Month: February 2023
ABC National News
Bats found in high school force students to switch to remote learning
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Students at one Arkansas high school are attending classes remotely after bats were found inside the school. The North Little School School District has canceled all after-school activities, practices and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two-year-old boy found alive in Florida woods about 24 hours after he went missing
Hernando County Sheriff’s Office/Facebook (NEW YORK) — A 2-year-old Brooksville, Florida, boy has been found alive in the woods about 24 hours after he went missing, authorities said. Joshua “JJ” Rowland was found Friday morning [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden’s support for Ukraine has been unwavering, but challenges lie ahead
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — A year into Russia’s invasion, President Joe Biden has demonstrated an unwavering commitment to Ukraine. He’s sent more than $31 billion in aid and weapons, made [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Since invasion, more than a quarter million Ukrainians have relocated to US
Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since the start of Russia’s invasion a year ago, more than a quarter million Ukrainians have relocated to the U.S. as a result of the biggest refugee [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Measles outbreak that sickened 85 children declared over in Ohio
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — The measles outbreak in central Ohio that left 85 children infected has officially been declared over, Columbus Public Health announced Thursday. “CPH has received the last pending test [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Bar Rescue’ returns Sunday night on Paramount Network
Paramount Network Paramount Network’s hit reality show Bar Rescue returns Sunday night at 10 p.m. Eastern, and its star Jon Taffer tells ABC Audio, “this season may be the most intense of all.” The no-nonsense [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
HBO’s ‘Succession’ to end with the fourth season, creator says
HBO Max (NOTE LANGUAGE) HBO Max’s award-minting machine Succession will come to an end when the upcoming fourth season wraps up. In an interview with The New Yorker, show creator Jesse Armstrong dropped the bombshell [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer suggests using technology to increase on-farm carcass inspections
A producer of grass-fed beef has a suggestion he says would put more inspected meat on the marketplace and help alleviate the processing backlog. Thomas Manley Thomas Manley is an organic farmer and grass-fed beef [Read More…]
Ag News
Bill to halt imports of beef from Brazil reintroduced
Two U.S. Senators have reintroduced a bill that would suspend imports of Brazilian beef amid food safety and animal health concerns. Senator Mike Rounds a Republican from South Dakota, one of the bill’s cosponsors, says [Read More…]
Ag News
Fertilizer price having little impact on crop rotations
An ag economist does not expect fluctuating fertilizer prices to have much influence on crop rotation. Ken Zuckerberg with CoBank says most farmers had their 2023 acres set before recent price declines for N, P, [Read More…]
Ag News
McKinney: conservation and climate programs must remain voluntary
As work on the farm bill continues, National Association of State Departments of Agriculture CEO Ted McKinney says it’s critical that ag-related conservation or climate programs remain voluntary. “Farmers will race the other way if [Read More…]
Ag News
Republicans criticize Biden administration as trade deficit nears $950 billion
Republicans are criticizing the Biden administration as the U.S. trade deficit swells to nearly $950 billion. Iowa Congressman Randy Feenstra tells Brownfield the biggest issue is China. “Right now China imports into America $538 billion, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Killed, kidnapped and traumatized: Children under attack in Russia’s war against Ukraine
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When Russian tanks rolled into the outskirts of Kyiv, Ukraine nearly a year ago in a failed bid to take the capital, 14-year-old Dasha Pivtoratska and her family were driving [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine war: Have sanctions on Russia worked? Gradually increasing weapons aid?
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Russia’s forces closed in on Ukraine a year ago, many anticipated its capital Kyiv would collapse in a matter of weeks, if not days. But while Washington has widely rejoiced [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Blinken warns China is ‘contemplating lethal assistance’
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, both sides are still fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. Ukrainian [Read More…]
ABC World News
Withdrawal of international aid from Afghanistan disproportionately harms women and girls: NGO
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Many aid organizations withdrew their funding to Afghanistan after the Taliban implemented several regressive policies on Afghan women’s human rights in the final months of 2022. But the withdrawal of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Tens of thousands dead in first year of Russia-Ukraine war, but true toll remains elusive
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said during his Jan. 5 nighttime address from Kyiv that he would speak directly to the Russian people. The war in Ukraine had been deadlier than [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two-year-old among seven hurt in mass shooting at schoolyard in Philadelphia
In this screen grab from a video, law enforcement officers are shown at the scene of a shooting in Philadelphia, Feb. 23, 2023. — WPVI (PHILADELPHIA) — Seven people were shot, six of them children, [Read More…]
ABC National News
California braces for dangerous flooding as massive storm moves in
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Twenty-three states from California to Connecticut are on alert for blizzard, heavy snow, flooding, strong winds and bitter wind chill as two massive winter [Read More…]
ABC National News
Alec Baldwin pleads not guilty, waives first court appearance for ‘Rust’ involuntary manslaughter charges
This file handout photo released April 25, 2022, courtesy of Santa Fe County Sheriff’s Office and part of the investigative files, shows actor Alec Baldwin being processed after the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins at [Read More…]