Year: 2024
ABC National News
2 charged in death of 20-year-old Dartmouth College student Won Jang
mbbirdy/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two people have been charged in the death of Dartmouth College student Won Jang, 20, who was found dead by the Connecticut River on the school’s New Hampshire campus in [Read More…]
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Infant dead in listeria outbreak tied to Yu Shang Food ready-to-eat meat and poultry products: CDC
The label for a ready-to-eat product by Yu Shang Food, Inc. that is part of a recall. Image via U.S. Department of Agriculture (NEW YORK) — An infant has died in a listeria outbreak linked [Read More…]
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Some of RFK Jr.’s views are finding support in some unexpected quarters
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Since being tapped as President-elect Donald Trump’s controversial pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been criticized by medical and public [Read More…]
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Defense rests in Daniel Penny subway chokehold trial
Photo by Selcuk Acar/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The defense in the Daniel Penny manslaughter and negligent homicide case rested without their client taking the stand. Penny is charged with manslaughter and negligent [Read More…]
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Judge to make decision on releasing Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs on bail next week
Photo by Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs (NEW YORK) — Sean “Diddy” Combs appeared again in a New York City courtroom on Friday as he continues to fight for his release on bail [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: 15 dead, dozens injured in central Beirut strikes
Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia to continue testing, start mass producing new ‘Oreshnik’ missile: Putin
State Emergency Service of Ukraine/AFP via Getty Images (MOSCOW) — Russia will continue testing and start mass producing the new “Oreshnik” missile, an intermediate-range ballistic missile that was used to target Dnipro, Ukraine, this week, [Read More…]
Ag News
Trump names Rollins next Secretary of Agriculture
President-elect Donald Trump has tapped Brooke Rollins of Texas to serve as the 33rd US Secretary of Agriculture. Rollins was part of Trump’s 2016 Economic Advisory Council and has helped develop and manage the [Read More…]
Latest News
Attorney General Jackley Praises Selection of Pam Bondi as U.S. Attorney General Nominee
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley is praising President-elect Trump’s selection of Pam Bondi as his Nominee for U.S. Attorney General. “I served with, and was impressed, with Pam as Florida’s Attorney General,” said Attorney [Read More…]
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Lobbyist shares his thoughts on the 2025 South Dakota legislative session
A long-time lobbyist and legislative observer stopped in Mitchell Thursday offering his analysis of the general election and his views of the upcoming South Dakota legislative session. David Owen is president of the South Dakota [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Gladiator II’ star Paul Mescal, director Ridley Scott and more talk revisiting Rome 2 decades later
Aidan Monaghan/Paramount Pictures Nearly two and a half decades after the monumental film Gladiator hit theaters, acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott is returning the iconic Roman-era epic to the big screen with Gladiator II. The film, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘XO, Kitty’ gets season 2 premiere date, and more
Netflix has announced Jan. 16 as the premiere date for season 2 of its To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before spinoff, XO, Kitty. The new season, filmed in Seoul, South Korea, “will follow Kitty [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What is Bluesky? Social media platform tops 20 million users
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Tech billionaire Elon Musk has kept busy since Election Day, advising President-elect Donald Trump and receiving an appointment to co-lead a new government efficiency commission. Musk has [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Retirement plans are changing in 2025: What to know
J. David Ake/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If you are nearing retirement, you will soon be able to stash even more money into your nest egg — if you can afford it. The Internal Revenue [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Some hospitals seeing increase in RSV, ‘walking pneumonia.’ Here’s what to know
PhotoAlto/Ale Ventura/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some hospitals in the U.S. are seeing an increase in RSV and higher levels of “walking pneumonia” among young children despite overall respiratory illness activity remaining low nationally. Cook [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Congressional Republicans continue to introduce bills eliminating the Department of Education
Patrick Semansky-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Dakota Sen. Mike Rounds introduced the “Returning Education Back to Our States Act” on Thursday, signaling a commitment to deliver on President-elect Donald Trump’s vow to dismantle the Department [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump announces Pam Bondi as his AG pick to replace Matt Gaetz
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — On the same day that former Rep. Matt Gaetz withdrew himself from consideration as President-elect Donald Trump’s attorney general, Trump announced that former Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Matt Gaetz AG nomination: Timeline
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In the span of eight days, former Rep. Matt Gaetz went from a reelected House member to an attorney general pick in President-elect Donald Trump’s second administration to ultimately bowing [Read More…]
ABC National News
Police recover Travis Kelce’s watch after spate of burglaries targeting athletes during games
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Authorities investigating the rash of recent burglaries at the homes of professional athletes have recovered a watch belonging to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce in Providence, Rhode [Read More…]
ABC World News
‘Suspicious package’ found outside US embassy in London
U.S. Embassy in London, United Kingdom (L. Toshio Kishiyama/Getty Images) (LONDON) — A suspicious package was discovered outside the United States Embassy in London on Friday morning, police said. The London Metropolitan Police immediately closed [Read More…]