Month: July 2023
ABC National News
Kushner, Hicks among former Trump White House officials who met with Jan. 6 grand jury: Sources
Marco Bello/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Multiple former senior Trump White House officials have testified before a federal grand jury in the special counsel’s investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol and efforts [Read More…]
ABC National News
Official describes video of Michael Burham’s prison escape: ‘Like a spider’
Jamestown Police Department (WARREN, Pa.) — As the manhunt for suspected murderer and “self-taught survivalist,” Michael Burham stretched into its seventh day Thursday in the northeast Pennsylvania woods, an official who viewed surveillance video of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Serial rape suspect Matthew Nilo ordered to pay $50,000 additional bail
Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images (BOSTON) — Manhattan attorney Matthew Nilo — who is accused of a string of sexual assaults against women in Boston 15 years ago — was ordered to pay [Read More…]
ABC National News
SAG-AFTRA national board votes to approve strike
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) voted Thursday to go on strike, summoning its 160,000 members to hit the picket [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ launches probe into Fulton County jails in Georgia amid allegations of inmate abuse, neglect
YinYang/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Thursday that it has launched a civil investigation into the Fulton County, Georgia, jail system following a series of reports of inmate abuse and neglect, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Bipartisan legislation could help military spouses find virtual work
Jerusalem Mendoza (WASHINGTON) — New bipartisan legislation aims to help employ military spouses find remote work — an especially urgent consideration for a group that relocates frequently while their spouses serve. The Military Spouse Employment Act, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DeSantis weighs media strategy shift as donors fret about early campaign struggles: Sources
Mel Musto/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Only seven weeks into his 2024 campaign for the White House, Ron DeSantis is struggling to make a dent in former President Donald Trump’s commanding lead in the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Evan Gershkovich’s sister speaks out as Biden says US ‘serious’ about prisoner swap
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Danielle Gershkovich, the sister of detained Wall Street Journal journalist Evan Gershkovich, said Thursday she is heartened by efforts to keep his case in the spotlight, even as while dealing with [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats unveil new effort to rescue the Equal Rights Amendment
Alex Edelman/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Democrats on Thursday unveiled a new push to make the Equal Rights Amendment part of the Constitution. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri introduced [Read More…]
Weather
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 13 at 3:00PM MDT until July 13 at 10:00PM MDT by NWS
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 486 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS SD . SOUTH DAKOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE AURORA BEADLE BROOKINGS BRULE BUFFALO CLARK
ABC Entertainment News
“We are being victimized”: SAG-AFTRA President Fran Drescher blasts studios after Hollywood strike vote
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images As an actress and author, Fran Drescher was never one to mince words, and as the president of SAG-AFTRA, she had some choice ones Thursday afternoon for Hollywood studios’ offers to try [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
SAG-AFTRA national board votes to approve strike
FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images The national board of the Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or SAG-AFTRA, voted Thursday to go on strike, summoning its 160,000 members to hit the picket [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures’ dropping new episodes August 2
Lucasfilm On Thursday, July 13, Lucasfilm and Disney+ announced that six new episodes of its kid-skewing cartoon Star Wars: Young Jedi Adventures will debut on August 2. The first batch of seven shows following the [Read More…]
Ag News
Fungicides could help stalk integrity
An AgriGold agronomist says fungicide applications could help with stalk integrity later in the season. Brett Leahr tells Brownfield corn growers should consider the impacts to stalk quality when making fungicide application decisions. “It’s going [Read More…]
Ag News
Platform technology vaccines changing the game for cattle and hogs
Medgene, a South Dakota animal health company, recently received USDA licenses for platform vaccines for use in swine and cattle. Mark Luecke, co-founder and CEO of Medgene Labs says this is a game changer for [Read More…]
Ag News
Current weather patterns not consistent with a typical El Nino
Brownfield meteorologist Greg Soulje says weather patterns the last 6 months have not aligned with a typical El Nino. The National Weather Service defines El Nino as the unusual warming of surface waters in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Indigo Ag partnering with CGB for emissions project
Indigo Ag is partnering with Consolidated Grain and Barge Co to launch a pilot program that quantifies sustainable cropping practices. Indigo Ag’s Dan Mehochko, vice president of commercial business development, tells Brownfield the program measures [Read More…]
Ag News
Missouri State Fair director is retiring
The director of the Missouri State Fair is retiring after 14 years on the job. Mark Wolfe tells Brownfield the 2023 Missouri State Fair will be his last in this role. “I wrote my resignation [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Cannabis-related ED visits increased among young Americans during COVID pandemic: CDC
pablohart/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Emergency department visits involving cannabis increased for children, teens and young adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, new federal data suggests. A report published Thursday from the Centers for Disease Control and [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Elon Musk launches his own AI company to compete with ChatGPT
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk launched an artificial intelligence company called xAI on Wednesday, vowing to develop a generative AI program that competes with established offerings like ChatGPT. The company [Read More…]