Month: February 2025
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Single vehicle, double-fatality crash near Oelrichs in Fall River County
Two men died and a third was injured when they fled the scene during a traffic stop and crashed on US Highway 18, eight miles east of Oelrichs Monday night. The South Dakota Department of [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Consumer confidence falters, signaling worry about economy under Trump
Bonnie Cash/UPI/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer confidence plummeted in February, indicating worry about the direction of the U.S. economy under President Donald Trump. A gauge of consumer confidence registered its largest monthly drop since August [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag Secretary Rollins addresses USDA layoffs, talks strategy moving forward
The Secretary of Agriculture says the USDA is working to reinstate critical department employees following sweeping layoffs. Brooke Rollins tells Brownfield, “There has been some significant reinstatement on both sides.” “Whether it’s in the avian flu, [Read More…]
Ag News
Strong U.S. and Canada relationship is essential for agriculture
The Canadian Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food says fair trade between the U.S. and Canada remains a top priority. Lawrence MacAulay says any disruption in trade, including tariffs, would be devastating to the ag sector. “Farm [Read More…]
Ag News
Grassley would like to see vaccinations included in USDA avian flu plan
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley tells Brownfield he’d like vaccinations to be part of USDA’s plan to combat highly pathogenic avian influenza. “It would be nice if we could vaccinate for it so you don’t have [Read More…]
Ag News
Trump says tariffs on schedule for Mexico, Canada
President Trump says he still plans to impose new tariffs on Mexico and Canada next week. Trump says, “The tariffs are going forward, on time, on schedule.” The President told reporters Monday the planned 25% tariffs [Read More…]
Ag News
House Subcommittee hearing focuses on American trade enforcement
American trade enforcement priorities are a focus of the new Congress. During a House Ways & Means subcommittee hearing Tuesday morning, former Trump Administration Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Jeffrey Gerrish testified there’s a need for [Read More…]
ABC World News
The radical shift in US policy that shut Ukraine out amid talks to end war
Paula Bronstein/Getty Images (LONDON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and his leadership team spent much of 2024 cautiously courting both sides of America’s widening political divide — well aware that repelling Russia’s ongoing invasion relied, [Read More…]
Latest News
High risk offender set for release
The South Dakota Department of Corrections is providing notification to law enforcement and the public about the pending release of state prison offender Dillon Harrington. The 30 year old Harrington will be released from prison [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: J.K. Simmons joins Brad Pitt in ‘Heart of the Beast’ and more
J.K. Simmons has joined Brad Pitt in his upcoming film Heart of the Beast. Deadline first reported the news on Monday. It marks the second time Simmons will work with director David Ayer and the [Read More…]
Ag News
Moving Michigan Soybeans with a Fleet
Diversifying a farm can take many forms. In this Pods for Profit, we’ll hear from a Michigan crop farmer who’s now in the trucking business. Jeff Fromm with Fromm Farms Trucking in Shiawassee County joins [Read More…]
Ag News
Getting More Beef on School Lunch Trays
The Missouri Beef Industry Council is investing checkoff dollars to support the Missouri Beef Kids Program – a program focused on increasing beef consumption in schools. In this episode, Colton Whitney, a former ambassador of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine parliament affirms no elections during wartime in rebuff to Trump
Kostiantyn Liberov/Libkos/Getty Images (KYIV, UKRAINE) — Ukraine’s parliament has passed a resolution affirming the legitimacy of Volodymyr Zelenskyy as president and confirming that elections are not possible until after the war ends. The resolution is [Read More…]
ABC World News
Macron warns Trump to ‘be careful’ on Ukraine, fact-checks him at the White House
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — French President Emmanuel Macron used his visit to the U.S. to publicly push back on President Donald Trump’s repeated attacks on Ukraine, fact-checking his American counterpart [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope Francis ‘rested well, all night long’ in hospital, Vatican says
Tiziana FABI / AFP via Getty Images (ROME and LONDON) — Pope Francis “rested well, all night long” in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. The pope slept without [Read More…]
ABC World News
Poland scrambles military aircraft as Russian missiles target western Ukraine
Neil Milton/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (LONDON) — NATO ally Poland scrambled “military aviation” in its airspace early Tuesday morning in response to Russian missile strikes in western Ukraine, the country’s Operational Command said. “Due [Read More…]
ABC World News
US troops in Eastern Europe learning drone tactics from war in Ukraine
Soldiers from 1st Battalion 4th Infantry Skynet team walking through the area of operations during Combined Resolve 25-1at Hohenfels Training Area on Feb. 5, 2025. (U.S. Army Reserve Photo by Spc. Airam B. I Amaro-Millan) [Read More…]
ABC National News
Online content creator arrested after videos surface of her urinating on grocery store products dating back 4 years
An online content creator has been arrested after “disturbing” videos of her contaminating store products by urinating on them has spawned an investigation and a product recall dating back four years ago. (Facebook / Keene, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Search for man missing for nearly 2 weeks in national park intensifies
Police are searching for a man who has now been missing for almost two weeks after visiting a national park in Colorado, authorities said. (National Park Service) (MONTROSE COUNTY, CO) — Police are desperately searching [Read More…]
ABC National News
Rudy Giuliani satisfies Fulton County election workers’ $148 million defamation case
Alex Kent/Getty Images (FULTON COUNTY, GA) — Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani on Monday satisfied the judgment against him that required him to pay two Fulton County election workers a total of $148 [Read More…]