Year: 2024
ABC National News
2 found dead at scene of house explosion, fire in Pennsylvania
WTAE (PITTSBURGH) — Two people were found dead at the scene of a house explosion and fire in Pennsylvania Tuesday morning, authorities said. The explosion in Crescent Township, just outside of Pittsburgh, was reported at [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump promises to ‘free’ Jan. 6 rioters on first day back in White House if reelected
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump says one of his first acts if elected to a second term would be to “free” people convicted for their roles in the Jan. 6 attack [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rep. Ken Buck to leave Congress next week, shrinking GOP’s razor-thin majority
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Ken Buck, who already announced he would not be seeking reelection, announced Tuesday he will leave Congress at the end of next week. “It has been an honor [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden and Trump could soon clinch their nominations as 4 more states vote
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Both Joe Biden and Donald Trump may well earn enough delegates to clinch the nominations for their respective parties on Tuesday, when four states and one territory will report [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New Mexico man dies of plague in state’s 1st fatality since 2020: Health officials
Getty Images – STOCK (SANTA FE, N.M.) — A New Mexico man has died from plague in the state’s first human fatality since 2020, according to health officials. The man lived in Lincoln County — [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Hanson’s Jim Bridge Announces Retirement After 38 Seasons
Hanson girls basketball coach and superintendent Jim Bridge has announced his retirement at the end of the 2023-24 school year. After Monday’s Hanson School Board meeting, Bridge’s resignation was accepted. Bridge retired after 38 season [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
$100 million man? Christopher Nolan reportedly getting a megaton of money for ‘Oppenheimer’
Disney/Scott Kirkland Oppenheimer set off a financial chain reaction for Christopher Nolan. That’s the word from Variety, which reports the newly-minted Best Director and Best Picture winner can expect a $100 million payout for delivering [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Stranger Things’ play, Sarah Jessica Parker, Sarah Snook and more nommed for UK Olivier Awards
‘Stranger Things’ on Stage/Netflix The nominations have been revealed for this year’s Olivier Awards, the annual salute to the best theater from over The Pond, but some faces familiar Stateside were recognized. Sarah Jessica Parker [Read More…]
ABC National News
Universities, museums face new pressure to return Native American human remains
ABC News (HANOVER, N.H.) — Founded as one of the first schools to educate Native Americans, Dartmouth College is now at the forefront of an effort to rectify what some tribes say has long been [Read More…]
ABC National News
Oregon’s drug decriminalization law rolled back as homelessness, overdoses on the rise
ABC News (Portland, Ore.) — Three years ago, Oregon decriminalized small amounts of illicit drugs, from fentanyl to methamphetamine to crack. But some state leaders, local residents and others are having second thoughts about the [Read More…]
ABC National News
How the crime of counterfeiting is making a comeback
Getty Images – STOCK (MINNEAPOLIS) — The U.S. dollar is perhaps the most recognized in the world, accepted nearly everywhere and viewed as one of the most reliable, stable currencies of any nation. Which is [Read More…]
ABC National News
After dayslong manhunt, man arrested in fatal shooting of mom, 11-year-old in parked car in Massachusetts
WCVB (WORCESTER, Mass.) — After a dayslong manhunt, a suspect has been taken into custody in the fatal shooting of a mother and her 11-year-old daughter in Massachusetts, authorities said. Chasity Nunez and her daughter, [Read More…]
ABC National News
University of Missouri student missing in Nashville, family desperate for information
WKRN (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The family of a University of Missouri student is desperate for information after the 22-year-old went missing while visiting Nashville, according to authorities. Riley Strain was last seen by friends at [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Special counsel hearing live updates: Hur to testify about Biden documents probe
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Robert Hur, who as special counsel conducted the yearlong probe into President Joe Biden’s handling of classified documents that ultimately absolved the president of legal culpability, will [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Transcript from documents probe contradicts Biden’s account of exchange with Hur over son’s death
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks on the Senate’s recent passage of the National Security Supplemental Bill, which provides military aid to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan, in the State Dining Room of the White House on [Read More…]
News
DWU to host first-ever high school esports tournament
Dakota Wesleyan University will host its first-ever esports tournament for interested high school students on Saturday, April 13. The tournament will be held in the DWU/Avera Sports and Wellness Complex. Check in is at 9 [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation ticked up in February, reversing some prior progress
Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer prices rose 3.2% in February compared to a year ago, increasing slightly from the previous month and offering the latest sign that progress toward lowering inflation has struck [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jimmy Kimmel pulls back the curtain on his fourth Oscars hosting gig
Disney/Frank Micelotta On Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Monday night, the host spilled some tea about his fourth time hosting the Academy Awards. Kimmel took the stage after Justin Timberlake first opened the show, implying Jimmy [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Johnny Depp congratulates “dear friend” Robert Downey Jr. on Oscar win
Vince Bucci/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images Johnny Depp has sent an attaboy to pal Robert Downey Jr. on his Best Supporting Actor win for Oppenheimer Sunday night. Depp posted a throwback photo on his [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: Oscars ratings at four-year high, and more
ABC’s telecast of the 96th Oscars on Sunday drew an average audience of 19.5 million total viewers, while nabbing a 3.81 rating among adults 18-49 based on Fast National Live+Same Day program data, the network [Read More…]
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