Month: February 2025
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…]
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…]