Month: February 2024
ABC Health News
Amid rising measles cases, a new generation of doctors is being taught how to spot the disease
Penpak Ngamsathain/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the last several years, isolated outbreaks of measles have been popping up across the United States. Most recently, between Dec. 1, 2023, and Jan. 23, 2024, there have [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Madame Web’s’ Dakota Johnson on the ups and downs of playing a superhero
Lionel Hahn/WireImage Dakota Johnson gets her first crack at the superhero world with the new movie Madame Web, in theaters this weekend. She plays the title character, an EMT who discovers she has superpowers that have laid [Read More…]
Ag News
Milder to warmer days ahead for the Heartland next week; a somewhat active pattern returns
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions in the southern Atlantic region. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal precipitation across much of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Heavier police presence may be needed at large events after Chiefs shooting, experts say
David Eulitt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Despite hundreds of police officers being on the scene of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl celebration in Kansas City, Missouri, a mass shooting erupted, raising the question of how the tragedy [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israeli families desperate to get hostages home protest to demand action: ‘We have no time’
ABC News (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Some families of Israeli hostages say they have reached their breaking point and have begun to take extreme measures to express their frustration more than four months into the Israel-Hamas [Read More…]
ABC World News
Fears grow in Gazan city of Rafah ahead of potential Israel ground operation
Abed Zagout/Anadolu via Getty Images (TEL AVIV and LONDON) — Before war erupted between Israel and Hamas in October, the city of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip was home to around 250,000 people. Now, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fulton County hearing live updates: Fani Willis takes the stand in contentious hearing with Trump case on the line
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case is set to hear arguments over motions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, primarily over accusations that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
FBI source charged for allegedly providing false info on Bidens, which was cited by Republicans
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel David Weiss has indicted an FBI confidential source who provided derogatory information about President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden on felony false statement and obstruction charges. Weiss [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
A closer look at the Biden special counsel report: Do the headlines match the evidence?
Michael Reynolds/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When special counsel Robert Hur’s report on his yearlong investigation into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified materials was made public last week, it said no charges were warranted [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden special counsel Robert Hur set to testify publicly on March 12: Sources
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Robert Hur is scheduled to testify in a public hearing before the House Judiciary Committee on March 12, according to sources familiar with the matter. It comes after House [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Zendaya is robot chic at the ‘Dune: Part Two’ world premiere
Courtesy Warner Bros. Zendaya stunned on the red carpet for the world premiere of Dune: Part Two. The actress channeled a chic robot while dressed in a look from Mugler’s Autumn/Winter 1995-1996 Cirque d’Hiver 20th anniversary couture [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA says more women, young farmers on the job
USDA’s newly-released Census of Agriculture shows women and young farmers play important roles on the farm. Statistician Virginia Harris told USDA’s Agriculture Outlook Forum Thursday they started collecting more information in 2017 about men and [Read More…]
Ag News
House Ag Committee member says trade with China “not an either/or proposition”
A U.S. Congressman from South Dakota suggests trade with China is not an either/or proposition. Dusty Johnson points out more than half of all soybeans grown in the U.S. are exported to China and says [Read More…]
Ag News
Hog future mostly higher heading into Friday
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were up, and feeders were mixed, watching direct business unfold. April live cattle closed $1.60 higher at $185.60 and June lives closed $.75 higher at $181.87. March feeders [Read More…]
Ag News
NCBA Young Cattlemen’s Conference
Brownfield’s Meghan Grebner will participate in the NCBA Young Cattlemen’s Conference May 30 to June 6, 2024, traveling to Colorado, Nebraska, Ohio, and Washington, DC. …
Ag News
Vilsack asks pointed questions in face of farm decline
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack challenged attendees of this morning’s USDA Ag Outlook Forum to consider the consequences of fewer U.S. farms. “Ask yourself whether you’re okay with losing a half million farms in a lifetime. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Fulton County hearing live updates: ‘You’re confused,’ Fani Willis lashes out during hearing with Trump case on the line
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s Georgia election interference case is set to hear arguments over motions to disqualify Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis, primarily over accusations that [Read More…]
ABC National News
Patrol vehicle of Tennessee deputy who disappeared after making arrest recovered from river
kali9/Getty Images (DECATUR, Tenn.) — The patrol vehicle of a Tennessee deputy who disappeared after making an arrest has been recovered from a river a day after he went missing, authorities said. However, the search for [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 firefighters in critical condition, several others hurt from explosion in Los Angeles
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nine firefighters are injured, including two who are in critical condition, following an explosion in Los Angeles, according to the LA Fire Department. The blast occurred six minutes after 10 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kansas City mass shooting timeline: How the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade ended in tragedy
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Kansas City, Missouri, continues to reel in the aftermath of the tragic mass shooting that rang out at the end of the Chiefs’ Super Bowl parade, authorities are [Read More…]