Month: May 2024
ABC National News
Trump trial live updates: ‘Oh my god’ Daniels says of her reaction to Trump on bed
Flanked by attorneys, former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in the courtroom for his arraignment proceeding at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]
ABC National News
Stormy Daniels will take stand Tuesday in Trump’s hush money trial: Sources
Phillip Faraone/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stormy Daniels, one of the prosecutor’s star witnesses, is scheduled to take the stand Tuesday, sources told ABC News. The decision to call Daniels, who acted in adult films, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Seventeen tornadoes reported in seven states across the Plains
File photo. (Chad Cowan/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — At least 17 tornadoes were reported in seven states overnight into Tuesday morning. The twisters were reported in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, Tennessee and South Dakota. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump privately urged Greene to drop push to oust Speaker Johnson
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump spoke privately with Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene over the weekend and urged her to drop her push to oust Speaker Mike Johnson, a source close [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Study of 100K Black women launches to figure out why more Black women are getting cancer
Courtesy American Cancer Society (NEW YORK) — Jacque Berry and her daughter, Breanna Berry, are Black women who say they have been surrounded by cancer all their lives. “My great-grandmother had breast cancer,” Breanna Berry, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Starbucks sales are slumping. Is it a bellwether for the economy?
JohnFScott/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Starbucks shares have plummeted more than 17% in value since the company revealed a sales slump in an earnings report last week. “The brand is incredibly resilient, but it’s clearly [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“More torture awaits”: ‘Wednesday”s sophomore season cast revealed
Netflix/Helen Sloan In a video posted Tuesday, May 7, of Thing delivering scripts to the players that were, Netflix revealed the cast for the second season of its global hit Wednesday, including an impressive list [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Big Bang’ couple headed to ‘Young Sheldon’ finale, and more
The season 7 premiere of ABC’s 9-1-1 drew the network’s biggest Nielsen live-plus 35-day demo rating in over a year, according to The Wrap. The March 14 premiere of the drama drew 13.47 million total [Read More…]
Ag News
Bringing New Students to Agriculture
A number of urban high school students from Freeport, Illinois are getting hands-on with agriculture thanks to an Illinois corn checkoff effort. In this Managing for Profit, Highland Community College Ag Instructor Justin Ebert tells [Read More…]
Ag News
New Uses for Soybeans in Emergency Services
Soybean oil is one of the most versatile natural oils and can be used in a rapidly growing list of new applications. On this week’s episode of Seeds of Success, an Iowa Soybean Association director [Read More…]
Ag News
Elevated risk of herbicide carryover this spring
An agronomist says exceptionally dry winters can lead to higher cases of herbicide carryover in the spring. Jason Mefford, who’s based in west central Missouri with AgriGold, tells Brownfield… “That’s a pretty big concern.” He [Read More…]
Ag News
Next Generation of Ag Talks About the Tough Stuff
In this week’s Managing Mental Health, a partnership with the Missouri Department of Mental Health and Brownfield Ag News, Osceola, Missouri FFA members Bailey Wheeler and Claire Salmon say talking about suicide and mental health [Read More…]
ABC World News
Two Ukrainians detained for allegedly plotting Zelenskyy assassination with Russia, Ukraine says
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Two colonels in Ukraine’s State Protection Service were identified as part of a group planning to assassinate Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Ukrainian officials said Tuesday. The colonels, who have been detained [Read More…]
ABC World News
Mother of US soldier detained in Russia says he was visiting girlfriend before arrest
Melody Jones (NEW YORK) — The mother of Gordon Black, a 35-year-old United States Army soldier who was detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct last week, revealed he was visiting his girlfriend at [Read More…]
ABC World News
American detained in Russia for allegedly ‘violating public order,’ Moscow court says
amphotora/Getty Images (LONDON) — An American visiting Russia was detained for allegedly “violating public order” and remanded in custody for 10 days, a Moscow court said Tuesday. William Russell Nycum had been drinking with friends [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump trial live updates: Stormy Daniels to take the stand today, sources say
Flanked by attorneys, former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in the courtroom for his arraignment proceeding at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]
ABC National News
College protests updates: Police begin dismantling University of Chicago encampment
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Sixteen tornadoes reported in six states
File photo. (Chad Cowan/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — At least 16 tornadoes were reported in six states overnight into Tuesday morning. The twisters were reported in Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee and South Dakota. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Four big takeaways from Day 12 of Trump’s hush money trial
Former President Donald Trump and his attorney Todd Blanche (R) attend his trial at Manhattan Criminal Court on May 6, 2024 in New York City. (Win Mcnamee/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — After weeks of tabloid [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man who lived with mother charged with her murder after police find body in bathtub
kali9/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man who lived with his mother allegedly murdered her and left her body in the bathtub inside their shared home, police say. Jeremy Gentry, a 48-year-old man from Fruitland, [Read More…]