Month: February 2024
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Lawmakers advance bill allowing adult permit holders to carry concealed guns in schools
Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight Legislation that would allow adults to carry concealed pistols in schools after getting a permit and permission from a principal is two steps from becoming law in South Dakota. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pentagon finds no one to blame for keeping Secretary Austin’s hospital stays secret
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — No one will be reprimanded for keeping Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s hospital stays a secret — including the secretary himself or his chief of staff — after an internal Pentagon [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Alec Baldwin’s manslaughter trial to begin in July
ABC News The manslaughter trial for Alec Baldwin in relation to the fatal Rust shooting will begin in July, ABC News has confirmed. New Mexico’s First Judicial District Court on Monday entered a scheduling order [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicolas Cage, Al Pacino, Brendan Fraser and more named as Oscars presenters
ABC The producers of the upcoming 96th Academy Awards have announced the first round of presenters for this year’s telecast, which airs live on ABC on Sunday, March 10. The previous year’s Academy Award winners [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. egg production higher in January
Egg production was up in January. The USDA says 9.274 billion eggs were produced in January 2024, an increase of 2% from January 2023, with table and hatching eggs both above the previous year. The [Read More…]
Ag News
Red meat, poultry stocks in cold storage tighten
Red meat and poultry stocks in cold storage at the end of January were below year ago levels. That’s due to a combination of lower rates of production and solid demand. The USDA says red [Read More…]
ABC World News
Family speaks out as search intensifies for American couple missing in Caribbean
Courtesy Suellen Desmarais (ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA) — A search is intensifying for an American couple who went missing in the Caribbean after three escaped prisoners allegedly used their boat to island hop. Ralph Hendry and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg asks judge to impose gag order Trump in hush money case
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday asked a judge to impose a gag order on former President Donald Trump, who is charged in New York with falsifying [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bronx medical school students to receive free tuition after $1 billion donation
Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — A historic, billion-dollar donation to a medical school in New York City has provided students with free tuition moving forward. Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx [Read More…]
ABC National News
Biden to make his 2nd visit to southern border on the same day as Trump
Alex Wong/Getty Images (EAGLE PASS, TEXAS) — President Joe Biden will make his second visit to the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday to make another push for Congress to pass a bipartisan border deal, the White [Read More…]
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Trump, co-defendants appeal ruling in $464 million civil fraud case
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants are appealing their $464 million civil fraud case. In a filing Monday, the defendants signaled their plans to appeal the [Read More…]
ABC National News
New home sales ticked up in January, despite elevated mortgage rates
Lisette Morales McCabe/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New home sales ticked up in January, despite a twin burden imposed by elevated mortgage rates and expensive housing prices, according to U.S. Census data released on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court hears major cases on free speech, laws regulating social media
Matt Cardy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Are Facebook, Instagram and YouTube more like newspaper publishers or telephone companies? The Supreme Court on Monday was wrestling with that question in a pair of cases being called the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What’s next for IVF patients in Alabama?
Joe Sohm/Getty Images (MONTGOMERY, Al.) — More than a week after the Alabama Supreme Court upended in vitro fertilization access in the state with its ruling that frozen embryos are considered children, increasing public outcry [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mekhi Phifer on the lasting “impact” of ‘8 Mile’ + surprise at “Lose Yourself” name drop
Robin L Marshall/FilmMagic The movie 8 Mile turned 20 years old back in 2022, and co-star Mekhi Phifer tells ABC Audio he still can’t get over that. “It’s hard to believe that it’s been this [Read More…]
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Alan Ritchson says he was surprised by season 2 success of ‘Reacher’
Prime Video In December, Prime Video’s action series Reacher was renewed for a third season even before its second season dropped, but star Alan Ritchson admitted to ABC Audio he was still worried about the [Read More…]
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Better Business Bureau warns of seasonal travel scams
The average travel scam in the U.S. results in hundreds of dollars in losses, according to data provided by BBB Scam Tracker. Scammers often take advantage of consumer habits and capitalize on trending internet searches, enticing [Read More…]
ABC National News
Active-duty airman dies after setting himself on fire outside Israeli Embassy
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An active-duty airman has died after authorities say he set himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in Washington, D.C. The man was identified by the Metropolitan Police Department as [Read More…]
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Proposed work requirement resolution advances
Another citizen’s vote on Medicaid eligibility is a step closer after passage by a House committee Monday. The House State Affairs Committee passed SJR501 11 to 2 to put a constitutional amendment on the 2024 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ricki Lake shares weight loss results after fall pledge to “get healthier”
Emma McIntyre/Getty Images Ricki Lake is feeling proud. The former talk show host shared results from her and her husband Ross Burningham‘s recent weight loss journey, telling fans via Instagram Saturday that they each lost [Read More…]
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