Year: 2024
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 25 at 9:03PM MST until January 26 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog at times. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and [Read More…]
ABC World News
North America experienced an unprecedented ‘hot drought’ in the last century, new research shows
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Western North America has experienced an unprecedented “hot drought” over the last century, according to new research that shows the amplification of heat [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Woman recounts moment Israeli army penetrated Khan Younis camp: ‘Afraid that our fate will be death’
A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]
ABC World News
Iranian activists go on hunger strike over execution of protester Mohammad Ghobadlou
Iran International (LONDON) — Dozens of Iranian women political prisoners went on a hunger strike Thursday in protest of the execution of Iranian protester Mohammad Ghobadlou. The announcement of the hunger strike was made on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Inside Mexico’s ‘Gringo Hunters’ as they track down, capture foreign fugitives
ABC News (NEW YORK) — It’s an old Hollywood story: some criminal suspects believe they can outrun the law, and escape their charges, by fleeing to Mexico. But when fugitives who commit a crime in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
CIA director headed abroad for Gaza hostage talks: US officials
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — CIA Director Bill Burns will soon travel to Europe to meet with Middle Eastern officials as part of an ambitious push to lock down an agreement that would free all [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US, Iraq to begin talks that could lead to withdrawal of American troops
simon2579/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Iraq will begin formal talks in coming days that officials say could lead to the eventual withdrawal of American troops in the country, a major milestone in the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mattel announces plans for animated ‘Bob the Builder’ film starring Anthony Ramos
Mattel Films Bob the Builder is set to hit the big screen with a Latin twist. Mattel Films, ShadowMachine and Jennifer Lopez‘s Nuyorican Productions announced plans for a feature-length film starring the animated handyman whose [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck back in action for Netflix’s ‘Animals’
CBS/Sonja Flemming Ben Affleck will direct his friend and Air co-star and co-producer Matt Damon in a new project for Netflix. The streaming service says the movie is a kidnapping thriller the pair are backing [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures supported by direct business
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher, supported by the direct cash cattle business during the session. That helped contracts shrug off the mixed midday move in beef. Feeders did pick [Read More…]
Ag News
Milk federal order hearing to end soon
A dairy economist says the hearing on the Federal Milk Marketing Orders that began in August is expected to conclude next week. Chuck Nicholson with the University of Wisconsin tells Brownfield USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 25, 2024
Mar. corn closed at $4.51 and 3/4, down 1/2 centMar. soybeans closed at $12.23, down 17 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $358.20, down $5.10Mar. soybean oil closed at 46.53, down 79 pointsMar. wheat [Read More…]
Ag News
Down day for soybeans, corn
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling. Weather forecasts are generally favorable for parts of Brazil, while Argentina is expected to see a drier pattern, potentially into February. Early harvest activity is ongoing [Read More…]
Ag News
Former NCGA president optimistic about farm bill timeline
A western Iowa farmer says he’s optimistic lawmakers will get the farm bill done in 2024. Kevin Ross of Minden says he expects the legislation to give producers continued certainty when it comes to crop [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas judge sets trial date over school’s suspension of student for dreadlocks
George Family Photo (MONT BELVIEU, Texas) — A judge has ordered a trial to take place and determine if a school district can continue penalizing a Black Texas high school student for the length of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman, 25, dies from allergic reaction after eating mislabeled cookies with peanuts from Stew Leonard’s
Gair, Gair, Conason, Rubinowitz, Bloom, Hershenhorn, Steigman & Mackauf (NEW YORK) — A 25-year-old woman died from an allergic reaction after eating a cookie sold by the grocery chain Stew Leonard’s that was not properly [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge in Georgia election interference case hears motions from Trump co-defendant Jeffrey Clark
Michael A. McCoy/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — An attorney for ex-DOJ official Jeffrey Clark made his case for access to communications between Fulton County prosecutors and the White House counsel’s office on Thursday, claiming that the [Read More…]
ABC National News
California man Marcus Eriz found guilty of killing 6-year-old boy Aiden Leos in road rage incident
Jason Marz/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Marcus Eriz has been found guilty of murder in the Orange County, California, road rage incident that killed 6-year-old Aiden Leos in 2021. Eriz was convicted of second-degree murder, [Read More…]
ABC National News
E. Jean Carroll defamation case live updates: Trump takes the stand for 3 minutes
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial this week in New York City to determine whether he will have to pay former Elle magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll additional [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden credits Americans for strong economy, touts his legislative wins for ‘turning the economy around’
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While highlighting new and ongoing infrastructure investments across the country, President Joe Biden on Thursday continued to praise the recent GDP report that found the nation’s economy grew at a [Read More…]