Month: June 2023
ABC Politics News
More Oath Keeper defendants sentenced for Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
Brent Stirton/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge sentenced two Oath Keeper defendants Thursday for their roles in disrupting the certification of the 2020 election on Jan. 6, 2021. Edward Vallejo was sentenced to three years [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Are US arms sent to Ukraine being tracked so they can’t be used to attack Russia?
Serhii Mykhalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Paramilitary organizations making the largest cross-border attack inside Russia since the war began have maintained they’re fighting for Ukraine and reportedly claimed to have conducted another operation [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Hobbs is back”: Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson confirms lead in second ‘Fast and Furious’ spinoff
ABC/Paula Lobo After his surprise reappearance in a post-credits scene in Fast X, Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson took to social media to make a “long awaited” announcement that his Fast character, lawman Luke Hobbs, will [Read More…]
Ag News
Parasitic wasp a natural predator of soybean gall midge
Researchers have discovered a natural predator of soybean gall midge that could prove beneficial to managing the pest. Amelia Lindsey is an associate professor in the Department of Entomology at the University of Minnesota and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Lottery addictions are not being addressed seriously, experts say
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tvonia Thomas said that scratch-off lotto games were consuming every aspect of her life in Virginia. Even though she rarely won big jackpots, Thomas told ABC News Live that the [Read More…]
ABC National News
How Vegas is changing the odds for blackjack players
Duncan Nicholls and Simon Webb/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — Blackjack players say they’ve been noticing a difference at the tables in Las Vegas lately. Even if they hit that lucky 21, they say they’re not getting [Read More…]
ABC National News
Indianola mayor urges ‘patience’ amid probe into police shooting of 11-year-old boy
ABC News (INDIANOLA, Miss.) — Ken Featherstone, the mayor of Indianola, Mississippi, urged his community to “trust the process” amid an investigation into the police shooting of 11-year-old Aderrien Murry after he reportedly called 911 for [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Drag show at Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base canceled by Pentagon
L.E. Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal/TNS/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — The Pentagon informed Nevada’s Nellis Air Force Base that a previously approved drag show slated to take place on the base on the first day of Pride Month [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ron DeSantis’ wife joins him on the campaign trail as voters say they want to ‘see the man’
Scott Olson/Getty Images (SALEX, Iowa) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis pitches himself as a “fighter” for conservative values. But as he continues his initial presidential campaign swing through three early nominating states, he’s working to highlight [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden falls at US Air Force Academy graduation ceremony
RJ Sangosti/MediaNews Group/The Denver Post via Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — President Joe Biden took a fall on stage at the U.S. Air Force Academy graduation ceremony in Colorado on Thursday. Biden, who delivered the [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
New wave of Hawaiian surfers look to reclaim sport’s cultural spirit
ABC News (HONOLULU) — For 26-year-old Ha’a Keaulana, surfing is practically part of her DNA. She’s been around surfing since she was a baby, even before she could walk or talk. Some of her first memories [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sophie Thatcher explains her ‘Boogeyman’ playlist and how a haunted hotel room kept movie’s shoot interesting
20th Century Studios In The Boogeyman, Sophie Thatcher plays Sadie, a teen mourning her mom, who also has to deal with the titular menace haunting her grieving family. For the Yellowjackets alumna, key to her [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
George Lopez explains the real-life experience inspiring his children’s book, ‘ChupaCarter and the Haunted Piñata’
ABC Audio George Lopez has had a successful career as a stand-up, a sitcom star and in movies, but his career as a bestselling children’s book author hits particularly close to home. He’s just released [Read More…]
Ag News
Sharply higher cash business supports cattle futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day higher, supported by the sharply higher cash business that took place on Thursday. June live cattle closed $5.77 higher at $174.90 and August [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. debt default a concern for NE farmer
A southeast Nebraska farmer says he’s concerned about the consequences for agriculture if the U.S. government defaults on its debt. Nathan Dorn tells Brownfield Social Security will be at risk. “If the U.S. defaults, that’s [Read More…]
Ag News
Abnormal dryness spreading across the mitten
The president of the Michigan Farmers Union tells Brownfield it’s extremely dry for his area in the center of the state. Bob Thompson grows row corn, soybeans, and hay in Isabella County. “I personally am [Read More…]
Ag News
Northern potato growers would appreciate a rain
Soil conditions have gone from too wet to very dry as potato planting wraps up in northern states. In northwest Minnesota, farmer Peter Imle says soil conditions are much better now for the seed and [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: June 1, 2023
Jul. corn closed at $5.92 and 1/2, down 1 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $13.29 and 1/2, up 29 and 3/4 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $401.40, up $8.00Jul. soybean oil closed at 47.86, up [Read More…]
ABC World News
Prince William, Kate attend royal wedding in Jordan
Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — William and Kate traveled from their home in Windsor, England, to Jordan to attend the wedding of Crown Prince Al Hussein bin Abdullah II, 28, and Rajwa Alseif, 29, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Child accidentally kills another child with father’s gun
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (RIVER GROVE, Ill.) — A child accidentally shot and killed another child in River Grove, Illinois, on Wednesday, according to police. The gun used in the incident belonged to the father of [Read More…]