Month: June 2024
ABC Politics News
Justice Alito, in secretly recorded audio, apparently agrees nation needs to return to place of ‘godliness’
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and Chief Justice John Roberts had no comment Tuesday after a woman posing as a conservative Catholic allegedly secretly recorded them at a black-tie event [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden touts administration’s gun control record, again pushes for assault weapons ban
Ian Maule/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden joined gun control activists Tuesday in pushing forward more initiatives to combat gun violence and trumpeted his administration’s stricter gun laws. Biden’s prescheduled remarks at the advocacy [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
AP African American studies dropped in South Carolina, prompting criticism
Getty Images – STOCK (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina’s Department of Education has decided to eliminate Advanced Placement African American Studies in its high schools, saying districts can choose to offer it instead as a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge blocks Florida’s transgender youth care ban for minors
Mark Wallheiser/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A federal judge has called Florida policies restricting gender-affirming care for minors and adults “unconstitutional,” blocking the state’s policies from being enforced. “Transgender opponents are of course free to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Joey Chestnut not competing at Nathan’s Hot Dog Eating Contest in fight over vegan dogs
Ross Lewis/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Nathan’s Fourth of July hot dog eating contest no longer cuts the mustard for all-time eating great Joey Chestnut. The 16-time winner of the contest, including every year [Read More…]
ABC National News
1 dead after bus hijacking in Georgia; suspect in custody: Police
ABC (ATLANTA) — One person was fatally shot in connection with a bus hijacking that prompted a police chase through two Georgia counties on Tuesday, authorities said. The incident began at approximately 4:35 p.m. ET [Read More…]
ABC National News
Michigan middle school coach allegedly choked student with shirt in incident caught on surveillance video
Getty Images – STOCK (DETROIT) — School officials are investigating after a now-former employee at a Michigan middle school allegedly choked a 14-year-old student with a shirt, in an incident captured on surveillance footage. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Biden shows support for son Hunter after conviction, says he will respect verdict
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WILMINGTON, Del.) — President Joe Biden, in his first comment after Hunter Biden was found guilty on all three counts in his federal gun trial, expressed love for his son and vowed [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘The Breakfast Club’ claims $842.4 million Powerball jackpot in Michigan
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (DETROIT) — Three lottery players calling themselves The Breakfast Club have won one of the largest lottery jackpots in U.S. history. Michigan Lottery Commissioner Suzanna Shkreli announced at a Tuesday morning press [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Hamas submits its response to cease-fire proposal
Tents sheltering displaced Palestinians in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip are pictured on June 4, 2024 amid the ongoing conflict in the Palestinian territory between Israel and Hamas. (Photo by EYAD BABA/AFP via Getty [Read More…]
ABC World News
New King Charles portrait vandalized in London gallery, animal rights group says
A visitor looks at the new official portrait of King Charles III, painted by British artist Jonathan Yeo, displayed at the Philip Mould gallery, on Pall Mall, central London, on May 16, 2024. (Henry Nicholls/AFP [Read More…]
ABC World News
Four instructors from Iowa college stabbed in China in ‘horrifying attack,’ officials say
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Four instructors from Cornell College in Iowa were stabbed in a “serious incident” while overseas in China, university and Chinese officials said. The incident took place in a public [Read More…]
ABC World News
Rare ‘miracle’ elephant twins born in Thailand
Newborn elephant twins, a female (R) and a male (L), stand next to their mother Jamjuree at the Ayutthaya Elephant Palace and Royal Kraal in Ayutthaya on June 10, 2024. (Manan Vatsyayana/AFP via Getty Images) [Read More…]
ABC World News
Mom of rescued Israeli hostage Almog Meir Jan speaks out: ‘I never lost hope’
Relatives and supporters hold placards bearing portraits of Israeli hostages (L to R) Almog Meir Jan, Edan Alexander, and Matan Angrest, held in Gaza since the Oct. 7 attacks by the Palestinian Hamas group in [Read More…]
Ag News
FFA students dedicate day to giving back
FFA students from all over Wisconsin are working together to help others. It’s FFA’s Day of Service, and hundreds of FFA members were at one of eleven sites around Madison helping others. Amelia Hayden was [Read More…]
Ag News
Improving the Reputation of Illinois Corn!
Illinois corn farmers are taking the message of corn to lawmakers in Washington, D.C. In this Managing for Profit, Lindsay Mitchell-Croke, director of communications and marketing at the Illinois Corn Marketing Board, discusses the impact [Read More…]
Ag News
Temperatures rebounding across the Heartland; largely dry in many to most areas
Across the Corn Belt, seasonally cool, dry weather accompanies some lingering cloudiness far east and a few showers in the upper Mississippi Valley. Despite below-normal temperatures, producers are taking advantage of the dry weather to [Read More…]
Ag News
A change to heat & high humidity ahead, with spotty rainfall for much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions across the northern High Plains and the Northwest. Meanwhile, wetter-than-normal weather from coastal Texas to the [Read More…]
News
Names released in Hutchinson County fatal crash
A 20-year-old woman passed away Monday from injuries sustained in a three vehicle crash on June 5 near Dimock. Preliminary crash information indicates Tessa C. Pederson, the driver of a 2013 Ford Escape was stopped [Read More…]
Latest News
Abortion-rights activists sell bumper stickers to capitalize on Noem dog controversy
Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight Abortion-rights activists are capitalizing on the backlash against South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem’s dog-killing revelation in her new book. In “No Going Back,” Noem disclosed that she shot and killed her 14-month-old dog [Read More…]