Year: 2024
ABC Health News
What we know about Trump’s health care plans after Harris says he’ll roll back protections
Maskot/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris said former President Donald Trump will roll back health care protections if he wins the presidential election. Speaking to reporters on Thursday in Madison, Wisconsin, Harris said [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Inside Arizona’s abortion ballot measure fight: One family’s story
Kristin Gambardella speaks to ABC News. (ABC News) (PHOENIX) — Kristin and Dave Gambardella never expected the journey of growing their family to include an abortion procedure, but in summer 2023, the married couple nevertheless [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats launch 11th-hour ads to boost turnout among Black rural voters in South
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Democratic National Committee on Saturday is launching a new ad campaign targeted at rural voters to boost turnout in two southern battlegrounds in the final days of the presidential election. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
2024 election updates: Trump continues to slam Cheney
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With two days to go until Election Day, the candidates making in their final appeaks to voters over the weekend. After popping up on “Saturday Night Live,” Vice President Kamala [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Video showing Haitian migrants voting in Georgia is Russian influence operation: Intel community
A screengrab from a video which purports to show Haitian migrants voting in Georgia. The intelligence community assessed on Friday that the video was part of a Russian influence operation to sow discord in the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Tens of millions of early votes have been cast. What could it mean for Election Day?
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Election Day nears, tens of millions of voters have already cast their ballots throughout the country. Whether through mail-in ballots or early in-person polling stations, more than 68 million [Read More…]
ABC National News
Truck crash kills 4, injures 17 on Michigan interstate
Footage of a vehicle explosion taken by a driver on I-96 in Webberville, Mich., Nov. 2, 2024. (Simon Schuster) (LANSING, MI) — A semitractor-trailer crashed into backed-up traffic on a Michigan interstate, killing four people [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ex-Louisville officer guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights
ftwitty/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — A jury on Friday found former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison guilty of violating Breonna Taylor’s civil rights during a fatal botched police raid, in a retrial of the federal [Read More…]
ABC National News
College quarterbacks’ retirements put spotlight on concussions and kids
Lance King/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The back-to-back retirements of two college quarterbacks seemingly at the start of their careers has put a spotlight again on concussions and youth sports, particularly football. On Oct. 23, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Texas public hospitals now must ask patients if they are in US legally
Jason Fochtman/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Public hospitals in Texas will now be required to ask patients if they are in the U.S. legally and keep a record of the funds spent on [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 killed, several hurt in Halloween night shooting in Orlando, mayor announces local state of emergency
WFTV (ORLANDO, Fl) — The mayor of Orlando, Florida, is cracking down in the city’s entertainment district after two people were killed and several others injured in a Halloween night shooting. The suspect, 17-year-old Jaylen [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Situation in North Gaza is ‘apocalyptic,’ WHO says
Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — IDF claims killing of 2 Hezbollah commanders in south LebanonThe Israel Defense Forces wrote on X Sunday that its warplanes “eliminated” Farouk Amin Alasi, who it said was [Read More…]
Ag News
Vilsack: avian flu in hogs different than cattle
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the avian influenza confirmed in hogs on a backyard farm operation in Oregon at the end of October is a different variation from the H5N1 that’s been found in cattle. [Read More…]
Ag News
Fall a good time to look for weed resistance
Herbicide-resistant weeds could be making their presence known this fall. Corteva Agriscience Enlist field specialist Mark Mongen says weed resistance can develop quickly or slowly depending on the weed species and other factors. “If conditions [Read More…]
Ag News
Army Corps to close Minneapolis locks on Upper Mississippi
A dry fall is resulting in the early closure of two locks along the Upper Mississippi River. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced Friday they are closing the Lower St. Anthony Falls Lock and [Read More…]
Ag News
Mixed end to the week for soybeans, corn
Soybeans were mostly modestly lower, pulling the most active months to slight weekly losses. Beans were up early but peeled back in cautious trade with bean oil moving down from its highs. With the U.S. [Read More…]
Ag News
Policies like 45Z will likely make or break SAF market opportunities
Federal policy will likely make or break market opportunities for sustainable aviation fuel production. CoBank economist Jacqui Fatka says SAF could generate demand for domestic grains and oilseeds similar to the ethanol and renewable diesel [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Check out first look at Barry Keoghan in ‘Peaky Blinders’ movie
ROBERT VIGLASKY PHOTOGRAPHY Netflix has released its first look at Barry Keoghan in the new Peaky Blinders movie. The photo features Keoghan’s character sporting the signature Peaky Blinders cap as he leans out the window [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Star Wars: Skeleton Crew’ gets action-packed new trailer
Lucasfilm Ltd. Jude Law leads a ragtag group of kids in the action-packed new trailer for Star Wars: Skeleton Crew. The new clip, released Friday, features Wim (Ravi Cabot-Conyers), Fern (Ryan Kiera Armstrong), KB (Kyriana [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US hiring slows but hurricane fallout blurs findings
Via e U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (WASHINGTON) — U.S. hiring slowed in October, but fallout from hurricanes and labor strikes likely caused an undercount of the nation’s workers. A fresh jobs report marked the [Read More…]