Month: April 2024

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israel, early Friday morning local time, launched a retaliatory strike against Iran, a senior U.S. official told ABC News. The strike follow Iran’s attack last Saturday, where the country sent [Read More…]

Attorneys to present opening statements in Trump’s historic hush money case

Former President Donald Trump sits at the defendant’s table during his criminal trial as jury selection continues at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 19, 2024 in New York City. (Sarah Yenesel-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]

Trump’s attorneys to argue for acceptance of his $175M bond in civil fraud case

Former President Donald Trump speaks to guests at a rally, April 2, 2024, in Green Bay, Wis. (Scott Olson/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Attorneys for Donald Trump are expected back in court on Monday to [Read More…]

What did jurors in Trump’s criminal trial say they think of the former president?

Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Before any jurors were seated in Donald Trump’s historic criminal trial in New York, defense lawyers seeking to whittle down the pool of prospects asked them a vital question: [Read More…]

Suspect arrested after break-in at Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass’ home

amphotora/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A suspected intruder was arrested early Sunday morning after a break-in at the home of Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, according to police. “Around 6:40 AM this morning an individual [Read More…]

NYC Mayor Eric Adams says he’s ‘horrified and disgusted’ by antisemitism at Columbia University protests

For the fifth day, pro-Palestinian students occupy a central lawn on the Columbia University campus, on April 21, 2024 in New York City. (Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor [Read More…]

Congress gets closer to forcing TikTok to be sold or face US ban: What’s next

ABC News The $95 billion foreign aid package that passed the House on Saturday included legislation to force a sale of TikTok by its Chinese parent company, ByteDance. If the measure becomes law and if [Read More…]

Mike Johnson earns bipartisan praise for backing Ukraine aid, suggesting his speakership is safe

ABC News Speaker Mike Johnson earned praise from both a top Republican and a progressive Democrat on Sunday for allowing votes on a $95 billion foreign aid package, suggesting he’ll be able to hold onto [Read More…]

Stephen Breyer insists politics don’t play a role in Supreme Court’s decisions

ABC News Former U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer is pushing back on claims that the institution has become increasingly political, reflecting the partisan divides in America at large as the high court weighs in [Read More…]

Climate advocates want to solve their ‘biggest problem’ in the US: Turning out voters

ABC News In battleground states across the country, environmental activists like Dr. Emily Church are canvassing on behalf of an organization called the Environmental Voter Project in an effort to turn out people who care [Read More…]

State law takes US a step closer to popular vote deciding presidential elections

ABC News After much public debate, a Maine law has brought the country closer to having the popular vote determine the winner of national presidential elections — but it’s unlikely that will happen before November [Read More…]

Corporations struggle on climate goals amid backlash over ‘woke capitalism,’ experts say

April 21, 2024 Travis Kriens

ABC News Corporate America took notice four years ago when Larry Fink, CEO of investment giant BlackRock, declared climate change a top concern. “Climate risk is investment risk,” Fink wrote in an annual letter popular [Read More…]

Sioux Falls man sentenced to prison in connection with the death of his baby son

April 21, 2024 J.P. Skelly

A South Dakota judge on Friday sentenced a Sioux Falls man to nearly 90 years in prison in connection with the 2021 death of his baby son. Second Circuit Court Judge Camela Theeler sentenced 24-year-old [Read More…]

Young brother and sister dead, several hurt when vehicle crashes into Michigan birthday party

BERLIN TOWNSHIP, Mich. — A young brother and sister died and several people were injured, some of them seriously, when a vehicle driven by a suspected drunken driver crashed into a young child’s birthday party [Read More…]

Five teens injured in shooting at senior skip day gathering in Maryland park: Police

April 20, 2024 ABC News

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (GREENBELT, Md.) — Five teenagers were injured after gunfire rang out at a large gathering of high school students taking part in a senior skip day in Maryland, police said. Officers from [Read More…]

House approves $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan

April 20, 2024 ABC News

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives on Saturday passed a series of foreign aid bills that include $60.8 billion in aid to Ukraine, $26.38 billion in aid to Israel, $8 billion in [Read More…]

Staff to parole board: Prison discipline policy too slow to be useful

John Hult/South Dakota Searchlight An updated discipline policy at the Department of Corrections has so frustrated staff that they sometimes avoid writing up inmates who harass officers. The South Dakota Board of Pardons and Paroles [Read More…]

Pipe supplier sues Summit Carbon Solutions for $15 million

Jared Strong, Iowa Capital Dispatch An Arkansas pipe manufacturer is seeking more than $15 million from a company that wants to build a carbon dioxide pipeline system in states including South Dakota amid delays of [Read More…]

EPA decides to allow E15 ethanol sales this summer

South Dakota Searchlight The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued an emergency fuel waiver Friday that will allow E15 — gasoline blended with 15% ethanol — to be sold during the upcoming summer driving season. The EPA regulates [Read More…]

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