Month: July 2023
ABC National News
Unanswered questions remain after New Jersey firefighters killed in raging blaze on European-made cargo ship
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEWARK, N.J.) — Investigators are searching for answers after two firefighters were killed and five more were injured while battling a raging blaze aboard a cargo ship docked in Newark, New Jersey. [Read More…]
Ag News
Ricketts backs EATS Act
U.S. Senator Pete Ricketts says support is growing for a bill that would prohibit state and local governments from interfering with the production of agricultural goods in other states. “We have got to make sure [Read More…]
Ag News
Ukrainian farmer provides crop update
Ukrainian farmer Kees Huizinga says he’s had a productive growing season. “Harvest of the small grains and oilseeds should be finished by the end of July or beginning of August,” he said. “It can be [Read More…]
ABC World News
Earth reaches hottest day ever recorded four days in a row
ABC News (NEW YORK) — For four days in a row, the planet reached its hottest day ever recorded as regions all over the world endure dangerous heat. Earth warmed to the highest temperature ever [Read More…]
ABC World News
Journalist Evan Gershkovich has been detained for 100 days by Russian government
Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Friday marks journalist and U.S. citizen Evan Gershkovich’s 100th day being detained by Russian government authorities. The 31-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter has sat in Moscow’s Lefortovo prison [Read More…]
ABC National News
Solar, wind energy keeping Texas power grids running amid weeks-long heat wave
Robert Brook/Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Green energy is helping to keep the Texas power grids alive amid a weeks-long heat wave that has left power usage at an all-time high. The perfect meteorological conditions [Read More…]
ABC National News
CBP rescues two people suffering from heat stress in southern Arizona
SimpleImages/Getty Images (TUCSON, Ariz.) — Two people suffering from heat stress had to be rescued via helicopter in a remote area of southern Arizona this week, officials said. The U.S. Customs and Border Protection said [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dozens injured in NYC bus collision: FDNY
WABC (NEW YORK) — Dozens of people were injured following a bus collision in New York City on Thursday night, the FDNY said. The FDNY said it received a call just before 7 p.m. ET [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Casey DeSantis makes her solo campaign debut in Iowa
POOL, ABC News (JOHNSTON, Iowa) — Casey DeSantis, the wife of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, made her solo campaign debut on Thursday — appearing in an intimate setting where she talked about her life as [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 7/6/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Philadelphia 3, Tampa Bay 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 9, Oakland 0 Toronto 6, Chi White Sox 2 Toronto 5, [Read More…]
Latest News
Landowners Protest Carbon Pipelines at Capitol in Pierre
On Thursday, landowners from both South Dakota and out of state gathered in Pierre at the state Capitol to participate in a significant rally against carbon dioxide pipelines. The impressive display of support followed the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How corporate America is slashing DEI workers amid backlash to diversity programs
Shannon Fagan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Years after the death of George Floyd shined a spotlight on societal inequities, diversity professionals say some companies are turning their backs on the progress that’s been made to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Barry’ alum Stephen Root explains why actors are ready to strike
Jason LaVeris/FilmMagic Hollywood actors and studios are trying to come to a deal in order to avoid a strike — last week they extended talks until July 12. So what’s going to happen? Stephen Root, star [Read More…]
Ag News
New, scattered rains return to the Plains; fair & warm over the remainder of the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, a high-pressure system centered over the upper Midwest is resulting in unusually cool weather. In contrast, warm, humid conditions—accompanied by a few showers—linger across the eastern Corn Belt. By July 2, [Read More…]
Ag News
A period of cool to unseasonably cool, showery weather ahead for much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures in New England and throughout the southern and western U.S., while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover the northern Plains and the Midwest. [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Mitchell’s Maddie Childs win Sanford Series event at Brookings
Mitchell’s Maddie Childs won the Sanford Series event at the Brookings Country Club on Thursday with a +3 (75). Childs birdied holes three, four and five, while finishing the front nine at even par. Allison [Read More…]
ABC World News
Zelenskyy to ABC: Russia could sabotage nuclear power plant to halt Ukrainian advances
Yuriy Boyko/ABC News (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia could stage an explosion at the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant to halt Ukrainian advances on the battlefield, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy warned in a wide-ranging new interview with ABC [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Look at me, you coward’: Relatives of El Paso Walmart shooting victims confront gunman
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (EL PASO, Texas) — Nearly four years after 23 people were killed in a racist mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Texas, the victims’ families are confronting the gunman in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Philly leaders sue ghost gun manufacturers just days after mass shooting
US Federal Register (PHILADELPHIA) — Just days after a man wielding two “ghost guns,” including an AR-15 rifle, shot seven people, five fatally, in a Philadelphia neighborhood, according to authorities, leaders of the city filed [Read More…]
ABC National News
Father says teen killed in Philadelphia mass shooting saved his son’s life
ABC News (PHILADELPHIA) — The father of a 13-year-old boy who was wounded in a Fourth of July weekend mass shooting in Philadelphia said his son’s best friend, 15-year-old Daujan Brown, lost his life trying [Read More…]
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