Year: 2023
Ag News
USDA Organic Transition Initiative offers aid to producers
The USDA is announcing $75 million to help producers transition to certified organic production. The Natural Resources Conservation Services has $70 million to help farmers with a new organic management standard as part of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Arkansas farmer says he’s optimistic about 2023
A northeast Arkansas farmer says the 2023 planting season is off to a much better start than previous years. Derek Haigwood says unlike 2022, they’ve actually been able to work ground this spring. “We’re really [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA calls for improving prices along with larger herd
The USDA is forecasting milk production to increase this year with a larger-than-expected cow herd. In its April supply and demand report, USDA raised cheese and butter prices because of recent price strength. Whey prices [Read More…]
Ag News
April WASDE spotlight shines on South American crops
A market analyst says South American soybeans were the spotlight of the April World Agriculture Supply and Demand Report. Mac Marshall with the United Soybean Board tells Brownfield USDA cut their estimate for Argentina’s soybean [Read More…]
Weather
Extreme Fire Danger issued April 11 at 2:37PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 9 PM FOR STRONG WINDS AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHWEST IOWA AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA. …FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN [Read More…]
ABC National News
Workplaces are the most common mass shooting site, data shows
xu wu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The shooting in a Louisville, Kentucky, bank on Monday is the latest workplace-related mass shooting to take place in the United States over the last 60 years, according to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge, Fox attorney clash over TV hosts’ testimony in Dominion defamation case
David Talukdar/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An attorney representing Fox News against Dominion’s $1.6 billion defamation suit clashed Tuesday with the judge in the case over how some of the network’s biggest stars can be [Read More…]
ABC National News
FBI warns against using public USB charging ports
Chris Jongkind/Getty Images (DENVER) — The FBI is warning the public against using charging stations in malls and at airports, according to a tweet from the bureau’s Denver office. The public charging stations could be [Read More…]
ABC National News
Elizabeth Holmes’ attempt to delay prison sentence denied by judge
Hans Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge has denied an effort by disgraced Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes to delay the start of her prison sentence, set to begin later this month, while she [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Florida Republican apologizes for anti-transgender ‘demons’ and ‘mutants’ comments
mbell/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Republican Rep. Webster Barnaby called transgender people “demons” and “mutants” in a hearing about a bill that would make it a crime to use a bathroom that doesn’t align with the [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Michael Jordan’s game-worn 1998 Air Jordans sell at auction for record $2.24 million
David Madison/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — One anonymous bidder has taken being a sneakerhead to a record level. A pair of Michael Jordan’s game-worn shoes from Game 2 of the 1998 NBA Finals were sold [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
See Jennifer Lopez fight like a ‘Mother’ in new Netflix action movie trailer
Netflix/Doane Gregory Jennifer Lopez shows off her guns — and brandishes not a few firearms, as well — in the action-packed trailer to her forthcoming Netflix action movie The Mother. The sneak peek starts with [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA sees higher beef, broiler production
The USDA is projecting higher beef and broiler production. Beef is estimated at 26.775 billion pounds, 110 million more than in March because of higher placements during the first half of the year, with an [Read More…]
ABC World News
China ‘ready to fight’ after three days of large-scale military drills around Taiwan
Rainer Puster / EyeEm/Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — China’s military declared it’s “ready to fight” after wrapping up three days of combat drills simulating a blockade to “seal off” Taiwan. The large-scale land and sea [Read More…]
ABC National News
Louisville shooting live updates: Suspect had AR-15, death toll climbs to five
avid_creative/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Five people were killed and eight others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Kentucky’s largest city on Monday morning, according to police. The suspect was killed [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Chicago to host 2024 Democratic National Convention
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee announced on Tuesday that its 2024 convention will be held in Chicago. The convention will take place Aug. 19 through 22 at the United Center and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ provides congressional leaders access to Trump, Biden, Pence classified docs
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has started to provide access to a group of bipartisan congressional leaders some of the classified materials recovered from the residences of former President Donald Trump, President Joe [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Aliyah Boston reacts to being first pick in WNBA draft
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Aliyah Boston, star of the University of South Carolina’s women’s basketball team, says she was “really nervous” before being selected No. 1 in the WNBA draft Monday night in New [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Survey estimates 1 in 5 adults say they’ve been threatened with a gun at some point
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — About one in five adults say they’ve been threatened with a gun at some point in their life according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The report, [Read More…]
ABC Health News
STIs, including syphilis, rose during second year of pandemic, CDC data shows
The Good Brigade/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) in the United States shows “no signs of slowing,” new federal data shows. A total of 2.53 million cases of chlamydia, [Read More…]