Month: February 2023
ABC National News
Federal hate crime charges filed against suspect in shootings of two Jewish men in LA
KABC (LOS ANGELES) — Federal hate crime charges have been filed in the shootings of two Jewish men in Los Angeles this week, according to a criminal complaint. Jaime Tran, 28, has been charged with hate [Read More…]
ABC National News
EPA chief provides update on air following East Palestine derailment
Angelo Merendino/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — As the cleanup and investigation continues into the freight train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, concerned residents have been pushing government officials for more answers on the state of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Wrongfully convicted man speaks out after governor’s full pardon
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Last month outgoing Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan issued a full pardon to John Huffington, who spent years in prison for a murder that he didn’t commit. Huffington and his attorneys worked [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Residents’ anger, political fallout over federal response to Ohio train derailment
Angelo Merendino/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — When Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan came to East Palestine, Ohio, on Thursday, he was the first top Biden administration official on the scene since Norfolk Southern rail [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Judi Dench explains her vision loss has made reading scripts “impossible”
Mike Marsland/WireImage Legendary actress Judi Dench has been living with age-related macular degeneration for years now, but in a new appearance on The Graham Norton Show, she explains her conditioned has worsened to the point [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur’ hits Disney+ Friday
Marvel Based on the comics following the same unlikely superhero duo, Marvel’s Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur comes to Disney+ Friday. In the animated series, she’s a 13-year-old super genius named Lunella Lafayette and he’s [Read More…]
Ag News
Great Lakes Seaway reports increased grain movement
The Administrator for the Great Lakes St. Lawrence Seaway says the trade route is becoming more important to the agricultural industry as exports increase. “U.S. and Canadian Great Lakes ports are eager, hungry, ready, and [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn and soybean growers eye crop insurance in the farm bill
Maintaining a safety net in the farm bill remains a priority for many corn and soybean growers in the Midwest. Scott Smith, president of the Indiana Corn Growers Association, says legislators should have a sense [Read More…]
Ag News
Grain Bin Safety Week is February 19th – 25th
A senior risk management consultant with Nationwide is asking farmers to reconsider entering grain bins. “Within four seconds, you can be buried up to your neck and you cannot move,” Paul Stevenson said. Stevenson tells [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan Sugar says processing campaign is nearly finished
The Michigan Sugar Company says warmer than normal winter weather has been a challenge for beet storage. Elizabeth Taylor tells Brownfield less than seven weeks of processing last year’s crop remain. “This year has definitely [Read More…]
ABC World News
Four US service members wounded in helicopter raid that killed ISIS leader in Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Four U.S. service members were wounded by an explosion during a helicopter raid in northeast Syria on Thursday night. A senior ISIS leader was killed in the mission, officials said. “Last [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tyre Nichols’ mom vows to attend every court date as former officers enter not guilty pleas
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Tyre Nichols’ mother vowed to attend every court date for the five former Memphis police officers accused of murder in connection to the traffic stop beating of her son [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ohio train derailment: NTSB chair issues ‘plea to those spreading misinformation’
Rebecca Kiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The head of the National Transportation Safety Board said the agency “is working vigorously to understand what caused” the Feb. 3 train derailment in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Teen found shot dead, face down in front of Indiana church
ABC News (CHICAGO) — A 13-year-old boy was found shot dead in Indiana this week after an apparent dispute on social media, according to his mother. The boy, identified by the Lake County Coroner’s Office [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
GOP’s Scott name-checks McConnell, Biden as he amends ‘sunset’ plan to exempt Social Security
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The battle between Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell and Florida GOP Sen. Rick Scott continued Friday as Scott updated his much-criticized plan — calling for all federal programs to “sunset [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Navy ends Chinese spy balloon recovery operation
Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Ryan Seelbach/U.S. Navy (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy has ended operations to recover part of the Chinese spy balloon that was shot down earlier this month over the ocean off [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Celtics legend Paul Pierce pays $1.5 million penalty for promoting crypto without disclosing payment
Adam Glanzman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Basketball Hall of Famer Paul Pierce has come to a settlement after he touted EMAX tokens, crypto asset securities offered and sold by EthereumMax, on social media without disclosing [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Moms react to Massachusetts mother charged with killing her three kids: ‘It scared a lot of us’
Kevin Reddington on behalf of Patrick Clancy (NEW YORK) — Emily Dickt, a mom of two from Indiana, said she was “hit hard” after learning that a mother in Massachusetts had been charged with killing [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US credit card debt now totals nearly $1 trillion
Adam Gault/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. consumer credit card debt has jumped to nearly $1 trillion, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York said on Thursday. Credit card balances increased more than $60 billion [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Difficult growing season in Florida plagues price of orange juice
Yulia Naumenko/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Oranges are synonymous with Florida, but between extreme weather and widespread citrus disease in the sunshine state, the fruit has failed to produce the same yield as years past, [Read More…]