Month: November 2021
ABC Health News
Risk of measles outbreaks growing as 22 million infants miss 1st vaccine: Officials
iStock/Pornpak Khunatorn (NEW YORK) — More than 22 million infants across the globe didn’t get their first measles vaccine dose last year, according to a joint statement Wednesday from the World Health Organization and the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Pfizer asks FDA to amend booster authorization to include all adults
no_limit_pictures/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Pfizer on Tuesday requested the Food and Drug Administration allow all Americans over 18 to be eligible for booster shots, submitting data from a 10,000-person trial that found its third shots to [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/9/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Milwaukee 118, Philadelphia 109 Utah 110, Atlanta 98 LA Clippers 117, Portland 109 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE New Jersey 7, Florida [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Read the memo from Trump aide’s office making the case to fire Defense Secretary Mark Esper
Oleg Albinsky/iStock (WASHINGTON) — In a memo never before made public, the Presidential Personnel Office under the direction of John McEntee, a favorite aide of former President Donald Trump, made a case for firing then-Secretary [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Transcript of Cuomo investigation interviews released
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images/File (NEW YORK) — Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said in an interview over the summer he “wouldn’t be surprised” if somebody who worked for him at some point sat on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee issues 10 more subpoenas targeting Trump administration officials
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot issued 10 subpoenas on Tuesday to former members of the Trump administration — including West Wing aides and senior officials who were [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sununu not running for Senate from New Hampshire, likely hurting GOP hopes to gain a seat
Maddie Meyer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New Hampshire GOP Gov. Chris Sununu announced Tuesday that he will not run for Senate in the 2022 midterms, likely hurting Republicans chances to gain a seat in Washington. Instead, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kyle Rittenhouse defends shootings, claiming self-defense: Key takeaways from Day 7
ABC News (KENOSHA COUNTY, Wisc.) — Kyle Rittenhouse took the witness stand on Wednesday to testify in his own defense and broke down in sobs as he began to describe shooting three men, two fatally, [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Over 900,000 kids 5-11 will have 1st shot by end of day, White House says
CasPhotography/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 757,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect in fatal shooting of Georgia police officer found dead
iStock/South_agency (ATLANTA) — The man suspected of shooting and killing a police officer in Georgia last week was found dead Tuesday night. Police sources told WSB-TV, an ABC affiliate, that Jordan Jackson was found dead [Read More…]
ABC National News
Prosecutors taking over case of missing New Jersey 14-year-old Jashyah Moore
iStock/ijoe84 (NEW YORK) — Prosecutors are taking over the case of a 14-year-old New Jersey girl who has been missing for nearly a month. Jashyah Moore, 14, was last seen around 10 a.m. on Oct. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Benton Harbor, Michigan, lead pipe removal is finally underway
iStock/carterdayne (BENTON HARBOR, Mich.) — Construction has finally begun in Benton Harbor, Michigan, to replace the lead-tainted service lines that have been poisoning the predominantly Black community’s water supply for years. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer [Read More…]
ABC World News
COP26 updates: US, China pledge to work together on climate crisis
oonal/iStock (GLASGOW, Scotland) — Leaders from nearly every country in the world have converged upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference that experts are touting as the most important environmental summit [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle market compromise bill aims to improve transparency
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa says cattle producers across the country are counting on Congress to make real reforms to the cattle market. He says the bipartisan compromise bill announced earlier this week will [Read More…]
Ag News
Axne urges passage of supply chain bills
Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne is urging passage of bipartisan supply chain legislation she is cosponsoring now that Congress has passed the infrastructure bill. The Democrat says the four bills in her ‘Supply Chain Solutions Agenda’ [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan specialty crops granted more than $4 million, conservation districts nearly $10 million
Michigan’s specialty crop sector has received $4 million for 18 projects enhancing the state’s competitiveness. Federal funding through the USDA’s Specialty Crop Block Grant Program was distributed through the state’s ag department to focus on [Read More…]
Ag News
Small meat processing at fork in the road
A livestock economist says the future of meat processing will likely take one of two routes depending on COVID-19. The University of Missouri’s Scott Brown tells Brownfield there is a lot of legislative and producer [Read More…]
Ag News
NCBA says the new compromise bill is a starting point
A compromise bill announced this week takes another stab at addressing the price imbalance in the cattle industry. “We have a starting point here, but the Devil is in the details.” Ethan Lane with the [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Advisory issued November 10 at 8:31PM MST until November 12 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THURSDAY TO 6 PM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Northwest winds 20 to 30 mph with gusts up to 50 mph expected. * WHERE…Portions of east central and southeast [Read More…]
News
Suspect arrested in a deadly shooting in Scotland, South Dakota
There’s additional information regarding Tuesday evening’s deadly shooting in Scotland that left three people dead and two wounded. The Bon Homme County Sheriff’s Office responded to a report of shots-fired at a Scotland residence near [Read More…]