Month: January 2025
ABC Politics News
Trump, without evidence, appears to blame FAA diversity initiatives as factor in helicopter-plane collision
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday claimed, without evidence, that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives for air traffic controllers at the Federal Aviation Administration — under Democratic presidents — were partly [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Gabbard avoids condemning government secrets leaker Snowden in confirmation hearing
Daniel Heuer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle gave director of national intelligence nominee Tulsi Gabbard more than a half-dozen chances to withdraw her past support of Edward Snowden, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Smallville’ actor Tom Welling arrested for DUI
Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office Smallville alum Tom Welling was arrested Sunday in the early morning hours and charged with driving under the influence, according to a police report obtained by Good Morning America. The 47-year-old [Read More…]
Latest News
Watertown Man Sentenced To Life in Prison On Rape, Sexual Contact Charges
A 35 year old man from Watertown has been sentenced to life in prison after earlier pleading guilty to two counts of First Degree Rape and one count of Sexual Contact With A Child Under [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Hearts are heavy’: 14 figure skaters among victims of DC plane crash
Emergency units respond to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Shower of sparks’: Witness describes midair collision over Potomac River
Andrew Caballero-reynolds/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While driving home Wednesday night on the George Washington Parkway near Ronald Reagan National Airport, Ari Shulman said a “spray of sparks” in the sky caught his attention [Read More…]
ABC National News
Some government employees dismayed after Musk jokes about buyout offer
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After the Trump administration offered two million federal employees buyouts on Tuesday, Elon Musk — the world’s richest man and the architect of Trump’s effort to reduce the size of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Tulsi Gabbard faces skeptical senators at confirmation hearing to be intel chief
(Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — If she is confirmed as director of national intelligence, Tulsi Gabbard would be the youngest-ever in that role, the first millennial, the first Asian American, and only the second woman [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Transgender service members sue to block Trump order
Soldiers with the 82nd Airborne division walk across the tarmac at Green Ramp to deploy to Poland, Feb. 14, 2022, at Fort Bragg, Fayetteville, N.C./ Photo Credit: Melissa Sue Gerrits/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Transgender service [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Pentagon intelligence agency pauses events, activities related to MLK Day, Black History Month
Digital Vision./Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In response to President Donald Trump’s executive order banning diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, the Pentagon’s intelligence agency has paused special event programs and related events, including for Juneteenth, Martin [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Crackdown on do-it-yourself firearm kits is curbing ghost guns. Will it last?
ABC News (BALTIMORE) — Deep inside headquarters of the Baltimore Police Department, a vault holds thousands of artifacts from a generation of gun crime and clues to a tide that may be turning. Most of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: David Lynch to be posthumously honored with WGAW 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement and more
David Lynch will be posthumously honored with the Writers Guild of America West’s 2025 Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, the guild announced Wednesday. The iconic screenwriter and director will receive the lifetime achievement award from [Read More…]
Ag News
Mild weather continues across the Midwest Corn Belt; rains on the southern Plains
Across the Corn Belt, rain has spread as far north as the lower Ohio Valley. Lower Midwestern livestock producers are anticipating the development of muddy conditions, as rain moves into the southern and eastern Corn [Read More…]
Ag News
Stop Over Applying Nitrogen
Utilizing too much nitrogen fertilizer can lead to crop damage, economic loss, volatility and leaching. On this week’s episode, an expert with AgroLiquid explains the importance of having a balanced fertility program, pairing nitrogen with [Read More…]
Latest News
Rival SD school choice bills both fail in Education Committee
South Dakota Searchlight-Makenzie Huber Lawmakers in the House Education Committee shot down former South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem’s proposed $4 million education savings account program and a similar, competing proposal Wednesday morning at the Capitol [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Devastated’: Figure skaters, coaches aboard flight that collided with Black Hawk over DC
Emergency units respond to airplane wreckage in the Potomac River near Ronald Reagan Washington Airport on January 30, 2025 in Arlington, Virginia. An American Airlines flight from Wichita, Kansas collided with a helicopter while approaching [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Guantanamo could be used to hold up to 30,000 migrants
(FroggyFrogg/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — According to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, the Naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is “a perfect place” where the Trump administration could hold up to 30,000 migrants while they await being [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Kash Patel, Trump’s controversial pick for FBI director, set to face Senate grilling
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Kash Patel, President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the FBI, appears Thursday for his Senate confirmation hearing, some of the rhetoric he has espoused for years [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Trump and Medicaid: Everything to know about the low-income health insurance program
Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When the White House budget office released a memo this week that instructed all federal agencies to cease spending on any financial assistance programs pending internal review, the fate of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jake Gyllenhaal to star in romantic thriller from M. Night Shymalan, Nicholas Sparks
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images M. Night Shyamalan is teaming up with the king of romance novels for his next project. The filmmaker is teaming up with Nicholas Sparks to collaborate on his [Read More…]
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