Month: January 2022
ABC Sports News
Beijing 2022 Olympics: Tickets won’t be sold to public due to COVID-19
Lintao Zhang/Getty Images (BEIJING) — No public tickets will be sold to next month’s Beijing Olympics due to COVID-19, the Beijing 2022 Organizing Committee said. Instead, groups of spectators will be invited to the games, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Djokovic leaves Australia after losing appeal to reinstate visa
STR/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images (MELBOURNE) — Novak Djokovic left Australia on Sunday after three federal judges upheld the decision to revoke his visa for the second time. “I can confirm that Mr. Djokovic has now [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
SCOTUS blocking of vaccine mandate ‘a setback for public health’: Vivek Murthy
Oliver Contreras/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court’s decision to block the Biden administration’s vaccine-or-test requirement for large private businesses is a “setback for public health,” United States Surgeon General Vivek Murthy told [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Clyburn asks senators ‘which side are you on?’ for voting rights
Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., on Sunday asked his colleagues in the Senate who are set to vote on voting rights legislation Tuesday: “Which side are you on?” referencing [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Italian police arrest nurse accused of faking shots for anti-vaxxers
JOSH EDELSON/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 850,000 Americans, according to real-time data [Read More…]
ABC National News
Passenger fatally shot on Amtrak train, search underway for suspect
Mario Tama/Getty Images (LEE’S SUMMIT, Mo.) — An assailant in the fatal shooting of a passenger on an Amtrak train in Missouri remained on the run Sunday as investigators worked to determine why the train [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tsunami advisory issued for American Samoa after another volcano eruption in Tonga
Tonga Geological Services (NEW YORK) — The National Tsunami Warning Center issued a tsunami advisory for American Samoa after another undersea volcano eruption near the island of Tonga. While the volcano has been erupting for [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas rabbi ‘grateful to be alive’ as synagogue hostage-taking suspect ID’d
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (COLLEYVILLE, Texas) — A Texas rabbi taken hostage with three members of his congregation by an armed man demanding the release of a convicted terrorist, posted a message on social media Sunday [Read More…]
ABC National News
East Coast bracing for snow, ice from widespread winter system
Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of Americans on the East Coast are bracing for severe winter weather as a widespread storm system continues to march east. The storm that brought dangerous [Read More…]
ABC World News
British police arrest two teens in probe of hostage-taking incident at Texas synagogue
PAUL ELLIS/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Two teenagers have been arrested in England as part of an ongoing investigation into Saturday’s hostage-taking incident at a synagogue in the United States, British authorities said. The [Read More…]
ABC World News
North Korea launches fourth missile test in two weeks
JUNG YEON-JE/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Monday morning, its fourth test in less than a month. “South Korea’s military detected two [Read More…]
ABC World News
Senior citizens go digital as Korea moves toward contact-free culture
ABC News (SEOUL, South Korea) — Jae-Yeol Tae recalls the time he broke into a cold sweat after noticing a long line behind him as he struggled to order a hamburger on a local fast-food [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri Soybeans partners with Perdue AgriBusiness for contracting program
An exciting partnership with Perdue AgriBusiness will offer the first organic high oleic SOYLEIC® contracting program, providing premiums to plant heart-healthy high oleic soybeans. Perdue AgriBusiness, a leading agriculture products and services provider, will contract [Read More…]
Ag News
Commodity title program elections
Farmers have until March 15th to make decisions on which commodity title program they want to cover crops for the upcoming growing season. Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse with MinnStar Bank in southern Minnesota tells [Read More…]
Latest News
Man sentenced to life in prison in fatal 2019 shooting
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A man accused of opening fire on a group of people, killing one, has been sentenced to life in prison. The Argus Leader reports Ramon Deron Smith was sentenced Thursday in connection [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Mahomes leads Chiefs to 42-21 wild-card romp over Steelers
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — The Chiefs were going nowhere on offense against Pittsburgh early Sunday night, so coach Andy Reid had wide receiver Mecole Hardman take a shotgun snap and hand off to running [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
49ers hang on over Cowboys 23-17 in chaotic wild-card finish
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Kyle Shanahan walked onto the field with an emphatic nod, believing his San Francisco 49ers had beaten the Dallas Cowboys in a chaotic wild-card finish that left many not sure what [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Brady throws for 2 TDs, SB champions dominate Eagles 31-15
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — As the game clock expired, Tom Brady raised his arms in triumph along the sideline, whirled and tossed a football into the stands. The Tampa Bay Buccaneers and their jubilant 44-year-old [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Dogecoin rallies after Elon Musk tweet
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dogecoin rallied Friday after Tesla CEO Elon Musk tweeted the carmaker would now accept the cryptocurrency as payment for merchandise. Originally started as joke poking fun at [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How sky-high inflation is evaporating Americans’ savings, imposing ‘cruelest tax’ on the poor
Guido Mieth/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The sneaky sting of inflation is catching many Americans by surprise as soaring prices erode their savings and prompt major sticker shock at the supermarket, gas pump and seemingly [Read More…]
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