Month: April 2024

ABC News (PARKLAND, Fla.) — Last month, Vice President Kamala Harris toured Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, site of a 2018 mass shooting, with families of the 17 victims of the massacre [Read More…]

Survivors of Columbine shooting discuss struggles with PTSD, anxiety

ABC News (LITTLETON, Colo.) — When 12 students and one teacher were gunned down in a mass shooting at Columbine High School in 1999, the tragic event marked a turning point for America. Twenty five [Read More…]

USC cancels all commencement speakers after canceled valedictorian speech

Mario Tama/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Amid the decision to cancel this year’s valedictorian speech, the University of Southern California announced it would be eliminating all outside speakers and honorees from its main-stage commencement taking [Read More…]

Donald and Melania Trump to headline dueling fundraisers in North Carolina and Palm Beach

Alon Skuy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Donald and Melania Trump are set to hold dueling fundraisers in different states on Saturday, the former president raising money for his campaign and the Republican Party in North [Read More…]

House to vote on foreign aid bills for Ukraine, Israel

Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives will vote Saturday on a series of bills to provide $95 billion in aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan. After Democrats helped Speaker Mike Johnson avoid [Read More…]

New York AG asks court to reject Trump’s $175M bond for civil judgment

David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Lawyers for the New York Attorney General asked Judge Arthur Engoron on Friday to reject former President Donald Trump’s $175 million bond for his civil judgment and require [Read More…]

Volkswagen workers in Tennessee have voted to join UAW, union says

Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images (CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) — In a seismic union election Friday evening, Volkswagen workers in Chattanooga, Tennessee, voted to join the United Auto Workers Union. The workers voted 2,628 to 985 for union representation, [Read More…]

Nothing to see here: US, Israel go radio silent on strike against Iran

Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hours after a senior U.S. official told ABC News that Israeli fighter aircraft struck an air defense radar site inside Iran, top U.S. and Israeli officials on Friday declined to [Read More…]

4-year-old who received new heart after waiting 1,025 days goes home from hospital

Texas Children’s Hospital (NEW YORK) — A 4-year-old girl was discharged from Texas Children’s Hospital on Thursday after waiting on the organ transplant waiting list for 1,025 days, or nearly 3 years. The staff at [Read More…]

Ag News

CME milk futures, cash dairy markets end week higher

Milk futures were higher and the cash dairy prices were mostly higher Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. May was up $0.42 at $17.80. June was up $0.44 at $18.07. July was up $0.31 at $18.33. August was up [Read More…]

Ag News

Emergency waiver brings attention to potential pathways for year-round E15

EPA’s emergency waiver allowing E15 sales this summer is heightening conversations on finding a permanent solution. Minnesota Corn Growers Association president Dana Allen-Tully says Congress is considering several bills that would make E15 available year-round [Read More…]

Ag News

MFB Young Farm Employee Award winner concerned about farmland fate

A young farmer says he’s concerned about how new renewable energy projects will impact the availability of farmland. Andrew Braun grows corn, soybeans, and wheat in Clinton County with his family. “We don’t want to tell [Read More…]

Ag News

Iowa pork producer looks to farm bill for Prop 12 fix

An Iowa pork producer is hopeful a solution for California’s Proposition 12 is coming in the next farm bill. Trish Cook of Winthrop is a past president of the Iowa Pork Producers Association and says [Read More…]

Trump hush money trial live updates: Judge sets opening statements for Monday

SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York City, where he is facing felony charges related to a 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels. [Read More…]

Man sets himself on fire outside courthouse where Trump is on trial

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man set himself on fire in a park across the street from the New York City courthouse where former President Donald Trump is on trial. The man, Maxwell [Read More…]

‘The Office’ follow-up is staffing up with Domhnall Gleeson and Sabrina Impacciatore