Year: 2024
ABC Business News
Electric vehicle sales are slowing. No need for panic yet, insiders say.
Jon Challicom/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The recent headlines for electric vehicles have been brutal: Sales are dropping. Momentum is slipping. Consumers are souring on the technology. Experts say, however, that 2024 may be the [Read More…]
Ag News
Researchers use electricity to separate nutrients, chemicals from manure
Photo: Lab showing separation of nutrients from manure by Rui Wang/University of Wisconsin New research at the University of Wisconsin shows farmers might someday be able to extract several valuable products from manure. Chemistry researcher [Read More…]
Ag News
Different Crops Offer More Clean Fuel Options
Clean Fuels Alliance America Consultant Alan Weber tells Brownfield that there are several different crops that can be used as clean fuels. He says there will be more discussion during the 2024 Clean Fuels Conference [Read More…]
ABC World News
Major tsunami warning issued after powerful earthquake strikes Japan
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (TOKYO and LONDON) — Japanese officials issued a major tsunami warning and evacuation warnings after a powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.5 struck the west coast on Monday afternoon. [Read More…]
ABC World News
In a surprise move, Queen of Denmark says in New Year’s speech that she will abdicate her throne
Queen Margrethe II of Denmark gives a New Year’s speech from Christian IX’s Palace, Amalienborg Castle, in Copenhagen, Denmark, on Dec. 31, 2023, announcing her upcoming abdication. (KELD NAVNTOFT/Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]
ABC World News
Exclusive: US to bring back aircraft carrier from eastern Mediterranean
U.S. Navy photo by Mass communication Specialist 2nd Class Malachi Lakey (WASHINGTON) — The USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier strike group will leave the eastern Mediterranean Sea, where it was sent just after the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: IDF says it expects war to last all of 2024
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Colorado mother accused of murdering two of her children arrested in the UK
Colorado Springs Police Department (NEW YORK) — A Colorado mother suspected of killing two of her children has been found and arrested abroad, authorities confirmed on Sunday. Kimberlee Singler, 35, was taken into custody in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ten-year-old in California charged with alleged murder of another 10-year-old: Police
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The Sacramento County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 10-year-old on a murder charge for allegedly shooting another 10-year-old who died on Saturday. After responding to a call at 4:30 [Read More…]
ABC National News
One-year-old boy, woman killed; Six others shot during streak of gun violence in Allentown, Pennsylvania
WPVI-TV (ALLENTOWN, Pa.) — A 1-year-old boy and a woman were killed and six other people were wounded in a streak of unrelated shootings that erupted in Allentown, Pennslyvania, over the weekend, according to police. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Former Trump White House insiders call possible second term a threat to American democracy
ABC’s Jonathan Karl interviews Sarah Matthews, left, Cassidy Hutchinson, center, and Alyssa Farah Griffin, Dec. 15, 2023, in Washington. (Lou Rocco/ABC) (WASHINGTON) — Three women who served in former President Donald Trump’s White House are [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How to make a vision board that will help you reach your goals in the new year, according to a neurologist
Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Goal-setting is top of mind when the new year rolls around, and vision boards are an increasingly popular tool for clarifying those goals and providing a boost of inspiration. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How to make weight loss, exercise New Year’s resolutions that last
JGI/Jamie Grill/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After setting New Year’s resolutions, it is those days and weeks after January that can catch up with even the best of intentions. So how do you make your [Read More…]
Ag News
More bang for your buck
The value of manure is being accentuated by high fertilizer prices. University of Minnesota Extension specialist Melissa Wilson reminds crop farmers manure contains all the major nutrients and could provide “the biggest bang for their [Read More…]