Month: March 2023
ABC National News
5 killed, train derailed as ‘bomb cyclone’ hits California
Alameda County Fire (NEW YORK) — A “bomb cyclone” is wreaking havoc across an already soaked California, killing at least five people in the San Francisco Bay Area, including four hit by falling trees or limbs, [Read More…]
ABC National News
New fentanyl targeting operation already has stopped 900 pounds from entering US: DHS
Bing Guan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The Department of Homeland Security says its new fentanyl targeting operation has already seized 900 pounds of the drug in its first week. “Operation Blue Lotus,” a [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘We need justice’: Family of slain New Jersey councilwoman demands answers
Sayreville GOP (PARLIN, N.J.) — The family of 30-year-old New Jersey councilwoman Eunice Dwumfour, who was shot and killed outside her home in February, spoke out publicly for the first time since her death, calling for [Read More…]
ABC National News
Veteran allegedly fatally shoots soldier, 3 kids in domestic mass shooting
kali9/Getty Images (SUMTER, S.C.) — A military veteran allegedly gunned down three children and an active-duty soldier in a domestic mass shooting in South Carolina, authorities said. The suspect, 42-year-old Charles Slacks, Jr., allegedly carried out [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Expanded ‘Don’t Say Gay’ classroom restrictions explored in Florida
Scott Olson/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A proposed Florida Board of Education rule could expand restrictions on classroom instruction related to sexual orientation and gender identity. “For grades 4 through 12, instruction on sexual orientation or [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Kansas House of Representatives passes bill requiring care for infants ‘born alive’ after abortion
Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images (TOPEKA, Kan.) — Months after Kansas voters decided to uphold protections for abortion rights, the state’s House of Representatives approved a bill based on the disputed idea that providers leave newborns to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Biden administration plans overhaul of US organ transplant system
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Health Resources and Services Administration announced plans to overhaul the U.S. organ transplant system, after congressional scrutiny of the current operation — which critics said has poor oversight that has [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Idaho hospital says it is ending labor and delivery services amid ‘political climate’
Google Maps Street View (SANDPOINT, Idaho) — An Idaho hospital said it will no longer be providing obstetrical care due in part to the state’s “legal and political climate.” In a news release, Bonner General Health [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US banking system ‘sound and resilient,’ Fed Chair Jerome Powell says
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell on Wednesday called the U.S. banking system “strong and resilient,” voicing confidence in the nation’s financial system and the safety of bank deposits less than two [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Fed raises interest rates 0.25%, intensifying inflation fight despite banking fears
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday raised its short-term borrowing rate another 0.25%, intensifying the central bank’s fight against inflation despite concern that previous rate increases helped trigger the nation’s banking crisis. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paramount launching pop-up ‘Grease’ diner to promote ‘Rise of the Pink Ladies’
Paramount+/Eduardo Araquel One of the locations made famous in the movie Grease is coming to real life, thanks to Paramount+. To promote its prequel series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies, the streaming service is [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Wendi McLendon-Covey says killing off Jeff Garlin on ‘The Goldbergs’ was “a long time coming”
ABC/Pamela Littky Losing a loved one can be hard on a family, but apparently that wasn’t the case for the cast of The Goldbergs. As reported, Jeff Garlin‘s Murray was killed off between seasons 9 [Read More…]
Ag News
Registration for revived Wisconsin farm program starts in April
A college instructor says potential students for the recently revived Wisconsin Farm and Industry Short Course are already trying to get registration information. Dr. Steven Kelm Dr. Steven Kelm with the University of Wisconsin River [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures lower as direct business unfolds
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower watching direct business develop. April live cattle closed $.12 lower at $162.30 and June lives closed $.25 lower at $155.90. April feeders closed $.32 [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan Farm Bureau advocating in D.C., meets Ukrainian Ambassador
Michigan Farm Bureau members are highlighting trade, labor, and sustainability issues in meetings with members of Congress in Washington D.C. this week. President Carl Bednarski tells Brownfield Senate Ag Committee Chair Debbie Stabenow and her [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 22, 2023
May corn closed at $6.33 and 1/2, up 3 and 1/2 centsMay soybeans closed at $14.48 and 1/2, down 18 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $451.60, down $9.00May soybean oil closed at 54.64, [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn finishes mixed as soybeans, wheat drop
Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling. The anticipation of the Federal Reserve raising interest rates another quarter point in their efforts to tame inflation pressured commodities in general during Wednesday’s session. That’s [Read More…]
ABC World News
US speeds up delivery of Abrams tanks, could be in Ukraine by fall
FILE photo — Stocktrek Images/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ukraine will get American Abrams tanks this fall, much sooner than expected, after the Pentagon decided to refurbish existing hulls in its inventory instead of building new [Read More…]
ABC National News
Student allegedly shoots, wounds two faculty members at Denver high school
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (DENVER) — A student who was under a “certain agreement to be patted down each day” at school allegedly shot and wounded two faculty members at East High School in Denver, authorities [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump live updates: Manhattan grand jury not meeting Wednesday
Fatih Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A grand jury is continuing to weigh charges against former President Donald Trump in connection with the Manhattan district attorney’s probe into the 2016 hush payment [Read More…]