Year: 2021
ABC Business News
Women turn to app-based delivery platforms for work flexibility amid pandemic
lechatnoir/iStock (NEW YORK) — When Kara Moore, a mom of three, returned to the workforce last year after nine years as a stay-at-home mom, she struggled to find a job. Moore, 42, who holds a [Read More…]
ABC Business News
John Deere workers approve new deal after monthlong strike
iStock/Wolterk (NEW YORK) — The United Autoworkers Union announced Wednesday night it has voted to ratify an agreement that ends the strike of thousands of John Deere workers. The agreement was approved by a vote [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mom giving birth on front lawn caught on doorbell camera
Courtesy of Michael and Emily Johnson (VACAVILLE, Calif.) — Emily Johnson had planned on giving birth to her second child in a hospital, with an epidural. Instead, Johnson, 31, of Vacaville, California, gave birth to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
State health department raises alarm as campus flu outbreak climbs to over 500 cases
Michael Hickey/Getty Images (ANN ARBOR, Mich.) — Public health officials are investigating an influenza outbreak at a Michigan university that has resulted in more than 500 cases, as several schools have also seen surges in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 11/17/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Charlotte 97, Washington 87 Detroit 97, Indiana 89 Atlanta 110, Boston 99 Brooklyn 109, Cleveland 99 Orlando 104, New York [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rejecting environmentalists’ pleas, Biden administration plows ahead with oil lease auction
Oleg Albinsky/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration auctioned off large swaths of federally owned waters in the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday, raking in hundreds of millions of dollars from oil and gas companies eager [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republican governors embrace Youngkin playbook as winning model for midterms
Salwan Georges/The Washington Post via Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Republican governors are anything but “tired of winning,” and in Phoenix at the annual Republican Governors Association conference, it became clear that may not be the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden confirms US ‘considering’ diplomatic boycott of Beijing Olympics
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said that his administration is “considering” a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in February. When a reporter asked Biden during an Oval Office [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House prepares to vote Thursday evening on sweeping social spending package
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — House Democrats on Thursday appeared to clear one of the final hurdles to passing their $1.75 trillion social policy package, as the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office released its cost estimate of the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to pardon turkeys Peanut Butter and Jelly ahead of Thanksgiving
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will issue the first pardons of his presidency Friday to some lucky turkeys named Peanut Butter and Jelly. In a ceremony at the White House, Biden will [Read More…]
ABC National News
How to watch the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440
Onfokus/iStock (NEW YORK) — Skywatchers, the longest partial lunar eclipse since 1440 will take place Friday, and you’ll have the chance to view a historic cosmic wonder in the sky. The partial eclipse is the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pastors rally at Ahmaud Arbery trial after attorney’s ‘outrageous’ comments
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Hundreds of pastors gathered and prayed Thursday outside the Georgia courthouse where the trial over Ahmaud Arbery’s killing is underway, a week after a defense attorney said there shouldn’t [Read More…]
ABC National News
Travis McMichael testifies Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or pulled weapon
Sean Rayford/Getty Images (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — Travis McMichael returned to the witness stand on Thursday and under cross-examination from the prosecutor repeated that Ahmaud Arbery never verbally threatened him or brandished a weapon during the [Read More…]
ABC National News
District attorney apologizes, calls out J. Edgar Hoover as men exonerated in murder of Malcolm X
Marilyn Nieves/iStock (NEW YORK) — One of the men convicted in connection with the 1965 assassination of Malcolm X appeared in court Thursday where a judge cleared his name. Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance moved [Read More…]
ABC National News
Julius Jones death row sentence commuted, changed to life without parole
Fahroni/iStock (OKLAHOMA CITY) — After spending the past 20 years fighting for his life on death row, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt commuted Julius Jones’ sentence to life without the possibility of parole the day Jones [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle groups support Tester bill to halt Brazilian beef imports
All three major cattle groups are supporting legislation to suspend Brazilian beef imports into the US. The bill, introduced by U.S. Senator Jon Tester of Montana, comes after repeated issues with Brazil’s delayed reporting of [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures higher ahead of On Feed numbers
At the CME, live cattle closed higher and feeders were mostly higher supported by strong cash trade ahead of Friday’s on feed numbers. December live cattle closed $.92 higher at $133.15 and February live cattle [Read More…]
Ag News
EPA takes step toward a new WOTUS
The EPA & Army Corps of Engineers have released a proposed interim rule to replace the Waters of the U.S. Rule. Curtis Carey, public affairs director of EPA Region Seven tells Brownfield it’s the first [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 18, 2021
Dec. corn closed at $5.73, down 2 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $12.65 and 1/4, down 11 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $370.40, down $4.30Dec. soybean oil closed at 59.17, down 6 [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans finish lower, corn, wheat mixed
Soybeans closed lower on profit taking and technical selling, following the lower moves in soybean products. Export sales were up on the week, mostly to China, but sales did fall below the four-week average. While [Read More…]