Year: 2024
ABC Politics News
Members of Congress, White House push for answers about Lloyd Austin’s hospitalization
Edward Diller/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fallout continues Wednesday from Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secretive hospitalization, revealed to be for complications resulting from prostate cancer treatment, and the botched notification process that followed — including a Democrat’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Chris Christie expected to end his 2024 presidential campaign: Sources
Sophie Park/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is expected to end his 2024 presidential campaign on Wednesday, sources familiar told ABC News. Though Christie drew much attention as the Republican primary’s [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House committee approves contempt resolution against Hunter Biden
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) — The House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday voted to approve a resolution recommending Hunter Biden, [Read More…]
Latest News
Life Sentence for Accomplice in 2016 Disappearance and Death Case
Jonathan Alexander Warren received a life sentence without parole for his involvement in the death and disappearance of Morgan Bauer, a 19-year-old missing since 2016. Warren, who pleaded guilty to charges including malice murder and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Overall rates of stroke decreasing, but racial inequity worsens for Black Americans, new study finds
Maskot/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Although rates of strokes in the adult population have generally decreased over the last several decades, the racial inequity gap persists, according to a new study in Neurology, which found that [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US approves Bitcoin investment product. Here’s why it matters
Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday gave its approval for some Bitcoin ETFs, just a day after a fake post on the agency’s account on X made a similar [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Directors Guild nominates “Barbenheimer’s” Greta Gerwig, Christopher Nolan
Warner Bros. Pictures – Universal Greta Gerwig and Christopher Nolan, the directors who brought us “Barbenheimer” — that is, the two blockbusters Barbie and Oppenheimer — were recognized Wednesday with nominations for the 76th annual [Read More…]
Ag News
2023 not the only drought year with good corn yields
A corn researcher says 2023 was not the first time farmers had surprising yields in a drought year. Joe Lauer with the University of Wisconsin tells Brownfield getting the crop in early helped, but that [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures mostly higher waiting on cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher, and feeders were up ahead of the week’s direct cash business. Boxed beef was also higher. February live cattle closed $.02 lower at $170.75 and [Read More…]
Ag News
Farm machinery auction market “leveling out”
An auctioneer suggests the farm machinery market is softening. Jon Tofte with I-35 Auctions in north Iowa says prices for heavy equipment of all kinds seem to be leveling off. “Some sources I’ve seen in [Read More…]
Ag News
Reynolds addresses foreign ag land ownership during Condition of the State
Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds is asking state lawmakers to take more action on foreign ag land ownership restrictions. During her Condition of the State address Tuesday night, Reynolds said China has become more aggressive in [Read More…]
Ag News
UNL research team to study sustainable dairy and beef production
A research team at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has received a $5 million USDA grant to study management practices that can help lower methane emissions from livestock. Paul Kononoff, professor of animal science, says his [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Alabama coach Nick Saban retiring after winning seven national titles
Nick Saban, the stern coach who won seven national championships and turned Alabama back into a national powerhouse that included six of those titles in just 17 seasons, is retiring, according to multiple reports. The [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Pete Carroll is out as head coach of the Seattle Seahawks after 14 seasons
RENTON, Wash. (AP) — Pete Carroll is out after 14 seasons as the head coach of the Seattle Seahawks, responsible for two NFC championships and the only Super Bowl title in franchise history during his [Read More…]
ABC National News
1 dead, 1 hurt in avalanche at Palisades Tahoe resort in California
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (TAHOE CITY, Calif.) — One person was killed and another was injured in an avalanche at the Palisades Tahoe resort on the California side of Lake Tahoe, the Placer County Sheriff’s Office said. [Read More…]
ABC National News
3rd arrest made in connection with deaths of pregnant Texas teen Savanah Soto, boyfriend: Police
Texas Department of Public Safety (SAN ANTONIO) — Police have arrested a third suspect in connection with the fatal shootings of pregnant teenager Savanah Soto and her boyfriend in Texas. San Antonio police announced Wednesday that [Read More…]
ABC National News
Daughters of the LeBaron cult detail the violence and fear that was a way of life
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As children, they were part of one of the most dangerous polygamous cult movements in history, with members committing a mass killing at the behest of its late leader. And now [Read More…]
ABC National News
Rising rivers threaten to flood Northeast towns following powerful winter storms
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Severe weather across the U.S. has left at least five people dead and is causing rivers to rise to dangerous levels as more winter storms move in. Hundreds of thousands [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Top Republican Sen. John Barrasso endorses Donald Trump
Anna Rose Layden/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. John Barrasso has became the highest-ranking Senate Republican to endorse former president Donald Trump’s reelection bid just days out from the Iowa caucuses. “America was better off under President [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans, White House want answers from Pentagon about Austin’s hospitalization
Edward Diller/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans are calling on top Defense Department officials to provide answers about who knew what and when about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin’s secret hospitalization for complications resulting from a prostate [Read More…]
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