Month: May 2024
ABC Politics News
House GOP calls Northwestern, Rutgers and UCLA leaders to testify on college protests, alleged antisemitism
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The GOP-led House Education Committee on Thursday called on more university leaders to defend their handling of pro-Palestinian protests and respond to allegations of antisemitism on campus. Leaders from Northwestern, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Justice Department and 30 states seek breakup of Live Nation-Ticketmaster through major antitrust suit
In this April 17, 2024, file photo, the Live Nation website is shown on a laptop in New York. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department and 30 states filed a major antitrust [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Target, McDonald’s and Wendy’s announce discounts. Has a price war broken out?
ermingut/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For more than three years, rapid inflation has frustrated shoppers scanning store shelves for deals. But a host of prominent companies are finally delivering relief. Target, Ikea, Aldi, McDonald’s and [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Aldi stores focusing on low grocery prices this summer, CEO says
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As inflation continues to worry Americans, Aldi CEO Jason Hart said the discount grocery chain is focused on keeping grocery prices low as the summer season heats up. Hart joined [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I won’t have a bad day for the rest of my life”: Jeremy Renner on the “wonderful lessons” from his accident
2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC Jeremy Renner appeared on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday and spoke about the “wonderful lessons” he learned from his near-fatal snowplow accident on New Year’s Day in 2023. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: CW walks away from ‘Walker’, and more
The CW is saying goodbye to one of its most popular shows, Walker, after four seasons. The move, per Variety, is due in part to the action crime drama’s high production costs, as well as [Read More…]
Ag News
Eastern Iowa farmer finishes planting, reports strong emergence
Spring planting recently wrapped for an eastern Iowa farmer. Lance Lillibridge says the wetter than expected spring pushed back some of his progress. “I was having concerns about getting planted,” he said. “I guess you [Read More…]
Ag News
Stabenow says she’s waiting for Senate Republican farm bill text
The Senate Ag Committee Chair says farm bill negotiations can start as soon as Republican leaders release their priorities. Michigan Democrat Debbie Stabenow tells Brownfield, “I’ve not seen anything specific from my Ranking Member yet, [Read More…]
Ag News
Farm groups push for checkoff reform
Some farmer organizations are teaming up to push for checkoff program reforms. It’s the Enough is Enough Tour, and members from Farmers Union and Farm Action would like to see some changes in commodity checkoff [Read More…]
Ag News
The fight for permanent year-round E15 sales continues
Biofuel supporters are still pursuing a long-term fix for year-round E15 sales. The U.S. EPA issued an emergency waiver last month allowing sales of the fuel during the 2024 summer driving season, but U.S. Senator [Read More…]
Ag News
Rep. Smith calls for additional free trade agreements
U.S. Congressman Adrian Smith says the Biden administration needs to pursue more free trade agreements. “The fact of the matter is we have given other countries more access to our market than they have given [Read More…]
Latest News
Juvenile detained in Wednesday stabbing incident
A juvenile is in custody following a stabbing incident at the Hitchcock Park basketball court Wednesday evening. According to the Mitchell Police Department, Officers were dispatched to the Hitchcock Park basketball courts for a report [Read More…]
ABC World News
Kenyan mountaineer dies on Everest as he attempts to summit without supplemental oxygen
Tents of mountaineers are pictured at Everest base camp in the Mount Everest region of Solukhumbu district on April 18, 2024. (Purnima Shrestha/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Kenyan mountaineer Joshua Cheruiyot Kirui, who went [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukrainian colonel presses for more US arms as his brigade battles Russian onslaught: Reporter’s notebook
ABC News (NEAR KHARKIV, Ukraine) — Ukraine’s 57th Motorized Brigade is one infantry unit among many battling the new Russian offensive North of Kharkiv, and it was also amongst the first to engage the Russians [Read More…]
ABC National News
2024 has been the most active tornado season to date since 2017
john finney photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Wednesday was another day of severe weather across the country with more than 200 severe storm reports from New York to Texas. Wednesday’s severe weather included three reported [Read More…]
ABC National News
1,400 packages of meth weighing almost 6 tons and worth over $18 million found in squash shipment
CBP (NEW YORK) — U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers in California have discovered more than 1,400 packages of methamphetamine worth over $18 million inside a shipment of squash, officials said. The discovery happened early [Read More…]
ABC National News
Wife of Missouri man who says he was falsely imprisoned for 33 years speaks out
Kira Dunn, the wife of Christopher Dunn, a Missouri man who claims he was falsely convicted, speaks to “ABC News Live Prime’s” Linsey Davis. (ABC News) (NEW YORK) — A wrongful conviction hearing for a [Read More…]
ABC National News
American Airlines backtracks on filing that blamed 9-year-old for being filmed in bathroom
Estes Thompson is shown in this booking photo. (Blue Ridge Regional Jail Authority) (NEW YORK) — One day after lawyers for American Airlines argued a 9-year-old child acted negligently when she was recorded by a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate to hold another election-year showdown vote over on immigration, border security bill
J.Castro/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate will vote Thursday for the second time in three months on a border security measure negotiated earlier this year by a bipartisan group of senators after Republicans blocked the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Sen. Rick Scott says he’ll run to be next Senate Republican leader
Sen. Rick Scott speaks during a news conference at the Capitol, April 16, 2024. (Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Rick Scott has officially thrown his hat in the ring to become [Read More…]