Month: February 2023
ABC National News
Rare snowfall in Southern California strands residents as another winter storm takes aim
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rare snowfall in parts of Southern California has left scores of people stranded this week as winter storms sweep across the United States. About 600 elementary and middle school [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Obesity drugs often aren’t covered by insurance. Experts say this limits access, increases disparities.
Joel Saget/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dr. Deborah Horn wants to give her patients with obesity the best possible care. But too often, the conversation in appointments isn’t focused on picking the best [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Pandemic-era food stamp benefits are about to end: What that means for Americans
Noel Hendrickson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Deanna Hardy of Marshfield, Wisconsin, is stocking up on pricier food items like meat, eggs and salmon before her family’s monthly food stamp benefits are drastically reduced. “We’re really [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Class AA Boys SoDAK 16 Bracket
The Mitchell Kernel boys basketball team will be at the Corn Palace on Saturday night at 6 pm when they host the Watertown Arrows in the Class AA SoDAK 16 with the winner advancing to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Whatever it takes”: Jeremy Renner posts videos of recovery after nearly fatal snowplow accident
Marvel Studios Twice Oscar-nominated Avengers actor Jeremy Renner is putting in the work, both physically and mentally, following his near-fatal New Year’s Day snowplow accident. In a series of new Instagram Stories he posted Monday [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Keke Palmer welcomes baby boy with Darius Jackson
NBC/Will Heath Keke Palmer is a mother! Taking to Instagram the actress, 29, announced she welcomed her first child — a baby boy — with Darius Jackson. “Hey Son!!!! 1. Only 48hrs of being parents!” [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: New ‘Ted Lasso’ trailer, and more
Apple TV+ on Monday released the official trailer for Ted Lasso‘s third season. The clip, set to the Rolling Stones‘ classic “You Can’t Always Get What You Want,” contains no dialogue until the very end, [Read More…]
Ag News
Resistance Management and herbicide sustainability
When it comes to managing herbicide resistance, growers need solutions now. In this Managing for Profit, Kip Jacobs, UPL Tech Services manager talks about how a herbicide like Preview 2.1 SC helps growers take control [Read More…]
Ag News
Biogas boom in Germany helping boost farmers’ profits
A European country is incentivizing its farmers to invest in renewable energy in an effort to diversify the country’s energy supply. Mathias Mumme with CLAAS says two decades ago, Germany started helping farmers build biogas [Read More…]
Ag News
Ukraine dairy carries on during war
A Ukrainian dairy operation has carried on despite the threat of attacks from Russia. Kees Huizenga told the National Milk Producers Federation the crop and livestock operation continues business as usual because their 2,000 cows [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ohio train derailment: Buttigieg urges Norfolk Southern to join close call reporting system
Florian Roden / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg is calling on the rail operator at the center of a hazardous train derailment in Ohio to join a program that [Read More…]
ABC National News
Police urgently search for ‘at risk’ DJ who suddenly vanished last week
San Francisco Police Department (SAN FRANCISCO) — The San Francisco Police Department is urgently looking for an “at risk” radio DJ who hasn’t been seen or heard from since last Thursday, according to authorities. Jeffrey [Read More…]
ABC National News
California Lottery says $2 billion Powerball winner is legitimate, amid claim ticket was stolen
LPETTET/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The California Lottery is maintaining it verified the rightful winner of the record-breaking $2.04 billion Powerball jackpot, after a man claimed he had the winning ticket before it was stolen [Read More…]
ABC National News
US Marshals Service hit with ransomware attack
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United States Marshals Service (USMS) was hit with a ransomware attack, the agency said in a statement. The incident occurred on Feb. 17, and “officials determined that it constitutes [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House’s new US-China committee holds first hearing, focusing on communist ‘threat’
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House’s new committee on the U.S. and China will hold its first hearing in prime time on Tuesday night, focusing on the “overall threat” of the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
GOP-led Homeland Security panel holds first border hearing, highlighting ‘the human costs’
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are set this week to once again seize on the issue of U.S. immigration following a trip to see the Biden administration’s border security apparatus firsthand. On [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Classified document fallout swirls around nomination hearing for national archivist
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate will once again consider whether to approve President Joe Biden’s nominee to helm the federal agency responsible for maintaining and keeping record of classified documents [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden admin gives federal agencies 30 days to ban TikTok
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is giving federal agencies 30 days to ensure they do not have TikTok on any federal devices, and to ensure vendors play by the same [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 2/27/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL SPRING TRAINING INTERLEAGUE Atlanta 7, Toronto 0 Miami 4, Houston 3 Milwaukee 10, Kansas City 4 Cleveland 12, Chi Cubs [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What the ‘lab leak’ theory report about COVID’s origins does and doesn’t mean
Images By Tang Ming Tung/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The news that the U.S. Department of Energy now believes with “low confidence” that the COVID-19 pandemic “most likely” was the result of a laboratory leak [Read More…]
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