Year: 2024
ABC Health News
Number of people sickened in E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders rises to 90: CDC
Photo Illustration by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images The number of cases in the E. coli outbreak linked to McDonald’s Quarter Pounders has risen to 90, federal health officials said in an update on Wednesday. Cases [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Police take down crime group accused of making illegal cannabis edibles packaged like name-brand candy
Royal Canadian Mounted Police (VANCOUVER ISLAND, CANADA) — Police in Canada said they have arrested six people and taken down an organized crime group believed to have produced tens of thousands of counterfeit cannabis-laced candy [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Los Angeles Dodgers win the 2024 World Series
Elsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Los Angeles Dodgers defeated the New York Yankees in the 2024 World Series on Wednesday. Dodgers clinched their second World Series title in the last five years by beating [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NFL players push back on media interviews in their locker rooms
Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The NFL locker room is filled with intense emotions, from euphoric athletes celebrating victories to those coping with the pain of defeat. For players, reporters and fans, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election infrastructure has ‘never been more secure,’ CISA chief says
ABC News (Washington, D.C.) — With less than a week before the 2024 presidential election, the infrastructure has “never been more secure,” according to the head of the federal agency tasked with America’s cyber defense. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
2024 election updates: Harris, Trump swipe at each other over the Affordable Care Act
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With five days until Election Day, Kamala Harris is attacking Donald Trump for saying Wednesday night in Wisconsin that, against his advisers’ advice, he is going to keep [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump presidency could damage economy if he weakens democracy, experts say
ABC/Michael Le Brecht II (WASHINGTON) Former President Donald Trump has drawn scrutiny in recent weeks for an escalation of rhetoric threatening political opponents with retribution if he’s elected to a second term. The comments have triggered alarm from some officials who [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Election fact check: How voting machines work and why they’re hard to hack
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — As Americans head to the polls this Election Day, trust that their vote will be counted accurately and that the democratic process is safe from interference is vital, experts said. But [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump campaign distances itself from House speaker’s plan for ‘massive reform’ to the ACA
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson’s suggestion that Republicans would implement “massive reform” to the Affordable Care Act — known as Obamacare — is causing a bit of a headache for the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Free Election Day childcare is being offered in some states for parents to vote
Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With Election Day around the corner, American parents may be considering paying for childcare to ease the voting process. But in some states, heading to the polls [Read More…]
ABC National News
Arrest made in alleged murder of female soldier on Army base
U.S. Army Fort Leonard Wood/Facebook (FORT LEONARD WOOD, Mo.) — An Army specialist has been charged with the murder of a fellow soldier whose body was found on an Army base last week. Spc. Wooster [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘I did it’: Delphi murder suspect’s alleged phone confessions to wife played in court
Lindsey Jacobson/ABC News, FILE (Delphi, IND.) — Delphi, Indiana, murder suspect Richard Allen allegedly confessed to the crime in multiple jail phone calls to his wife, which were played for the jury on Thursday. In [Read More…]
ABC World News
‘Zombie star’ could flare up for the first time in 80 years on Halloween
NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center (WASHINGTON) — A “zombie star” could possibly rise from the dead on Halloween night, according to space experts. T Coronae Borealis, also known as the “Blaze Star,” is expected to explode [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: Israeli troops launch new West Bank operation
Fadel Itani/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces conducted what it called “precise strikes on military targets” in Iran on Friday in response to the Iranian missile strikes earlier this month. Meanwhile, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Climate and environment updates: How to compost your pumpkin after Halloween
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]
ABC World News
Shanquella Robinson’s family sues travel companions, federal prosecutors amid questions surrounding her 2022 death in Mexico
Obtained by ABC News (CABO SAN LUCAS, MEXICO) — The family of Shanquella Robinson, the North Carolina woman who died while vacationing in Mexico in October 2022, filed a wrongful death lawsuit against Robinson’s travel [Read More…]
ABC World News
Dozens dead in flash floods in Valencia, Spain, as 1,000 troops join emergency response, officials say
Clara Margais/picture alliance via Getty Images (LONDON) — On the streets of Alfafar on Wednesday, cars and caravans were strewn like toys in the muddy aftermath of the floodwater that had rushed through the Spanish [Read More…]
Ag News
Kansas governor says long-term funding strategy needed on water plan
Years of drought have sped up conversations in Kansas to address future water quality and availability concerns. Gov. Laura Kelly says the state is looking at long-term strategies for funding the Kansas Water Plan. [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle, hogs mixed heading into Friday
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were mixed, waiting to see how much direct business there was left to be done. Feeders were down on technical selling. December live was $.12 lower at [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer investment helps leverage grant for export facility
An investment by soybean farmer organizations helped leverage a grant that will improve a major west coast export facility. Mike Steenhoek with the Soy Transportation Coalition tells Brownfield the Tacoma Export Marketing Company or TEMCO [Read More…]