Month: April 2023
Ag News
Illinois farmer promotes farm bill priorities on Capitol Hill
An Illinois farmer says he would like to see broad crop insurance options and increased funding for infrastructure and market development programs in the 2023 Farm Bill. Ryan Frieders of Waterman in DeKalb County recently [Read More…]
Ag News
Clock ticking for E15
Biofuel supporters in Congress continue to call on the Biden administration to issue a waiver allowing E15 to be sold this summer. Iowa Republican U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley suggests time is running out with EPA [Read More…]
Ag News
Lawmakers prepared to fight over farm bill budget
The farm bill budget is contentious among lawmakers. House Ag Committee member Randy Feenstra says chairman Glenn GT Thompson has taken a firm stance on spending. “He’s said that if you want to come to [Read More…]
Weather
ABC National News
Texas man claims ‘Find my iPhone’ glitch makes people think he stole their devices, may sue Apple
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (RICHMOND, Texas) — A homeowner in Texas has threatened to sue Apple after he says a glitch in the “Find My iPhone” app made people think he’s stolen their iPhone and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Uvalde students walkout to protest gun violence: ‘I’m scared of dying every day’
Kate Holland/ABC News (UVALDE, Texas) — Students of the Uvalde Independent Consolidated School District staged a walkout on Wednesday to protest gun violence, acknowledging the 19 elementary school children and two teachers who were killed after [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
North Carolina State Representative flips parties, gives Republicans supermajority
North Carolina General Assembly (RALEIGH, N.C.) — North Carolina state Rep.Tricia Cotham announced Wednesday she is switching parties, giving Republicans the supermajority needed to override vetoes from Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper. The freshman state representative, who [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Around 40% of long COVID patients have sleep issues, study shows
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Around 40% of patients with long COVID have moderate to severe sleep issues, according to new analysis of patients treated at Cleveland Clinic’s ReCOver Clinic. The report, published Tuesday [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Costumes from ‘1923’ now on museum display
“1923” Exhibit – Paley Center for Media For fans of the Yellowstone prequel series 1923, New York City’s Paley Center for Media is offering a chance to get up close to some of the costumes [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Johnny Depp’s French language film headed to the Cannes Film Festival
Samir Hussein/WireImage Johnny Depp‘s first film project following his 2022 defamation case against his ex-wife Amber Heard is headed to the Cannes Film Festival. As reported, Depp played King Louis XV for French director Maïwenn’s based-on-real-life love story Jeanne du Barry. The French language [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bob Lee, Cash App founder and former Square executive, dead after ‘horrific’ act of violence: DA
Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Bob Lee, Cash App founder and executive at cryptocurrency firm MobileCoin, is dead after a “horrific” act in San Francisco on Tuesday, San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
Defense Department, FBI detain innocent person in hotel in training exercise gone wrong
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (BOSTON) — A Defense Department training exercise in Boston went wrong when federal personnel incorrectly detained a person in a hotel who was not a part of the exercise, according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Harvard students face dorm raid by armed officers after hoax threat
EasyBuy4u/Getty Images (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — Four Harvard University students were awakened by armed officers in their dorm rooms after a fake 911 call about a person with a “gun threatening violence” sent officers searching for the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Minnesota mother of 2 missing for nearly a week under ‘suspicious’ circumstances: Police
Fillmore County Sheriff’s Office (WINONA, Minn.) — A Minnesota mother of two has been missing for nearly a week under “suspicious” circumstances, said police, who are investigating whether foul play is involved. Madeline Kingsbury, 26, was [Read More…]
ABC National News
California floods put migrant community especially at risk, advocates fear
David McNew/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — When California’s Pajaro River flooded around midnight on March 11, breaching a levee, the neighboring area was urged to evacuate — with many leaving around 1 a.m. carrying only [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s indictment won’t end his Secret Service protection — he’d have to decline it: ANALYSIS
Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump’s indictment in New York is historic: never before has a former president been indicted for an alleged crime. The closest would have been former President Richard [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate delivers fiery, bitter concession speech: ‘This does not end well’
belterz/Getty Images (MADISON, Wis) — Wisconsin’s high-stakes Supreme Court race culminated Tuesday in a victory for the liberal candidate and a fiery, bitter concession speech by the conservative contender that underscored the acrimony by the end [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pence won’t appeal judge’s decision ordering his testimony before grand jury investigating Jan. 6
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence will not appeal a district court ruling and will comply with the grand jury subpoena requesting documents and testimony related to attempts to overturn the 2020 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Who is Brandon Johnson? Chicago mayoral win is victory for Chicago Teachers Union
Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Before his victory speech Tuesday, Chicago’s mayor-elect Brandon Johnson was introduced at the podium by the president of his greatest benefactor: The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU). The alliance, which puts [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signs bill repealing 1931 abortion ban
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images (LANSING, Mich.) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer signed a bill Wednesday repealing the state’s nearly century-old abortion ban. Last month, the state’s House and Senate passed HB 4006, a single-sentence bill, which [Read More…]