Month: July 2023
ABC World News
Cuban government calls US nuclear submarine stop a ‘provocative escalation’
KeithBinns/Getty Images (HAVANA) — The Cuban Foreign Ministry on Tuesday called the stop by a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay a “provocative escalation.” The U.S. nuclear-powered submarine, the USS Pasadena, [Read More…]
ABC National News
1 killed, 1 injured in hit-and-run near National Mall
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Secret Service and other Washington D.C., law enforcement agencies are looking for a hit-and-run driver, who killed a man and injured a teenager Wednesday after the suspect allegedly ran [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
McCarthy working to satisfy GOP hard-liners demanding culture war amendments to defense bill
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Wednesday cleared its first procedural hurdle on the National Defense Authorization Act, approving a rule on non-controversial amendments to the annual military spending and budget bill. But the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
SAG-AFTRA strike looms as union and studios meet with federal mediators
Mario Tama/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The Screen Actors Guild-American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (SAG-AFTRA) is expected to strike at midnight PT if a deal between the union and studios isn’t agreed upon, a [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Bob Iger to stay on as CEO of Walt Disney Company through 2026
Vittorio Zunino Celotto/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Walt Disney Company has announced that Bob Iger will remain CEO for two additional years, extending his contract through Dec. 31, 2026. The Walt Disney Company Board of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One’ snags $7 million from preview audiences
Paramount Pictures If the mission was to see Tom Cruise‘s latest movie before anyone else, it seems a lot of people chose to accept it. Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One snagged some $7 [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan to start new phosphorus reduction pilot
Michigan wheat growers will be able to enroll in a new phosphorus reduction pilot program this fall. The Conservation Technology Action Center is partnering with the Mosaic Company, Star of the West Milling Company, and [Read More…]
Ag News
Expert says soybeans need consistent rains until harvest
An agronomist says soybeans have done okay considering the dry conditions, but the crop is going to need more rain from now until harvest. Shawn Conley with the University of Wisconsin Soybean Program tells Brownfield [Read More…]
Ag News
Crop pests on the move
Farmers and agronomists are on the lookout for crop pests. Tony Lenz with Stine Seed Company says he’s been scouting for corn rootworm. “We’ve been digging up corn plants, so much time is being spent [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Wagner forces turn over weapons to Russian forces
Contributor/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 World News
No warning signs prior to Elizabeth Tsurkov abduction, her sister says
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Elizabeth Tsurkov, a doctoral student in political science at Princeton University, was abducted in March from a café in Iraq, where she had been doing research. The Israeli Middle East expert [Read More…]
ABC World News
Tokyo smile coach teaches people how to get back their grins in a post-pandemic world
ABC News (TOKYO) — Long after other countries relaxed masking requirements due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Japan remained diligent and the country’s residents continued to wear masks. The Japanese government downgraded the COVID threat earlier this [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dinosaur fossils expected to garner up to $6 million at Sotheby’s auction
Courtesy of Sotheby’s (NEW YORK) — A pair of dinosaur fossils of species that roamed the Earth millions of years ago are expected to garner millions in an upcoming auction. The pterandon, described as one of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center facing federal probe over treatment of Black mothers
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The federal government has launched a civil rights investigation into how Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles treats Black women who give birth at the hospital, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman who dated the dentist who was accused of killing his wife speaks out
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The woman who was dating a Colorado dentist at the time he was allegedly poisoning his wife to death spoke exclusively to ABC News about the case and maintains she had [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Celebration amid strikes: “Weird Al” Yankovic on the weird timing of Emmy nominations for his “biopic,” ‘Weird’
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for The Roku Channel There were a lot of mixed emotions in the entertainment industry Wednesday, seeing as scores of nominated writers are already on strike — and actors could soon be, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Harrison Ford, Selena Gomez, and more snubs and surprises in the 75th Emmy nominations
‘1923’ – Paramount+ The nominations for the 75th annual Emmy nominations were announced Wednesday morning, and while lots of stars have a reason to celebrate — particularly if they’re on pack-leader Succession — others didn’t [Read More…]
Ag News
Michigan wheat harvest brings surprising yields
A wheat extension specialist expects a 10 percent wheat yield decline in Michigan because of dry conditions. Dennis Pennington with Michigan State University tells Brownfield some regions of the state have experienced crop failures while [Read More…]
Latest News
Mitchell Baseball Association Reinstates the Post 18 Legion Season
After South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley released a statement earlier this morning (Wednesday, July 12) on the investigation into Mitchell Post 18 Legion Baseball, the Mitchell Baseball Association Board of Directors has announced that [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota is one of just two states that has not applied for a federal cybersecurity grant
During a meeting of the Legislature’s Study Committee on County Funding and Services on Wednesday, it was revealed that South Dakota has not applied for a federal cybersecurity grant aimed at helping state and local [Read More…]
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