Month: March 2023
ABC Politics News
Bill to give Biden authority to ban TikTok advances in House
Karl Tapales/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Foreign Affairs Committee voted Wednesday to approve a bill that would give President Joe Biden the authority to ban TikTok in the United States despite objections from some [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate panel expected to grill Garland on Trump, Biden special counsels, other hot-button DOJ topics
Attorney General Merrick Garland is sworn in before testifying before an oversight hearing to examine the Justice Department, in Washington, D.C., March 1, 2023. — Stefani Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — For the first [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Police issue arrest warrant for Georgia player Jalen Carter, top NFL prospect, in deadly crash
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (ATHENS, Ga.) — University of Georgia football player Jalen Carter, a projected top pick in the NFL draft, is wanted for reckless driving and racing tied to a crash that killed a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paramount+ releases teaser to ‘Fatal Attraction’ series
Paramount+/Monty Brinton On Wednesday, Paramount+ dropped the steamy, intense teaser to its forthcoming series based on the hit 1987 film Fatal Attraction, which starred Michael Douglas and Glenn Close. The series stars Joshua Jackson as Douglas’ Dan Gallagher and Lizzy Caplan as Close’s bunny-boiling jilted [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Road to the Oscars 2023: Sarah Polley says people hear ‘Women Talking’ differently than ’12 Angry Men’
George Evan Photo Three generations of women in a religious colony convene to chart out their futures in Sarah Polley’s Women Talking. The film is up for two Oscars at this year’s Academy Awards – picking up the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Mandalorian’ returns for season 3
Lucasfilm Disney+ debuted the first episode of The Mandalorian‘s third season on Wednesday. The series concluded its second season with the surprise reappearance of Luke Skywalker, in his prime, around five years after the events [Read More…]
Ag News
NCBA again calls for immediate halt to imports of Brazilian beef
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association has again asked Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to take immediate action and suspend imports of beef from Brazil indefinitely. The request comes after Brazil failed to report another atypical case [Read More…]
Ag News
Recent rains impact clean-up efforts in East Palestine
Ohio Governor Mike DeWine has provided an update on remediation efforts of the Norfolk Southern train derailment in East Palestine, Ohio. Severe weather resulting in heavy rain increased water flow in the contaminated section of [Read More…]
Ag News
EPA posting proposed rule to Governors’ year-round E15 petition
The Environmental Protection Agency will post its proposed rule in response to a petition by eight Midwestern governors seeking year-round E15. During the opening session of the 2023 National Ethanol Conference in Orlando Wednesday morning, [Read More…]
ABC World News
At least 36 dead, dozens more injured in Greek train derailment
SAKIS MITROLIDIS/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 36 people were killed and more than 80 others injured in a head-on collision between a freight train and a passenger train in northern Greece [Read More…]
ABC National News
Norfolk Southern CEO to testify before Senate committee next week: Source
Nick Hagen/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The CEO of Norfolk Southern, the rail company responsible for the East Palestine, Ohio, train derailment, has agreed to appear before a Senate committee next week, [Read More…]
ABC National News
More flooding rain in LA as South braces for tornadoes
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More heavy, flooding rain is slamming hard-hit Southern California as the South braces for tornadoes. In Los Angeles, where residents are still recovering from this weekend’s massive rainfall, a new [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Vanessa Bryant settles claims with LA County for nearly $29 million in helicopter crash lawsuit
Irfan Khan/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Vanessa Bryant settled her remaining claims with Los Angeles County on Tuesday for $28,850,000 over photos that members of the sheriff’s department shared after the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Eli Lilly cuts insulin prices up to 70% amid pressure to slash costs
Caíque de Abreu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Eli Lilly will cut the price of its most commonly prescribed insulin products by 70% and expand a program that caps patient costs at $35 per month, the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
End of expanded SNAP benefits may push Black, Latino communities into poverty: Study
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When Alyn Carroll received information that her Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will soon be substantially decreased, her emotions almost overtook her. “I wanted to cry,” Carroll, 56, told [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Hoda Kotb’s ‘Today’ absence said to be due to a “family health matter”
NBC/Nathan Congleton On Today Wednesday morning, the show addressed the absence of Hoda Kotb, who has been missing on both the morning show and Today with Hoda and Jenna since Feb. 17. Co-anchor Craig Melvin [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Matlock’ reboot nabs ‘She-Hulk’ vet; ‘Billions’ star back, and more
Deadline reports She Hulk: Attorney at Law executive producer and director Kat Coiro will direct and produce the pilot episode of a reboot of Matlock starring Kathy Bates in the title role. Oscar, Emmy, and [Read More…]
Ag News
Keeping the crop healthy all season long
Field evaluations to identify crop infections and diseases early-on can help growers in the long-run. In this Managing for Profit, Channel Technical Agronomist Matt Nelson says growers should be on the lookout for tar spot [Read More…]
Ag News
Record amount of ethanol blended into gasoline in 2022
The U.S. blended a record amount of ethanol into gasoline in 2022. Data from the Energy Information Administration shows the blend rate averaged nearly ten and-a-half percent, with ethanol production up two percent on the [Read More…]
Ag News
The link between diet and mental health
Recent studies have shown that our food choices can strongly affect our brains. One of the reasons is that our gastrointestinal system, or our gut, is home to living microbes that have many functions in [Read More…]