Month: March 2023
ABC National News
Two Cuban migrants flew hang glider to Key West airport: Sheriff’s office
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office (KEY WEST, Fla.) — Two Cuban migrants landed at Key West International Airport on a motorized hang glider Saturday morning, authorities said. They were taken into U.S. Border Patrol custody after landing [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump to hold 2024 rally in Waco under shadow of possible indictment
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WACO, Texas) — Former President Donald Trump will address supporters in Texas on Saturday as he faces a possible indictment. The rally at Waco Regional Airport is being billed by his team as [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Leveled’: Responders, residents describe horror of Mississippi tornado destruction
Medioimages/Photodisc/Getty Images/STOCK (WINONA, Miss.) — As a deadly tornado barrelled toward Winona, Mississippi, late on Friday, one local family scrambled for safety inside their home. “Obviously it was coming right behind us because as soon as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two dead, five missing after explosion at chocolate factory in Pennsylvania
WPVI (WEST READING, Pa.) — Two people are dead, five are missing and multiple others are injured after an explosion at a chocolate factory Friday in West Reading, Pennsylvania, police and city officials said. One person [Read More…]
ABC Business News
High interest rates hammer consumers seeking mortgage or car loans
Alex Wong/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The banking crisis that erupted earlier this month elicited some predictions of a halt in interest rate hikes, since previous borrowing cost increases garnered blame for the financial distress. Instead, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Gordon Moore, co-founder and former chairman of Intel, dies at 94
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Gordon Moore, the co-founder and former chairman of tech giant Intel, died Friday at the age of 94, the company and the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation announced. A press [Read More…]
Ag News
Early season turkey hunting strategies
A turkey hunting expert from Minnesota says the early season can be a fun time to hunt turkeys. Shane Simpson tells Brownfield there are several things to focus on when hunting gobblers during the first [Read More…]
ABC World News
Additional attacks on American bases in Syria Friday after US retaliatory airstrikes on Iranian-backed groups
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. official told ABC News that there were two new attacks late Friday on two U.S. facilities in Deir ez-Zor Province in eastern Syria after another earlier in the day [Read More…]
ABC World News
American couple being held at ransom in Haiti, family says: ‘We told them not to go’
Toussaint and Imbert Family (TAMARAC, Fla.) — An American couple visiting Haiti is being held at ransom after being kidnapped from a bus nearly a week ago, according to their family. Jean-Dickens Toussaint and his [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Numerous’ migrants reported injured in train car in Texas: Police
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — “Numerous” migrants were reported injured in a train car in Uvalde County, Texas, on Friday, police said. Medical helicopters responded to the scene in an area on US Highway [Read More…]
ABC National News
New Utah laws require minors to get parental consent to open, maintain social media accounts
The Good Brigade/Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY, Utah) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed two bills into law on on Friday that seek to limit the harm caused by social media to children and teens [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dangerous tornado outbreak heads to the South: Latest forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A dangerous tornado outbreak is headed to the South, where intense, long-track tornadoes reaching EF-3 or higher are possible Friday evening. Damaging winds and large hail are also a threat all [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pennsylvania school district sues Norfolk Southern over East Palestine train derailment
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Pennsylvania’s Blackhawk School District has filed a lawsuit against Norfolk Southern alleging various causes of action including negligence in last month’s train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio, and subsequent [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden meets with Trudeau as US, Canada announce immigration agreement
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday announced a new migration deal as part of Biden’s first visit to America’s northern neighbor. The new agreement [Read More…]
ABC Business News
‘A game changer’: Ford CEO touts new electric vehicle plant
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said that the world is “on thin ice” and called for “climate action on all fronts” earlier this week while revealing the latest U.N. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Gwyneth Paltrow testifies in ski crash trial
ABC/Christopher Willard Gwyneth Paltrow has taken the stand in the civil trial for a ski accident that occurred on February 26, 2016. Terry Sanderson, a retired optometrist, filed a lawsuit in January 2019 accusing Paltrow [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘John Wick: Chapter 4’ already killing it at the box office
Lionsgate Fans are apparently ready for John Wick to be back. The fourth chapter of the hit franchise has already broken a series record, and it only officially hit theaters on Friday. Variety reports John [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Adam McKay arrests Robert Downey Jr., Robert Pattinson, Amy Adams and more for serial killer satire
Netflix/Dimitrios Kambouris Director-writer Adam McKay, who recently called the shots on Netflix’s environmental disaster movie Don’t Look Up, starring Oscar winners Leo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, has lined up some major stars for his next [Read More…]
Ag News
Kinnard Farm reaches settlement with Wisconsin DNR
The rotary parlor at Kinnard Farms A Wisconsin farm that sued the state’s Department of Natural Resources over additional water quality testing has decided to settle the case instead of fully pursuing a court decision. [Read More…]
Ag News
WPS Farm Show starts Tuesday
Wisconsin’s largest and longest-running farm show begins Tuesday. The 61st WPS Farm Show is hosted each year by Wisconsin Public Service, a utility provider for much of Wisconsin, and their We Energies partners at the [Read More…]