Month: April 2024
ABC Politics News
Gen Z activists in abortion debate poised to play pivotal role in 2024 election
Two 22-year-old college seniors, Hadley Duvall (left) and Morgan Reece (right) find themselves on opposite sides of the abortion debate. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — Gen Z activists on both sides of the abortion debate [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
UConn beats Purdue to win men’s basketball NCAA National Championship
The Connecticut Huskies celebrate after beating the Purdue Boilermakers 75-60 to win the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament National Championship game at State Farm Stadium on April 08, 2024 in Glendale, Arizona. (Chris Coduto/Getty Images) (NEW [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Women’s college basketball is having a historic moment
Matt_Brown/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While the 2023-2024 women’s college basketball season may be over, the rise in interest in the sport is just beginning. Women’s basketball had a record-breaking year in terms of ticket [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 4/8/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUENY Yankees 7, Miami 0Pittsburgh 7, Detroit 4LA Dodgers 4, Minnesota 2 AMERICAN LEAGUECleveland 4, Chi White Sox 0Toronto 5, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Cybersecurity expert shares what guests, hotels should know in wake of Omni breach
The Omni Houston Hotel at Four Riverway, Dec. 31, 2020, at in Houston. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — In the wake of a recent cyberattack on Omni Hotels & Resorts that [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How Walmart shoppers can qualify for cash from $45 million settlement
Self-service checkout customer scanning and paying in a Walmart Supercenter in Miami, Florida. (Jeffrey Greenberg/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Walmart shoppers may be entitled to up to $500 in cash after the retail giant agreed [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson fake it until we make it to the moon in ‘Fly Me to the Moon’
Apple Original Films Channing Tatum and Scarlett Johansson team up in the trailer to Fly Me to the Moon, a comedy-drama set against NASA’s first mission to the moon. Tatum replaced both Jason Bateman and Chris Evans as the lead of the Apple [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: CIA director presented new hostage-release deal
Omar El Qattaa/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Israeli attack in Gaza on a convoy of aid workers from World Central Kitchen, the relief organization providing desperately needed food to Palestinians, has generated [Read More…]
ABC National News
Solar eclipse updates: Total eclipse crosses northeastern US
JDawnInk/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A total solar eclipse is passing over North America on April 8, creating a path of totality that will cast some parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada in [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
NAIA all but bans transgender athletes from women’s sports
By ERIC OLSON AP Sports Writer The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics announced a policy Monday that all but bans transgender athletes from competing in women’s sports at its 241 mostly small colleges across the [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
SDHSAA hires Kristina Sage as Assistant Executive Director
The South Dakota High School Activities Association has extended an offer to Kristina Sage of Freeman High School to become an Assistant Executive Director beginning in July, pending approval of the SDHSAA Board of Directors [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
20th Century Studios picks up Bruce Springsteen ‘Nebraska’ film, with Jeremy Allen White in talks to star
Columbia Records The planned film about Bruce Springsteen’s effort to make his 1982 solo album, Nebraska, is now one step closer to happening. It was just announced that 20th Century Studios and Disney have come on board to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Prosecutors say Alec Baldwin cursed out ‘Rust’ crew, “lied with impunity” about deadly shooting
The prosecution in the Alec Baldwin Rust shooting case has made public a 32-page filing in response to the actor’s motions to dismiss involuntary manslaughter charges against him. Prosecutors in New Mexico claimed the actor [Read More…]
Ag News
Hurry up and wait for Minnesota farmers
Minnesota farmers had to wait out another week of cold, wet weather. USDA’s latest weekly crop update says there were less than two days suitable for fieldwork because of rain and snow. Bryan Biegler grows [Read More…]
Ag News
Cold, wet weather slows Iowa farmers
More cold, wet weather slowed fieldwork across Iowa last week. USDA’s latest crop update says there were less than three days suitable to be in the field, with activities limited to anhydrous ammonia, manure, and [Read More…]
Ag News
Proper downforce a key to successful planting
Seed-to-soil contact is a key component of successful planting. Iowa State University Extension digital agriculture specialist Doug Houser says proper downforce helps create the best possible seed furrow. “Everything pushes against each other, so if [Read More…]
Ag News
Tennessee crops: 7% corn, 4% soybeans planted
The weather has been the biggest challenge for Tennessee farmers this spring. David Nichols tells Brownfield it’s been a roller coaster. “The temperatures will get really warm, and then we get a front that comes [Read More…]
Ag News
Nebraska winter wheat rated 68% good to excellent
Nebraska’s winter wheat quality has improved in the last week. USDA says winter wheat conditions are rated 68% good to excellent, an increase of three percentage points from the previous week. Corn and soybean planting [Read More…]
ABC National News
Solar eclipse live updates: Total eclipse crosses northeastern US
JDawnInk/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A total solar eclipse is passing over North America on April 8, creating a path of totality that will cast some parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge denies Donald Trump’s last-minute attempt to delay hush money trial in New York
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A judge has denied former President Donald Trump’s last-minute attempt Monday to delay his criminal trial in New York and move the case out of Manhattan. Judge Lizbeth Gonzalez [Read More…]