Month: August 2024
ABC Health News
WHO declares mpox a public health emergency as newer strain spreads in Africa
Lian Yi/Xinhua via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The World Health Organization (WHO) declared mpox to be a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on Wednesday “Today, the Emergency Committee met and advised me [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Whiplash’ headed back to theaters for 10th anniversary
Sony Pictures Classics Sony Pictures Classics just announced that Whiplash, the drama that netted J.K. Simmons a Best Supporting Actor Oscar for playing possibly the world’s most insane music teacher, is headed back to theaters. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Prime Video drops action-packed season 2 trailer to ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’
Prime Video “War has come to Middle-Earth” are the first words spoken in the trailer to the second season of Prime Video’s The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, and the sneak peek [Read More…]
Ag News
Beck’s research showing efficacy of spray drones
Research at Beck’s Hybrids is showing the efficacy of spray drones. Clayton Stufflebeam, PFR agronomist with Beck’s, says the past three seasons they’ve been comparing fungicide applications via ground rig, aerial application, and spray drones, [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production up slightly on week, year
U.S. ethanol production moved modestly higher last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.072 million barrels a day, up 5,000 on the week and 3,000 on the year. Operating margins remain positive [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana Lieutenant Governor candidates debate at the Indiana State Fair
Indiana’s candidates for Lieutenant Governor had the opportunity to discuss issues that matter most to the state’s farmers. Some of the most talked about issues were water availability, property taxes, and input costs. Democratic candidate Terry [Read More…]
Latest News
Attorney General Marty Jackley And Others Challenge President Biden’s Election Executive Order
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley has joined Attorneys General from seven other states in challenging a Presidential Executive Order that would encroach on the States’ authority to regulate voter registration. Executive Order 14019, signed [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel to attend cease-fire talks, Hamas rejects offer
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the U.S. military announced it is moving more forces to the Middle East. The United States and its allies continue to plead for [Read More…]
ABC World News
On This Day, Aug. 14, 1971: The Who release ‘Who’s Next’
On This Day, Aug. 14, 1971… English rockers The Who released their iconic album Who’s Next, featuring such future Who classics as “Baba O’Riley,” “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” and “Behind Blue Eyes.” The album was originally conceived as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Convicted murderer escapes on way to North Carolina hospital: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) — A convicted murderer escaped from custody Tuesday morning while being transported to a medical appointment at a North Carolina hospital, the sheriff’s office said. Ramone Alston, 30, broke away [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ernesto becomes hurricane after leaving 570,000 without power in Puerto Rico
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Ernesto has become a Category 1 hurricane Wednesday after hitting Puerto Rico overnight and leaving power outages and flooding in its wake. The center of then-Tropical Storm Ernesto passed within [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election 2024 updates: Trump to hold press conference on Thursday
U.S. Republican Presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a rally at Herb Brooks National Hockey Center on July 27, 2024 in St Cloud, Minnesota. (Stephen Maturen/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Head of panel that ruled against US gymnast Jordan Chiles represented Romania in past cases
Silver medalist Simone Biles the U.S. and bronze medalist, Jordan Chiles of the U.S. watch the scoreboard during the women’s artistic gymnastics individual floor exercise final at the 2024 Paris Olympics, Aug. 5, 2024. (Dan [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation cooled in July, reaching lowest level since March 2021
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer prices rose 2.9% in July compared to a year ago, cooling slightly from the previous month and extending a monthslong slowdown of price increases. The fresh inflation reading [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Trump voiced labor-friendly views in meeting with Teamsters before union president spoke at RNC
President of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Sean O’Brien speaks on the first day of the Republican National Convention, July 15, 2024, in Milwaukee. (Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Vice President Kamala Harris has [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Russell Crowe in bloody trailer for ‘Kraven the Hunter’
Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Pictures’ newest trailer to its upcoming Marvel adaptation Kraven the Hunter really leans into the upcoming movie’s R rating. Aaron Taylor-Johnson plays Sergei Kravinoff, the ruthless, titular Marvel Comics villain who is [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘It (never) Ends with Us’; Justin Baldoni reportedly hires PR expert; Blake addresses movie’s domestic violence
© 2024 CTMG, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The drama behind the drama It Ends with Us shows no signs of ending, three days after the movie scored an impressive $50 million box office debut. The [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Frozen 3’ coming in November of 2027, and more
FX has revealed Sept. 25 as the premiere date for Ryan Murphy‘s new horror drama series Grotesquerie. The plot follows a detective and a nun— played respectively by Niecy Nash-Betts and Micaela Diamond — as [Read More…]
ABC World News
Sudan at ‘breaking point’ amid civil war as US-mediated cease-fire talks set to begin
Members of a ‘joint security cell’ made up of various military and security services affiliated with Sudan’s army, brandish rifles as they take part in a parade in Gedaref city in the east of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Sheriff’s deputy hospitalized after being struck by fleeing driver
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A sheriff’s deputy in California has been hospitalized after she was run over by a driver who was attempting to flee the scene after being pulled over during a [Read More…]