Month: March 2022
Ag News
Grains, oilseeds start week on steep losses
Soybean futures closed sharply lower following further COVID related lockdowns in China. The trading partner has shutdown its largest city – Shanghai. The move added sharp downward pressure on fears of lacking export demand. While [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Lawmakers aim to strengthen transparency in murky federal contracting process
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A bipartisan coalition of senators introduced legislation on Monday meant to improve transparency in the highly competitive and notoriously murky federal contracting process, taking aim at companies that accept lucrative work [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Will Smith, Chris Rock confrontation at Oscars puts spotlight on alopecia, an autoimmune condition that affects millions
ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The confrontation between Will Smith and Chris Rock that rocked the 2022 Oscars Sunday night is also putting a spotlight on alopecia, the autoimmune condition that affects [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden makes ‘no apologies’ for saying Putin ‘cannot remain in power’
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden appeared to want to both ways when he fielded a barrage of questions Monday asking him to clarify his remarks that Russian President Vladimir Putin “cannot remain [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jared Kushner expected to appear before Jan. 6 committee this week
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Jared Kushner, former President Trump’s son-in-law who served as a senior West Wing aide during the Trump administration, is expected to appear voluntarily before the House select committee investigating the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge finds Trump ‘more likely than not’ committed felony obstruction in effort to overturn election
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge has found that former President Donald Trump “more likely than not” committed felony obstruction in the effort to overturn the 2020 presidential election. The judge said Trump’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Muslim American speaks out on suing DHS, border officials over ‘intrusive’ religious questioning
Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (BLOOMINGTON, Minn.) — Americans returning from trips overseas are often greeted by border officers with a “welcome home.” But Abdirahman Aden Kariye, a Muslim American imam living in Bloomington, Minnesota, says [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mom of missing Arizona 12-year-old: ‘I’m scared to death’
(SAFFORD, Ariz.) — As the search for a missing 12-year-old Arizona girl entered its second week, the child’s mother spoke out, saying, “I’m scared to death.” Betty Taylor was reported missing by her family eight [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sandra Bullock and Channing Tatum’s ‘The Lost City’ defeats ‘The Batman’ at box office with $31 million debut
Paramount Pictures The Sandra Bullock/Channing Tatum romantic treasure hunt romp The Lost City hit paydirt at the box office over the weekend, unseating last week’s champ The Batman with a $31 million debut. Matt Reeves‘ acclaimed Caped Crusader film swung in at second [Read More…]
ABC National News
Florida governor signs controversial ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill into law
Joseph Sohm; Visions of America/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has signed the Parental Rights in Education bill, dubbed the “Don’t Say Gay” bill by critics. The bill bans classroom instruction on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas governor declares state of disaster as wildfire burns over 1,000 acres
Nitat Termmee/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — As wildfires continue to blaze through central Texas, one particular fire named Das Goat Fire has prompted Gov. Greg Abbott to declare a state of disaster, saying these wildfires [Read More…]
ABC National News
Four killed when sports car crashes into homeless camp in Oregon capital
kali9/Getty Images (SALEM, Ore.) — A 24-year-old man was under arrest after police alleged he killed four people when his car left a roadway and slammed into a homeless encampment in Salem, Oregon. Enrique Rodriguez [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russia’s “Novaya Gazeta” newspaper suspends publication
SERGEI SUPINSKY/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
ABC World News
What’s the cost of damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure amid Russia’s invasion?
Alex Chan Tsz Yuk/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — The cost of direct damage to Ukraine’s infrastructure amid Russia’s ongoing invasion has reached almost an estimated $63 billion, according to an analysis by the [Read More…]
ABC World News
On the Belarusian border, a NATO military exercise is now a powerful ‘show of force’
Shannon Crawford/ABC News (NEW YORK) — The silence of the Polish countryside is shattered by the piercing rattle of heavy artillery fire. A smokescreen obscures the horizon, and suddenly, the soldiers swarm. Moving in on [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag faces unprecedented challenges with global supply chain disruptions
A leader with Corn Refiners Association says the agriculture industry is facing unprecedented challenges with continued disruption of the global supply chain. John Bode says he’s hopeful the administration will continue to address supply chain [Read More…]
Ag News
Emergency response to high-path avian flu in Minnesota
Growers in the country’s largest turkey-producing state are on high alert after the detection of avian influenza in three Minnesota counties. Speaking to Brownfield last week during the Midwest Poultry Federation Convention, Hannah Halldorson with [Read More…]
Ag News
Southwest Iowa farmer pleased with recent moisture
The soil moisture outlook is improving for a farmer in southwest Iowa. Ralph Lents of Greenfield says it had been very dry going into March. “But in our part of the state we’re starting to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Will Smith slapped Chris Rock in honor of his wife, and people have mixed emotions about it
ANGELA WEISS,ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) By now, we all have either heard of or witnessed Sunday night’s very intense Oscar moment of Will Smith walking on stage and slapping Chris Rock in the face, after the comedian [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jessica Chastain never even held an Oscar before her win Sunday night for ‘The Eyes of Tammy Faye’
Al Seib/A.M.P.A.S. via Getty Images Jessica Chastain had been nominated twice before nabbing Oscar gold Sunday night for her performance as the disgraced televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker in The Eyes of Tammy Faye. However, backstage at the Oscars, she [Read More…]