Month: October 2021
ABC Politics News
Biden signs orders restoring boundaries of Bears Ears, other monuments shrunk by Trump
Thomas Roche/GettyImages (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has restored the original boundaries of three U.S. national monuments that had their size drastically reduced by former President Donald Trump, saying Friday that Americans must protect the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden signs law to expand health care for ‘Havana syndrome’ victims
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that provides financial assistance and better health care to victims of “Havana syndrome,” the mysterious health incidents affecting dozens of U.S. personnel [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate votes to raise debt limit after 11 Republicans join Democrats to break filibuster
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of brinkmanship, the Senate voted Thursday night to raise the debt limit by $480 billion until Dec. 3. The procedural move to break the GOP filibuster, which required 60 votes, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Officer who shot Jacob Blake won’t face civil rights charges, DOJ says
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Civil rights charges will not be pursued against the Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake last year, partially paralyzing him, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Kenosha Police [Read More…]
ABC National News
Illinois woman headed to jail for photographing grizzly bears at Yellowstone
NicolasMcComber/iStock (CODY, Wyo.) — After a video of her trying to photograph grizzly bears went viral, a woman from Illinois has been sentenced to four days in jail and banned from Yellowstone National Park for [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: CDC committee to meet on Moderna, J&J boosters
Pekic/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 710,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people [Read More…]
ABC National News
Guilty verdict reached in trial of 2 parents in college admissions scandal
Kuzma/iStock (BOSTON) — A guilty verdict was reached Friday afternoon in the trial of John Wilson and Gamal Abdelaziz, two wealthy fathers charged with paying bribes to secure prestigious college spots for their kids under false [Read More…]
ABC National News
Maryland man allegedly kills pharmacist brother, citing his administration of COVID vaccine
Allegany County Sheriff’s Office (ELLICOTT CITY, Md.) — A Maryland man has been charged with allegedly killing his brother, a pharmacist, after going to confront him about “the government poisoning people with COVID vaccines,” according [Read More…]
ABC World News
Afghanistan updates: ISIS-K claims responsibility for suicide bombing at mosque
KeithBinns/iStock (WASHINGTON) — It’s been nearly one month since the U.S. withdrew all U.S. troops from Afghanistan on President Joe Biden’s order to leave by Aug. 31, ending a chaotic evacuation operation after the Afghan [Read More…]
ABC World News
Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
ISAAC LAWRENCE,YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images (OSLO, Norway) — Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle, hog futures end the week mixed
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mixed adjusting spreads. Feeder cattle were lower on profit-taking. October live cattle closed $.30 higher at $125.57 and December live cattle closed $.15 higher at [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmland prices hitting unprecedented levels
Top-end farmland is selling at prices never seen before. Iowa State University Extension economist Chad Hart says a 76-acre parcel in east-central Iowa sold earlier this month for $26,000 an acre. “I won’t necessarily call [Read More…]
Ag News
Senator Grassley testifies for mandatory price reporting
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says meat producers still need more market transparency. He says, “The reauthorization of the Mandatory Price Reporting is the vehicle available where we can add additional price transparency and price discovery [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 8, 2021
Dec. corn closed at $5.30 and 1/2, down 3 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.43, down 4 and 1/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $318.70, down 60 centsDec. soybean oil closed at 61.51, down [Read More…]
Ag News
SCN Action Month underway
The SCN Coalition and BASF have joined forces as part of SCN Action month. Jeremiah Mullock is seed treatment product manager with BASF tells Brownfield Ag News, “We’re bringing information to growers around making agronomic [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio accused of misusing NYPD resources in DOI report
iStock/Juliana Vilas Boas (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio treated his New York Police Department-provided security detail like a “concierge service” that drove around his son, staff members and guests even [Read More…]
ABC National News
US Marshals find, clear LA Dodgers fan who resembled fugitive John Ruffo
iStock/Candice Estep (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Marshals have located and fingerprinted the Los Angeles Dodgers fan seen on camera during a televised 2016 home game who they said closely resembled a long-missing and most [Read More…]
ABC World News
Maskless and unvaccinated, millions of pupils have returned to English schools
eiStock/Favor_of_God (LONDON) — As the debate on masking in classrooms rages in the U.S, England, as with its risky move to fully reopen society in July, is chartering its own course. Despite competing scientific advice, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Biden and China’s Xi plan to meet virtually this year after aides’ ‘meaningful,’ substantive’ talks
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and China’s Xi Jinping will hold a virtual meeting before the end of this year, a senior U.S. administration official said Wednesday, amid high tension in the critical [Read More…]
Ag News
Hartzler presses Vilsack on processing grants, vaccine mandates in House hearing
The USDA’s Secretary is being urged by a Member of Congress to help the small meat processors who took risks and expanded at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. Missouri Congresswoman Vicki Hartzler told Ag [Read More…]