Month: January 2025
ABC National News
Small plane crashes near Roosevelt Mall in Philadelphia in fiery explosion
(PHILADELPHIA) — A small plane crashed in Philadephia on Friday, officials said, with a fiery explosion observed upon impact. The incident occurred near the Roosevelt Mall in northeast Philadelphia. The Learjet 55 crashed around 6:30 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Immigrant advocacy groups file lawsuit after legal orientation programs are shuttered
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of immigrant advocacy centers and nonprofits has filed a lawsuit against the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security for shutting down legal orientation programs [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
In major reversal, Kennedy tells senators he won’t take money from vaccine lawsuit
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a bruising round of confirmation hearings this week that left Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s confirmation in doubt, the nominee for secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump administration compiling list of FBI agents to potentially fire or force out: Sources
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is compiling a list of agents and other FBI officials from around the country who they believe should be fired or forced to resign in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Married at First Sight’ moves to Peacock
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images Married at First Sight is saying “I do” to Peacock. The popular reality show, which has aired over 200 episodes on the A+E Networks channels, has made a move to the streaming [Read More…]
Ag News
Shed hunting stories with the First Gen Hunter
On this episode of Outdoor Adventures, Brownfield’s Brent Barnett sits down with @firstgenhunter733 host Kent Boucher to talk about some of their most memorable shed hunting stories. The post Shed hunting stories with the First [Read More…]
Ag News
HPAI biosecurity should extend to transportation fleet
A biosecurity specialist is encouraging the poultry and livestock industries to properly sanitize transportation fleets. Keith Bailey with Hydro-Chem Systems says highly pathogenic avian influenza is difficult to manage because it can be transmitted multiple [Read More…]
Ag News
Battle to get wolves off Endangered Species List re-starts
A Wisconsin Congressman is again trying to remove wolves from the Endangered Species List. Seventh District Republican Tom Tiffany tells Brownfield he introduced the Pet and Livestock Protection Act, which is almost identical to the [Read More…]
Ag News
Steps to remain profitable despite tight margins
A risk management specialist has some advice for crop farmers intent on remaining profitable. Josh Ulbricht with Compeer Financial says understanding the goals of the operation is a good starting point. “A lot of that [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn, wheat down on tariff concerns
Soybeans were lower on profit taking and technical selling, adding to the week’s modest losses. The trade is monitoring weather in South America, with the chance of better harvest weather in parts of Brazil and [Read More…]
ABC National News
OMB general counsel faces backlash following federal funding freeze order: Sources
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the Office of Management and Budget issued a sweeping order this week freezing trillions of dollars in federal grants and loans, senior White House officials had not reviewed it [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman randomly stabbed while walking down Los Angeles street, suspect at large: Police
LAPD (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — Police in Los Angeles said they are looking for a man who stabbed a woman while she was walking down a street and then fled. The Los Angeles Police Department [Read More…]
ABC National News
Eric Adams’ attorney meets with Justice Department over future of federal case: Sources
Alexander Drago, Pool via AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Mayor Eric Adams’s criminal defense attorney was at Justice Department headquarters in Washington on Friday to discuss the future of the mayor’s criminal bribery case, sources [Read More…]
ABC National News
Drone operator charged for hitting ‘super scooper’ plane during Palisades Fire: DOJ
Photo by Max Mumby/Indigo/Getty Images (CALIFORNIA) — A California man has agreed to pay more than $65,000 in restitution and faces up to a year in federal prison for operating a drone that collided with [Read More…]
ABC National News
DC plane crash victims: College professor, newly engaged pilot among the 67 people killed
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sixty-seven people are dead after a regional jet collided with an Army Black Hawk helicopter Wednesday night over Washington, D.C., officials said, the nation’s first major commercial airline crash since 2009. The aircraft went [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump administration funding freeze blocked by federal judge
(WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Rhode Island has formally blocked the Trump administration’s spending freeze, saying in an order this afternoon that the funding freeze is likely a violation of the Constitution. “During the pendency of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ probing sheriff over undocumented immigrant’s release
Photo by Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In what appears to be part of the Trump administration’s ongoing campaign against sanctuary cities, the Justice Department is investigating a sheriff in upstate New [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Federal workers told offer to get paid through September if they resign is ‘valid,’ ‘lawful’
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal workers across the government on Friday received emails from top officials at their agencies informing them that the resignation offers they received earlier this week are “valid, lawful, and will [Read More…]
ABC Health News
5 years since COVID declared public health emergency in US, still killing thousands
UIG via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Friday marks five years since the COVID-19 virus was declared a public health emergency by the United States. But five years later, the virus is still killing thousands, according [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The bizarre ‘Wicked’ prop Ariana Grande now keeps by her printer
Universal Pictures Along with Glinda’s wand, Ariana Grande took something else from the set of Wicked when the movie was over: a pair of prosthetic ears that her co-star Cynthia Erivo wore to portray Elphaba. [Read More…]