Month: April 2024
ABC Politics News
Chef José Andrés says Israel’s ‘unforgivable’ strike on his aid workers must force ‘real reckoning’
ABC News The Israeli drone strike that killed seven workers with chef José Andrés’ aid group, World Central Kitchen, is something he will “have to live with” for the rest of his life, he said [Read More…]
ABC National News
Baltimore Ravens, Orioles donate $10 million to Key Bridge relief fund
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (BALTIMORE) — The Baltimore Ravens and Baltimore Orioles announced they have donated $10 million towards a fund for those impacted by the collapse of the city’s Francis Scott Key Bridge. The National [Read More…]
ABC National News
Security guard killed, officer and 6 others injured in Florida shooting
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images/STOCK (DORAL, Fla.) — A security guard was shot dead and a responding officer and six others suffered gunshot wounds, after an altercation early Saturday at a Miami-area “commercial establishment” broke out and [Read More…]
ABC National News
College student hailed a hero after he took control of bus after crash
Mississippi Highway Patrol (HANCOCK COUNTY, Miss.) — A University of South Carolina student is being hailed a hero after he took control of a charter bus following a crash Friday in Hancock County, Mississippi, according [Read More…]
ABC National News
Body of construction worker missing after Key Bridge collapse recovered: Unified Command
Courtesy of Family (BALTIMORE) — The body of one of the four construction workers who remained missing following the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse was recovered on Friday, authorities said. The recovered individual was identified [Read More…]
ABC National News
US intel warns of potential terrorist threat at gatherings after Moscow attack
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Law enforcement officials expressed concern that radicals in the U.S. might respond to ISIS calls for similar attacks in the wake of last month’s deadly terrorist attack at a concert [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden could face challenges getting on Ohio general ballot
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — There could be potential general election ballot access concerns for President Joe Biden in Ohio, the state’s Secretary of State’s office said in a letter to Ohio Democratic Chair Liz [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
RFK Jr. says he wants to ‘hear every side’ about Jan. 6, suggests without evidence prosecutions political
Mario Tama/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Friday he is still “listening” to arguments about the assault on the U.S. Capitol by a pro-Trump mob on Jan. 6, 2021, to try [Read More…]
Ag News
Shift to La Nina shifts summer drought concerns
A climatologist says the shift to a La Nina weather pattern this summer also shifts where he’s watching potential drought. Eric Snodgrass, chief science fellow at Nutrien Ag Solutions, says after several years of Corn [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota Pork engaged with lawmakers during farm bill negotiations
The Minnesota Pork Producers Association is calling on Congress to finish the farm bill this year. Policy director Lauren Servick tells Brownfield members recently visited Washington D.C. and another trip is planned later this month. [Read More…]
Ag News
Patiently waiting on GREET model updates
It’s been more than a month since the Biden administration was expected to release its updated Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) model and some in the ag industry are patiently [Read More…]
Ag News
New soil testing and research lab construction begins soon
Construction on the new Roy Blunt Soil Testing and Research Lab in the Bootheel of Missouri will begin this spring. The new $4.6 million facility will provide soil, water and plant-tissue testing for farmers across [Read More…]
ABC World News
Oxfam’s Scott Paul describes the deaths of aid workers as a ‘failure’ everyone shares
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Scott Paul, the associate director for peace and security at Oxfam America, spoke with ABC News Live about the crisis in Gaza and the necessary steps to protect civilians and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge in Trump hush money case quashes last-minute defense subpoena
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing Donald Trump’s criminal hush money case quashed a last-minute subpoena by defense lawyers Friday, writing that the former president’s request was the “very definition of a [Read More…]
ABC National News
FBI investigating whether NYC Mayor Eric Adams received free upgraded Turkish Airlines tickets: Sources
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The FBI is investigating whether New York Mayor Eric Adams received free upgrades on Turkish Airlines, the country’s national carrier, sources familiar with the investigation told ABC News. Scrutiny [Read More…]
ABC National News
Northeast quake rattles residents: ‘A roller coaster under my house’
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The 4.8 magnitude earthquake that rattled the tristate area Friday morning left residents doubting what they had just experienced. “I felt like there was a roller coaster under my [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Democrats introduce bill to rename Miami federal prison after Trump
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After House Republicans introduced legislation to rename an airport outside of Washington, D.C., after former President Donald Trump, a group of House Democrats are now proposing a bill to rename [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
In rare appearance, Melania Trump to headline Mar-a-Lago fundraiser for conservative LGBT group
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former first lady Melania Trump will be headlining a Mar-a-Lago fundraiser later this month for Log Cabin Republicans, the largest organization representing LGBT conservatives in the United States. It’s a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says Israel is doing what he demanded on Gaza after his stark warning to Netanyahu
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden said Friday that Israel is responding to his demand for actions to limit humanitarian suffering in Gaza — changes the White House said need to be “meaningful” [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republican Party pushing mail-in voting despite Trump’s opposition
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Just weeks into his tenure as chairman of the Republican National Committee, Michael Whatley pitched to voters something that former President Donald Trump has spoken against consistently throughout the campaign [Read More…]