Year: 2021
ABC Politics News
With gas prices soaring, Biden calls for probe into possible ‘illegal conduct’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate if “illegal conduct” is to blame for surging gas prices hurting Americans’ pocketbooks. Fuel prices are averaging [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rep. Liz Cheney ousted from Wyoming GOP
Sarah Silbiger/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In its second formal rebuke of Wyoming Republican Liz Cheney, the state party passed a resolution this week to no longer recognize her as a member — but [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House insists Biden, China’s Xi aren’t ‘old friends’ following Monday meeting
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (WASHINGTON) — White House officials insisted Tuesday that President Joe Biden does not consider China’s President Xi Jinping a “friend” after Xi, speaking through an interpreter in a virtual meeting with Biden Monday [Read More…]
ABC National News
Travis McMichael testifies in his own defense in Ahmaud Arbery case
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — In a high-stakes move, Travis McMichael, the man who fatally shot Ahmaud Arbery, took the witness stand in his own defense Tuesday afternoon. The 35-year-old McMichael was the first defense witness [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two men found guilty in the Malcolm X assassination expected to have convictions thrown out
Bettmann/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 57 years after the assassination of Malcolm X in the New York City neighborhood of Washington Heights, Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is moving to vacate the convictions of [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Moderna asks FDA to authorize booster for all adults
Teka77/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 766,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ finds Bureau of Prisons failed to apply earned time credits to 60,000 inmates
iStock (NEW YORK) — Sixty-thousand inmates potentially did not properly receive credits for time served under the First Step Act’s recidivism programs, the Department of Justice inspector general found. “We are concerned that the delay [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘QAnon Shaman’ sentenced to 41 months in prison for role in Jan. 6 attack
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jacob Chansley, the self-described “QAnon Shaman” who infamously marched through the U.S. Capitol with a spear and horned helmet during the Jan. 6 riot, was sentenced Wednesday to 41 months [Read More…]
ABC World News
Lukashenko and Merkel discuss Belarus-Poland border crisis in hopes it can be stopped
Yaraslau Mikheyeu/iStock (BIALYSTOK, Poland) — Germany’s chancellor Angela Merkel talked with Belarus’ authoritarian leader, Alexander Lukashenko, on Wednesday, as part of a burst of European diplomatic efforts to end the migration crisis on the Belarusian [Read More…]
ABC World News
Greek prime minister asks Boris Johnson to return Parthenon marbles
iStock (LONDON) — Prime Minister Boris Johnson commented in a meeting Tuesday with Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis that the decision to return the famous Parthenon marbles to Greece would be left to the British [Read More…]
ABC World News
Devastating flooding forces 184 people to evacuate overnight in Canada
Cavan Images/Getty Images (BELLINGHAM, Wash.) — Devastating flooding in western Canada forced 184 people to evacuate overnight in Abbotsford in British Columbia, Abbotsford Mayor Henry Braun said. Bill Blair, a Member of Parliament, tweeted, “In [Read More…]
ABC World News
Frida Kahlo self-portrait painting sells for record-breaking $34.9 million at auction
E_Rojas/iStock (NEW YORK) — A self-portrait by the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo was sold for almost $35 million, including fees, at a Sotheby’s auction in New York on Tuesday. This portrait, titled ‘Diego y yo’ [Read More…]
ABC World News
Secretary of State Antony Blinken making 1st trip to Africa amid growing crises in Ethiopia, Sudan
State Department photo by Ron Przysucha (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is running headfirst into a number of fires as he makes his first trip to Africa as America’s top diplomat. Nearly [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer interest in carbon markets continues, participation varies
Interest in carbon markets continues to grow but farmer participation varies. Jason Weller, the president of Truterra, the sustainability business of Land O’Lakes, says farmers want questions answered before they dive into carbon markets. “They’re [Read More…]
Ag News
Rising fertilizer prices likely to continue through spring
An executive for an ag financial advisor says fertilizer costs will likely continue rising before leveling off. StoneX Director of Fertilizer Josh Linville tells Brownfield he’s seeing nitrogen prices that are topping $1,300 and the [Read More…]
Ag News
Former USDA trade leader comments on EU, China now
Photo: Moderator Spencer Chase with former trade negotiator Sharon Bomer Lauritsen (center and former USDA Undersecretary Ted McKinney (virtually) at the 2021 National Association of Farm Broadcasting convention in Kansas City The former USDA Undersecretary [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle futures higher at midweek
At the CME, live cattle closed higher and feeders were mostly higher ahead of the week’s direct cash business and Friday’s On Feed numbers. December live cattle closed $.50 higher at $132.22 and February live [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 17, 2021
Dec. corn closed at $5.75 and 1/4, up 4 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $12.77, up 25 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $374.70, up $7.20Dec. soybean oil closed at 59.23, up 6 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sylvester Stallone: ‘Rocky IV’ director’s cut is “more profound” with fewer “cheap shots”
Steve Jennings/Getty Images for Leisure Opportunities It’s Rocky IV, reimagined. Sylvester Stallone has released a new director’s cut of the fourth Rocky film, now titled Rocky vs. Drago. It includes more than 40 new minutes, and Stallone tells ABC Audio that [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
All aboard the Hogwarts Express: ‘Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone’ turns 20 today
Peter Mountain/WireImage Twenty years ago today, Harry Potter fans flocked to theaters to see their favorite boy wizard come to life for the first time on the big screen in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s [Read More…]