Year: 2023
ABC Politics News
Stabenow’s surprise retirement pushes Michigan closer to center of 2024 Senate map
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Michigan Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow announced Thursday that she will retire at the end of her term, opening up her seat in 2024 and moving her battleground state closer to [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 05 at 8:55PM MST until January 06 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter to one half mile in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota and east central and southeast South Dakota. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mpox cases among women mostly affected Black, Hispanic Americans: CDC
Camelia Ciocirlan / 500px / Getty Images (NEW YORK) — When the mpox outbreak first struck the United States over the summer, experts said it was mostly affecting minority men. But new federal data published [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ovidio Guzman, son of El Chapo and alleged major fentanyl trafficker, arrested in Mexico
NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ovidio Guzmán, a top leader of the Sinaloa Cartel and the son of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, the notorious drug lord currently serving a life sentence in [Read More…]
ABC National News
More than 118,000 customers without power as storm hits West Coast
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major storm is hitting the West Coast with flood, high wind and heavy snow alerts in effect for California, Nevada, Utah, Oregon and Washington state. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicole Kidman joining Zoe Saldaña in the Taylor Sheridan spy show ‘The Lioness’ for Paramount+
Ryan Pfluger Paramount+ has announced that Oscar winner Nicole Kidman has joined Zoe Saldaña and Laysla De Oliveira in Taylor Sheridan‘s spy series The Lioness. According to the streaming service, the show from the Yellowstone [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Aubrey Plaza, Michael B. Jordan to be ‘SNL”s first guest hosts of 2023
NBCUniversal Saturday Night Live has just announced its first guest hosts and musical guests of the new year. The White Lotus‘ Aubrey Plaza kicks things off on January 21, with Sam Smith as the musical [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nick Offerman, Chris Redd and more join Eddie Murphy’s holiday comedy ‘Candy Cane Lane’
ABC Audio More revelers have joined Eddie Murphy‘s holiday comedy Candy Cane Lane, which is bound for Prime Video. A day after it was announced that black-ish alumna Tracee Ellis Ross and 22 Jump Street‘s [Read More…]
Ag News
Senate ag committee chairwoman not seeking re-election
Senate Ag Committee Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow announced today she will not seek re-election. Her term ends in early January 2025. This means this upcoming farm bill will be her last. In a statement, Stabenow said [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures close modestly lower
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were mostly modestly lower, watching direct business develop, with steady prices reported during the session. Feeder cattle were down on profit taking and technical selling. February live was up [Read More…]
Ag News
Feenstra identifies several ag priorities for new Congress
A member of the House Agriculture Committee lists several priorities for the new Congress. Republican Randy Feenstra of Iowa tells Brownfield foreign ownership of farmland needs to be addressed. “It’s a hot topic that we [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois farmers elected to national soybean leadership
Brownfield’s Rhiannon Branch interviews Daryl Cates at the 2022 NAFB Convention. Cates is serving as ASA President this year. Eleven Illinois farmers are taking on leadership roles with national soybean organizations in 2023. During a [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 5, 2023
Mar. corn closed at $6.52 and 3/4, down 1 centJan. soybeans closed at $14.66 and 3/4, down 11 and 1/2 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $488.70, up $6.20Jan. soybean oil closed at 62.94, down 17 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
New Congress live updates: McCarthy loses seventh vote in speaker standoff Day 3
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Republican leadership standoff is stretching into a third day Thursday after six failed votes to decide on a speaker over Tuesday and Wednesday. Republican leader Kevin McCarthy is [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Ex-MMA fighter Phil Baroni charged in death of girlfriend in Mexico
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SAN FERNANDO, Mexico) — Former mixed martial arts fighter Phil Baroni was being held in a Mexican jail Thursday after he was arrested on suspicion of killing his girlfriend, whose body was [Read More…]
ABC Health News
WHO sounds the alarm: New COVID variant is most transmissible yet
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization is warning that a new omicron subvariant known as XBB.1.5 is the most transmissible strain to date. As COVID-19 hospitalizations rise in some parts of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Social media use linked to brain changes in teens, study finds
Xavier Lorenzo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study has identified a possible link between frequently checking social media and brain changes that are associated with having less control of impulsive behaviors among young adolescents. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Peloton agrees to pay $19 million fine over treadmill recall: CPSC
Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Peloton has agreed to pay a $19 million fine as part of a settlement over its treadmill recall, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Thursday. The [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Former CEO of crypto firm Celsius sued in New York over alleged fraud
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The former chief executive of the cryptocurrency lending platform Celsius Network defrauded hundreds of thousands of investors out of hundreds of millions of dollars’ worth of cryptocurrency, New York [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Comedy Central announces dates for ‘The Daily Show’ guest hosts
Comedy Central Following Trevor Noah‘s exit in December after a seven-year run on The Daily Show, Comedy Central has announced the dates for the series of guest hosts who will be taking his spot behind [Read More…]