Month: November 2018
Mayor with terminally ill dog captures hearts on cross-country road trip: ‘I tried to give you the best life I could’
Courtesy Paul Heroux(NEW YORK) — Mayor Paul Heroux of Attleboro, Massachusetts held his dog Mura for the first time when she was just 8 weeks old. “We looked at each other when she was in [Read More…]
Couple weds in a maximum-security prison to draw attention to repression in Honduras
Courtesy Karen Spring(NEW YORK) — The bride wore red, the color of the resistance movement. The groom wore the gray pants and white T-shirt required of inmates at La Tolva, the maximum-security prison where he [Read More…]
North Carolina offers $5,000 additional reward in search for kidnapped 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar
Lumberton Police Department(NEW YORK) — The state of North Carolina is offering up to a $5,000 reward in the desperate search for kidnapped 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar. North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper announced the additional [Read More…]
Entire city of Malibu evacuated as fires race through Southern California, jump 101 Freeway
Ventura County Fire Department(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — Two fast-moving wildfires that exploded in the hills of Southern California have forced thousands of evacuations, including the entire city of Malibu and a sprawling naval base. The [Read More…]
80 years after Kristallnacht, a somber tour in Berlin to commemorate the tragedy
Sarah Hucal/ABC News(BERLIN) — More than 100 people came to Charlottenburg on Saturday for a free, historical walking tour. Under overcast skies, they gathered in the central Berlin neighborhood for a unique visit: to mark [Read More…]
NASA astronaut Anne McClain feels ‘confident’ flying aboard Russian Soyuz
NASA(NEW YORK) — Just weeks after a Soyuz booster failed and a crew was rocketed to safety the Russians are ready to return to manned flight, and Army Lt. Col. Anne McClain will be the [Read More…]
Lake effect snow, cold blast moves in Midwest, Northeast over weekend
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A storm brought heavy rain and some snow to parts of the Northeast on Friday. Meanwhile, colder air is bringing some snow to parts of the interior Northeast with snowfall [Read More…]
Google drops forced arbitration in sexual harassment and assault cases: Why it matters
Zhang Yuanyuan/VCG via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When former Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson complained to then-CEO Roger Ailes about hazing from her male co-workers, he replied with even more harassment, according to a lawsuit [Read More…]
US to halt midair refuels for Saudi coalition in Yemen with peace push on track for November meeting
Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The U.S. military will no longer provide midair refueling for the Saudi-led coalition’s warplanes fighting in Yemen, Saudi state media and the Pentagon confirmed Friday. The change came after growing [Read More…]
Judge orders Amazon to hand over Echo recordings in double murder case
WMUR(FARMINGTON, N.H. ) — Authorities in New Hampshire are hopeful a smart speaker will be smart enough to convict a double murderer. Amazon was ordered by a judge on Friday to hand over recordings taken [Read More…]
‘Paradise’ lost: 9 dead after Northern California wildfire engulfs entire town, officials say
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — At least nine people were killed when flames from a raging wildfire engulfed their vehicles in Northern California, authorities said. Virtually the entire town of Paradise has been destroyed, according to authorities. [Read More…]
Entire city of Malibu evacuated as fires race through Southern California, jump 101 Freeway
Ventura County Fire Department(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — Two fast-moving wildfires that exploded in the hills of Southern California are forcing thousands of evacuations, including the entire city of Malibu and a sprawling naval base. One [Read More…]
Police plead for help finding man seen near home of abducted 13-year-old
Lumberton Police(LUMBERTON, N.C.) — Investigators in North Carolina have released new surveillance footage showing a man they’d like to speak to in connection with the search for kidnapped 13-year-old Hania Noleia Aguilar. Surveillance video released [Read More…]
Airline employee that stole Horizon Air passenger plane acted alone: FBI
George Rose/Getty Images(SEATTLE) — The FBI has concluded that an airline employee who stole an empty passenger plane from Seattle-Tacoma International Airport in early August and performed dangerous maneuvers in the sky before slamming into [Read More…]
78-year-old man comes face-to-face with a bear, punches it in the face
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — We may not punch ballots on Election Day anymore, but for one 78-year-old man, he was punching something: a big black bear. Sonny Pumphrey was cleaning up fall leaves in his driveway [Read More…]
Medal of Honor recipient details moment he tackled suicide bomber
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Retired U.S. Army captain Florent Groberg joined “The View” Friday to tell the incredible story of how he earned the highest distinction a soldier can receive: the medal of honor. [Read More…]
Thousand Oaks suspect posted to social media before mass shooting: ‘Life is boring so why not?’
iStock/Thinkstock(THOUSAND OAKS, Calif.) — The veteran suspected of opening fire at a Thousand Oaks, California, bar, killing 12, texted or posted to social media during the shooting, law enforcement sources told ABC News. Preliminary information [Read More…]
Soybeans buy back some losses
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, ending the week narrowly mixed. The USDA numbers from Thursday were neutral to bearish, but the trade was focused on delays for the tail end [Read More…]
NAFB Parliamentarian makes sure rules are followed
At every business meeting of the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB), in the front of the room, sits a petite, white-haired woman who, for most of the time, says nothing, but Virginia Berberick is [Read More…]
Cattle futures down on cash, wholesale pressure
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were sharply lower on the recent lower beef trend, watching direct cash cattle business develop. Business in the North was steady to lower, while activity in the South waited [Read More…]