Month: August 2023
Ag News
Meeting Challenges Head On
Brevant Seeds agronomist John Long says farmers have dealt with historic dryness, severe storms, and a myriad of pests this growing season. He tells Brownfield all things considered it appears to be a pretty good [Read More…]
Ag News
Heat wave conditions to again build on the Plains; “Idalia” to take aim at Florida
Tropical Storm Idalia, currently centered just south of the western tip of Cuba, is likely to become a hurricane later Monday. On Wednesday, Idalia could reach the Gulf Coast of Florida as a major (Category [Read More…]
Ag News
Fair, pleasant weather covers much of the Heartland; focus shifting into the Southeast U.S.
Across the Corn Belt, dry weather and pleasant temperatures favor summer crop development and maturation. About a week ago, on August 20, more than one-third (35%) of the U.S. corn had dented and 4% of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Houston issues mandatory water conservation efforts as drought conditions continue
Tim Graham/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Houston, Texas, implemented the second stage of its mandatory water conservation measures on Sunday, as the area experiences drought conditions, according to the city. The city’s drought contingency plan is [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tropical Storm Idalia expected to become hurricane this week, has Florida in its sights
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Tropical Storm Idalia is forecast to become a hurricane on Tuesday as it continues to churn off the eastern coast of Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula. Idalia has maximum sustained winds of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Georgia election hearing live updates: Meadows seeking to have case moved
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows, charged along with 18 others in Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis’ sweeping racketeering indictment for alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Special counsel, Trump attorneys to clash over start date for federal election interference trial
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team and former President Donald Trump’s lawyers are due back in court on Monday to present arguments for when Trump’s federal election interference case should go to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
How Vivek Ramaswamy has changed his characterization of Jan. 6
Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Most candidates at the first GOP primary debate said former Vice President Mike Pence did the right thing by certifying the 2020 election results while also suggesting [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Candidates react to Jacksonville shooting, and more takeaways from the campaign trail
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican presidential candidates including Mike Pence and Tim Scott are lamenting the Saturday shooting in Jacksonville, Florida, and the racism that authorities said motivated it — but the White [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 8/27/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE NY Mets 3, LA Angels 2 Colorado 4, Baltimore 3 LA Dodgers 7, Boston 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Gran Turismo’ races past Barbie to top box office with $17.3 million
Clive Rose – Gran Turismo/Gran Turismo via Getty Images Gran Turismo squeezed past Barbie to claim top honors at the domestic box office with an estimated $17.3 million. The film, starring David Harbour, Orlando Bloom and Djimon Hounsou, and based on the [Read More…]
ABC World News
DNA confirms Wagner Group leader among crash victims, Russian officials say
Artem Priakhin/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON and AMSTERDAM) — Remains found after Yevgeny Prigozhin’s private plane crashed last week were confirmed by genetic testing to be those of the Wagner Group leader, Russian investigators [Read More…]
ABC World News
3 dead as Marine helicopter crashes in Australia during training, officials say
abzee/Getty Images (DARWIN, Australia) — At least three U.S. military personnel were killed on Sunday when a Marine helicopter crashed during a training exercise off the northern coast of Australia, U.S. officials said. The Bell Boeing [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect identified in racially motivated killing at Jacksonville Dollar General store: Sheriff
WJXX (JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The suspected gunman alleged to have fatally shot three Black people and terrified others in a “racially motivated” rampage at a Jacksonville, Florida, store, was identified by officials Sunday as a 21-year-old [Read More…]
ABC National News
As Meadows heads to federal court in Georgia case, Trump allies watch closely
Sarah Silbiger for The Washington Post via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — As attorneys for former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows and prosecutors with the Fulton County district attorney’s office prepare to appear in court [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s indictments: Polling shows half of Americans want him to suspend his campaign, and more takeaways
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The most recent ABC News/Ipsos poll, conducted Aug. 15-17, showed some problems for former President Donald Trump in terms of public opinion on his mounting criminal charges amid his comeback [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden not looking to make Trump’s legal troubles an election issue, campaign co-chair insists
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden is not looking to make former President Donald Trump’s legal troubles central to his 2024 pitch, the co-chair of his reelection campaign said Sunday. “The president has said [Read More…]
ABC National News
College student fatally shot in South Carolina after trying to enter wrong house: Police
Bill Hutchinson/Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — A 20-year-old University of South Carolina student was fatally shot Saturday when he accidentally tried to enter the wrong house on the street where he lived and was mistaken for [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Most amazing part’ of GOP debate was candidates saying they’d back Trump if convicted: Christie
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Chris Christie said on Sunday that the “most amazing part” of the first Republican primary debate was seeing the majority of candidates say they would support Donald Trump as the party’s nominee [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Martin Luther King Jr.’s family marks March on Washington’s 60th anniversary
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Martin Luther King Jr.’s only grandchild was among those who gathered on the National Mall Saturday to honor the 60th anniversary of the March on Washington, a prominent moment in the [Read More…]