Year: 2024
ABC World News
Gunmen storm Ecuador TV station after president declares state of emergency
An Ecuadorean police squad approach the premises of Ecuador’s TC television channel after unidentified gunmen burst into the state-owned television studio live on air on Jan. 9, 2024, in Guayaquil, Ecuador. (Marcos Pin/AFP via Getty [Read More…]
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US Navy and UK Royal Navy shoot down 18 Houthi drones and three missiles
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Navy and the U.K.’s Royal Navy foiled a major Houthi attack Tuesday night in the Red Sea, shooting down 18 one-way drones and three missiles targeting commercial ships. The [Read More…]
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Blinken announces deal to launch UN assessment mission in northern Gaza
Secretary of State Antony Blinken (L) meets with Israel’s Foreign Minister Israel Katz (2nd-R) in Tel Aviv, on Jan. 9, 2024, during his week-long trip aimed at calming tensions across the Middle East. (Evelyn Hockstein/POOL [Read More…]
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Man pretending to be Queen Elizabeth’s footman, selling ‘antler walking stick’ that never belonged to her sentenced
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (LONDON) — An internet seller who tricked eBay users into bidding for a walking stick that he falsely said belonged to Queen Elizabeth II has been sentenced. Dru Marshall, a 26-year-old man [Read More…]
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Dispute Over Amicus Brief in Gymnastics Program Lawsuit Reaches Eighth Circuit Court
Supporters of the gymnastics program are urging the dismissal of an amicus brief filed by the Pacific Legal Foundation and American Sports Council on December 21. The gymnastics advocates argue that the assertions made in [Read More…]
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Financing Approved for Multiple Business Across the State, Including Little Learners in Mitchell
PIERRE, SD – The Governor’s Office of Economic Development Board of Economic Development approved multiple loans totaling more than $5.6 million at their monthly meeting. These projects will reflect a capital investment total of over $15.1 [Read More…]
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South Dakota PUC reduces NorthWestern Energy electric rate increase request
PIERRE, S.D. – The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission approved a rate increase for NorthWestern Energy’s electric customers in South Dakota at the commission’s regularly scheduled meeting in Pierre today, Jan. 9, 2024. The rate [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘We were going to die’: Passengers on Alaska Airlines jet speak out about door plug catastrophe
An Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX 9 plane is parked on the tarmac at Los Angeles International Airport on Jan. 8, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Daniel Slim/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Passengers who [Read More…]
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At least five dead after severe weather wallops US
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Severe weather across the United States on Tuesday has left at least five people dead, according to local authorities, and the latest forecast shows more winter storms are on [Read More…]
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Over a ton of cocaine worth $32 million seized by US Coast Guard near Florida
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Diana Sherbs (NEW YORK) — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell seized over a ton of cocaine with an estimated street value [Read More…]
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ATF director targeted with swatting call over the holidays: Sources
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is the latest public official to fall victim to a swatting incident, according to law enforcement sources. Steven Dettelbach was [Read More…]
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Former Oath Keeper Ray Epps sentenced to one year of probation for Jan. 6
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Oath Keeper Ray Epps was sentenced to one year of probation on Tuesday for his role during the attack at the Capitol on Jan. 6. In addition to the year [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans to hold first hearing in move to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station on Jan. 8, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are moving [Read More…]
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House Republicans push vote on holding Hunter Biden in contempt for defying subpoena
President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden talks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, Dec.13, 2023 in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A House panel will vote Wednesday on whether to hold Hunter Biden in [Read More…]
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Mayorkas impeachment effort criticized, called ‘policy dispute’ by group of Democrats
U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station on Jan. 08, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Democratic members of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Badabing: ‘The Sopranos’ turns 25
Bobby Bank/WireImage HBO’s Emmy-winning mafia series The Sopranos launched on the premium cable network on this date back in 1999. The winner of 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, the David Chase-created show starred the late Emmy [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Polls show Haley closing the gap on Trump in New Hampshire ahead of Jan. 23 primary
Win McNamee/Getty Images (Sioux City, Iowa) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is working feverishly to close the gap between her and former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, with new polling [Read More…]
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What to know about CNN’s Republican presidential debate ahead of Iowa caucuses
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — CNN is set to host the next debate in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, just days ahead of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Monday. The debate, the first of [Read More…]
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Reasons vary for declining dairy farm numbers
The Executive Director of Minnesota Milk says economic stress is not the only reason dairy farmers are exiting the business. Lucas Sjostrom tells Brownfield both Minnesota and Wisconsin lost 7.4% of their dairy farms in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Cruise signs massive deal with Warner Bros.
ABC/Randy Holmes Tom Cruise‘s Mission: Impossible and Top Gun franchises live at Paramount Pictures, but the global superstar has just inked a huge deal with rival Warner Bros. Pictures. The “excited” star took to Instagram [Read More…]
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