Year: 2024
ABC National News
Alleged would-be Trump assassin Ryan Routh faces state charge in connection with his arrest
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Ryan Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at the president-elect’s golf club in Florida, is now facing a state attempted murder charge in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Paris Hilton-backed child abuse bill headed to Biden’s desk for signature
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House passed the Paris Hilton-championed Stop Institutionalized Child Abuse bill on Wednesday, a sweet victory for the celebrity hotel heiress after the nearly three years she’s spent lobbying politicians [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Fed cuts interest rates, delivering relief for borrowers at last meeting before Trump takes office
Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve cut interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point on Wednesday, delivering relief for borrowers at the central bank’s last meeting before President-elect [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
New ‘Lilo & Stitch’ official teaser nods to ‘The Lion King’
Disney A new official teaser for the live-action Lilo & Stitch is here. In the new clip, which was shared on social media and YouTube, Stitch is lifted into the air like Simba in the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paul Rudd, Jenna Ortega slay a mythical creature in trailer for ‘Death of a Unicorn’
A24 Paul Rudd accidentally runs over a mythical creature in the trailer for the upcoming horror comedy Death of a Unicorn. The A24 film, which also stars Jenna Ortega, Will Poulter, Téa Leoni and Richard [Read More…]
Ag News
AGCO hopes new central IL training center starts talent pipeline
AGCO officials say the company’s new Technician Training Center is an investment in the future. Ash Alt, manager of after sales technical training for North America, says the $5 million, 22,000-foot facility prepares the next [Read More…]
Ag News
White Christmas? More like rainy
An ag meteorologist says it likely won’t be a white Christmas for most growing regions across the Midwest. Greg Soulje tells Brownfield, “We really do have some significant snow cover on the ground out of [Read More…]
Ag News
Broiler hatchery numbers hold to uptrend
2024 broiler sets and placements remain on a faster than 2023 pace. The USDA says 247.104 million broiler-type eggs were set into incubators last week, up 1.756 million from the prior week and 3% above [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA adds 7 states to national milk testing program
The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service has announced seven additional states to participate in the agency’s National Milk Testing Strategy. The program launched at the beginning of December requires processing plants to test [Read More…]
Latest News
Mitchell Clinic to Join Avera on April 1
Avera Queen of Peace Hospital is pleased to announce that Mitchell Clinic will be joining its network of family medicine providers on April 1, 2025. It will become Avera Mitchell Clinic once the acquisition is [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Mayor of Kingstown’ renewed for season 4
Eric Ogden/Paramount+ Mayor of Kingstown is returning for another season. The Paramount+ drama starring Jeremy Renner has been renewed for season 4. The third season, which aired earlier this year, was the number one series on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Aaron Pierre on honoring James Earl Jones in ‘Mufasa: The Lion King’: ‘Massive inspiration to me’
Photo Courtesy of Disney Aaron Pierre is opening up about honoring James Earl Jones as the latest actor to voice Mufasa in the forthcoming film Mufasa: The Lion King. Pierre told Good Morning America Wednesday it’s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Timothée Chalamet on Bob Dylan’s tweet about ‘A Complete Unknown’: ‘A huge moment of affirmation’
Courtesy of Searchlight Pictures The Bob Dylan movie A Complete Unknown, starring Timothée Chalamet, tells the story of a 19-year-old Dylan as he arrives in New York in the early ’60s and gets immersed in the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse’ finds its directors and more
Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse has found its directors. The third film in the popular Sony Animation Spider-Verse trilogy will be directed by Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson, the studio announced Tuesday. Both men worked [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Stephanie Hsu, Zosia Mamet on their new comedy series, ‘Laid’
Peacock Stephanie Hsu stars in the new Peacock comedy Laid. The original series, which premieres Thursday, follows Hsu’s Ruby, a professional party planner whose former lovers are dying in the order she was with them. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Bitcoin soars on hopes of bitcoin strategic reserve. Here’s how it would work.
Chesnot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The price of bitcoin topped $107,000 for the first time this week, climbing to a fresh high days after President-elect Donald Trump reaffirmed support for a U.S. bitcoin strategic reserve [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC confirms 1st case of severe bird flu in US
(NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has confirmed the first case of severe bird flu in the United States. The federal health agency said Wednesday that the patient has been hospitalized in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ urges judge to deny Jan. 6 defendant’s request to attend Trump inauguration
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal prosecutors on Wednesday urged a federal judge to reject a request from a defendant convicted for participation in the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol to attend President-elect [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court to hear arguments over TikTok ban on Jan. 10
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court will hear arguments on Jan. 10 over TikTok’s effort to block a federal ban on the platform if it’s not sold by Jan. 19. This [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Johnson going forward with stopgap funding bill despite Elon Musk opposition
Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk, a close ally of President-elect Donald Trump, came out against Speaker Mike Johnson going forward with a stopgap government funding bill on Wednesday, saying, “This [Read More…]