Year: 2024
ABC National News
How climate change is affecting DC’s iconic cherry blossoms
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Many of Washington’s iconic flowering cherry trees will be cut down because of climate change. While warming temperatures are causing cherry blossoms all over the world to bloom earlier, rising [Read More…]
ABC National News
New York AG pushes back on Trump’s ‘extraordinary’ request to stay $464M fraud judgment
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Letitia James is pushing back on Donald Trump’s “extraordinary” request for a stay of his $464 million civil fraud judgment, arguing the former president’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Inmate, accomplice at large after ‘brazen’ ambush at hospital, authorities say
Boise Police Department (BOISE, Idaho) — An inmate escaped from an Idaho hospital Wednesday with an accomplice who opened fire on the correction officers transporting him, striking two, in a “brazen” attack, authorities said. Both [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Uncharted’: Texas officials argue in support of sweeping immigration law amid scrutiny in court
Christian Torres/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — A federal appeals court on Wednesday heard arguments about whether to temporarily block the state of Texas from enacting a sweeping and controversial new immigration law while [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Kari Lake zeroes in on likely Senate race with Ruben Gallego, insisting, ‘Nothing’s changed in me’
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (PHOENIX) — Arizona Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake is gearing up for a likely contest against Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego, one she’s warned will get “nasty,” by leaning into former President Donald [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump keeps losing some Republican primary voters to Haley: Will it matter when he faces Biden?
Scott Olson/Getty Image (WASHINGTON) — Now two weeks after she ended her 2024 presidential campaign, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley continues to win some votes against Donald Trump in the Republican primary, despite the former [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘We had to get our government funded’: Speaker Johnson outlines plan to avert shutdown
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With days until a partial government shutdown deadline, Speaker Mike Johnson said the newly negotiated bill text for the funding package will be out by Wednesday afternoon, triggering a timeline [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Why pollen season is starting earlier and how it could affect allergies
Martin Leigh/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the U.S. welcomes spring, it also means the arrival of allergy season, which affects millions of people. High pollen levels can lead to a variety of symptoms including [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Bridgerton’ season 3 sneak peek shows sweet moment with Anthony, Kate
Netflix Dearest readers, a new sneak peek from Bridgerton season 3 has arrived. In the new clip, we see Kate and Anthony — whose love story was the focus of last season — share a sweet [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kim Kardashian kisses Emma Roberts in trailer to ‘American Horror Story: Delicate – Part 2’
FX FX has dropped the trailer to the second installment of American Horror Story: Delicate, complete with a quick introduction by star Kim Kardashian. The teaser shows Emma Roberts‘ Anna getting increasingly creeped out — [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Conan O’Brien “makes it weird” in trailer to travel show ‘Conan O’Brien Must Go’
Conaco/Max Having transitioned from late-night host to head of a podcasting empire, Conan O’Brien is stretching his long legs in the trailer to Max’s new travel show Conan O’Brien Must Go. The coming attraction features [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In teaser to ‘Alien: Romulus’, everyone can hear you scream
20th Century Studios On Wednesday, 20th Century Studios released a teaser trailer to Alien: Romulus, the latest incarnation of the sci-fi franchise started by Ridley Scott‘s 1979 classic Alien. Promising to get the franchise “back [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures lower, waiting on direct business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower, waiting for direct business to develop and Friday’s On Feed numbers. April live cattle closed $.25 lower at $187.80 and June lives closed $.22 [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 20, 2024
May corn closed at $4.39, down 1/2 centMay soybeans closed at $12.09 and 1/2, up 24 centsMay soybean meal closed at $342.50, up $8.60May soybean oil closed at 49.00, up 86 pointsMay wheat closed at [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. milk production up again
The latest USDA report says milk production continues to go up. The National Ag Statistics Service says production in the 24 major dairy states totaled 17.4 billion pounds in February, which is 2.4% higher than [Read More…]
Ag News
Regen ag leader hopeful farm bill brings more incentives
A sustainable ag professor says he expects the next farm bill to encourage farmers and ranchers to adopt some regenerative agricultural concepts. Michigan State University Center for Regenerative Agriculture Co-Director Jason Roundtree tells Brownfield no-till [Read More…]
Ag News
NMPF says dairy export assistance program is under review
A farmer-funded dairy export assistance program might see some changes later this year. Chris Galen with the National Milk Producers Federation tells Brownfield a task force was formed in January to examine the Cooperatives Working [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 teens arrested, charged in Utah abduction-turned-murder
Taylorsville Police Department (NEW YORK) – Two teenage boys have been arrested and charged in connection with the murder of a 21-year-old man whose body was found in a remote desert area in Utah County, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Third white Mississippi officer sentenced to 17.5 years after pleading guilty in torture of 2 Black men
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County sheriff’s deputy Daniel Opdyke was sentenced to 17 1/2 years in prison during a hearing in federal court in Jackson, Mississippi on Wednesday for his role in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Netanyahu to speak to Senate Republicans after Schumer’s calls to hold new Israeli election
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu will address Republican senators via a video conference at their conference lunch Wednesday — a move that comes days after Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer [Read More…]