Month: February 2025
ABC National News
Menendez brothers case: DA asks court to deny their petition for new trial
Ted Soqui/Sygma via Getty Images, FILE (LOS ANGELES) Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan Hochman said he’s asked the court to deny the Menendez brothers’ habeas corpus petition, which aims to get a new trial or [Read More…]
ABC National News
Los Angeles removes fire chief in wake of massive wildfires
Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley has been removed by Mayor Karen Bass in the wake of the devastating Palisades and Eaton fires that [Read More…]
ABC National News
Luigi Mangione’s defense cites evidence concerns, no trial date set
(Photo by Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Alleged UnitedHealthcare CEO killer Luigi Mangione is set to return to a New York City courtroom on Friday for a brief appearance in his state murder case. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested at US Capitol
Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Enrique Tarrio, the former chairman of the Proud Boys and who was recently pardoned by President Donald Trump, was arrested at the U.S. Capitol on Friday, according to authorities. Tarrio, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump administration resumes funding to groups that provide legal aid to unaccompanied migrant children
Jim Lo Scalzo/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has rescinded a stop-work order it issued earlier this week that cut off funding to organizations that provide pro bono representation and other legal [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump says he’s had ‘good talks’ with Putin but not Ukraine as he escalates criticism of Zelenskyy
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday said he’s had “good talks” with Russia’s President Vladimir Putin but not with Ukraine as the U.S. pushes negotiations to end the three-year conflict that [Read More…]
Ag News
National FFA Officer stops in MO for FFA Week
The Western Region Vice President of National FFA Organization says there is a place for everyone in the FFA. Abby Jacobsen says “to carry our world into its next era, we’re going to need all [Read More…]
Ag News
Milk production down in January, 5% of dairies closed in 2024
U.S. milk production was up fractionally in January as dairy farmers worked to grow their herds. Production in the U.S. totaled more than 19 billion pounds with production per cow down seven pounds from last [Read More…]
Ag News
Bright future for MO FFA
The president of Missouri FFA says the future of agriculture is bright. Andi Belt from northeast Missouri tells Brownfield “these kids just getting started in the organization have a really good future ahead and it [Read More…]
Ag News
Bill banning lab-grown protein dies in SD Senate
A bill that would have banned the sale of lab-grown protein for 10 years in South Dakota has failed in the Senate. A second vote was considered after a tie vote on Wednesday, but lawmakers [Read More…]
Ag News
John Deere confirms 119 layoffs in Ankeny, Iowa
John Deere is planning a workforce reduction at its Des Moines Works plant in Ankeny, Iowa. In a statement to Brownfield, Deere says 119 employees are losing their jobs as part of a three-group layoff [Read More…]
ABC World News
3 buses explode in suspected terror attack near Tel Aviv: Israeli police
(TEL AVIV) — Three buses exploded near Tel Aviv on Thursday in what Israeli police are calling a suspected coordinated terror attack, according to the country’s Police Spokesperson’s Unit. The buses where the bombs exploded [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope not fully recovered, condition not life-threatening, doctors say
Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — Pope Francis has not yet fully recovered from illness, but he is not in danger of losing his life, doctors from Gemelli Hospital said during a press conference [Read More…]
ABC National News
Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect found guilty of attempted murder
David Levenson/Getty Images (MAYVILLE, N.Y.) — A jury has convicted a New Jersey man for attempted murder in the 2022 stabbing attack on author Salman Rushdie while the author was on stage at a speaking event in [Read More…]
ABC National News
3 shot dead outside driver’s licensing office in Louisville, no known suspects: Police
(LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Three people were shot and killed in a parking lot outside a driver’s licensing office in Louisville, Kentucky, on Friday, police said. A male victim died at the scene while two female [Read More…]
ABC National News
Gas grill explosion at Hawaii condo leaves 7 injured, 3 in critical condition
(mbbirdy/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The Maui Police Department in Hawaii is investigating what led to a gas grill explosion at a Kaanapali Beach condo Thursday evening that left seven people injured. The victims’ ages [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman who sought asylum in US believed to be deported hours before judge blocked her removal, lawyers say
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge temporarily blocked the deportation of eight asylum seekers on Thursday, but the move was too late for one woman who her lawyers believe has already been deported by the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Record-breaking Arctic blast to end, warmup finally on the way
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Nineteen states from Nebraska to Florida are facing cold weather alerts on Friday morning as a relentless Arctic blast persists — but a warmup is finally on the way. Friday [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Eric Adams’ case indefinitely adjourned by judge following DOJ request
Andrea Renault/Star Max/GC Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge has indefinitely adjourned New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ fraud criminal trial, but has not yet dismissed the case after last week’s request from the Department [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
New York Yankees update long-standing facial hair policy to allow ‘well-groomed’ beards
Dustin Satloff/MLB Photos via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The New York Yankees’ long-standing policy against facial hair has finally been cut short. Yankees Managing General Partner Hal Steinbrenner, the son of legendary Yankees owner [Read More…]