Month: October 2023
ABC World News
Bodies from Yevgeny Prigozhin plane crash contained ‘fragments of hand grenades,’ Russia says
peng song/Getty Images (MOSCOW) — The bodies of those individuals who died in the August plane crash that killed Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin contained “fragments of hand grenades,” according to the Russian Investigative Committee [Read More…]
ABC World News
US fighter jet shoots down armed Turkish drone over Syria
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A U.S. fighter jet shot down a Turkish drone armed with air-to-surface missiles that was flying extensively in the area of U.S. ground troops in northeast Syria on Thursday, the Pentagon [Read More…]
ABC National News
After White House, Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive info with Mar-a-Lago member: Sources
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Months after leaving the White House, former President Donald Trump allegedly discussed potentially sensitive information about U.S. nuclear submarines with a member of his Mar-a-Lago Club — an Australian [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York City subway gunman Frank James receives 10 life sentences
Jodie Wallis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Frank James will spend the rest of his life in prison after receiving 10 life sentences Thursday in Brooklyn federal court, one sentence for each victim of the April [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspects plead not guilty in fentanyl death of baby at New York day care center
Theodore Parisienne for NY Daily News via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two of the three suspects arrested in the death of a 1-year-old boy from fentanyl exposure at a Bronx, New York, day care [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump fraud trial live updates: Note on financial document suggests Trump had final say
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Maryland Supreme Court hears arguments on Syed case
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ANNAPOLIS, Md.) — The Maryland Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on the conviction of Adnan Syed in the murder case that was the subject of the hit podcast “Serial”. Syed spent [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Why Biden claims he has no choice but to build more of Trump’s border wall
SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday said his administration had no choice but to build about 20 miles more southern border wall — after he’s long dismissed Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump considers attending GOP’s House speaker forum in first post-Jan. 6 Capitol appearance: Sources
Mary Altafeer-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is considering attending House Republicans’ candidate forum for speaker next week, multiple sources familiar with his thinking told ABC News. The sources, however, cautioned that nothing [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Cornel West switches parties again, and other campaign trail takeaways
Mark Makela/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Progressive activist Cornel West switched parties for the second time as he wages a third-party presidential campaign. West is planning to run as an independent for president, ditching the Green [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nancy Marks, George Santos’ former campaign treasurer, pleads guilty to federal conspiracy charge
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nancy Marks, the former treasurer for embattled Rep. George Santos, R-N.Y., pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal conspiracy charge. Marks allegedly filed the names of false donors to Santos’ [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Alabama congressional map to include 2nd district for Black voters after lengthy legal fight
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (WASHINGTON)– After a protracted legal battle that reached the U.S. Supreme Court, Alabama residents will cast ballots in the 2024 congressional elections using a map that includes a second district designed to [Read More…]
ABC Health News
First on ABC: 4M Americans have gotten latest COVID shot — on par with last fall’s vaccine rollout
Luis Alvarez/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 4 million Americans have been vaccinated with the newest COVID shot as of Thursday, according to the latest government data, putting the uptake about equal to that [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Chris Rock in final talks to direct Martin Luther King Jr. biopic
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Chris Rock is reportedly gearing up to direct and produce a new film about Martin Luther King Jr. According to Variety, Rock is in the final stages of talks to board the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Loki’ executive producer explains why people love the god of mischief
Gareth Gatrell/Marvel The god of mischief is back for more time-slipping adventures with the Time Variance Authority, or TVA, in season 2 of the Marvel Disney+ series Loki. Executive producer Kevin Wright talked to ABC News about the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tori Spelling marks 33rd anniversary of ‘Beverly Hills, 90210’ with heartfelt post
Rodin Eckenroth/FilmMagic Tori Spelling is celebrating the 33rd anniversary of Beverly Hills, 90210 and offering some advice to her younger self. The 50-year-old actress took to Instagram on Wednesday to share a headshot of her [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Brian Cox hosts new Bond-themed competition show, ‘007: Road to a Million’
Prime Video James Bond meets reality TV. A new teaser trailer has been released for the Prime Video competition series 007: Road to a Million. The show, hosted by Succession’s Brian Cox, puts contestants through a [Read More…]
Ag News
Pivot Bio finishing work on new STL facility
Ag-tech company Pivot Bio will soon finish work on a new product success center in the St. Louis suburbs. Pivot Bio produces a microbe nitrogen fertilizer product, which can be applied as a seed treatment [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 5, 2023
Dec. corn closed at $4.97 and 1/2, up 11 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.80 and 3/4, up 7 and 3/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $377.20, up $5.20Dec. soybean oil closed at 55.28, down [Read More…]
Ag News
Export sales support corn
Soybeans were mostly higher on spread trade and short covering, recovering from the early session losses. Harvest is being delayed in parts of the region, but most forecasts have a return to drier conditions soon. [Read More…]