Month: September 2023
ABC Politics News
Exclusive: Biden campaign to air ad aimed at Black voters during college football game
Jacob Snow/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign is kicking off a new TV advertisement in the heat of the college football season, with the ad set to air during [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Student loan payments restart Oct. 1. Here’s what to know
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The government’s unprecedented three-year pause on federal student loan payments officially ends this Sunday, Oct. 1, when roughly 28 million borrowers will once again be on the hook for their [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats, Republicans release dueling abortion ads in high-stakes Virginia elections
Andy Clement – andyc.com/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democrats and Republicans in the state are ramping up their attacks ahead of high stakes state-wide elections in Virginia, releasing dueling ads about abortion — a hot-button issues [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Gasoline prices in California are up 80 cents in a month. Here’s why.
Grace Cary/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Gasoline prices in California are skyrocketing. The average price of a gallon of gas in California on Friday reached $6.08, up some 80 cents or 15% since a month [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Heavy rains and flooding shut down SAG-AFTRA picket lines and more in New York City
Spencer Platt/Getty Images Torrential rains are wreaking havoc in New York City Friday, and they’ve apparently gotten SAG-AFTRA picket plans all wet, too. The union has canceled planned protests in the Big Apple for the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Max unveils first House of Halloween collection
Courtesy Max The streaming service Max is getting into the spirit of the season with its first House of Halloween collection. Digging into its expansive library, Max has subdivided its scares into various categories so [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Director John Carney mixes music and family drama in ‘Flora and Son’
Apple TV+ Director John Carney is back with another movie about how music brings us all together. Flora and Son drops Friday on Apple TV+, and Carney tells ABC Audio he enjoyed balancing the musical [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Continental’ series director Albert Hughes on playing in the “sandbox” of 1970s New York
The Continental © 2022 Starz Entertainment, LLC The second of three episodes of The Continental: From the World of John Wick is now streaming on Peacock. Set in “the hell-scape of 1970s New York City,” [Read More…]
Ag News
Harvest underway on southwest Minnesota farm
A southwest Minnesota farmer says harvest is just getting started. Mark Enninga of Fulda tells Brownfield recent rains have helped even out his soybeans. “There’s a few guys taking out some (earlier) corn, moistures are [Read More…]
Ag News
Yields are expected to vary a lot
An agronomist says the combination of dry weather and different soil types is giving corn and soybean producers a variety of yield results. Arika Wech with Pioneer in southwestern Wisconsin tells Brownfield it’s difficult to [Read More…]
Ag News
Cash, hog futures sharply lower to end the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were sharply lower on technical selling and concerns about a government shutdown. October live cattle closed $2.30 lower at $184.20 and December live cattle closed $2.50 [Read More…]
Ag News
Brisk harvest pace in northwest Minnesota
Harvest is advancing quickly in northwest Minnesota. Blair Hoseth of Mahnomen tells Brownfield he’s about 90 percent done with soybeans. “We started (around) Labor Day and we had beans down as low as 9 percent [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: September 29, 2023
Dec. corn closed at $4.76 and 3/4, down 11 and 3/4 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.75, down 25 and 1/2 centsOct. soybean meal closed at $375.90, down $16.50Oct. soybean oil closed at 57.44, down 109 pointsDec. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect arrested in connection with fatal drive-by shooting of Tupac: Official
amphotora/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A suspect was arrested Friday morning in connection with the murder of Tupac Shakur, who was shot and killed during a drive-by in Las Vegas in 1996, a senior law [Read More…]
ABC National News
Three-year-old Cleveland boy shot dead while in car with his mom: Police
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 3-year-old boy has been shot and killed while in the car with his mother and brother in Cleveland, authorities said. An adult man — who was not in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hundreds of children, teens have been victims of gun violence this year
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fatal shooting deaths among children and teens continue to climb this year amid a series of recent gun violence incidents involving youths. So far this year, 229 children under [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Reality Roundup: ‘Vanderpump Rules” Tom Sandoval announces new podcast, 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)Jersey Shore Family Vacation star, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, and his wife, Lauren, [Read More…]
Ag News
Lower oat production in 2023
The USDA is predicting a smaller oat crop in 2023. The crop is pegged at 57.045 million bushels, 1% lower than last year, with declines in harvested and planted area more than canceling out a [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA sees bigger wheat crop in 2023
The USDA is projecting a larger wheat crop in 2023. The combined crop is seen at 1.812 billion bushels, 10% above 2022 with higher planted and harvested area and average yield estimates. This year planted [Read More…]
Ag News
Increased productivity outweighs cuts to breeding herd in latest USDA report
University of Missouri’s livestock economist Scott Brown says hog producers could face a little more price pressure in the near-term. “Breeding inventory that’s down from where we were a year ago by one percentage point,” [Read More…]