Month: November 2023
ABC Politics News
Trump team defends his eligibility for office in historic hearings about 14th Amendment, Jan. 6
Ethan Miller/Getty Images, FILE (DENVER) — After two and a half days of testimony about how former President Donald Trump allegedly played a key role in the violence on Jan. 6 and how that should [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republican Sen. Tuberville doubles down on blocking military nominees despite GOP pleas
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville said Thursday he is not backing down after his fiery battle with Republican colleagues on the Senate floor over his unprecedented move to hold up [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House to vote on Israel aid in first major test of Johnson’s speakership
ANDREY DENISYUK/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House is set to vote Thursday afternoon on an aid package to Israel in what will be the first major test of Rep. Mike Johnson’s speakership. The bill would [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Chipotle, McDonald’s executives on how costs could hit consumers when California minimum wage increases
Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The cost of doing business in California could soon be slightly more expensive with minimum wages set to increase in April. But what does that mean for [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes’ cast discusses highly anticipated film
Lionsgate/Murray Close The stars of The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes are opening up about the highly anticipated film. Rachel Zegler, Tom Blyth and Josh Andrés Rivera stopped by Good Morning America [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Super Bowl ad spots nearly sold out; going rate said to be $7 million for 30-second spot
Getty Images Advertisers are readying their checkbooks for February’s Super Bowl LVIII. A Paramount spokesperson told ABC Audio that CBS is “ahead of schedule” selling its ad spots for the big game; at $7 million [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
20th Century Studios releases epic teaser to ‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’
20th Century Studios 20th Century Studios has dropped an epic teaser to Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes, an adventure set several generations after director Matt Reeves‘ heralded Apes trilogy. The Maze Runner helmer [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ryan Gosling goes from stuntman to action hero in trailer to ‘The Fall Guy’
Universal The trailer to the big-budget action comedy The Fall Guy is here, and it shows Barbie star Ryan Gosling as an unlikely action hero. Loosely based on the 1980s action show of the same [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
FX releases trailer to epic event series ‘Shōgun’
FX On Thursday, FX dropped the trailer to Shōgun, the epic, 10-episode series based on James Clavell’s bestselling novel, which was adapted into an Emmy-winning miniseries on NBC in 1980. The new series features a [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin harvest picks back up after wet week
A western Wisconsin farmer says there are still a lot of fields to combine before harvest is finished. Tony Mellenthin tells Brownfield, “We’re making good progress on the corn. We still have some soybeans left [Read More…]
Ag News
Northwest Minnesota farmer “big advocate” of rotational grazing
A farmer in northwest Minnesota is a strong believer in rotational grazing. Mikayla Tabert raises beef cattle and grows several different crops near Red Lake Falls. “I’m definitely a big advocate for rotational grazing, and [Read More…]
Ag News
Second HPAI confirmation for Beadle County, SD
USDA says there’s another confirmed case of highly pathogenic avian influenza in South Dakota. The virus has affected another commercial turkey farm in Beadle County. That’s the second farm in that county that’s had confirmed [Read More…]
Ag News
Cash cattle standoff continued Thursday
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher, optimistic about this week’s widespread direct cash cattle business. December live was up $1.05 at $184.67 and February was $1.25 higher at $186.42. January [Read More…]
Ag News
Wisconsin student wins National FFA scholarship
A Wisconsin student is one of eight national winners of a one-thousand dollar scholarship from Syngenta and Crop Life America. Flambeau High School graduate Katie Zimmer is now studying Agricultural Business and Agricultural Education at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: American who escaped Gaza describes chaos at border
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of people have died and thousands more have been injured since the militant group Hamas launched an unprecedented surprise attack on Israel on Oct. 7 and Israel retaliated with [Read More…]
ABC World News
People in Gaza share what life is like amid bombardment of Israel-Hamas war: ‘We’re all humans’
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (SDEROT, Israel) — An Israeli fighter jet roared overhead as it dropped a bomb near where Lena Beseiso and her family were hunkered down in the war-torn Gaza Strip. The 57-year-old Palestinian-American citizen, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Rafah crossing: What is happening at the Egypt-Gaza border?
Said Khatib/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some people in Gaza have been given clearance to leave for the first time via Egypt’s Rafah border crossing since Oct. 7, when the terrorist group Hamas [Read More…]
ABC National News
58 people still missing, including 11 Americans, week after Hurricane Otis made landfall in Mexico
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A week after a powerful Category 5 hurricane hit Acapulco, Mexico, at least 58 people are still missing, according to the Mexican government. Among the missing are 18 foreign nationals, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former officer pleads guilty to federal charges in Tyre Nichols’ death
Memphis Police Department (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Desmond Mills Jr., one of the five former Memphis police officers charged in connection with the death of Tyre Nichols, pleaded guilty Thursday to federal civil rights and conspiracy [Read More…]
ABC National News
FBI raids home of top fundraiser for New York City Mayor Eric Adams
avid_creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — FBI agents searched the Crown Heights home Thursday of Brianna Suggs, a campaign consultant and top fundraiser linked to New York City Mayor Eric Adams. The agents descended on the [Read More…]