Month: June 2023
ABC World News
Racing yachts have close encounter with pod of orcas near Strait of Gibraltar
Ocean Race (LONDON) — Racing yachts had a close encounter with a pod of orcas near the Strait of Gibraltar on Thursday, race officials said. Crew members aboard a rival pair of 65-foot yachts were [Read More…]
ABC National News
Missing Titanic submersible live updates: OceanGate co-founder defends CEO killed in implosion
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — All passengers are believed to be lost after a desperate dayslong search for a submersible carrying five people that vanished [Read More…]
ABC National News
LGBTQ community, security experts worry about rising violence amid Pride events
Norberto Cuenca/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Pride month events continue in June, members of the LGBTQ community and security experts are expressing concerns about growing anti-LGBTQ sentiment in the U.S. “We are in the [Read More…]
ABC National News
More excessive heat on the way in Texas: Here’s what to expect
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Texas, Arizona, New Mexico and Oklahoma are under heat alerts Friday, through the weekend and into next week. The heat dome will build into the Southern Plains this weekend into [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court rejects challenge by Texas and Louisiana to Biden deportation policy
Ryan McGinnis/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Friday rejected a state-led challenge to the Biden administration’s deportation policy. The court ruled 8-1 that Texas and Louisiana lacked standing to bring the case. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
2024 GOP candidates to address abortion at Faith and Freedom Coalition event
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A robust field of 2024 Republican presidential hopefuls descend upon Washington on Friday and Saturday for one of the first multi-candidate cattle calls of the primary cycle, with their positions [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Hunter Biden makes appearance at state dinner as he faces tax charges
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days after agreeing to plead guilty to tax-related misdemeanors, Hunter Biden on Thursday night attended a White House state dinner with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas AG Ken Paxton’s wife barred from voting in his impeachment trial
P A Thompson/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — When Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton goes on trial later this year in the state Senate after being impeached, one lawmaker in the chamber will be barred from [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Termination boards: How physicians are providing abortions within exceptions allowed by bans
fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shortly after a Tennessee trigger ban on abortion went into effect last September, a group of maternal fetal medicine specialists, family planning physicians, bioethicists, neonatologists and a lawyer gathered to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
One year post-Roe, crisis pregnancy centers expand footprint in Mississippi
Center for Pregnancy Choices of Meridian (NEW YORK) — For the past year, Michelle Colon, a reproductive health advocate in Jackson, Mississippi, has not been able to bring herself to drive past the Pink House. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why Logan Paul, KSI-backed energy drinks have triggered new health alerts for parents
Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The latest caffeinated beverage craze has made many young consumers eager for a drink, which has prompted a new alert for parents. Prime, a beverage brand [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Andrew Barth Feldman talks working with “brilliant” Jennifer Lawrence in ‘No Hard Feelings’
Macall Polay/Sony Pictures Andrew Barth Feldman is Jennifer Lawrence’s love interest in the raunchy new comedy No Hard Feelings. The actor told ABC Audio that working with Lawrence was just as amazing as you would think it would [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Rust’ armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed now also facing tampering with evidence charge
‘Rust’ cinematographer Halyna Hutchins from January, 2019; Fred Hayes/Getty Images for SAGindie Hannah Gutierrez-Reed, the Rust film set armorer charged with two counts of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins, is now also being charged [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa farmer says crops are suffering from major drought
Eastern Iowa farmer Dave Walton says drought has already taken its toll on his crops. “Our corn has been rolling most afternoons for the past two or three weeks. We’re living on subsoil moisture and [Read More…]
Ag News
Kansas farmer says winter wheat yields inconsistent, protein higher than expected
East Central Kansas farmer Paul Renner says his winter wheat harvest has been a mixed bag so far. “We’ve harvested about four or five fields. The high has been about 45 bushels per acre and [Read More…]
Ag News
Chinn to lead Midwest Association of State Ag Depts.
Missouri’s Ag Director is the new president of the Midwest Association of State Departments of Agriculture. MASDA consists of 13 state ag departments including Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, Ohio, [Read More…]
Ag News
Agronomist concerned about weed pressure
An extension agronomist says weed pressure has been heavier than normal during the growing season. Iowa State University’s Meaghan Anderson says some farmers have had a tough time keeping waterhemp in check. “Now that we’ve [Read More…]
Ag News
Drought is getting serious quickly
Mike Frazier, a farmer from Kahoka, Missouri tells Brownfield missed rains are taking a toll on the corn and soybeans. “Corn is shrinking on the clay. You can see down the rows of soybeans with [Read More…]
News
South Dakota’s first case of West Nile Virus in 2023 confirmed in Sanborn County
The South Dakota Department of Health confirmed the first human West Nile virus (WNV) case of the 2023 season in a resident of Sanborn County. South Dakota has reported more than 2,750 human cases and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Missing Titanic submersible live updates: Navy likely detected sound of the implosion Sunday
File image of the Titan submersible prior to commence diving. (Ocean Gate) (NEW YORK) — All passengers are believed to be lost after a desperate dayslong search for a submersible carrying five people that vanished [Read More…]