Month: October 2023
ABC Politics News
White House warns only enough Ukraine funding for ‘urgent battlefield needs’
Prasit photo/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House warned Monday that the U.S. has only enough money to meet Ukraine’s “urgent battlefield needs” in the short term, after Congress left additional funding for Ukraine out [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas AG Ken Paxton faces other legal troubles after being acquitted in impeachment
Eleanor Dearman/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was recently acquitted by the state Senate on 16 articles of impeachment, but the state’s top lawyer still [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
How Tim Scott’s run for president is affecting his role as senator
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just a few hours before the midnight deadline, the Senate overwhelmingly voted to keep the government open for 45 more days by a vote of 88-9. Only two senators were [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
How the growing Latino vote could factor in to 2024 election
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just about a year out from the 2024 election, Republican and Democratic campaigns and candidates in several key states are courting Latinos, a growing group of voters, who could [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Exclusive: On track to break record, TSA intercepts nearly 20 guns per day at airports
Mats Silvan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) said it intercepts nearly 20 unauthorized guns per day at checkpoints nationwide, putting the agency on track to break its annual firearms record, the agency [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why you should wait a few days before taking an at-home COVID test if you’re sick
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The best time to take an at-home COVID-19 test is on the fourth day of having symptoms, according to a study published in the journal Clinical Infectious Diseases. Researchers [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Joaquin Phoenix’s “passion” takes center stage in new ‘Napoleon’ making-of feature
Sony Pictures Sony Pictures and Apple Originals on Monday released a new behind-the-scenes video of their forthcoming Napoleon, this one highlighting Oscar winner Joaquin Phoenix in the title role. His Gladiator director, Academy Award winner [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Unsolved Mysteries’ documentary showcases Matthew McConaughey’s humble beginnings as a murder victim
ABC His penchant for showing skin aside, a producer of Unsolved Mysteries says Matthew McConaughey‘s acting has come a long way since he got his first screen credit on the series. Way before he won [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paramount+ is helping fans think pink for October 3 aka “+’Mean Girls’ Day”
Paramount+ Star Wars fans may have May the Fourth, but Mean Girls die-hards have October 3. That’s right, Tuesday is officially — or at least “officially” among fans — Mean Girls Day. The day honoring [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jodie Turner-Smith files for divorce from Joshua Jackson after 4 years of marriage
Lionel Hahn/Getty Images Jodie Turner-Smith has filed for divorce from husband Joshua Jackson after four years of marriage, Good Morning America has confirmed. Turner-Smith cited “irreconcilable differences” as the reason for the dissolution of their [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kim to Kim contact: Cattrall dresses up in Kim K’s Skims for new campaign
Courtesy Max Kim Cattrall has teamed up with that other famous Kim, Kim Kardashian, as a model in a campaign for the latter’s successful Skims shapeware line. The Best of Skims campaign features the Sex [Read More…]
Ag News
Rain recharges Wisconsin soils, slows fieldwork
Heavy rains helped recharge soils but slowed activity in Wisconsin farm fields last week. USDA’s latest crop update says with only three days suitable for fieldwork, there was limited harvest progress statewide. Corn for grain [Read More…]
Ag News
SD soybean harvest 20% complete
South Dakota farmers are making progress on soybean harvest as October begins. USDA says 20% of the soybeans are harvested, slightly behind the average pace. Only 16% of South Dakota’s corn has been harvested so [Read More…]
Ag News
Ahead of average harvest pace continues in MO
Corn harvest is nearing the halfway point and soybean harvest is just getting started in Missouri. USDA says corn harvest is 42% complete and soybean harvest is 12% complete, both ahead of average for this [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn and rice harvest nearing completion in Arkansas
Arkansas farmers made good harvest progress last week. The USDA reports as of October 1st corn harvest is 92% complete followed by rice at 81%, soybeans at 47%, cotton at 12% and peanuts at 3%. [Read More…]
Ag News
Rain slows Minnesota harvest
Rain slowed harvest activity in Minnesota last week. USDA’s latest crop update says widespread showers interrupted some fieldwork, but the corn harvest remains ahead of the five-year average at 18 percent complete. Soybeans are 33 [Read More…]
ABC World News
Nagorno-Karabakh enclave emptied after entire ethnic Armenian population flees
bergserg/Getty Images (LONDON) — Virtually the entire ethnic Armenian population of the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh has fled, with the last buses carrying refugees having left on Monday, according to Russia’s peacekeeping force deployed there. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ten dead after roof collapse at baptism ceremony in Mexico
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) — Ten people have died following a roof collapse at a church in Mexico on Sunday, according to local authorities. The collapse, which trapped between 30 to 40 people, happened [Read More…]
ABC National News
Who is Arthur Engoron, the New York judge deciding the fate of Trump’s business empire?
Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As attorneys for the New York attorney general present their case in the $250 million dollar civil fraud case levied against former president Donald Trump and his adult sons, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Barking dog leads good Samaritan to woman shot, crying for help
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (DALLAS) — When Mario Gordon heard his dog, Dutch, incessantly barking outside his Dallas home on Saturday morning, he went to check on the commotion – and made a discovery that has [Read More…]