Month: February 2024
ABC National News
Hunter Biden informant charged with lying had high-level Russian contacts: Documents
Hunter Biden attends the House Oversight and Accountability Committee markup titled “Resolution Recommending That The House Of Representatives Find Robert Hunter Biden In Contempt Of Congress,” in Rayburn Building on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. (Tom [Read More…]
ABC National News
US-Mexico border: 100 billion gallons of toxic sewage creating a ‘public health crisis’
People look towards the U.S.-Mexico border fence that runs into the Pacific Ocean, seen from Imperial Beach outside San Diego, Nov. 7, 2021. (Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The U.S.-Mexico border [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House GOP to question President Biden’s brother James Biden in impeachment probe
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — James Biden, the president’s younger brother, is scheduled to appear before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday — a high-stakes confrontation months in the making that could mark an inflection [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump brings in more than $6.8 million from Greenville fundraiser
IronHeart/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days ahead of the South Carolina Republican primary, former President Donald Trump’s campaign is expected to bring in at least $6 million from a fundraiser in Greenville, South Carolina, Tuesday [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump doubles down on comparing legal troubles to persecution of Russian dissident Alexei Navalny
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks with moderator Laura Ingraham during a Fox News Channel town Hall held in Greenville, S.C. on Tuesday, Feb 20, 2024. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images) [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
As Haley vows to fight on, Trump’s team says he’s weeks away from clinching Republican nomination
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just days ahead of the rematch between former President Donald Trump and Nikki Haley, this time in the South Carolina Republican primary on Saturday, two of Trump’s top aides say [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘I feel no need to kiss the ring’ of Trump, Haley says as she refuses to drop out
Republican presidential candidate, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, speaks at a campaign event at The Madren Conference Center Owen Pavillion on Feb. 20, 2024 in Clemson, South Carolina. (Allison Joyce/Getty Images) (GREENVILLE, S.C.) — Former [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Sixth case of measles linked to Florida elementary school outbreak
DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of measles cases linked to an elementary school outbreak in South Florida has risen to six. The outbreak at Manatee Bay Elementary School in Weston — [Read More…]
ABC Business News
More student loan borrowers to receive debt relief beginning Wednesday
jayk7/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration will begin automatically relieving student debt for another 153,000 people on Wednesday, bringing the total number of Americans approved for debt relief to nearly 3.9 million. President Joe [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Speculation begins about who’ll star in Sam Mendes’ Beatles films
ABC Now that it’s been announced that Sam Mendes will direct four separate movies about The Beatles — one for each band member — the speculation about who’ll play Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo [Read More…]
ABC National News
Roommate arrested in double murder at University of Colorado dorm room
CREDIT: Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A student at the University of Colorado – Colorado Springs has been arrested for allegedly killing his roommate and a young woman in a double homicide in a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Missing 11-year-old’s body found in Texas river: Police
Kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Investigators said Tuesday that they have found the body of an 11-year-old Texas girl who went missing last week when she missed her bus to school. Audrii Cunningham was last [Read More…]
ABC National News
Letitia James says she’s prepared to seize Trump’s buildings if he can’t pay his $354M civil fraud fine
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Four days after a judge ordered former President Donald Trump to pay $354 million in his civil fraud case, New York Attorney General Letitia James told ABC News [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas Gov. Abbott announces military base at border in Eagle Pass
Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images, FILE (EAGLE PASS, Texas) — Texas is building a new military base for National Guard members deployed to the southern border in Eagle Pass, Texas — where state and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nikki Haley says deployed husband ‘stepped up to defend our nation’s freedom’
Allison Joyce/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — During a South Carolina speech Tuesday where former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley vowed to stay in the 2024 Republican primary race, she grew emotional speaking about her husband — recently [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What a possible Capital One and Discover merger means for consumers
Angus Mordant/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Capital One’s decision to acquire Discover could establish a new megafirm that shakes up the credit card industry. The move may hold long-term implications for credit card [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sydney Sweeney to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ as Mark Ruffalo says he’ll “never” host
Steve Granitz/FilmMagic – Amy Sussman/WireImage Saturday Night Live announced on Tuesday that Madame Web and Anyone but You star Sydney Sweeney will be making her debut on the long-running sketch show on March 2. Her [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Giancarlo Esposito is a “man of integrity” in new sneak peek to crime series ‘Parish’
AMC AMC has dropped a sneak peek of Parish, its forthcoming six-part crime series starring Emmy-nominated Breaking Bad and Mandalorian star Giancarlo Esposito. The new thriller features Esposito as Gracian “Gray” Parish, the proud owner [Read More…]
Ag News
United Soybean Board shows soy products in home makeover
Photo: L-R: Brownfield’s Larry Lee, Tracy Hutson, Tony Mellenthin, Katie Mellinthin The United Soybean Board shows farmers and consumers how soy-based products can be used in their homes. Tony and Katie Mellenthin farm in western [Read More…]
Ag News
Biden administration announces $500 million to combat wildfires
The Biden administration has announced new investments to help combat wildfires. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack calls this an important day as $500 million is being invested into the agency’s Forest Service Wildfire Crisis Strategy. “Several [Read More…]