Month: May 2022
ABC Health News
CDC advisory panel greenlights booster shots for children ages five to 11
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent advisory committee has given the green light for Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots to be given to children ages 5 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Jan. 6 committee seeks info from 6th House Republican over alleged Capitol tour
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol has requested information from a sixth House Republican, Rep. Barry Loudermilk of Georgia, suggesting in a letter Thursday [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Dems pass gas price-gouging bill that faces uphill battle in the Senate
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House’s Democratic majority overcame some internal opposition to pass legislation on Thursday addressing high gas prices by cracking down on possible price gouging from oil companies. The bill was approved [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect in Dave Chappelle attack charged with attempted murder in separate incident
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The suspect who allegedly rushed and tackled comedian Dave Chappelle on stage last month has been charged with attempted murder in a separate incident after the victim identified the man [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family of former suspect in disappearance of Brittanee Drexel ‘devastated’ by investigation
Georgetown County Sheriff’s Office (MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) — The family of the man who had previously been named a suspect in the 2009 disappearance of 17-year-old Brittanee Drexel in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, said the investigation [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle mixed heading into Friday
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mixed and feeders were lower, watching corn and the direct cash markets. June live cattle were unchanged at $131.50 and August feeder cattle closed $.60 [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy research to increase exports helped during pandemic
Dairy research that was developed to increase exports became very useful during the COVID pandemic. Dr. John Lucey is the Director of the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Dairy Research. He tells Brownfield there has [Read More…]
Ag News
Boosted river infrastructure would combat food inflation
Ag leaders are calling for improved shipping infrastructure in the Mississippi River basin to make U.S. ag exports more competitive and lower food costs. Port of South Louisiana CEO Paul Matthews said a key project [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA outlook meeting previews June WASDE
The head of the USDA’s World Agricultural Outlook Board says he’s keeping a close eye on South American corn supplies and the upcoming second crop harvest. Mark Jekanowski says, “The size of that crop is [Read More…]
Ag News
The ongoing impact of rising fuel prices
Skyrocketing fuel costs have become the wild card for many farmers’ bottom line this year. Justin Ewalt farms in southwest Iowa. “It hurts a little bit,” he says. “Every time you pull up to a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Inside the submarine capable of launching nuclear missiles
ABC (NEW YORK) — America’s main nuclear deterrent glides undetected under the oceans as it carries a cargo of ballistic missiles that will hopefully never be used. Off the coast of Hawaii, ABC News visited the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden visiting a volatile Asia at a volatile time
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When President Joe Biden arrives in Seoul on Friday, on his first trip to the region as president, he’ll be landing in a volatile region at a volatile time. Biden will [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate passes $40 billion in new aid to Ukraine, bill heads to Biden
uschools/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate voted on Thursday to pass an additional $40 billion in new aid for Ukraine, after President Joe Biden called on Congress last month to deliver the additional funding, to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Oklahoma Legislature passes bill that would ban nearly all abortions
yorkfoto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Oklahoma Legislature passed a bill that would ban abortion at conception, making it the most restrictive abortion ban in the country if it goes into effect. There are exceptions in [Read More…]
ABC National News
911 dispatcher may be fired over hanging up on Buffalo shooting caller: Official
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Erie County, New York, 911 dispatcher could be fired after an employee at the Tops supermarket said the dispatcher hung up on her during Saturday’s attack that killed 10 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Brandon Woodruff, convicted of killing parents in 2009, fighting for his freedom
ABC (NEW YORK) — Brandon Woodruff had appeared to live the normal life of a 19-year-old, small-town Texas kid – but that changed in 2005, when both of his parents were brutally murdered. After an investigation, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two national forests in New Mexico now closed to public due to extreme fire danger
FILE – David McNew/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Two national forests in New Mexico are fully closed to the public due to extreme fire danger as several wildfires, including the largest in the state’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Bakery cooks up controversy with Johnny Depp/Amber Heard middle-finger pastry
Cliff Owen/Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images An Australian bakery found viral fame thanks to a TikTok of its topical creation: a doughut made to look like a hand, middle finger extended, missing the first part of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Riverdale’ ending with season 7
CW The CW Network has announced that Riverdale will end with its upcoming seventh season. The announcement came ahead of the network’s Upfront presentation to advertisers Thursday. “I am a big believer in attempting to [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Biden’s housing crisis plan met with praise from experts — who say there’s more to do
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s administration this week took necessary — if incremental — steps to address the lack of affordable housing across the country, advocates and experts say. [Read More…]