Month: April 2023
ABC Politics News
‘Undemocratic’: Tennessee legislature expels two lawmakers over gun violence protest
ilbusca/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Two Democratic lawmakers have been ousted from the Republican-controlled Tennessee state House of Representatives and one was allowed to stay in what marks the first partisan expulsion in the state’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Who were the Tennessee Democratic lawmakers at the center of expulsion?
Seth Herald/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Republican-led Tennessee House of Representatives held a hearing to vote to expel three Democratic members on Thursday over their involvement in a gun control protest last week following the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Judiciary chair subpoenas former prosecutor on Trump’s criminal case
William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Thursday took the next step in their probe of the Manhattan district attorney’s yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump by issuing a subpoena [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Young doctor who discovered her own cancer encourages others to get screened
Courtesy of Lauren Juyia (BROOKSVILLE, Fla.) — A young Florida doctor who discovered her own cancer last year is opening up about her personal health journey in the hopes of raising awareness and encouraging others [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Walt Disney World announces return of annual pass sales
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — The place where dreams come true is making magic for Disney theme park fans who have asked about Walt Disney World Annual Passes. “New sales of the Disney Incredi-Pass, Disney [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jennifer Lopez faces criticism after launching new alcohol brand
Courtesy of Greg Swales Jennifer Lopez is coming under fire online for her new alcohol brand, House of Delola. The issue? JLo has said many times that she doesn’t drink, and her husband Ben Affleck [Read More…]
Ag News
President Biden vetoes WOTUS disapproval
President Joe Biden has vetoed a Congressional attempt to overturn the updated Waters of the United States rule. Biden said the resolution of disapproval would leave Americans without a clear definition of WOTUS and farmers [Read More…]
ABC World News
Police hunt man who took platypus from the wild, showed it off to commuters on train
Queensland Police (LONDON) — Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment and onto a train where he showed it [Read More…]
ABC World News
Relative calm so far following Taiwan leader’s US meeting with McCarthy
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — China’s foreign ministry condemned a meeting in Los Angeles between Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen and the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, describing it as [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What to know about electric bikes, from battery safety to pedaling
EF Volart via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Electric bikes have made headlines for the dramatic leap in sales of the devices during the pandemic. However, they’ve also drawn notoriety for occasionally sparking deadly fires. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ has super $66 million debut
Universal Sure, some fans may have quibbled about Chris Pratt‘s and Charlie Day‘s lack of a stereotypical Italian accent as Mario and Luigi, but that apparently didn’t keep them away from The Super Mario Bros. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jeremy Renner says he refuses to be “haunted” by memory of snowplow accident
ABC News (NOTE LANGUAGE) Jeremy Renner is refusing to be “haunted” by the memory of his life-threatening snowplow accident. In his first interview since the accident, Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview — A Story [Read More…]
Ag News
Environmental assessment required for FSA loans
A federal district court judge says medium sized concentrated animal feeding operations are required to have an environmental assessment if they want a loan from the Farm Service Agency. Michael Formica, the chief legal strategist with the National [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA announces Conservation Innovation Grants
USDA is awarding $40 million to 31 new projects through its Conservation Innovation Grants Program. During a visit to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa Thursday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a series of [Read More…]
Ag News
Southwest KS farmer gives up on winter wheat
Gary Millershaski from Lakin, Kansas says he’s giving up on more than half of his winter wheat. He tells Brownfield there hasn’t been more than six inches of rain in over a year and high winds [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn down ahead of holiday weekend
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, ensuring a negative weekly finish. Soybeans were watching the tail end of this year’s harvest in Brazil and conditions in the U.S. ahead of widespread planting. Soybean [Read More…]
Ag News
Light direct cash cattle trade Thursday
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were sharply higher following Wednesday’s strength in direct cash business. Feeders had additional support from the lower move in corn. June live was up $2.80 at $163.10 and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Officials credit vigilant Ohio high school student for preventing potential shooting
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHESTERLAND, Ohio) — Local officials in Ohio are commending the quick thinking of a high school student who they say potentially averted a school shooting. After the 17-year-old student alerted a school [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bob Lee, Cash App founder and former Square executive, dead after ‘horrific’ act of violence
Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Bob Lee, Cash App founder and executive at cryptocurrency firm MobileCoin, died after “apparent stab wounds,” the San Francisco Police Department said on Thursday. San Francisco District [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search underway for man convicted of murder who left Atlanta correctional facility
Mikhail Pivikov/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A manhunt is underway in Georgia for a man convicted of murder who apparently left an Atlanta correctional facility while on parole. The Georgia Department of Corrections issued an [Read More…]