Year: 2024
ABC National News
Mom convicted in Michigan school shooting case asks to be released from prison
Bill Pugliano/Getty Images, FILE (MICHIGAN) — Jennifer Crumbley, who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in connection with the shooting her son carried out at a Michigan high school, is asking to be released from prison [Read More…]
ABC National News
Unticketed passenger caught on Delta Air Lines flight on Christmas Eve
Niagara County Sheriff’s Office (SEATTLE, Wash.) — A month after a woman was caught stowing away on a Delta Air Lines flight headed to France, ABC News has confirmed another unticketed individual was caught on a [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn, and wheat all move higher
Soybeans led the way higher on Thursday. Soybean meal moved higher again Thursday, helping support the market. There is some dryness in the forecast for Argentina over the next couple of weeks, and traders are [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: December 26, 2024
Mar. corn closed at $4.53 and 3/4, up 5 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.88, up 12 and 3/4 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $305.70, up $12.80Jan. soybean oil closed at 39.47, down 37 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Adam Sandler, Travis Kelce star in teaser for ‘Happy Gilmore 2’: Watch here
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Netflix A new glimpse at the highly anticipated Happy Gilmore 2 has arrived. Adam Sandler stars as Happy Gilmore, the hockey player reinvented as a goofy golf star, in the first special teaser [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The Year in Entertainment 2024: The TV that was top
Dramatic comedies and crime thrillers dominated the TV landscape of 2024. This year the small screen took us everywhere from the Edinburgh Festival Fringe to Regency era London. Here’s a look at the shows and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Damon Wayans Jr. compares dynamic of ‘Poppa’s House’ to ‘Shrinking’
Courtesy of Apple TV Damon Wayans Jr. concurrently starred on CBS’ Poppa’s House and Apple TV’s Shrinking, which wrapped its second season Wednesday. Though the former’s a show where he works with his actual family, he [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Holiday shopping surges, flexing strength of US economy
Alexandr Kolesnikov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Holiday spending surged in 2024, blowing past expectations and outpacing customer purchases over the gift-buying season last year, according to data released on Thursday by Mastercard SpendingPulse, which gauges in-store and [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How to avoid the emergency room during the holidays
Sorrasak Jar Tinyo/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Three states — Louisiana, Kentucky and New Hampshire — are reporting high levels of respiratory illness, including common cold, flu, RSV and COVID, according to the CDC. In [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Congress members urge Biden to exonerate Black civil rights leader Marcus Garvey
Jamaican born African American nationalist Marcus Garvey, circa, 1920. Image via Library of Congress. (WASHINGTON) — A group of 21 House Democrats signed a letter urging the president to exonerate former civil rights leader Marcus [Read More…]
ABC National News
New video of pandas at National Zoo released
Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington, D.C, caused panda-monium on Christmas Day when it released a video of it’s newest celebrities, Bao Li and Qing Bao. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Heat-seeking drone and quick-thinking deputies team up to find missing California man
Infared image taken by Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department heat-seeking drone shows location of a 78-year-old man who went missing on Dec. 23, 2024. Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department (LOS ANGELES) — High tech and [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ohio corrections officer killed in Christmas Day prison attack: ‘Beyond comprehension’
Ross County Correctional Institution (LUCASVILLE, OH) An inmate allegedly assaulted and killed a veteran corrections officer on Christmas Day at an Ohio prison, an attack authorities said was “beyond comprehension.” Officer Andrew Lansing was attacked Wednesday at [Read More…]
ABC National News
ABC News’ ‘The Year: 2024’ looks back at this year’s major news and entertainment events
Kevin Winter/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management (NEW YORK) — As the world gears up for 2025, it leaves behind a year of war, political shifts, pop culture moments, sporting triumphs, lost stars and more. [Read More…]
ABC National News
West braces for more storms bringing rain, wind, high surf and snow
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nine states are on alert for wind, snow, avalanches and high surf as new storms hit the west. Parts of Oregon and Northern California could see 4 to 8 inches [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Israeli forces strike Houthi targets in Yemen, IDF says
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON)– Rebel forces in Syria are building a transitional government after toppling the regime of President Bashar Assad in a lightning-quick advance across the country. Meanwhile, the ceasefire in Lebanon [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck Azerbaijan plane: US official
Issa Tazhenbayev/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — There are early indications that a Russian anti-aircraft system may have struck the Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan, killing dozens, a U.S. official told ABC News. If these [Read More…]
ABC World News
Christmas blackouts in Ukraine after ‘massive’ Russian strike
Rescuers of the State Emergency Service work to put out a fire in a private house after a drone strike in Kharkiv, on December 25, 2024, amid the Russian invasion in Ukraine. (Photo by SERGEY [Read More…]
ABC World News
Dozens dead as passenger plane crashes in Kazakhstan
Emergency specialists work at the crash site of an Azerbaijan Airlines passenger jet near the western Kazakh city of Aktau on December 25, 2024. (Photo by Issa Tazhenbayev / AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — [Read More…]
Ag News
Milk production reports could offer more
A dairy economist says USDA milk production reports don’t give the full picture of cow productivity. Corey Geiger with CoBank tells Brownfield component levels rather than volumes are driving prices. “We need to start thinking [Read More…]