Month: January 2024
ABC National News
Florida Board of Governors prohibits state funding toward DEI initiatives
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Florida Board of Governors voted Wednesday to prohibit state funding to be used toward Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives, including “political or social activism” activities on campus [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nikki Haley pitches ‘better choice’ for Republicans, claiming momentum after primary losses
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley delivers remarks at her primary-night rally at the Grappone Conference Center, Jan. 23, 2024, in Concord, N.H. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Maine’s top court refuses to rule before Supreme Court on whether Trump will stay off ballot
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Maine’s Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal from Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, who requested last week for the high court to consider her earlier decision to bar former President Donald [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former Trump DHS officials interviewed in Mayorkas impeachment inquiry
Official White House Photo by Hannah Foslien (WASHINGTON) — The GOP-led House Homeland Security Committee has conducted two closed-door interviews with two former Trump Homeland Security officials, as the committee prepares to move forward with [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Republicans accuse Penn of ‘failure to address antisemitism on its campus’
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican-led House Education Committee kicked off its formal antisemitism probe of the University of Pennsylvania on Wednesday, which the committee called for after an explosive December hearing where three university [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Bidens invite Kate Cox, woman denied abortion in Texas, to attend State of the Union
President Joe Biden delivers his State of the Union address, Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2023, on the House floor of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — President [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New long COVID study uncovers high inflammation in patients as Senate calls for more research on ‘crisis’
Jackyenjoyphotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study in Science is shining a light on the continuing impact of long COVID, with research revealing further and continuing health concerns for some of the 16 million [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Children with genetic deafness have hearing restored with gene therapy: Study
A still image taken from video of a study on gene therapy restoring hearing in children with hereditary deafness. (Mass General Brigham) (NEW YORK) — Children with hereditary deafness regained their hearing thanks to a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Alabama to perform first nitrogen gas execution: What to know about this method
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Alabama man is set to be the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Dunkin’ faces potential class-action lawsuit for alleged discriminatory upcharge on nondairy milks
An exterior view of the Dunkin’ Donuts restaurant in Muncy, Pennsylvania, June 10, 2023. (Paul Weaver/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Lactose intolerant coffee drinkers who opt for nondairy alternatives like soy, almond [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Zach Woods on satirizing public radio in new animated series ‘In the Know’
Peacock The world of public radio gets animated in Zach Woods’ new Peacock series In the Know. Woods stars in, executive produces and serves as the showrunner of the stop-motion animated series that he created, which he [Read More…]
News
Olympic champion shares a message of inclusion and diversity at the Corn Palace
1964 Olympic Gold medalist Billy Mills got a first-hand look on Wednesday at the Corn Palace mural bearing his likeness…. He says the reason why, is you see the diversity that’s displayed at the [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 25 at 2:19AM MST until January 25 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and central, east [Read More…]
ABC National News
36 cold-stunned sea turtles saved in North Carolina
Mark Chivers/Getty Images (MOREHEAD CITY, N.C.) — Dozens of cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued by researchers off the coast of North Carolina this week. The North Carolina State University Center for Marine Sciences and Technology said [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 24 at 8:15PM MST until January 25 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northeast Nebraska and central, east central, south central, and southeast South [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Harbaugh returning to NFL to coach Chargers after leading Michigan to national title
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — Jim Harbaugh will be the head coach of the Los Angeles Chargers, leaving Michigan after capping his ninth season as coach of college football’s winningest program with the school’s first national [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Doc Rivers is finalizing a deal to take over as the Bucks coach
MILWAUKEE (AP) — Doc Rivers is finalizing a deal to take over as the Milwaukee Bucks coach a day after the firing of Adrian Griffin, a person with knowledge of the negotiations told The Associated [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ex-Trump aide Peter Navarro to be sentenced for defying Jan. 6 committee subpoena
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Trump White House adviser Peter Navarro will be sentenced on Thursday for defying a congressional subpoena to cooperate with the House select committee that investigated the Jan. 6 attack on [Read More…]
Latest News
Why South Dakota wants to be a leader in quantum computing
Bart Pfankuch, South Dakota News Watch – Four public South Dakota universities would start offering research and training in an emerging field of technology that promises to solve complex problems in minutes instead of years, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh was offered the role of Doc Brown in ‘Back to the Future’
Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Back to the Future fans probably couldn’t imagine the film without Christopher Lloyd playing Doc Brown, but it turns out he may not have been the first choice for the role. While at the Sundance [Read More…]
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