Month: September 2024
ABC Politics News
ABC News releases rules for Sept. 10 debate between Harris and Trump
Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With less than a week until the Sept. 10 presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump hosted by ABC News, the network on Wednesday released the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Harris breaks with Biden on capital gains tax in plan to spur small business growth
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event in North Hampton, New Hampshire, US, on Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024. (Kacey Chapman/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Vice President and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Liz Cheney says she’s voting for Kamala Harris against Trump
Liz Cheney attends Liz Cheney in Conversation with David Rubenstein at The 92nd Street Y, New York, June 26, 2023. (Gary Gershoff/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Former Wyoming Republican Rep. Liz Cheney, a staunch critic of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ketanji Brown Jackson says Harris’s nomination ‘gives a lot of people hope’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said Wednesday that Vice President Kamala Harris’s nomination as the first Black and Asian woman nominee for U.S. president “gives a lot of people hope” [Read More…]
ABC National News
Georgia high school shooting: What we know about the four victims
Flowers are laid ou as students and faculty as well as community members gather for a vigil after a shooting at Apalachee High School on September 4, 2024 in Winder, Georgia. (Megan Varner/Getty Images) (WINDER, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Officials identify victims in Georgia high school shooting, say AR platform-style weapon used
Megan Varner/Getty Images (WINDER, Ga.) — Two students and two teachers were killed in a shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on Wednesday morning, according to the Georgia Bureau of Investigation. Richard Aspinwall, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Body found in suitcase outside Long Island apartment building
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HUNTINGTON STATION, N.Y.) — Police are investigating after human remains were found inside a suitcase Tuesday on Long Island. Officers responded to a 911 call Tuesday morning reporting “suspicious activity” in a [Read More…]
ABC National News
New species of titanosaur identified amid group of ancient skeletons found in Spain
Jose Antonio Penas Artero (NEW YORK) — A new species of dinosaur has been identified more than a decade after a large number of ancient skeletons were found in Spain — and researchers expect more [Read More…]
ABC National News
NYC teacher shot in hand by stray bullet that flew through classroom window: Police
Google Maps Street View (NEW YORK) — A New York City teacher was struck by a stray bullet on the eve of the first day of school while setting up his classroom, police said. The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Munich police shoot ‘suspicious’ person amid ‘major’ operation in city center
Police officers secure the area around the Koenigsplatz square after a shooting near the building of the Documentation Centre for the History of National Socialism (NS-Dokumentationszentrum) in Munich, southern Germany, on September 5, 2024. (PAULINE [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine and Russia exchange air, sea drones in overnight strikes
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian and Russian authorities reported dueling drone attacks overnight into Thursday as an intense and bloody week of long-range strikes continued. The Kyiv City Military Administration posted on Telegram early on [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: US official says two sticking points in cease-fire deal
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the Israel-Hamas war continues, the latest round of cease-fire discussions appears to have reached an impasse. Meanwhile, after six hostages were found dead in Gaza, protests erupted in Israel. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pentagon looking into reports of US sailor being detained in Venezuela: US defense official
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon is aware of reports Wednesday that an American service member was recently detained in Venezuela, a U.S. official told ABC News. The Department of Defense is [Read More…]
ABC World News
Deadly Russia strike targets Lviv in western Ukraine, Zelenskyy says
A view of the burned vehicles after a Russian missile attack that killed 7 people including 3 children, and wounded 45 people including 7 children, in Lviv, Ukraine, on September 4, 2024. (Olena Znak/Anadolu via [Read More…]
Ag News
Biden, Vilsack announce green energy grants to rural cooperatives
Electric cooperatives in 23 states are getting more than 7.3 billion dollars in clean energy grants. President Biden and Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack are announcing the details at one of the Dairyland Power Cooperative project [Read More…]
Ag News
Two Wisconsin soybean board members re-elected
Wisconsin’s soybean growers have re-elected two members to the Wisconsin Soybean Marketing Board. Justin Bauer, representing District 2 farms near Eau Claire, and Steve Wilkens, representing District 6 near Random Lake, began new three-year terms [Read More…]
Ag News
U of M studies linkage between soil heath and clean water
A new research project in the Western Lake Erie Basin is studying what soil health practices lead to improved water quality. Lead investigator Jennifer Blesh is with the University of Michigan. “Up to 70 fields [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle mixed, waiting on direct business to develop
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, watching direct business, and feeders were lower on the higher move in corn. October lives closed $.05 lower at $179.22 and Select closed $.05 higher at [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: September 4, 2024
Dec. corn closed at $4.12 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $10.21 and 1/2, up 9 and 1/2 centsOct. soybean meal closed at $325.80, up $8.40Oct. soybean oil closed at 40.72, [Read More…]
Latest News
Gov. Kristi Noem Appoints Dr. Madhu Gottumukkala as BIT Commissioner
Governor Kristi Noem announced the appointment of Dr. Madhu Gottumukkala as Commissioner of the Bureau of Information and Telecommunications (BIT). His appointment will be effective on Monday, September 9, 2024. “South Dakota has made tremendous [Read More…]