Month: October 2023
ABC Politics News
Multiple Trump co-defendants approached about plea deals in Fulton County: Sources
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A number of former President Donald Trump’s co-defendants in the Fulton County election interference case have received plea deal offers or have been approached about potentially making a deal by [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.2 billion as clock ticks down to Wednesday’s drawing
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Powerball frenzy was in full swing Wednesday as potential billionaires were lining up at kiosks across the nation with dreams of what they’ll do if they’re lucky enough to hit [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Zooey Deschanel, Jonathan Scott “basking in engaged bliss”
Anna Webber/Variety via Getty Images New Girl actress Zooey Deschanel and Property Brothers star Jonathan Scott are opening up for the first time since they got engaged in August. The couple told People about their [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Pete Davidson hosting ‘Saturday Night Live’ on October 14 with Ice Spice as SAG-AFTRA clears performers
NBCUniversal/Virginia Sherwood — Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Saturday Night Live will return October 14, with one of its most famous alums in recent history, Pete Davidson, as host and Ice Spice as the musical guest. On [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson once again takes Disney fans ‘Behind The Attraction’
Disney+ Disney has revealed the second-season trailer to Behind The Attraction, its exclusive peek at Walt Disney’s magical theme parks. Co-produced by Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson and Dany Garcia‘s Seven Bucks Productions and Brian Volk-Weiss‘ [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Patrick Stewart says he thought Tom Hardy’s career would be over after ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’
Stewart and Hardy at the ‘Star Trek: Nemesis’ premiere — Dave Benett/Getty Images Patrick Stewart says it gives him “nothing but pleasure” that Tom Hardy has had such a successful career. However, when Stewart filmed [Read More…]
Ag News
House removal of speaker creates additional challenges for a new farm bill
It remains unclear who will become the next Speaker of the U.S. House, but Kam Quarles CEO of the National Potato Council says it needs to happen quickly. He says the House needs to get [Read More…]
Ag News
Central Iowa farmer expects corn harvest to pick up soon
Corn harvest has been slow in parts of central Iowa. Lee Tesdell farms in northern Polk County near Slater. “I have almost no neighbors that are in corn yet. There’s one neighbor that’s kind of [Read More…]
Ag News
MAC grain facility expansions ready for growing production
Michigan Agricultural Commodities grain storage expansions will be complete at several locations this harvest season. Vice President of Merchandising Robert Geers tells Brownfield increases in yields and northern production regions led to the additions. “We [Read More…]
Ag News
Climate change and farm management
Ohio’s state climatologist says climate change will continue to impact how farmers manage their operations. Aaron Wilson is the ag weather specialist for Ohio State University Extension. “What we need to manage for is a [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 4, 2023
Dec. corn closed at $4.86, down 1 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.73, up 1/4 centDec. soybean meal closed at $372.00, up 30 centsDec. soybean oil closed at 55.99, down 114 pointsDec. wheat closed at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Twenty-one dead, including 2 babies, after bus falls off overpass near Venice, Italy
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A bus crash on Tuesday in Mestre, Italy, a suburb near Venice, left 21 dead, including two babies, and another 15 riders injured, according to officials. Prosecutors are investigating [Read More…]
ABC World News
Amphibians are in widespread decline, and climate change is to blame, study says
Iain Lawrie/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major class of vertebrate species is experiencing widespread population declines due to climate change, according to new research. Amphibians, the most threatened class of vertebrates, are deteriorating globally, [Read More…]
ABC National News
4 students among 5 shot at Morgan State University in Baltimore, police searching for suspect
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — Four students were among five people shot at Baltimore’s Morgan State University Tuesday night, prompting a shelter-in-place order at the school, police said. The victims — four men and one woman, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump fraud trial live updates: ‘Trump show is over’ says AG James after he departs
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
Costco now sells gold bars, and customers are buying them fast
MANDEL NGAN/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Costco, the wholesale retailer that offers everything from PlayStations to pizza slices, is now selling gold bars. Even more, the precious metal is flying off the shelves, a company [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ozone hole over Antarctica grows to one of the largest on record, scientists say
Paul Souders/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The annual ozone hole that forms over Antarctica has ballooned to near-record size, scientists say. Measurements from satellite imaging taken on Sept. 16 showed that the ozone depletion area [Read More…]
ABC National News
El Chapo’s sons purportedly ban fentanyl in Mexico’s Sinaloa state
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (MEXICO CITY) — Roadside banners prohibiting the production and sale of fentanyl have appeared in Mexico’s northern state of Sinaloa, where the eponymous drug cartel is based. The machine-printed banners were purportedly signed [Read More…]
ABC Health News
More than 75,000 health care workers begin strike at Kaiser Permanente
pablohart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 75,000 workers at Kaiser Permanente launched a strike Wednesday, with a coalition of unions alleging the health care system is engaging in unfair labor practices. Employees in Virginia [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Get ready!”: RuPaul says his forthcoming memoir, ‘The House of Hidden Meanings’, is coming March 2024
HarperCollins RuPaul, the Emmy-winning host of RuPaul’s Drag Race, announced that his forthcoming memoir, The House of Hidden Meanings, is finally finished. In a video on Instagram, a makeup free, hat-and-hoodie-wearing Ru showed a copy of the book, [Read More…]