stomping on a fragile 10-year-old boy."She was arraigned on the morning of April 5 and bonded out on a $5,000 bond, police said. A public defender is representing Jones, according to the district attorney.Jones and her attorney have not responded to ABC News' request for comment.She was fired the same day she was arrested, Todd Lambert, the district's superintendent, said in a letter to the school community Friday. Jones was hired in August 2023 "after satisfactory reference checks and after passing a thorough background check," and "had very limited access to students during her employment," he added."This kind of behavior cannot be and is not tolerated," Lambert wrote. "As parents, you trust us with the well-being of your children and you should never have to worry about them being harmed when they are in our care."In the press conference, the parents of the boy seen in the video spoke of their horror at learning how their son had been treated."How could someone that I trusted, someone that I was so friendly with, do this to my little boy?" the mother said.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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A Brigantine man is under arrest after he allegedly beat an individual in the head with a household object during a domestic dispute. 31 year old Kevin Turkvan was charged with attempted murder, aggravated assault, domestic violence aggravated assault, aggravated assault with a weapon, terroristic threats, criminal restraint, tampering with evidence and possession of a ... Read more

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ABC World - WOND

United States Coast Guard News(YAP, Federated States of Micronesia) -- Three sailors were rescued from a remote Pacific Island after being stranded for over a week and writing "HELP" with palm leaves on the white sand beach, the U.S. Coast Guard announced this week.The unnamed sailors, all men in their 40s, were rescued from Pikelot Atoll -- one of the outer islands of the State of Yap, part of the Federated States of Micronesia -- on April 9, the U.S. Coast Guard announced in a press release."In a remarkable testament to their will to be found, the mariners spelled out "HELP" on the beach using palm leaves, a crucial factor in their discovery," Lt. Chelsea Garcia, the search and rescue mission coordinator on the day they were located, said in the release. "This act of ingenuity was pivotal in guiding rescue efforts directly to their location."The men were on a fishing trip that began March 31 when their 20-foot open skiff sailboat equipped with an outboard motor was damaged and non-functional, leaving them stranded ashore Pikelot Atoll, according to officials.The search and rescue mission began on April 6 when a relative of the sailors called the Joint Rescue Sub-Center (JRSC) Guam, reporting the men had not returned home.The U.S. Coast Guard says a "breakthrough" in the rescue efforts came the next day, when a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon aircraft flying over the island identified the sailors, "confirming their presence and condition."On April 8, a U.S. Coast Guard aircraft crew relocated the men and dropped a radio to establish communication. "The mariners confirmed they were in good health, had access to food and water, and recovered their skiff," according to the release.The aircraft crew successfully deployed survival packages to the stranded sailors until the USCGC Oliver Henry could re-route to Pikelot Atoll on April 9 to complete the rescue operation, officials said.The ship rescued the sailors and their equipment, and returned them to their home island Polowat Atoll, more than 100 miles away, according to the release."Our unwavering dedication to the search and rescue mission not only ensures the safety and well-being of mariners and coastal communities, but also reinforces the strong bonds of friendship and cooperation between the United States and the FSM and with our DoD partners," Capt. Nicholas Simmons, commander of U.S. Coast Guard, said in the release.In August 2020, a similar search-and-rescue operation took place on Pikelot Atoll when three men had been missing in the western Pacific Ocean for nearly three days when their giant message outlined on the beach of tiny Pikelot Island was spotted from above by searchers in an Australian and U.S. aircraft.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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Peter Zay/Anadolu via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Education Secretary Miguel Cardona will name LaWanda Toney as deputy chief of staff for strategic communications, as the secretary's team looks to tackle college affordability with enrollment deadlines quickly approaching."The message is clear: We want to make college possible for folks like the secretary, who's a first-generation college student [and] wasn't sure if college was possible for him," Toney told ABC News in an exclusive interview.Pushing for adequate college and career training programs have been among Cardona's top priorities during his three years as education secretary. But the last several months have been mired by higher education woes, such as the Supreme Court's gutting of affirmative action last year and President Joe Biden's initial student debt relief plan introduced in 2022 (and struck down by SCOTUS last year).Most recently, there were widespread issues with the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA, form. The department has tried to simplify the form over the course of this year -- implementing the Better FAFSA Form -- and has ramped up operations this spring, fixing an issue that prevented contributors without a Social Security number (SSN) from starting or accessing the form."There's nothing more important to the Department of Education," Cardona said during a House Committee on Appropriations' fiscal year 2025 budget request hearing this week. "We’re working on this around the clock because we want to make sure our students have the information they need to make informed decisions."However, the price of college has gone up over the years, according to higher education sources who spoke with ABC News, and some colleges never recovered from the 2008 financial crash. This comes as the annual cost of tuition has risen to nearly six figures at some institutions and millions of students are wary about their college prospects."We're really trying to make it so that higher education is more affordable and accessible across the country," Cardona told ABC's "GMA3" on Tuesday.Meanwhile, higher education experts say college affordability is the top barrier to entry cited by students and families.With Toney's strategic messaging, the department will work to ensure college is attainable, a senior Department of Education official told ABC News. "Time is of the essence," the official said, so the department is working toward what every young student needs: The choice to either choose their career or attend college."We want everyone to have the opportunity to further their education," Toney told ABC News. "Whatever path they [students] choose. If it's to go to a career, then making sure that high schools are set up to support them in that way. And if they choose to go to college, they have those options."The daughter of college-educated teachers, Howard University shaped Toney, according to a source familiar, and Toney's experience at the historically Black institution empowered her.Toney was elevated to deputy chief of staff from her senior adviser role in the office of communications and outreach.Prior to her work at the department, Toney ran the strategic communications team at the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA). Executive Director Nathan Monell worked with her for years and said Toney spear-headed "college readiness and accessibility" strategies.Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.

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