Year: 2021
ABC Health News
Breast cancer survivor creates breast self-exam app
Courtesy Jessica Baladad (NEW YORK) — A breast cancer survivor has created a mobile app, called Feel For Your Life, to help women conduct breast self-exams. “I found out there were three reasons women weren’t [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Former football player’s mission to get others vaccinated after almost dying of COVID
Courtesy Mel Moon (Guntersville, Ala.) — As a former Division I college football player for the University of Alabama Crimson Tide, Justin Moon faced many challenges on the field. But more than a decade later, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
All the details of the Super Bowl 56 halftime show
EricVega/iStock (NEW YORK) — Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, Mary J. Blige and Kendrick Lamar will perform together for the first time when they headline the Pepsi Super Bowl 56 Halftime Show on Feb. 13, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 9/30/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Texas 7, LA Angels 6 Baltimore 6, Boston 2 Houston 3, Tampa Bay 2 NY Yankees 6, Toronto [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
After 2 days of Democratic drama, fate of Biden’s infrastructure agenda still unclear
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After two days of Democratic infighting and drama, the fate of President Joe Biden’s infrastructure agenda remained unclear after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had to repeatedly put off a vote [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House promises more rapid COVID-19 tests amid supply shortage
TriggerPhoto/iStock (WASHINGTON) — With at-home rapid COVID-19 tests hard to come by and many stores limiting purchases, the White House on Friday acknowledged the current supply crunch, promising to double the number of rapid tests [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ and Texas face off in court over restrictive abortion law
robertcicchetti/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Lawyers from the Justice Department and the state of Texas squared off in court Friday as the Biden administration seeks an order that would halt enforcement of the state’s restrictive abortion law [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden heads to Capitol Hill to meet with House Democrats amid infighting
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden went to Capitol Hill Friday afternoon to meet with House Democrats, White House officials said, amid party infighting that has put his legislative agenda in jeopardy. Biden, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
California Gov. Newsom signs sweeping police reform bills, will strip badges from officers for misconduct
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a wide-sweeping set of police reform laws Thursday, including one that would prevent an officer from being employed by another police department after being [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect in Houston school shooting identified, charged
kali9/iStock (HOUSTON) — Police identified the suspected gunman who stormed YES Prep Southwest Secondary school in Houston, Texas, on Friday and wounded the principal as 25-year old Dexter Harold Kelsey. Kelsey has been charged with [Read More…]
ABC National News
Death investigation into Illinois State Trooper found shot in squad car on highway
kali9/iStock (CHICAGO) — Illinois State Police have opened a investigation into the death of a trooper found shot on a Chicago highway Friday. Gerald Mason, 35, was found in his squad car suffering from a [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: American Airlines to require employee vaccinations
Drazen Zigic/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million [Read More…]
ABC National News
Why some restaurants have added security amid new COVID policies
PinkOmelet/iStock (NEW YORK) — Amid restaurant closures, changing rules and regulations, worker shortages, supply chain issues that lead to price hikes and more, during the COVID-19 crisis restaurants in the U.S. have faced challenges at [Read More…]
ABC National News
California to be 1st state in nation to require COVID-19 vaccines for school children
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — California Gov. Gavin Newsom announced Friday that the state will require vaccines for all school children ages 12-17 once the FDA grants full approval, becoming the first state in [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn silage quality varies greatly this year
An animal nutrition expert says the 2021 weather has created a wide variety of quality in corn silage. Dr. Joel Pankowski with Arm and Hammer Animal Health tells Brownfield the rain patterns were variable, especially [Read More…]
Ag News
Emerging risk to US southern cattle from rabid vampire bats
There’s an emerging risk to southern U.S. cattle from rabid vampire bats. Dr. Joanne Maki, with Boehringer Ingelheim says they’re helping get the word out about the importance of rabies vaccination. “Ecologists and wildlife biologists [Read More…]
Ag News
Study finds large percentage of farmers are being denied access to popular conservation programs
A new study finds nearly 70 percent of farmers who applied for two of USDA’s most popular conservation programs over the past decade were rejected. Michael Happ with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmer “well sold” on soybeans going into harvest
A farmer in southwest Minnesota says he forward contracted most of his new crop soybeans. Bob Worth also grows corn near Lake Benton. “We are well sold in soybeans, well sold. Corn, we are not [Read More…]
Ag News
Fall armyworm invasion ‘not over yet’
A field crop entomologist says farmers need to continue scouting fields for fall armyworm during harvest. The University of Missouri’s Kevin Rice tells Brownfield harvesting infested fields first isn’t a bad idea. “Harvesting early is [Read More…]
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