Month: May 2024
ABC Politics News
Biden is set to deliver major speech on antisemitism at Holocaust remembrance ceremony
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will deliver a major speech denouncing antisemitism on Tuesday at the U.S. Capitol. The remarks are part of a U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Gaza cease-fire talks at ‘critical stage,’ US says, after Hamas claims it accepted proposal
White House national security communications adviser John Kirby speaks during a news conference with White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre in the Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on May 6, 2024 in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Marjorie Taylor Greene says she’ll meet with Speaker Mike Johnson again Tuesday amid threat to oust him
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson and Republican Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Thomas Massie met privately on Monday, amid Greene’s looming threat to try to oust him. Emerging from a nearly [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Interest rates may stay high for longer. Here’s what it means for the 2024 election.
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At the start of 2024, the economy appeared to deliver just about everything President Joe Biden could want: falling inflation, robust growth and a forecast of interest rate cuts [Read More…]
ABC Business News
More people support than oppose a TikTok ban; frequent users, young adults push back: POLL
5./15 WEST/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Young adults and frequent users push back against the federal government forcing a sale of TikTok or banning the social media app in the United States, but older adults, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Some Planters nuts recalled for potential listeria contamination
FDA (NEW YORK) — Publix and Dollar Tree shoppers should check their pantries for two types of Planters brand nuts that were recently recalled across five states. In a company announcement dated May 3 and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Julia Lester on her new feel-good teen comedy ‘Prom Dates’
Disney/Brett Roedel Break out the boutonnieres and corsages: the new teen comedy Prom Dates is now streaming on Hulu. Julia Lester stars as high school senior Hannah, who is freshly out of the closet and [Read More…]
Ag News
A generally drier pattern ahead, with near-seasonal temperatures for the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures across much of the South, East, and lower Midwest, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail in southern Florida and areas northwest of [Read More…]
Ag News
A pilot program works to make conservation practices more profitable
Shane Wucherpfennig with the Wood County, Wisconsin Land and Water Conservation Department tells Brownfield he’s trying to establish a program where farmers can grow harvestable buffer zones, giving the land and water the benefits of [Read More…]
ABC National News
From crowded to quiet: Inside a clinic as Florida bans abortions after 6 weeks
Originally published by The 19th. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Anna’s period was only three days late when she took a pregnancy test just over a week ago. When she saw the positive result, she knew she wanted [Read More…]
ABC National News
Minnesota lawmakers debate constitutional amendment to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota lawmakers launched their debate Monday on far-reaching legislation to amend the constitution to protect abortion and LGBTQ rights. The Minnesota Equal Rights Amendment would be among the nation’s most [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman in Minnesota accused in the deaths of 2 children
BLACKDUCK, Minn. (AP) — A woman killed two children in northern Minnesota, set a house on fire and left with another child, according to an indictment announced Monday. Jennifer Marie Stately, 35, was indicted on [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Paying college athletes appears closer than ever. How could it work and what stands in the way?
A settlement being discussed in an antitrust lawsuit against the NCAA and major college conferences could cost billions and pave the way for a compensation model for college athletes. An agreement has not been finalized and many [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Brunson scores 43, rallies Knicks to 121-117 win over Pacers in Game 1 of Eastern Conference semis
NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson doesn’t go into a game aiming to score 40 points more consistently than anyone in the postseason since Michael Jordan. He only cares about winning games, so a late [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Spurs’ Victor Wembanyama named NBA Rookie of the Year after a record-setting season
Victor Wembanyama had a year like no rookie in NBA history. Others scored more points, others grabbed more rebounds, others had more blocks, others made more steals. But never had there been a player who, [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Edwards, Towns lead Wolves’ 106-80 blitz of Murray, Jokic for 2-0 series lead over champion Nuggets
DENVER (AP) — The Minnesota Timberwolves, led by Anthony Edwards and Karl-Anthony Towns, overpowered the Denver Nuggets on Monday night in a stunningly efficient 106-80 thrashing of the reigning but reeling NBA champions. “We’ve had [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Woods Richardson allows 1 hit in 6 shutout innings with 8 strikeouts as Twins beat Mariners 3-1
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Simeon Woods Richardson pitched six shutout innings of one-hit ball and the Minnesota Twins scored twice in the seventh to beat the Seattle Mariners 3-1 on Monday night in the opener of [Read More…]
ABC World News
American detained in Moscow after allegedly climbing into children’s library, local news reports
amphotora/Getty Images (LONDON) — An American visiting Russia was arrested after allegedly climbing into a children’s library in Moscow, a local television station reported. William Russel Nycum had been living with friends when he was [Read More…]
ABC World News
US soldier detained in Russia on charges of criminal misconduct, Army says
quavondo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. soldier was detained in Vladivostok, Russia, on Thursday on charges of criminal misconduct, according to the U.S. Army. “The Russian Federation notified the U.S. Department of State of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Israeli troops, tanks enter Rafah in ‘precise’ operation
People walk in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the border with Egypt on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group [Read More…]
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