Month: February 2023
ABC National News
Tornadoes touch down in Kansas, Oklahoma as massive winter storm moves east
ABC News (NEW YORK) — At least nine tornadoes were reported in Kansas and Oklahoma on Sunday night as a massive winter storm moves eastward across the country, according to the National Weather Service. One [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin launches bid for Michigan Senate seat
Tim Graham/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin on Monday announced her candidacy for a U.S. Senate seat from Michigan, a critical battleground state in the 2024 election. “We need a new generation [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court case against Biden student debt relief could hinge on Missouri
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, left, told ABC’s Devin Dwyer, right, she believes her state does not have legal standing to challenge the Biden administration’s student debt forgiveness plan in federal court because it is not [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID’s origins ‘most likely‘ lab leak, agency reportedly says
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While no firm conclusion has yet been made among health and government officials as to where COVID-19 came from, the U.S. Energy Department has now reportedly indicated it believes the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Obesity crisis is worsening heart disease risks during and after pregnancy: Experts
LWA/Dann Tardif/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Growing rates of obesity are contributing to more heart disease risks during and after pregnancy, experts warn. People with obesity are more at risk of potentially lethal pregnancy complications [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Drug-resistant strain of Shigella bacteria prompts warning from CDC
Alissa Eckert/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY (ATLANTA) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory Friday about an increase in an antibiotic-resistant strain of the Shigella bacteria. Shigella is highly infectious and causes [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Couple welcomes two sets of ‘rare’ twins 14 months apart
The University of Alabama at Birmingham (NEW YORK) — Britney Alba remembers the day she and her husband, Frankie Alba, received the news they were expecting twins. It had only been six months since they [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
MLB catchers wary of looming robo umps amid rules changes
Seattle Mariners manager Scott Servais spent parts of 11 seasons and nearly 800 games behind home plate as a catcher with four franchises, mostly in the 1990s. During that era — one dominated by Hall [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Blazers’ Lillard has 71 pts and 13 3s, then gets drug tested
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The celebration surrounding Damian Lillard’s record-breaking performance was short-lived. Lillard set franchise and career marks with 71 points — tied for the most in the NBA this season — and 13 [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Machado rips RBI double after agreeing to $350M deal
PEORIA, Ariz. (AP) — Manny Machado continues to be a very rich man. He also is still a very good hitter. Machado ripped an RBI double on Sunday, the same day he agreed to a new [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Everything Everywhere’ snags key industry win, and more
The 34th Annual Producers Guild Awards took place over the weekend, with Everything Everywhere All at Once taking home the Darryl F. Zanuck Award for Outstanding Producer of Theatrical Motion Pictures – an honor that [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania’ scores second #1 week at box office
Marvel Studios Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania held on to the number one spot over the weekend, bringing in an additional $32.2 million in its sophomore week at the domestic box office. The Marvel Studios [Read More…]
Ag News
Getting the best return on your nitrogen investment
This is a good time for farmers doing their own fertilizer applications this spring to begin preparing for that work. Andrew Luzum with Corteva Agriscience says there are several ways to maximize ROI, including N [Read More…]
Ag News
Tighter supplies of cattle for the rest of 2023
A livestock economist says supplies of cattle will get tighter as the year progresses. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says placements were down 72,000 head in total. “When you start looking at some of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Exploring increased export opportunities to Mexico
A South Dakota farmer says there’s opportunity to grow Mexico’s demand for US red meat. Todd Hanten, who was representing the South Dakota Soybean Research and Promotion Council, took part in the US Meat Export [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued February 27 at 7:08AM MST until February 27 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CST THIS MORNING… * WHAT…Visibility one half mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast South Dakota. * [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ohio train derailment: Federal interagency teams go door-to-door in East Palestine
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — Joint teams from multiple federal agencies have started canvassing homes in a tiny Ohio village upended by a hazardous train derailment to help provide support for affected residents. [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 2/26/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: INTERLEAGUE Washington 3, Houston 2 NY Yankees 7; Atlanta 0 Philadelphia 10, Minnesota 8 Oakland 11, Milwaukee 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE Boston 7, Tampa [Read More…]
Latest News
The occupation at Wounded Knee
WOUNDED KNEE, S.D. (AP) — Members of the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded Knee on Feb. 27, 1973, starting a 71-day occupation on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. [Read More…]
Latest News
Memories of Wounded Knee reflect mixed legacy after 50 years
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Tensions that had been smoldering on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota flared up 50 years ago Monday, when activists from the American Indian Movement took over the town of Wounded [Read More…]