Year: 2021
ABC Politics News
Tied city council race in Portland, Maine, decided by drawing name out of a bowl
WMTW-TV (PORTLAND, Maine) — Hundreds of people in Portland, Maine, turned up Thursday to watch an unprecedented event unfold in local election history: The winner of an open city council seat was chosen by chance, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ sues Texas over restrictive voting law
Robert Cicchetti/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department announced Thursday it has sued the State of Texas over its restrictive voting law that went into effect in September. The complaint argues SB1 violates Section 208 of [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: US at ‘inflection point’ heading into winter months
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 751,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
Live updates: Ahmaud Arbery murder case underway
DNY59/iStock (BRUNSWICK, Ga.) — The murder trial of three white Georgia men charged in the 2020 killing of Ahmaud Arbery, a 25-year-old Black man prosecutors allege was “hunted down” and shot to death while out [Read More…]
ABC National News
Four ways to combat climate change with a fork
Grandbrothers/iStock (NEW YORK) — As leaders from nearly every country in the world converge upon Glasgow, Scotland, for COP26, the United Nations Climate Change Conference — the climate crisis is at center stage, as well as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bond raised for mom of 8-year-old boy left dead in Houston apartment
Harris County Sheriff’s Office (HOUSTON) — A bond was raised Friday for the mother of an 8-year-old boy whose remains were left in his Houston home, along with three malnourished siblings. Gloria Williams, 35, was arrested [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search continues for missing 14-year-old in New Jersey
ABC News (EAST ORANGE, N.J.) — 14-year-old Jashyah Moore has been missing since Oct. 14. Her family is pleading with her community for answers that would help bring her daughter home. “I cannot imagine what she [Read More…]
ABC World News
Alleged kidnapper of 4-year-old girl sent to maximum security prison
Tamati Smith/Getty Images (PERTH, Australia) — Terence Darrell Kelly was charged Thursday afternoon with one count of forcibly taking a child under 16 for allegedly abducting 4-year-old Cleo Smith from a campsite on Oct. 16. Kelly [Read More…]
ABC World News
Famine-stricken Madagascar donations pour in from ‘World News Tonight’ viewers
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donations have poured in from thousands of “World News Tonight” viewers in the wake of our report on Southern Madagascar, a country on the verge of the world’s first climate change-induced [Read More…]
Ag News
Study shows the benefits of cow brushes
A new study shows stationary brushes and hanging hemp ropes are very important for cattle of all ages. Researchers from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada used stationary brushes to study weaned dairy [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures higher to end the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day higher on the higher cash business and recent strength in boxed beef prices. December live cattle closed $1.17 higher at $131.80 and February [Read More…]
Ag News
EU might need more traditional biofuels to meet climate goals
A recent report by RaboResearch says the European Union might need more traditional biofuels to reach environmental goals if new technologies are slow to develop. The report says unforeseen events in the future could affect [Read More…]
Ag News
USTR gathering feedback on non-tariff trade barriers
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative is gathering feedback concerning non-tariff trade barriers. Minnesota Soybean Growers executive director Joe Smentek tells Brownfield the Association submitted comments on several issues. “China still has some non-tariff [Read More…]
Ag News
Biden appoints new Wisconsin FSA & Rural Development directors
President Biden has appointed Wisconsin’s new Farm Service Agency Executive Director and a new Rural Development Director. Eugene Schriefer is the new FSA Executive Director. Schriefer has been a senior outreach specialist with the University [Read More…]
News
Mitchell School Board to consider a recommendation to ease the current mask mandate
Board review of the “Return to School Protocols” is on Monday’s Mitchell School Board meeting agenda. Superintendent Joe Graves is recommending a return to “mask recommended rather than required.” He conferred with Avera Health in [Read More…]
News
Corsica feed-lot operator sentenced to prison
A South Dakota feedlot operator who pleaded guilty to operating a Ponzi cattle scheme has been sentenced to nearly eight years in prison. Prosecutors say Robert Blom of Corsica resold the same cattle to multiple [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NBA: Firm will probe Suns after report of racism, misogyny
PHOENIX (AP) — The NBA has asked a law firm to investigate the Phoenix Suns after a published report on Thursday detailed allegations that owner Robert Sarver has a history of racist, misogynistic and hostile [Read More…]
Latest News
Noem contradicts labor secretary on meeting with daughter
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem contradicted her own labor secretary Thursday about a meeting last year in her office, saying it didn’t include any discussion about how her daughter could [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota health care systems ready to inoculate children
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Two of South Dakota’s largest health care systems are beginning to vaccine children ages 5 to 11 for COVID-19 now that Pfizer doses are arriving at their hospitals and clinics. [Read More…]
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Brookings man pleads guilty in 2019 death of toddler
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A Brookings man has pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter for his role in the 2019 starvation death of a toddler. Robert Price, Jr. entered the plea after reaching an agreement [Read More…]
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