Month: January 2022
ABC Politics News
Bipartisan senators turn to reforming Electoral Count Act now that voting rights standoff over
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With voting rights reform now firmly in the rear view mirror, negotiations to reform the Electoral Count Act have ramped up, but it remains far from certain that the talks [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden nominee would be 1st Muslim woman to serve as federal judge
ACLU Illinois (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden announced the nomination of Nusrat Jahan Choudhury to the federal judiciary Wednesday, who, if confirmed by the Senate, would become the first Muslim American woman to serve as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two years after COVID first hit the US, hundreds of thousands of Americans are still falling ill
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At the beginning of 2020, as the nation celebrated the start of a new year, many Americans were still unaware of the “mysterious pneumonia” that had sickened dozens of [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Breakthrough cases grew fourfold during omicron
PAU BARRENA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.5 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 860,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
ABC National News
4 people, including infant, freeze to death being smuggled across US-Canada border
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (MANITOBA, Canada) — Four people, including two adults, a teen and an infant, have been found frozen to death about 40 feet from the U.S.-Canada border while being smuggled into North [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jury seated in federal trial of 3 former cops accused in George Floyd’s death
Mario Tama/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Opening statements in the joint federal trial of three former police officers accused of civil rights violations in the death of George Floyd are expected to begin next week [Read More…]
ABC National News
International flight turns around after passenger refuses to wear mask: Officials
Alicia Llop/Getty Images (MIAMI) — A first-class passenger who allegedly refused to wear a mask disrupted a London-bound American Airlines flight Wednesday night and prompted the pilot to turn back to Miami so the customer [Read More…]
ABC World News
Biden, Putin might meet to resolve standoff over Ukraine, Blinken says
DENIS BALIBOUSE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Friday that President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin might meet in an effort to resolve the standoff over Ukraine and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Massive explosion in Ghana mining region leaves dozens dead or injured
File photo – Ato Kwamena Dadzie/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — More than a dozen people were killed and many more were injured by a massive explosion that rocked southwestern Ghana on Thursday, authorities said. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Massive explosion rocks town in Ghana
Sergio Amiti/Getty Images (APPIATSE, Ghana) — A town in Ghana was rocked by a huge explosion Thursday that sent several people to the hospital, the authorities said. The Ghana Police Service announced that the explosion [Read More…]
ABC World News
Nineteen-year-old breaks record of youngest woman to fly solo around the world
NICOLAS MAETERLINCK/BELGA MAG/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — From flying over an active volcano to surviving in minus 31 degrees Fahrenheit, British-Belgium teen Zara Rutherford has experienced a lot in her five-month journey flying over [Read More…]
ABC World News
British police arrest two men in probe of hostage-taking incident at Texas synagogue
Malik Faisal Akram – Obtained by ABC News (LONDON) — Two men were arrested in England on Thursday morning as part of an ongoing investigation into a hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the United [Read More…]
Ag News
Record large cattle placements in December
The USDA says there were more cattle placed into U.S. feed lots in December 2021 than any other December on record. The total of 1.963 million head was 6% above the previous year, with most [Read More…]
Ag News
Vilsack commits to improving milk pricing
Ranking member of the House Ag Committee Glenn G.T. Thompson of Pennsylvania pressed Ag Secretary Vilsack at a committee hearing this week for his commitment to help address issues within the nation’s Federal Milk Marketing [Read More…]
Ag News
Risk management advisor says DRP or LGM-Dairy choice may depend on geography
A risk management specialist says dairy producers need to know how Dairy Revenue Protection and Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy compare for their farms before choosing one over the other. Mike North with ever.ag says, “Neither tool [Read More…]
Ag News
Milk futures, cash dairy trade mixed
Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange ended the week mixed correcting over traded positions while cash cheese closed lower. January Class III milk was four cents higher at $20.29. February 32 cents lower at [Read More…]
Ag News
CoBank outlines economic factors to watch
An ag economist expects to see some themes of 2021 carry throughout the year ahead. Tanner Ehmke with CoBank tells Brownfield, “Labor is that systemic issue that has reached every corner of the American economy [Read More…]
Latest News
Tourism has record-breaking year in South Dakota
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota had a record number of visitors in 2021, making it the first state to fully recover to pre-pandemic levels, according the tourism officials. The state Department of Tourism says [Read More…]
Latest News
Senate passes funding boost for private school scholarships
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate on Thursday passed a $1.5 million funding boost for a private school scholarship program that is funded through tax credits. The bill’s proponents argued the program allows [Read More…]
Latest News
Felony for brokering unlicensed grain buyers clears Senate
PIERRE, S.D. (AP) — The South Dakota Senate on Thursday unanimously passed a proposal to make it a felony for anyone who brokers a grain purchase with an unlicensed buyer. The state requires grain buyers [Read More…]
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