Month: January 2022
ABC National News
Houston police shooter had a prior warrant out against him, prior convictions
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The man charged with shooting three Houston police officers on Thursday had a warrant issued for him in connection with a December robbery, according to court records. In December, Roland [Read More…]
ABC National News
California ticket wins $421 million Mega Millions jackpot
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.) — A California ticket won a $421 million Mega Millions Jackpot, the equivalent of $289.5 million in cash, on Friday. The winning ticket was sold at a Chevron gas [Read More…]
ABC National News
Police arrest suspect linked to Washington, DC, swastika graffiti
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Police announced Saturday they arrested a suspect in connection with the series of swastika graffiti markings around Washington, D.C. Geraldo Pando, 34, has been charged with “display of certain [Read More…]
ABC World News
Release of wild cheetahs in Mozambique could be answer to conservation of the species, biologists say
Tamar Kendon (LONDON) — Thousands of feet in the air, Willem Briers-Louw, a wildlife biologist, surveys the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique via helicopter — seeking the animal populations he helps to conserve and maintain in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/27/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 105, LA Lakers 87 Golden State 124, Minnesota 115 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Los Angeles 3, NY Islanders 2 Florida [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to Pittsburgh to push infrastructure improvements as local bridge collapses
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Just hours ahead of President Joe Biden traveling to Pittsburgh to stress improvements needed for the nation’s infrastructure, a bridge in the area collapsed on Friday morning, coincidentally providing Biden [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When word came that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring, the spotlight almost immediately shifted to who might replace him — and getting a lot of attention has been [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Join the fight’: Some GOP poll worker recruitment takes partisan bent
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With poll workers across the country resigning at an alarming rate, efforts to recruit their replacements have grown increasingly partisan – a troubling trend that experts fear will serve to undermine [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Top intel official warns ‘deficiencies’ in classification system pose national security threat
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a scathing rebuke of the nation’s current classification procedures, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has told lawmakers that the current system classifies so much information it puts national [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Holocaust Remembrance Day comes as many worry lessons are being forgotten
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, the warning to “never forget” took on renewed meaning. President Joe Biden, who was scheduled to host a 90-year-old Auschwitz [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh, three hospitalized
Pittsburgh Public Safety via Twitter (PITTSBURGH) — A bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh on Friday morning, sending three people to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. Five cars and a Port Authority bus were on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Northeast, Boston may face ‘historic storm’ as blizzard conditions loom
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The East Coast is bracing for a weekend snow storm stretching from the Carolinas to Maine, with blizzard conditions expected in several areas. The snow, set to begin Friday night [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York college student dies after being found unconscious outside in extreme cold: Police
iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — Authorities are investigating after an upstate New York college student died after spending hours off-campus in subzero temperatures, police said. SUNY Oneonta student Tyler Lopresti-Castro, 20, was discovered by two Oneonta [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man released after nearly 20 years in prison due to twin confessing to murder
iStock (CHICAGO) — A Chicago man was released from prison on bond Tuesday after serving nearly 20 years due to his twin brother confessing to the crime. Kevin Dugar walked out of Cook County Jail [Read More…]
ABC National News
Rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha shooting to be destroyed
iStock/south agency (KENOSHA, Wis.) — The AR-15-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used in the shooting of three men during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will be destroyed. State prosecutors, the defense and the man [Read More…]
Ag News
Carbon market experts talk additionality premiums
A pair of carbon market experts say farmers and ranchers should look to capitalize on green practices before implementing them. Agoro Carbon Alliance Regional Manager Todd Carlton tells Brownfield ag producers should take their time [Read More…]
Ag News
Culver’s founder shares labor, supply chain concerns
The founder of a restaurant chain says he’s seeing the effects of the labor shortage at many levels. Craig Culver founded Culver’s Restaurants, and he tells Brownfield he supports finding a legal pathway for more [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures end the week higher
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were supported by the higher move in beef. February live cattle closed $.87 higher at $138.70 and April live cattle closed $1.47 higher at $143.10. March [Read More…]
Ag News
High fertilizer costs not enough to sway Minnesota farmer’s crop rotation to more soybeans
The added cost of fertilizing corn isn’t enough to sway a southern Minnesota farmer to plant more soybeans. Mike Peterson says he’s sticking with a 50/50 rotation on his farm near Northfield. “If I was [Read More…]
Ag News
Farm management analyst concerned working capital will begin to erode
A farm business management analyst is concerned about worsening debt to asset ratios. Brad Zwilling with the University of Illinois says working capital, which is derived by subtracting current liabilities from current assets, has been [Read More…]