Month: June 2024
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Paul Giamatti beams aboard ‘Starfleet Academy,’ and more
Kurt Russell, Owen Teague, Tony Revolori and Cole Sprouse will star alongside Matthew McConaughey in the just-wrapped drama The Rivals of Amziah King, Deadline is reporting. The trade says the movie’s plot is still a [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation eased slightly in May, outperforming economists’ expectations
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Consumer prices rose 3.3% in May compared to a year ago, easing slightly from the previous month and outperforming economists’ expectations. The data arrived hours before the Federal Reserve is [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Fed expected to hold rates steady in fight against stubborn inflation
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve on Wednesday will announce its latest decision on interest rates, just hours after fresh inflation data is set to reveal the status of the central bank’s fight [Read More…]
ABC Health News
US surgeon general warns about the dangers of loneliness
xijian/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Last year, U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy declared a national loneliness and social isolation epidemic throughout the country. He warned that about half of U.S. adults are experiencing considerable [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Jerry West, Hall of Fame Lakers player and executive, dies at 86
Jerry West #44 of the Los Angeles Lakers dribbles the ball up court against the Baltimore Bullets during an NBA basketball game circa 1972 at the Baltimore Civic Center in Baltimore, Maryland. West played for [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
At G7, Biden to push $50B loan to Ukraine using frozen Russian assets
President Joe Biden participates in a bilateral meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine during the G7 Summit, Sunday, May 21, 2023, at the Grand Prince Hotel in Hiroshima, Japan. (Official White House Photo by [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Republicans to vote on holding Garland in contempt over refusal to turn over Biden special counsel interview audio
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Wednesday plan to hold a full chamber vote on holding Attorney General Merrick Garland in contempt of Congress for refusing to turn over audio [Read More…]
ABC National News
Truck driver narrowly escapes train collision, moment caught on camera
Zack Hatcher (NEW YORK) — The driver of an 18-wheeler tractor-trailer is lucky to be alive after he narrowly escaped a massive collision with an oncoming train outside Atlanta this week. The incident, which was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman speaks out after sinking into quicksand on Maine beach
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A woman is speaking out after sinking into quicksand along the Maine coast. Jamie Acord said she was walking with her husband near the water on a Maine beach when [Read More…]
Ag News
24/25 soybean ending stocks up, wheat down, corn steady
The USDA raised the new crop ending stocks projection for soybeans, while lowering wheat and leaving corn unchanged. The 10 million bushel month-to-month rise for the 2024/25 soybean carryout to 455 million bushels followed a [Read More…]
Ag News
Tar spot found in Indiana
Tar spot has been confirmed in Indiana and an extension pathologist says this is the earliest it’s ever been confirmed. Darcy Telenko (Tell-ink-o) with Purdue University says it was found in plots in northern Indiana. [Read More…]
Ag News
Growing Demand for U.S. Soybeans
Lawrence Sukalski, a director on the United Soybean Board and the Infrastructure & Connectivity Priority Area Coordinator, says there are many ways a whole soybean can be used. In this Checkoff Chat, Sukalski also talks [Read More…]
Ag News
Heat expands on parts of the Great Plains & across parts of the Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, dry weather prevails, aside from a few upper Midwestern showers. The spell of mostly dry weather favors winter wheat maturation and final summer crop planting efforts. By June 9, only 5% [Read More…]
Ag News
Early-season heat & high humidity ahead, with spotty rainfall for much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures and rainfall across most of the country. The eastern Corn Belt has the greatest likelihood of experiencing above-normal temperatures, while cooler-than-normal conditions [Read More…]
News
Davison County upgrades radios
Davison County is now up to speed when it comes to two-way radio communication. Commissioners approved the purchase of six new radios which Emergency Management Director Jeff Bathke says makes the county compatible with state [Read More…]
News
Davison County takes first-step toward establishing a rail authority
Davison County Commissioners took a first step towards establishing the Davison County Rail Authority in partnership with the City of Mitchell. A rail authority is an entity which oversees a designated rail transportation corridor, such [Read More…]
ABC National News
As Baltimore shipping channel reopens, DOT estimates at least $1.7 billion to rebuild bridge
In an aerial view, salvage crews continue to clean up wreckage from the collapse of the Francis Scott Key Bridge in the Patapsco River on June 11, 2024 in Baltimore, Maryland. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (BALTIMORE) [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Hunter Biden conviction likely to have muted impact on election: Experts
First lady Jill Biden, Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden, joined by his wife Melissa Cohen Biden, leave the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building on June 11, 2024 in Wilmington, Del. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former US diplomat warns Biden policy on Israel is putting America at risk
U.S. Department of State (WASHINGTON) — For years, Hala Rharrit was a career veteran diplomat who took pride talking about American values such as human rights and freedom of the press. Now, she’s the first [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 6/11/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUEBaltimore Orioles 4, Atlanta Braves 0Washington Nationals 5, Detroit Tigers 4Tampa Bay Rays 5, Chicago Cubs 2Cleveland Guardians 5, Cincinnati [Read More…]