Month: April 2022
ABC National News
Antisemitic incidents in US reached all-time high in 2021, report finds
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Antisemitic incidents in the U.S. reached an all-time high in 2021, according to the Anti-Defamation League’s latest annual report. The organization recorded 2,717 incidents of assault, harassment and vandalism — [Read More…]
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Texas residents sue county for removing books on race, sex education
Harper Collins/Random House/Candlewick Press (NEW YORK) — A group of residents in Llano County, Texas, is suing county officials for removing books from public libraries because officials “disagree with the ideas within them.” The residents [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Military families testify about dangerous housing conditions
Rudy Sulgan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Capt. Samuel Choe, a former resident of Fort Gordon in Georgia, flew 17 hours from his deployment in South Korea to testify before a Senate subcommittee Tuesday about the mold [Read More…]
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Suspect arrested in death of 10-year-old girl found near walking trail
Chippewa Falls Police Department (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wisc.) — Police said Tuesday they’ve arrested a suspect in connection with the death of a 10-year-old girl whose body was found on a Wisconsin walking trail. Lily Peters, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ryan Gosling and Chris Evans will go head-to-head in ‘The Grey Man’ in July
Netflix © 2022/Paul Abell Chris Evans‘ re-team with Avengers series directors Joe and Anthony Russo, The Grey Man, has gotten a pair of release dates. The action film, which pits Evans against Ryan Gosling, will [Read More…]
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Theater owners will reportedly get a sneak peek at ‘Avatar 2’ on Wednesday
Amanda Edwards/Getty Images On Wednesday, theater owners will reportedly get an eyeful of the long-anticipated sequel to the highest-grossing film of all time: Avatar. The Hollywood Reporter says Oscar-winning director James Cameron will show peeks [Read More…]
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‘Blue Bloods’ will be back on the beat for season 13
CBS/John Paul Filo Ahead of its 12th season finale of Blue Bloods on May 6, CBS has announced it has re-upped its hit cop drama for a 13th season. “America’s favorite first family of law [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nature of battle changing, US helping Ukraine adapt: Blinken
Al Drago/Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaking publicly about his visit to Ukraine for the first time since returning home, Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday asserted “the Ukrainians have won the battle for Kyiv,” [Read More…]
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Derek Chauvin asks court to overturn his conviction in George Floyd’s death
David Joles/Star Tribune via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.) — Attorneys for former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin in a court filing Monday asked an appeals court to overturn his conviction in the killing of George [Read More…]
Ag News
Retail prices are up in the meat case
Retail prices are up in the meat case at the grocery store. Scott Brown, a livestock economist with the University of Missouri, says inflation trends continue. But, consumer demand so far has held steady. Healthy [Read More…]
Ag News
Agronomist encourages farmers to inspect alfalfa stands
An agronomist says farmers should inspect their alfalfa stands while they are waiting for good planting weather. Aricka Roberson with Pioneer tells Brownfield the mild winter left most alfalfa fields in good shape, but it’s [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana-based online farmers market celebrates milestone
Market Wagon, an online farmers market, is celebrating $10 million in sales for farmers in central Indiana. Nick Carter, the CEO and co-founder of Market Wagon, says it’s an important milestone for the local food [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin farmer awaits better planting weather
A southern Wisconsin farmer is one of many waiting for the weather to change before planting can begin. Doug Rebout and his family farm near Janesville, just north of the Wisconsin-Illinois border. He tells Brownfield [Read More…]
Ag News
Hog futures pressured by demand concerns
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle closed higher watching direct cash business develop while feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s higher move in corn. June live cattle closed $.82 higher at $136.25 and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rep. Madison Cawthorn caught bringing loaded gun through airport security
Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Madison Cawthorn, a Republican congressman from North Carolina, was caught trying to go through security with a loaded gun at Charlotte Douglas International Airport Tuesday morning, according to multiple sources. [Read More…]
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Vice President Kamala Harris tests positive for COVID-19
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris tested positive for COVID-19 via rapid and PCR tests on Tuesday, according to her office. Harris, who received her second booster shot on April [Read More…]
ABC National News
Patrick Lyoya family’s attorney says release of officer’s name is ‘too little, too late’
Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE (GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.) — Nearly three weeks after Patrick Lyoya was killed, the Grand Rapids police chief on Monday identified the officer who fatally shot Lyoya as Christopher Schurr. Lyoya, a [Read More…]
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Still rocked by opioid crisis, West Virginia now dealing with rise in fentanyl overdoses
ABC News (NEW YORK) — West Virginia had the highest opioid overdose death rate per capita in the country last year, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. OxyContin, a prescription drug [Read More…]
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Three-month-old found safe after premeditated kidnapping from home: Police
San Jose Police Media Relations/Twitter (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A 3-month-old baby boy has been found safe Tuesday after he was taken from his Northern California home in what police believe was a premeditated kidnapping. [Read More…]
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Federal takeover being considered at Rikers jail complex
Theodore Parisienne/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After years of failed attempts to reform Rikers Island, a federal judge in Manhattan on Tuesday will consider whether to put New [Read More…]