Month: August 2022
ABC Politics News
Treasury Department rejects GOP claims on new IRS agents
Zach Gibson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Internal Revenue Service does not plan to use the nearly $80 billion it’s set to receive in funding from the Inflation Reduction Act to hire 87,000 new agents in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What to expect from Thursday’s hearing on unsealing the Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A magistrate judge in Florida is set to hear in-person arguments Thursday on a request from a coalition of media outlets to make public the affidavit supporting the search warrant [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Weeks before Mar-a-Lago search, ex-Trump DOD official vowed to publish classified documents from National Archives
John Roca/NY Daily News Archive via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In June of this year, seven weeks before the FBI raided former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in search of classified materials, former Defense Department [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Prosecutor sues Florida governor over suspension, says 1st Amendment rights violated
David Taludkar/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Florida state attorney who was suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis this month sued the governor on Wednesday, claiming his removal from office violated his First Amendment rights. The lawsuit, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp files motion to delay testifying in Fulton County election probe
Dustin Chambers/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp filed a motion on Wednesday looking to delay a subpoena for his testimony in front of the special grand jury as part of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Allen Weisselberg, longtime Trump Organization chief financial officer, pleads guilty to tax evasion
Aitor Diago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Allen Weisselberg, who first met Donald Trump in the 1970s when he began working for Trump’s father, pleaded guilty Thursday to charges in New York that accused him of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Strangers rally to help Uvalde students, teachers return to school after mass shooting
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — When students in Uvalde, Texas, return to school in September, they will have brand new picnic tables where they can sit and gather. Many of their classrooms will be [Read More…]
ABC National News
Minneapolis Public Schools defends policy to prioritize retaining educators of color when determining layoffs
Kobus Louw/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Ahead of the new school year, Minneapolis Public Schools has defended its agreement reached with the teacher’s union this spring to prioritize retaining educators of underrepresented backgrounds when determining layoffs. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Memphis man accused of fatally beating his wife at Fiji resort says couple ‘never had any physical arguments’
@ Didier Marti/Getty Images (LAUTOKA, Fiji) — Bradley Robert Dawson, a Memphis man police say fatally beat his wife last month at an exclusive resort in Fiji, told ABC News the couple “never had any [Read More…]
ABC National News
5th set of human remains found in receding Lake Mead
Alfredo Alonso Avila / EyeEm / Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Another set of human remains were found in Lake Mead near Las Vegas, the second time this month that remains have been found in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Firefighter describes destruction after Kharkiv strikes
ANATOLII STEPANOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Forest fires destroyed nearly 23 million acres of land in 2021, and it’s expected to get worse, experts say
Lucas Ninno/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The planet continues to experience a massive loss in forest land as the world warms and allows severe wildfires to run rampant in regions spanning the globe. Overall, forest [Read More…]
ABC World News
Worker at Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant warns of potential catastrophe
Westend61/Getty Images (ZAPORIZHZHIA, Ukraine) — As Russia and Ukraine trade accusations over attacks on Europe’s largest nuclear power plant, a worker there told ABC News he fears not only for the safety of his family [Read More…]
Ag News
Understanding more about the farmers’ share of the food dollar
Recent data from Kansas State University shows farmers might be getting a little more of the food dollar than previously thought. Jaime Luke says they’re looking at more accurate ways to collect food price data. [Read More…]
Ag News
Solid week for new crop corn, soybean export sales
The USDA says new crop corn and soybean export sales were strong during the week ending August 11th. Soybeans topped 1.3 million tons, mostly to China and unknown destinations, while corn came out at 750,000 [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers see varying drought impacts
The drought’s impact on agriculture varies across different parts of the Corn Belt. Missouri Director of Agriculture Chris Chinn tells Brownfield crops in the northern part of the state look good, but southern Missouri farmers [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
B1G deal: Big Ten lands $7 billion, NFL-style TV contracts
The Big Ten’s new $7 billion media rights deal will string the conference’s top football games across three major networks each week, creating an NFL-style television schedule on Saturdays. The Big Ten announced Thursday it [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Burrow working on regaining strength after appendix surgery
CINCINNATI (AP) — Joe Burrow is trying to pack on the pounds, gaining back the weight he lost after having surgery to remove his ruptured appendix three weeks ago. The Cincinnati Bengals quarterback won’t say [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
LeBron James inks 2-year, $97.1 million deal with Lakers
LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James has agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension through the 2024-25 season with the Los Angeles Lakers, his agent announced Wednesday. Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul said the [Read More…]
Latest News
Man sentenced to life for killing his wife’s grandmother
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. (AP) — A South Dakota man convicted of killing his wife’s grandmother after assaulting his wife was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison. Mitch Caffee, 39, of Wessington Springs, was originally charged [Read More…]
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