Month: May 2023
Ag News
Farm bill a focus in President Biden meeting
The four agriculture committee leaders say a meeting with President Biden and Secretary Vilsack centered on passing a bipartisan farm bill. In a statement, Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow, Ranking Member John Boozman, House [Read More…]
Ag News
Rains bring frenetic planting pace to a halt in parts of Upper Midwest
Many farmers in the Upper Midwest are catching their breath following a very productive start to May. Jared Goplen is an agronomy manager for Wyffels Hybrids and covers southwest Minnesota, eastern South Dakota, and northwest [Read More…]
ABC World News
Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan granted two-week reprieve after arrest triggered violent protests
KeithBinns/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan was granted two weeks of bail by Islamabad’s high court Friday, one day after the Supreme Court ruled his arrest on corruption charges was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Daniel Penny, man accused of choking subway rider Jordan Neely, turns himself in
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Daniel Penny turned himself in to New York City police on Friday to face criminal charges in connection with the chokehold death of Jordan Neely aboard a subway train. [Read More…]
ABC National News
One inmate in custody after disguising himself as woman, one at large after Philadelphia jail breach: Police
Philadelphia Prisons (PHILADELPHIA) — One of the two inmates who had escaped the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center has been taken into custody, police said Thursday night. Nasir Grant was taken into custody by the U.S. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman who allegedly killed bride in drunk driving crash had blood alcohol level three times the legal limit: Police
City of Folly Beach (CHARLESTON, S.C.) — The woman accused of causing a crash that killed a bride on her wedding night last month in South Carolina had a blood alcohol level three times the [Read More…]
ABC National News
University of Idaho murder victim’s family ready to face suspect in court, vows to ‘make sure he doesn’t get away with it’
Kaylee Goncalves and Madison Mogen. — Courtesy of the Goncalves family (NEW YORK) — The family of Kaylee Goncalves, one of four University of Idaho students slain in a gruesome attack in November, vows to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Congressional Budget Office warns of US debt default ‘in first two weeks of June’
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office on Friday added more urgency to the fight over the debt limit, now saying there is a “significant risk” the U.S. will [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden administration faces new legal hurdles at border as Title 42 ends
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Friday faced new legal hurdles to its plans to manage a migration crisis as Title 42 pandemic-era border restrictions came to an end Thursday night. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Tori Spelling says ‘extreme mold’ in family home put kids in months-long ‘spiral of sickness’
torispelling/Instagram (NEW YORK) — Actress Tori Spelling is sharing a warning with other parents about mold in their home after experiencing a “spiral of sickness” with her own children. Spelling, who shares five children with [Read More…]
ABC Health News
A skin patch could help treat peanut allergies in kids, trial finds
LauriPatterson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A patch that sits on a person’s skin could help reduce the risk of severe allergic reactions in toddlers with peanut allergies, according to the newly published results of a [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Warning issued May 12 at 9:26AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Hanson and Davison Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …The [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘City on Fire’ cast on the relationships and explosive secrets in new Apple TV+ drama
Apple Explosive secrets and adolescent angst burn brightly in the new series City on Fire, which drops Friday on Apple TV+. The show centers around the mysterious shooting of Chase Sui Wonders’ Samantha, a complicated NYU student [Read More…]
Ag News
Nebraska Legislature advances E15 bill with additional amendments
Nebraska lawmakers have advanced a bill that would require retailers to sell E15 fuel year-round at half of their dispensers as the state transitions its fuel supply from E10 to higher blends. Ethanal producer Jon [Read More…]
Ag News
Bill would support livestock producers by creating an exemption in cross-state line sales
A bill has been introduced into the Senate that would provide flexibility for interstate commerce sales for livestock producers. Aaron Popelka, vice president of legal and governmental affairs with the Kansas Livestock Association says the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cleveland EMS worker missing for six days found safe
Cleveland Police (CLEVELAND) — Cleveland EMS worker Lachelle Jordan has been found safe, Cleveland Police Department Chief Dispatcher Tina Wickline told ABC News. Authorities said that Jordan was last seen near Fairfield Avenue in Cleveland [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tornado outbreak hits America’s Heartland, with more in the forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A string of reported tornadoes touched down in America’s heartland on Thursday night. At least 16 tornadoes were reported across five U.S. states overnight — Louisiana, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska and [Read More…]
ABC National News
One inmate in custody, one still at large after Philadelphia jail breach: Police
Philadelphia Prisons (PHILADELPHIA) — One of the two inmates who had escaped the Philadelphia Industrial Correctional Center has been taken into custody, police said Thursday night. Nasir Grant was taken into custody by the U.S. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Loved ones sue social media companies over Buffalo massacre
Barbara Massey Mapps stands on the porch of her sister Katherine “Kat” Massey’s home in Buffalo, New York. Her sister was among 10 Black people killed in a racially motivated mass shooting at a Buffalo [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
All the debt ceiling options, explained, if Biden and McCarthy don’t reach a deal
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With the clock ticking for lawmakers to reach a debt ceiling deal or risk an unprecedented default, several emergency scenarios and short-term fixes are being debated. A White House meeting [Read More…]