Month: February 2022
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia releases video showing more troops leaving Crimea
filo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States continues to warn that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day” amid escalating tensions in the region. More than 150,000 Russian troops are estimated to be massed near [Read More…]
ABC World News
Some Russian troops moved to firing positions near Ukraine, Putin said be ready by Feb. 16: Sources
Alexei NikolskyTASS via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While Russia’s defense ministry said Tuesday that some forces would pull back from Ukraine’s borders after completing military exercises, the U.S. has so far not seen that, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Athletes question decision in Kamila Valieva’s Olympic doping case: ‘What a shame’
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — The ongoing dilemma in the Winter Games involving Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva, who is under investigation over alleged use of a banned heart medication, has athletes around the world calling [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paramount+ announces that it’s ordered a new season of ‘1883’, and a follow-up about the Dutton clan, ‘1932’
Paramount+ Paramount+ has ordered another season of its Yellowstone prequel series 1883, and announced that creator Taylor Sheridan has another period show about the Dutton clan up his sleeve called 1932. While 1883 tells the tale of Yellowstone‘s Dutton family journeying west through the Great [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Family of slain ‘Rust’ cinematographer Halyna Hutchins files wrongful death suit against Alec Baldwin
ABC News The family of Rust cinematographer Halyna Hutchins has filed a wrongful death suit against Alec Baldwin in New Mexico on Tuesday. “There are many people culpable, but Mr. Baldwin was the person holding the weapon,” Hutchins family attorney Brian Panish said at a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I don’t give a crap”: Chevy Chase doesn’t care that some people think he’s a jerk…or worse
Allen Berezovsky/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) Chevy Chase has one thing to say regarding what his former Community co-stars — and pretty much anybody — may think about him: “I don’t give a crap.” That’s the word from the 78-year-old [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Avocados from Mexico imports suspended, and what that could mean for US consumers
Getty Images/d3sign (NEW YORK) — The leading global producer of avocados is temporarily banned from sending the sought after fruit from Mexico to the U.S. Despite the demand for imported avocados, the U.S. government announced [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jury reaches verdict after judge tosses Sarah Palin’s libel suit against New York Times
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — A federal jury in New York on Tuesday has rejected former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s libel suit against the New York Times a day after a judge said he will dismiss [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family of Halyna Hutchins files wrongful death suit alleging ‘reckless’ Baldwin set
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — The family of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on Tuesday filed a wrongful death lawsuit against a number of parties including Alec Baldwin and the “Rust” movie production, attorneys for the family said. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Key takeaways from former cop’s testimony in fed trial over George Floyd’s death
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — A fired Minneapolis police officer charged alongside two former colleagues with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the fatal arrest took the witness stand in his own defense on Tuesday, saying, [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York girl found alive under staircase after going missing in 2019
iStock/ijoe84 (NEW YORK) — A young girl missing since July 2019 was found alive Monday, police said, in a “small, cold, and wet” room under a staircase in a house three hours from where she [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Biden says Russian troops remain in ‘threatening position’
pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States is warning that Russia could invade Ukraine “any day” amid escalating tensions in the region. As many as 150,000 Russian troops are estimated to be massed near [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan Wheat Program Annual Winter Grower Meeting
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Nicole Heslip will be in Bath on Wednesday, February 23, 2022 covering the Michigan Wheat Program Annual Winter Grower Meeting. …
Ag News
Michigan Pork Producers Symposium
Brownfield’s Nicole Heslip will be in Lansing on February 23 covering the Michigan Pork Producers Symposium. …
Ag News
Illinois flour mill seeing effects of labor and trucking issues
Mark Miller, Mennel Milling The plant manager of an Illinois flour mill says, just like many industries, they are still working through labor and trucking shortages sparked by the pandemic. Mark Miller runs Mennel Milling [Read More…]
Ag News
Devastating PRRS variant expected to move beyond Iowa and Minnesota
A swine virus that’s wreaked havoc in Iowa and Minnesota is expected to invade pig farms in other pork producing states. Dr. Aaron Lower with Carthage Veterinary Service in Champaign, Illinois, says a strain of [Read More…]
Ag News
USGC sets course for future growth
The U.S. Grains Council is setting priority areas for trade in the year ahead at their annual meeting this week. Chairman and Minnesota farmer Chad Willis tells Brownfield while 2021 was a record year for [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Special counsel, Democratic lawyer clash over new allegations regarding data purported to tie Trump to Russia
Attorney John Durham. – Bob MacDonnell/Hartford Courant/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former lawyer for the Democratic Party indicted by special counsel John Durham for allegedly lying to the FBI has accused [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former police officer charged with violating George Floyd’s civil rights testifies
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — A fired Minneapolis police officer charged alongside two former colleagues with violating George Floyd’s civil rights during the fatal arrest took the witness stand in his own defense on Tuesday. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nine-year-old Houston girl in critical condition after being struck by gunfire
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A 9-year-old girl is in critical condition after being hit by a bullet while riding in the back of her parents’ truck, police said. A man making a transaction at [Read More…]