Month: May 2024
Ag News
National FFA members recognized for academic achievement
Seven National FFA members have been named U.S. Presidential Scholars, one of the highest honors for high school students. The students are recognized for their accomplishments in academics, the arts, career and technical education. FFA members [Read More…]
ABC World News
American sentenced to time served, fined $9,000 for bringing ammo to Turks and Caicos
Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force (NEW YORK) — A Virginia man was sentenced to time served and fined $9,000 for bringing ammunition to Turks and Caicos, avoiding a potential 12-year sentence under the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump trial live updates: ‘President Trump is innocent,’ defense lawyer says in closing
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…]
ABC Politics News
Robert De Niro, former police officers slam Trump outside New York hush money trial
Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Biden campaign on Tuesday dispatched actor Robert De Niro and two former police officers who defended the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 — Harry Dunn and Michael Fanone [Read More…]
ABC Business News
T-Mobile to acquire U.S. Cellular in $4 billion deal
T-Mobile CEO Mike Sievert speaks during a T-Mobile and SpaceX joint event, Aug. 25, 2022, in Boca Chica Beach, Texas. (Michael Gonzalez/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — T-Mobile, one of the nation’s largest wireless providers, announced [Read More…]
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Murder suspect in custody
A 64-year-old man from Centerville has been charged with three counts of First Degree Murder in connection with the shooting deaths of three people Monday night in Centerville. Jay Ostrem is being held on a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I’m up here, ya morons!” The ‘Home Alone’ house is for sale
Dawn McKenna Group, Coldwell Banker Realty One of the most iconic homes in America is up for grabs! The Home Alone house, located in Winnetka, Illinois, is up for sale, according to Coldwell Banker Realty’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
A shocked Lizzo responds to ‘South Park’ name-drop
Sarah Morris/Getty Images for The Recording Academy On her Instagram on Sunday, Lizzo watched with her followers a clip from the new South Park: The End of Obesity, which spoofed her by name. “My worst [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Celebrities pile on the well-wishes as Jimmy Kimmel’s son Billy recovers from third heart surgery
ABC Jimmy Kimmel revealed on Memorial Day that his 7-year-old son Billy underwent a successful heart valve surgery at the Children’s Hospital of Los Angeles. It was the third heart surgery for Kimmel’s kid, who [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Knives Out’ threequel starts staffing up, and more
Max has canceled The Girls on the Bus after one season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, starring Supergirl‘s Melissa Benoist, was based on Amy Chozick‘s book Chasing Hillary, about “four female journalists who [Read More…]
Ag News
Stormy weather returns to the far southeastern Plains; cool across much of the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, cool weather prevails in the wake of a cold front’s passage. Tuesday’s high temperatures will remain below 70°F in much of the northern Corn Belt. In addition, spotty showers are slowing [Read More…]
Ag News
Seasonal warmth, (heat across the West) and rainfall pattern ahead for much of the Heartland
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 parts of Georgia and the Carolinas. Meanwhile, near- or above-normal rainfall across most [Read More…]
ABC World News
Over 130 killed in two weeks as fighting intensifies in major Sudanese city, aid group says
Internally displaced women wait in a queue to collect aid from a group at a camp in Gadaref on May 12, 2024. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least 134 people have been killed [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump trial live updates: Jury to hear closing arguments
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…]
ABC National News
Closing arguments to begin in Trump hush money trial
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attends the NASCAR Cup Series Coca-Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 26, 2024 in Concord, North Carolina. (Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]
ABC National News
As Trump hush money trial draws to a close, jury instructions to play key role
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The criminal hush money trial against former President Donald Trump is drawing to a close, with deliberations expected to begin as early as Wednesday. But before that can happen, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Father and teenage son drown as dad tries to rescue him from lake
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A father and his teenage son have drowned at a lake in Virginia after the child’s father tried to rescue him, according to authorities. The incident occurred at approximately [Read More…]
Latest News
Black Hills highway closure to upend summer holiday traffic
Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch PACTOLA RESERVOIR, S.D. – Angie Weaver, who co-owns the Pactola Marina in the Black Hills, remains hopeful that the full closure of U.S. 385 won’t sink her summer [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC: 1 in 9 US children now have ADHD, with surge in diagnoses since 2016
Sasi Ponchaisang / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Diagnoses of children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) have surged in the United States over the last several years, according to a new study from the Centers for [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Company that posted discriminatory ‘whites only’ job ad settles with federal government
Thinkstock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A company that posted a discriminatory job advertisement seeking only white candidates has been fined by the federal government and come to separate agreements with the U.S. Department of Justice [Read More…]