Month: February 2022
ABC Business News
Meta disrupts social media misinformation campaigns targeting Ukrainians
Rapeepong Puttakumwong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A pair of social media misinformation campaigns exploiting tensions in Russia and Ukraine were identified and disabled on Facebook over the weekend, according to two senior leaders at the [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
IOC recommends no participation of athletes from Russia, Belarus
FABRICE COFFRINI/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The International Olympic Committee on Monday said its executive board is recommending prohibiting athletes and officials from Russia and Belarus in international competitions. The recommendation is “to [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russians may ‘adopt siege tactics’ in Kyiv: US official
ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) —Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. officials. [Read More…]
Ag News
Educating students about agriculture
A program designed to educate grade-school students about where their food comes from is in its 12th year. The Ag Sack Lunch program is available to fourth-grade students in in Nebraska. Emily Zimmer, Ag Ambassador [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. Congressman continues anti-WOTUS push
U.S Congressman Sam Graves of Missouri is continuing his pushback against the Biden administration’s attempt to return to the Obama-era Waters of the U.S. rule. Graves said the move is a ‘classic’ example of government [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
First Jan. 6 trial begins with high stakes for government prosecutors
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jury selection was set to begin Monday morning in the case of Guy Reffitt, who faces five felony counts in the first trial of an alleged participant in the Jan. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DeSantis GOP’s rising star as 2024 hopefuls drill anti-‘woke’ message at CPAC
Tristan Wheelock/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Florida’s Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has emerged from the annual Conservative Political Action Conference as the potential GOP presidential candidate most competitive with former President Donald Trump, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian advance frustrated by resistance: US official
ERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s military launched a long-feared invasion of Ukraine early Thursday, attacking its ex-Soviet neighbor from multiple directions despite warnings of dire consequences from the United States and [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine and Russia meet at Belarus border but no ceasefire agreement reached
pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Delegations from Ukraine and Russia held talks Monday morning on Belarus’ border in an attempt to end Moscow’s invasion as Russian troops continue to attack. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy agreed [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine mounting stiff resistance, inflicting painful casualties on Russia
DANIEL LEAL/AFP via Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — There is growing evidence that Ukraine is managing to inflict significant casualties on Russian forces as they try to advance deeper into the country — and that [Read More…]
ABC World News
People, planet ‘getting clobbered by climate change,’ UN official says of new report
Marc Guitard/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the world follows news about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine this week, a group of international scientists warn the world can’t lose sight of another major threat: climate change. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Same Indy, new hat: Producer Frank Marshall reveals fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ movie has wrapped
Robino Salvatore/GC Images With a production dogged by the pandemic, and an injury to its 79-year-old lead, Harrison Ford, franchise producer Frank Marshall revealed over the weekend that the fifth Indiana Jones movie has finished production. In a tweet that was [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Spielberg reloading ‘Bullitt’, and more
Variety reports that Steven Spielberg is developing an original feature film based on Frank Bullitt, the fictitious San Francisco cop first played by Steve McQueen in the 1968 thriller Bullitt. The original was based on the 1963 novel Mute Witness, which followed Bullitt’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Uncharted’ repeats at #1 at the box office with $23.2 million
Sony Pictures With no new major releases, this weekend’s box office top five was a repeat of last weekend’s. Uncharted held on to first place, earning an estimated 23.2 million dollars in its second week of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US and allies bar Russian Central Bank from accessing reserves worldwide
Andrey Rudakov/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Monday emphasized the drastic nature of economic sanctions levied again Russia over the weekend in which the U.S. and allies targeted Russia’s Central Bank, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How one group fights to reclaim Black land and battle the economic divide
Brittany Murray/MediaNews Group/Long Beach Press-Telegram via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In 1912, Willa and Charles Bruce bought land southwest of Los Angeles in Manhattan Beach to turn into a resort for African Americans to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mom raises awareness after son is diagnosed with uncombable hair syndrome
Courtesy of Katelyn Sample (NEW YORK) — A Georgia mom is on a mission to spread joy and raise awareness after her 1-year-old son was diagnosed with uncombable hair syndrome, a hair disorder she’d never [Read More…]
Ag News
Foundation for Soy Innovation announces scholarship winners
The Foundation for Soy Innovation has awarded two scholarships to students researching soybean breeding and marketing. Eduardo Beche of the University of Missouri and Anthony Ribolzi of Missouri State University were selected as recipients of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Don’t risk it
Corteva Agriscience market development specialist Mike Koenigs cautions farmers against using average or below-average herbicides to control weeds in soybeans. He says without a strong preemergence herbicide, weeds are allowed to compete for moisture, light, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 2/27/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: INTERLEAGUE Minnesota at Philadelphia (Canceled) Detroit at Pittsburgh (Canceled) Philadelphia at Toronto (Canceled) Houston at NY Mets (Canceled) Texas at Cincinnati (Canceled) San [Read More…]