Month: August 2023
ABC National News
Hilary may become first tropical storm to hit California in 84 years
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Hilary is heading toward Southern California where it is forecast to bring heavy rain, flash flooding, mudslides and gusty winds. The greater Southwest area, including Las Vegas, could also [Read More…]
Latest News
Lawmakers Look to Alleviate County Cash Crunch
South Dakota lawmakers are back at work this week, looking for ways to help solve budget issues for county governments. They’re focusing on covering the costs of state mandated services that counties have to provide. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
‘The Damar Effect’ — the nationwide backorder on a lifesaving machine and the 630% increase in CPR
thianchai sitthikongsak/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — NFL Buffalo Bills player Damar Hamlin’s televised sudden collapse on Jan. 2 appears to have significantly raised awareness of lifesaving CPR, according to the American Heart Association (AHA). The [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis score win in legal battle with former nanny
Getty Images, FILE Olivia Wilde and Jason Sudeikis scored a legal victory against their former nanny Ericka Genaro on Wednesday when a Los Angeles judge moved her wrongful termination lawsuit against the ex-couple to arbitration. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I’m finally startin’ to feel like myself”: “Thankful” Jamie Foxx updates fans following “dark journey” of health scare
In an Instagram post Wednesday evening, August 16, Jamie Foxx updated fans about his recovery from the still-undisclosed health scare that left him hospitalized in April. Captioning a photo of himself wearing tinted aviator glasses [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Bradley Cooper’s ‘Maestro’ spotlighted at New York Film Festival, and more
The Girlfriends actress Jill Marie Jones has been added to the cast of Showtime’s The Chi in a guest-starring role. A new clip from the series shows Jones, who plays a business owner “with a shady clientele and a haunted past,” per [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy interests speak up at farm bill session
Dairy advocates expressed their farm bill concerns to the House Ag Committee Chairman. Lane Ruhland is the Government Relations Specialist for Venture Dairy Cooperative, which represents several large dairy farms. She told Chairman Glenn GT [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer urges Congress to address Prop 12 in farm bill
House Ag Committee Chairman Glenn GT Thompson heard farm bill priorities from farmers in La Crosse, Wisconsin Wednesday. Familiar issues like protecting crop insurance, expanding base acres, trade, and labor were brought up, but pork [Read More…]
Ag News
Governor’s Sale of Champions brings in more than $280,000 for Illinois ag youth
More than $280,000 was invested toward the future of Illinois ag youth during the 2023 Governor’s Sale of Champions at the Illinois State Fair. Governor JB Pritzker and First Lady MK Pritzker had the winning [Read More…]
Ag News
Some changes to the Fuel Up program
For 13 years, the dairy checkoff as partnered with the NFP for the Fuel Up to Play 60 wellness program. But, there are some changes coming this year as the checkoff is shifting to the [Read More…]
Ag News
Why trade matters to livestock producers’ bottom lines
Global trade matters when it comes to the bottom line for US beef and pork producers. In this Managing for Profit, University of Missouri livestock economist Scott Brown talks about how export are stacking up [Read More…]
ABC World News
Dozens presumed dead after boat carrying migrants sinks near Cabo Verde off the coast of Senegal
pop_jop/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sixty-three people are presumed dead after a boat carrying about 100 people from Senegal sank near Cabo Verde, an island about 600 kilometers west of Senegal in the Atlantic Ocean, [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Light of hope’ seen in Hawaii recovery efforts, Biden says ahead of Maui visit
Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House will be helping Hawaii residents recover from the deadly wildfires for “as long as it takes,” President Joe Biden said in a recorded video [Read More…]
ABC National News
Maui wildfires live updates: Death toll rises to 111, officials say
FILE — chuchart duangdaw/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Officials say the wildfires that erupted on the Hawaiian island of Maui on Aug. 8 have become the deadliest natural disaster in state history. The blazes spread [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas woman arrested for alleged death threats to DC judge in Trump election interference case
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Texas woman was arrested last week for allegedly threatening to kill the judge assigned to oversee former President Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington, D.C., according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
First reported Maui fire may have been caused by damaged power lines, independent report claims
Whisker Labs CEO Bob Marshall (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Maui’s first reported wildfire last week may have been caused by damaged power lines, according to newly released research conducted by a power monitoring company. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cost of security prompted by Idaho college killings tops $1.2M for university
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — The financial costs to the community continue to climb in the aftermath of the killing of four Idaho college students last fall. Nine months after the King Road quadruple [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s legal advisers urge him to cancel press conference to refute Georgia allegations: Sources
Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump’s promised press conference to refute the allegations in the indictment handed up by the Fulton County DA’s Office is now very much in doubt, multiple [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Majority of Americans think Trump’s charges in Georgia election interference case are serious: POLL
Rich Graessle/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a week where former President Donald Trump was indicted for a fourth time, a majority (63%) of Americans say that the charges approved by a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Special counsel raises new conflict of interest concerns for De Oliveira’s lawyer
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Special Counsel Jack Smith raised new conflict of interest concerns Wednesday about another attorney representing one of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in his classified documents case in Florida, according [Read More…]
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