Year: 2021

iStock/leekris (NEW YORK) — Exactly two months after allowing Texas to impose a near-total ban on abortions, the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday was taking a closer look at the groundbreaking state law deliberately designed [Read More…]

Biden reflects on American leadership, progress made at G-20 summit

Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (ROME) — President Joe Biden reflected on progress he made with other world leaders at this weekend’s G-20 summit, including ways to combat climate change, as the event wrapped up in Rome on [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: Kids’ shots not widely available until Nov. 8

iStock/koto_feja (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 746,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]

Kyle Rittenhouse trial, Ahmaud Arbery case both expected to hinge on video

ABC obtained video (NEW YORK) — Two trials over killings that have garnered national attention are now going on simultaneously and legal experts said they expect both will hinge on video evidence. Jury selection in [Read More…]

Dia de Los Muertos offers healing for COVID-19 victims’ Latinx families

iStock/Cavan Images (NEW YORK) — This year, as the COVID-19 pandemic rages on, many Mexican Americans will find solace in celebrating Día de los Muertos. The holiday, which is celebrated from Oct. 31 through Nov. [Read More…]

Robert Durst indicted on murder of first wife, Kathleen

iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — A grand jury indicted Robert Durst on a second-degree murder charge Monday in connection with the 1982 death of his first wife, Kathleen Durst. Westchester County prosecutors charged the real estate [Read More…]

SpaceX prepares to send another NASA crew to International Space Station

iStock (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk’s SpaceX is gearing up to send a crew of astronauts to the International Space Station for the fourth time. The mission, dubbed Crew-3, will carry NASA astronauts Raja Chari, [Read More…]

COP26 live updates: Biden emphasizes urgency to fight climate change: ‘The science is clear’

iStock/Kinwun (GLASGOW, U.K.) — 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…]

S. Madagascar on the verge of climate change-induced famine: How to help

ABC News (AMBOVOMBE, Madagascar) — “Kere” is a word that echoes around southern Madagascar. It means hunger, and the people here know it all too well. For the past four years, the lack of food [Read More…]

COP26 live updates: World leaders converge upon Glasgow for historic climate summit

iStock/studio023 (NEW YORK) — 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…]

Ginger Zee helps explain climate change

iStock/chonticha wat (NEW YORK) — As the first piece of ABC News Radio’s series on the global climate crisis, Ginger Zee helps us understand the global impact of climate change. The signs and symptoms of [Read More…]

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Missouri Soybean partnership with the University of Georgia will expand high oleic footprint

Missouri Soybean has partnered with the University of Georgia to execute a license combining the university’s high oleic soybeans with non-GMO Soyleic varieties developed by Missouri Soybean. Missouri Soybean’s high oleic Soyleic currently has maturity [Read More…]

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Consumers open to gene edited foods

Amy te Plata Church with the Center for Food Integrity says they analyzed 15 different studies on consumer attitudes about gene editing and consumers know what they want. …

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RFA has praise and concern for the latest Build Back Better framework

A biofuels group sees some good and some room for improvement in the most recent Build Back Better framework announced Thursday. Geoff Cooper with the Renewable Fuels Association calls the package a “mixed bag” for [Read More…]

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CBOT wheat futures climb to highest levels since 2013

Wheat futures on the Chicago Board of Trade are at eight and-a-half year highs. University of Minnesota Extension grain market economist Ed Usset tells Brownfield the main driver is supply. “I think (everyone) is well [Read More…]

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Hog futures start week on higher move

Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were lower, with feeders leading the way down on the higher move in corn. December live was down $.42 at $128.85 and February was $.32 lower at [Read More…]

Scoreboard Roundup 10/31/21

iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from yesterday’s games: —— MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Final Atlanta 3 Houston 2 —— NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Final 2OT Washington [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 10/30

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Friday’s sports events. MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL PLAYOFFS Atlanta 2 Houston 0 NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Toronto 110 Orlando 109 Miami 114 Charlotte 99 Brooklyn 105 Indiana 98 [Read More…]

Buttigieg defends bipartisan infrastructure bill, ‘optimistic’ it will pass

levkr/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg is “optimistic” that the bipartisan infrastructure bill will pass the House and Senate, he said Sunday. “We’re very optimistic the president put forward this framework because he believes [Read More…]

Kinzinger speaks out on leaving Congress, ‘cancer’ in the Republican Party