Month: July 2023
ABC National News
Murder suspect escapes from jail weeks after captured following prior manhunt
Jamestown Police Department (JAMESTOWN, N.Y.) — Authorities are searching for a homicide suspect who escaped from a Pennsylvania jail just weeks after he was captured following a dayslong manhunt. Michael Burham, 34, is a suspect [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hiker killed, two others injured in California mountain avalanche
STOCK PHOTO/Getty Images (BIG PINE, Calif.) — A summer avalanche took the life of a hiker and injured two others in California, investigators said. The unidentified hiking party encountered a wet slide avalanche while descending [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden slams short term health care plans as ‘a scam,’ touts jobs report as showing Bidenomics is working
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden didn’t mince words when it comes to his efforts to crack down on short-term health plans, calling them “a scam” and saying they can leave Americans “played [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What are cluster munitions? Biden defends decision to send controversial weapons to Ukraine
Glowimages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has decided to send U.S. stocks of cluster munitions to Ukraine amid its fight against Russia, defending the controversial move as urgently needed. The weapons are part of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Wire’ creator David Simon wants mercy for man convicted of selling fatal fentanyl to Michael K. Williams
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua A call for leniency for one of the four men convicted in the fatal fentanyl poisoning of The Wire star Michael K. Williams has come from an unlikely place: the celebrated cop drama’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Writers Guild of America East suspends picketing activity for high heat in New York City
SimpleImages/Getty Images While the Writers Guild of America’s strike against Hollywood studios continues to simmer, the sweltering heat in New York City this week has caused the guild to cancel any picketing activities on Friday, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves welcome son Levi to social media
Hubert Vestil/Getty Images Matthew McConaughey and wife Camila Alves took to Instagram on Friday, July 7, to announce their birthday present for their now-15-year-old son, Levi. The famous parents are finally allowing him on social [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3’ now available on digital
Marvel Studios One of the highest-grossing movies of the year, Marvel Studios’ Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 is now available for purchase on HD digital and on platforms like Fandango’s Vudu, Prime Video, Apple [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Yvette Nicole Brown to announce Emmy nominations on Wednesday
Tina Bernard — Television Academy The Television Academy revealed on Friday, July 7 that Community co-star and Avengers: Endgame veteran Yvette Nicole Brown will announce the nominees for the 75th Emmy Awards. The actress and [Read More…]
Ag News
Grassley talks farm bill timing as possibility of extension grows
The possibility of a one-year extension grows as farm bill negotiations run deeper into the summer. On a call with reporters this morning, Iowa U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley said he asked Senate Ag Committee chair [Read More…]
Ag News
Anthrax confirmed in Minnesota livestock for the first time in a decade
The Minnesota Board of Animal Health has confirmed the state’s first case of anthrax in livestock since 2013. Senior veterinarian Dr. Katie Cornille says the disease sickened multiple cattle and a horse in Kittson County [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota weather extremes having unique impact on soybeans
Weather extremes are having a unique effect on soybeans in Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension soybean agronomist Seth Naeve says a very wet and cool spring gave way to extended dryness throughout June. “We just [Read More…]
Ag News
Agronomist provides northwest Iowa crop update
A precision agronomist says crop conditions have been favorable in northwest Iowa despite the abnormally dry conditions. Nathan Johnson is with Advanced Agrilytics. “We didn’t really start with anything in the tank this spring,” he [Read More…]
ABC National News
El Paso Walmart gunman Patrick Crusius given 90 life sentences in federal trial
Jason Marz/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — The El Paso Walmart gunman was formally sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences for the racist 2019 massacre that killed 23 people and injured nearly two dozen others, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Shark-monitoring drones to hit New York beaches amid uptick of sightings
Howard Schnapp/Newsday RM via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Dozens of new shark-monitoring drones will be sent to New York beach towns amid an uptick in incidents, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced Friday. The state will [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Amid mental health crisis, school teaches students how to help each other
ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — As federal data shows a rising mental health crisis among teens in the United States, one high school has decided to take a different approach to helping students. Officials at Alta-Aurelia [Read More…]
Latest News
Overnight Fight at a Sioux Falls Bars Ends in the Arrest of Two Men
In the early morning hours of Friday, July 6, an incident of aggravated assault took place behind the Top Hat Bar located in downtown Sioux Falls. The incident occurred at approximately 2:50 a.m. in the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Reality roundup: ’Jersey Shore”s Sammi returns, ‘RHOBH’ couple denies divorce rumors, and more
Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what’s happened in the world of reality television this week. Jersey Shore Family Vacation (MTV) – Let the countdown begin! MTV has set the [Read More…]
Ag News
Hot weather ahead in the Southwest, Texas; periodic showers & t-storms on parts of the Plains, central & southern Corn Belt
During the weekend and early next week, heat will intensify across Texas and environs. By Monday, triple-digit (100°F) temperatures will be common across western, central, and southern Texas. General warmth will cover much of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Food as Health
The Food as Health Alliance, which is located at the University of Kentucky is working to bring together clinical and community research that spans agriculture, food, and health to address food insecurity and diet-related chronic [Read More…]
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