Month: February 2025
ABC Health News
Texas measles outbreak grows to 90 cases, largest in over 30 years
BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — The number of measles cases linked to an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 90, according to new data released on Friday. Almost all of [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota sees Netherlands as “gateway” to EU for ag exports
The Netherlands is seen as a gateway to the European Union for U.S. ag exports. Minnesota Department of Agriculture deputy commissioner Andrea Vaubel spoke to Brownfield after returning from a recent trade mission to the [Read More…]
Latest News
Attorney General Jackley Releases 2024 Crime in South Dakota Report
Attorney General Marty Jackley says the overall number of reported criminal offenses reported statewide in 2024 increased 1.21 percent compared to 2023. The Crime in South Dakota 2024 Report indicated that the number of reported [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trudeau trolls Trump after Canada bests USA at hockey
Thierry Monasse/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau took a jab at President Donald Trump after Canada’s victory over the United States in an international hockey tournament on Thursday. “You can’t take our [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump threatened ‘all hell’ if Hamas didn’t free all its hostages. What happened?
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With Hamas saying it will release more hostages this weekend, President Donald Trump has yet to weigh in, as he did last week ahead of the planned Saturday hostage release [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fired IRS employee decries irony of being hired to ‘make the IRS ‘more efficient’
Hisham Ibrahim/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the IRS fired thousands of workers across the country on Thursday, many laid-off employees walked out of the headquarters in Washington, D.C., for the last time. One fired IRS [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump administration faces new lawsuit from LGBTQ, health nonprofits
(Charlie Nguyen Photography/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Several LGBTQ rights organizations sued the Trump administration on Thursday, alleging that the president’s executive orders aimed at dismantling diversity and equity programs are unconstitutional and will cripple critical [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Leighton Meester joins husband Adam Brody in season 2 of ‘Nobody Wants This’ and more
Sterling K. Brown will be spending more time in Paradise. The Hulu drama series — which reunites Brown and This Is Us creator Dan Fogelman — has been renewed for season 2. The show’s first [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Matthew Modine, Lizzy Caplan on working with Robert De Niro in ‘Zero Day’
JOJO WHILDEN/Netflix Robert De Niro marks his first-ever leading TV role in the new thriller Zero Day. Now streaming on Netflix, the series follows former President of the United States George Mullen, played by De [Read More…]
Ag News
Temperatures moderating on the western Plains; largely fair weather throughout the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, light snow lingers across the Ohio Valley and lower Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, cold, dry, breezy weather covers the remainder of the Midwest. Friday morning’s minimum temperatures fell to 0°F or [Read More…]
Ag News
Milder days ahead, especially centered on the Plains; a more active pattern to develop
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook 1 calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across much of the East, while warmer-than-normal weather will dominate the western and central U.S. Meanwhile, near- or [Read More…]
ABC World News
Netanyahu vows ‘revenge’ after Israel says Hamas sent back wrong body for Shiri Bibas
(Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vowed “revenge” on Friday after the Israeli military said one of the four bodies recently released by Hamas did not include a hostage. [Read More…]
ABC World News
IDF says 1 of 4 bodies returned to Israel from Hamas does not belong to a hostage
(Photo by Ali Jadallah/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — One of the four bodies handed over from Gaza to Israel on Thursday does not include a hostage, the Israel Defense Forces said, calling it a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Luigi Mangione set to appear in court in New York state case on Friday
(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
Fired US Forest Service and National Park Service workers say cuts will be felt on fire lines
(Stock-zilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — When unemployed marine biologist Lanny Flaherty poked his head into the ranger’s station at the Wallowa Whitman National Forest in the Pacific Northwest and asked to be a volunteer, he said [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate GOP to vote on its plan for Trump’s agenda despite Trump backing rival House plan
(Tim Graham/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Senate Republicans are plowing ahead with their efforts to advance the first stage of its two-part budget package to pay for President Donald Trump’s agenda despite Trump throwing his weight [Read More…]
Latest News
State House approves bill to remove current protections given to public schools and libraries
PIERRE — State lawmakers in the South Dakota State House believe that a measure signed into law last session dealing with graphic material in school libraries didn’t go far enough. The State House passed Rep. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Daisy Ridley on the ‘terrifying’ action scenes in new film ‘Cleaner’
Quiver Distribution Daisy Ridley saves the day in the new action film Cleaner. Helmed by Casino Royale director Martin Campbell, the film arrives in theaters on Friday. Ridley plays Joey, a former soldier turned window [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives’ star Mikayla Matthews pregnant with 4th baby
Natalie Cass/Disney Mikayla Matthews‘ family is getting bigger. On Thursday, The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives star, 24, announced that she is expecting her fourth child with husband Jace Terry in an exclusive interview with [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mckenna Grace, Fred Armisen & more join cast of Green Day-inspired ‘New Years Rev’ movie
ABC/Paula Lobo Actors including Mckenna Grace, Fred Armisen, Bobby Lee and Sean Gunn have joined the cast for the upcoming Green Day-inspired movie, New Years Rev. The film follows a trio of friends who mistakenly believe that [Read More…]