Month: July 2023
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: US approves additional $400M military aid package
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Accused Idaho college murderer’s lawyer signals possible alibi defense
Zach Wilkinson-Pool/Getty Images (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Lawyers for Bryan Kohberger, the man accused of killing four Idaho college students last year, are leaving the door open regarding whether they will offer an alibi defense at his [Read More…]
ABC National News
A Los Angeles man drove off a 400-foot cliff. Rescuers say an iPhone alert helped save his life.
sarayut Thaneerat/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — First responders in Los Angeles County say they were able to rescue a man who drove off a 400-foot cliff on Friday after receiving an alert triggered by his phone. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Gilgo Beach murders: Police finish search at Rex Heuermann’s Long Island home
Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images (MASSAPEQUA, N.Y.) — Authorities have concluded their search at the “cluttered” house belonging to Gilgo Beach, New York, murder suspect Rex Heuermann, authorities said Tuesday. Investigators “obtained a massive amount [Read More…]
ABC National News
Mega Millions jackpot grows to $820M ahead of Tuesday’s drawing
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot has ballooned to an estimated $820 million ahead of Tuesday night’s drawing, marking the eighth-largest top prize in U.S. lotto history. The jackpot [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge to weigh Hunter Biden plea deal that enflamed critics
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden will appear in a Delaware courthouse Wednesday to formally agree to the plea deal he negotiated last month with federal prosecutors [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
McCarthy, in escalation, floats Biden impeachment inquiry
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., has begun floating the possibility of an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, a sudden escalation as Republicans ramp up allegations of wrongdoing by the president [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden honors Emmett Till and his mother with new national monument
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden signed a proclamation Tuesday to establish the Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument. Till, the Black 14-year-old who was lynched in 1955 after he was [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
White House, Secret Service respond after emails describe Bidens’ dog attacking people
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Another Biden pup is in the doghouse. The White House and Secret Service are responding to a report of first dog Commander Biden biting several people, including Secret Service [Read More…]
ABC Business News
UPS and Teamsters union reach agreement, avert strike
400tmax/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — UPS and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, a union representing about 330,000 UPS employees in the U.S., have reached a tentative collective bargaining agreement. Contract negotiations between UPS and the Teamsters [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Vin Diesel explains why Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson had to come back to ‘Fast and Furious’ family
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic In the supplemental materials attached to the forthcoming Blu-ray of Fast X, Vin Diesel and director Louis Leterrier explained one of the movie’s most-talked-about moments. In the closing moments of the film — [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Former ‘Jeopardy!’ champs say they’re boycotting upcoming Tournament of Champions in solidarity with strikers
Sony Pictures Television – Jeopardy! Productions Ray Lalonde, a Jeopardy! winner who won more than $386,000 on the game show in 2022, says he’s boycotting the show’s upcoming Tournament of Champions in solidarity with the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Chuck Norris settles lawsuit after claiming he was cut out of at least $30 million in ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ profits
Robert Voets/CBS via Getty Images At a time when Hollywood actors and writers are striking for a bigger piece of the profits in the days of streaming, the settlement of a Chuck Norris lawsuit over [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“They are fighting us tooth and nail”: Bryan Cranston lashes out at studios at star-studded NYC rally
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images At a SAG-AFTRA rally in New York City called Rock the City for a Fair Contract, Breaking Bad Emmy winner Bryan Cranston let it rip at the studios against which actors and [Read More…]
Ag News
Some farmers are replanting drought damaged fields
A crop insurance agent says some farmers have given up on their 2023 corn. Andrew Schulenburg with Compeer Financial handles crop insurance and risk management for farmers. He tells Brownfield the extremely dry conditions in [Read More…]
Ag News
Drought expected to wane in Missouri
A meteorologist says that drought conditions in Missouri are improving, and the long-term forecast calls for above-average rain. During the Drought Assessment Committee meeting Tuesday, Jared Maples with the National Weather Service said recent rains [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmer says yields are “going backwards” because of dry conditions
Yield expectations are drying up in southeast Minnesota. Blooming Prairie corn and soybean grower Brennen Toquam says his area has received barely an inch of rain since May 14th and crops are suffering. “It’s not [Read More…]
Ag News
New bill would improve USDA’s TAP Program
Bipartisan legislation has been introduced in the U.S. House to expand support for specialty crop growers impacted by disasters. Bill sponsor Congressman Bill Huizenga of Michigan tells Brownfield the Protecting America’s Orchardists and Nursery Tree Growers [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer says crops are looking good
Southern Indiana Farmer Larry Rusch says crops are in decent shape despite variable weather conditions. “It was dry until around the first of July when we received five to seven inches of rain,” he says. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Katy, Luke and Lionel — and Ryan Seacrest — are all back for new ‘American Idol’ season
ABC The judges’ table remains unchanged for the upcoming 22nd season of American Idol, which will mark its seventh year on ABC. Lionel Richie, Katy Perry and Luke Bryan are all back for the new season, which will start in [Read More…]