Month: August 2022
ABC Politics News
Biden touts unexpectedly strong jobs report and movement on Senate spending bill
Evan Vucci – Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday celebrated stronger than expected job growth in July as a strong economic sign as Democrats look to pass a major spending bill focused on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Diplomatic and military tensions continue to rise in wake of Pelosi’s Taiwan visit
Handout/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fallout continued Friday from House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s trip to Taiwan as China announced it is canceling dialogue with the United States on military talks and climate change. The Chinese foreign ministry [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect arrested for allegedly setting Planned Parenthood clinic on fire in Kalamazoo
LPETTET/Getty Images/Stock (KALAMAZOO, Mich.) — Federal prosecutors have charged a 25-year-old man for allegedly setting a Michigan Planned Parenthood clinic on fire. Joshua Brereton allegedly set fire to the Planned Parenthood in Kalamazoo on July 31 [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota foodbank CEO calls this “hungriest summer in recent memory”
The CEO of one of the largest foodbanks in the country calls this the hungriest summer in recent memory. Allison O’Toole is with Twin Cities-based Second Harvest Heartland. “And I can’t even believe I say [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin FFA alumni start scholarship honoring their instructor
Past students of a Wisconsin FFA program are creating a scholarship to honor their longtime agricultural educator. The Spencer FFA Alumni is launching the scholarship to honor Mark Zimmerman, who lost his battle with cancer [Read More…]
Ag News
Extension educator down on fall urea in Minnesota
There are questions about urea as farmers make plans for fall fertilizer. Brad Carlson is an extension educator specializing in nutrient management for the University of Minnesota. “But the product that we’ve really been down [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: August 5, 2022
Sep. corn closed at $6.10 and 1/4, up 8 centsAug. soybeans closed at $16.14 and 3/4, down 1/4 centAug. soybean meal closed at $499.10, down $14.60Aug. soybean oil closed at 68.59, up 255 pointsSep. wheat [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA: farmland values climb higher
The value of U.S. farmland and buildings rose from 2021 to 2022, reflecting the recent gains in land prices in many prime agricultural areas. The USDA says that value averaged $3,800 per acre, an increase [Read More…]
Weather
Heat Advisory issued August 05 at 1:47PM MDT until August 05 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Heat index values up to 104. * WHERE…Yankton, Bon Homme, Turner, Hutchinson, McCook, Hanson, Beadle, Jerauld, Sanborn and Davison Counties. * WHEN…Until 8 [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ten miners remain trapped underground in flooded tunnel for nearly two days in Mexico
Julio Cesar Aguilar/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ten miners remain trapped underground in a flooded tunnel in northern Mexico on Friday after first becoming trapped nearly two days ago. Mexican officials said the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US economy adds 528,000 jobs, far outpacing expectations
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. hiring saw a dramatic increase in July, as the economy added 528,000 jobs and the unemployment rate fell to 3.5%, according to data released by the Bureau of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Kari Lake projected winner of Arizona governor Republican primary
Caitlin O’Hara/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — ABC News can report that Kari Lake, a former longtime news anchor in Phoenix who left her career in media last year and received former President Donald [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Resounding abortion rights vote in Kansas may reshuffle midterm environment
Kyle Rivas/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tuesday night’s lopsided result in the Kansas abortion referendum — which saw the anti-abortion measure defeated some 59-41 in a traditionally red state — has Democrats and Republicans wondering [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two dead, two in critical condition after lightning strike near White House
DC Fire and EMS/Twitter (WASHINGTON) — Two Wisconsin residents have died following a lightning strike near the White House on Thursday night, police confirmed to ABC News Friday. Police said 76-year-old James Mueller and 75-year-old [Read More…]
ABC National News
Arrest made after four people found dead in reports of explosion, fires at Nebraska homes
Alfredo Alonso Avila / EyeEm / Getty Images (LAUREL, Neb.) — Foul play is suspected after four people were found dead at multiple homes in a small Nebraska town Thursday morning following reports of an [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois Ag Legislative Roundtable
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Rhiannon Branch will cover the Illinois Ag Legislative Roundtable August 24, 2022 in Lexington, Illinois. …
Weather
Heat Advisory issued August 05 at 9:13AM MDT until August 05 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Heat index values up to 106 expected. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central and southeast South Dakota and northeast Nebraska. * WHEN…Until 8 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ headed back to the movies, and more
Paramount has announced the title of an animated reboot of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise. The studio announced Thursday that the project will be called Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, and will hit [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jane Fonda, Whoopi Goldberg talk new Apple TV+ film ‘Luck’
Courtesy of Apple TV+ The new movie Luck is all about, well, luck. The Apple TV+ film hits the streamer Friday, and Jane Fonda stars as a dragon who is one of the creatures who controls all [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What to expect from the July jobs report
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Wall Street will be closely watching the new U.S. employment data on Friday, the latest sign of whether the U.S. economy is entering a recession as the Federal Reserve [Read More…]