Month: February 2024
Ag News
Cattle placements down, but near top end of estimates
Placements of U.S. cattle into feedlots declined in January, just not quite as much as what some analysts were expecting. The USDA says placements to start 2024 were 1.792 million head, a decrease of 7% [Read More…]
ABC World News
US imposes ‘crushing’ sanctions on Russia 2 years after Ukraine invasion
President Joe Biden meets with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya on Feb. 22, 2022. — @POTUS/X (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Friday announced more than 500 sanctions on Russia, its “enablers,” and its “war machine” [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect in University of Colorado dorm murders had AK-47-style assault rifle when arrested: Prosecutors
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A student at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs who is accused of gunning down two people in a dorm room had an AK-47-style assault rifle and a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Black farmer looks to rethink stigma of picking cotton
Kelli Merrick/500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Old images of African Americans picking cotton remind many of the oppression suffered by generations of Black slaves before the Emancipation Proclamation. For Black Americans in particular, their history [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Stephen Amell talks nerves ahead of ‘Suits: L.A.’ audition
Gerardo Mora/Getty Images As previously reported, NBC is spinning off the former USA Network show-turned-Netflix phenomenon Suits into a new show, Suits: L.A. “It’s cool that there’s a nice hype around the project,” says its [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jon Taffer on serving up the “intense” new season of ‘Bar Rescue’
Photo: Vivian Best Make your reservation now: Paramount Network will be serving up the ninth season premiere of its hit Bar Rescue on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET. The show’s fiery host, bar expert Jon [Read More…]
Ag News
History could be on side of higher grain prices
History could be on the side of higher grain prices as the market slide continues. University of Minnesota grain market economist Ed Usset says over the past 20 years, a yearly high for corn prices [Read More…]
Ag News
Former national FFA officer reflects on time in office
The most recent National FFA officer from Illinois is reflecting on her time in the blue and gold during this National FFA Week. Gracie Murphy, of Macomb, retired from her role as regional vice president [Read More…]
ABC World News
Two years into war, Russian forces make offensive gains as Ukrainian weapons dwindle
belterz/Getty Images (LONDON) — Instead of sending a deluge of troops into Avdiivka to overpower the Ukrainians holding the frontline city, Russian forces earlier this month instead began sending in just a few soldiers at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukrainian chat helps Russian families find soldiers who were captured or killed
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Almost two years into Russia’s invasion, with Moscow’s losses estimated by Kyiv at more than 300,000 soldiers, the Ukrainian authorities launched a project called “Want To Find” to help Russian [Read More…]
ABC World News
US imposes ‘crushing’ sanctions on Russia two years after Ukraine invasion
President Joe Biden meets with Yulia and Dasha Navalnaya on Feb. 22, 2022. — @POTUS/X (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has announced more than 500 sanctions on Russia, its enablers, and its war machine on Friday [Read More…]
ABC World News
Scientists announce discovery of ‘very strange’ 240 million-year-old ‘Chinese dragon’ fossil
Dinocephalosaurus orientalis. — National Museums Scotland (LONDON) — Scientists in Scotland have revealed a remarkable discovery of a “very strange” 240 million-year-old “Chinese dragon” fossil. The international team from National Museums Scotland revealed their discovery [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Authorities plan for threats to Republican, Democratic presidential conventions
Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Months before they’re set to begin, law enforcement is already planning a massive effort to protect the presidential nominating conventions set for this summer, according to a new federal bulletin. The [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NY’s Nassau County announces ban on trans women from competing in women’s sports in county-run facilities
AdShooter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman announced Thursday that he will use an executive order to ban transgender athletes from competing in events aligning with their gender identity in county-run [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Greta Gerwig talks ‘Barbie’ “snub”
Warner Bros. Pictures Greta Gerwig is addressing what was widely perceived as one of the biggest snubs of the 2024 Oscars nominations. The filmmaker earned a nomination for best adapted screenplay for Barbie along with [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘True Detective’ coming back for season 5, and more
On the heels of True Detective: Night Country‘s season finale on February 18, Variety reports HBO has picked up the anthology series for a fifth season, with Night Country creator Issa López to direct as [Read More…]
Ag News
Temps vary across the Heartland; scattered showers, and snow, in parts of the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, rain showers are primarily affecting areas east of the Mississippi River, extending as far north as the southern tier of Michigan. Above-normal temperatures throughout the Midwest support off-season farm work in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Three University of Wyoming swimmers killed in car crash
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three members of the University of Wyoming swimming and diving team have died in a single-vehicle crash, according to the school. The accident happened on U.S. Highway 287, about [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Small study shows a possible reason some long COVID patients experience ‘brain fog’
SONGPHOL THESAKIT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — According to a new study published in Nature Neuroscience, researchers at Trinity College in Ireland used blood tests to measure certain biological markers and specialized brain images to discover [Read More…]
ABC Business News
IRS to open its free tax filing site to more new users
courtneyk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the tax filing season gets underway, taxpayers in some states will have a new way to file online available to them in “the coming days,” the IRS said this week. [Read More…]