Year: 2024
ABC National News
Two former Mississippi police officers sentenced after pleading guilty to torture of Black men
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Rankin County, Mississippi, sheriff’s deputies Hunter Elward and Jeffrey Middleton were sentenced in federal court on Tuesday after pleading guilty, along with five additional former law enforcement officers, to [Read More…]
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Trump says he might be forced to sell assets at ‘fire sale prices’ to satisfy $464M bond in civil fraud case
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is continuing to rail against the $464 million judgment in his New York civil fraud case, claiming Judge Arthur Engoron is trying to take away his [Read More…]
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Riley Strain’s fraternity brothers ‘heartbroken’ as search in Nashville continues, his mom says
Metro Nashville Police (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The fraternity brothers who were with Riley Strain on the night he vanished in Nashville, Tennessee, are “heartbroken” as the search for the 22-year-old continues, Strain’s mother said. “We [Read More…]
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3-year-old in driver’s seat of truck that fatally struck 2-year-old: Police
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WOODLAND, Calif.) — An unattended 3-year-old was behind the wheel of a truck left running at a California gas station when the vehicle fatally struck a 2-year-old, authorities said. The incident occurred [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump makes argument to Supreme Court about why he deserves presidential immunity
joe daniel price/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday filed a brief with the Supreme Court making his formal argument for why he should be granted absolute presidential immunity from criminal prosecution [Read More…]
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FBI director says agency doing all it can to get ‘justice’ for Laken Riley
Graeme Sloan/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The FBI is doing everything it can to get “justice” for Laken Riley, the college student who was murdered by a migrant in the country illegally, FBI Director [Read More…]
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Top US generals testifying before Congress about chaos of withdrawal from Afghanistan
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The top two military leaders who oversaw the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 testified Tuesday afternoon before the House Foreign Affairs Committee in a hearing meant to assess the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicole Kidman talks life with 2 teen daughters, ‘Big Little Lies’ season 3 and that AMC Theatres ad
Disney/Scott Kirkland Nicole Kidman is opening up about her home life and why now is the perfect time for Big Little Lies season 3. The Oscar-winning actress discussed all of this — and more — [Read More…]
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Jeffrey Wright reportedly joining Denzel Washington in Spike Lee’s adaptation of ‘High and Low’
Disney/Randy Holmes Freshly Oscar-nominated American Fiction actor Jeffrey Wright will reportedly join Oscar winners Denzel Washington and Spike Lee in the latter’s adaptation of a famous film from legendary director Akira Kurosawa. Variety says Wright [Read More…]
Ag News
Sorenson new Minnesota Wheat executive director
Minnesota Wheat has a new executive director. Brian Sorenson will begin his position April 2nd and tells Brownfield spending the past six years as a program manager for the Northern Crops Institute helped prepare him [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures mixed waiting on direct business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mixed ahead of widespread direct business and Friday’s On Feed numbers from the USDA. April live cattle closed $.52 lower at $188.05 and June lives [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana establishes small meat processors loan program
The Indiana State Department of Agriculture Director says a new program will increase the state’s meat processing capacity. Don Lamb says small facilities have struggled to keep up with demand since the pandemic and additional [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 19, 2024
May corn closed at $4.39 and 3/2, up 3 and 1/2 centsMay soybeans closed at $11.85 and 1/2, down 2 and 1/4 centsMay soybean meal closed at $333.90, up $2.00May soybean oil closed at 48.14, [Read More…]
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Corn sees firm finish, wheat mostly up
Soybeans were mixed, with nearby contracts down and deferred months up on bear spreading. Brazil’s harvest is past 60% complete and their basis is moving lower, adding to their export advantage. The USDA’s next round [Read More…]
ABC World News
Photo agency issues new editing notice on royal family photo taken by Kate Middleton
Prince and Princess of Wales/X (LONDON) — For the second time in less than two weeks, a global photo agency has issued an editing notice on a royal family photo shared by Kate, the Princess [Read More…]
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Lawmakers in Hong Kong pass strict new security law
d3sign via Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Hong Kong’s legislature has unanimously passed a strict security law, 11 days after it was tabled in an unusually fast turnaround. Authorities in Hong Kong have argued that [Read More…]
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Supreme Court allows strict Texas SB4 immigration law to take effect for now
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court has rejected a Biden administration request to intervene and keep Texas’s strict immigration enforcement law, known as SB 4, on hold while it is challenged in lower [Read More…]
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Jonathan Majors sued by ex-girlfriend he was convicted of assaulting
John Nacion/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Grace Jabbari, the ex-girlfriend of Jonathan Majors, whom he was convicted of assaulting in a trial last year, has sued the actor for defamation and other alleged injuries, according [Read More…]
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Lawyer for election denier at center of Dominion Voting Systems leak is arrested after hearing
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A lawyer representing Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne in a defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems was arrested after a status hearing in Washington, [Read More…]
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Miami Beach officials institute curfew but, in some Florida beach communities, the party goes on
Buena Vista Images via Getty Images (MIAMI) — Every March, Florida’s hottest beach locations are filled with college students from across the country enjoying the sun, drinks and energy of spring break. But this year, [Read More…]