Month: February 2025
ABC World News
EU launches global sting operation against AI-generated child sexual abuse material
(boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Europol, the law enforcement agency of the European Union, has conducted a “large-scale hit against child sexual exploitation” whose members are part of a criminal group engaging in the distribution [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope showing ‘improvement’ as he continues to recover in hospital
Candles and messages of healing for Pope Francis are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital where the Pope is hospitalized with pneumonia, in Rome on February 26, 2025. (Photo [Read More…]
Ag News
Milder to more seasonal days ahead across the Heartland; a more active pattern too for some
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions from California to the Four Corners States. Meanwhile, below-normal precipitation in the Rio Grande Valley should contrast [Read More…]
Ag News
Unseasonably mild, wind-blown weather across the Heartland; colder air poised to the north
Across the Corn Belt, an organized storm system is producing light rain and snow showers in the upper Great Lakes region. Friday’s Midwestern maximum temperatures will remain below 40°F in the upper Great Lakes region—but [Read More…]
ABC World News
Mexico extradites drug lord linked to DEA murder
Rafael Caro Quintero is one of the most-wanted individuals by U.S. law enforcement after torturing and killing a Drug Enforcement agent in 1985. (Provided by the FBI) (WASHINGTON) — A once-powerful drug lord convicted of [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ releases ‘first phase’ of Epstein files, including an evidence list
Kypros/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice released files related to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein Thursday evening. The material released contained previously published pilot logs from the prosecution of Ghislaine Maxwell. The records include [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley appeals her dismissal over deadly fires
Allen J. Schaben/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Former Los Angeles Fire Chief Kristin Crowley is appealing her dismissal, nearly a week after Mayor Karen Bass removed her from the top post [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘DEI needs to go’: Education Department launches ‘END DEI’ website
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Education launched a first-of-its-kind website, “EndDEI.Ed.Gov,” just hours before a deadline warning institutions to end discrimination or they will be subject to federal funding consequences. The [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Some experts question RFK Jr. calling measles outbreak ‘not unusual’
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In his first public comments on the measles outbreak hitting West Texas and New Mexico, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Economists say Trump tariff threats, DOGE job cuts are ‘chilling’ the economy
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Economists say the uncertainty from President Donald Trump’s tariff threats and mass layoffs of government workers are starting to have a “chilling” effect on the U.S. economy. “It’s a very [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What to know about measles
Natalya Maisheva via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Before there was a vaccine in 1963, measles infected millions and killed hundreds of people in the U.S. every year. Now, with the first measles death occurring [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Iowa lawmakers vote to remove gender ID from state civil rights protections
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (DES MOINES, IOWA) — Iowa lawmakers voted Thursday to strike gender identity from state civil rights protections. The state’s civil rights law currently protects against discrimination in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures end session sharply higher
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder were up sharply, with feeders in the lead on the lower move in corn. Additionally, boxed beef was firm at midday. There was some expectation for steady to firm [Read More…]
Ag News
Perseverance paying off
A young Wisconsin dairy farmer says perseverance is paying off. Evan Schrauth from Cloven View Holsteins in Fond du Lack County says he’s always wanted to be a dairyman. “My dad had his own herd [Read More…]
Ag News
Economist says cattle feeders are facing “maximum financial exposure”
An economist with Iowa Farm Bureau points to an increased risk for cattle producers amid high prices. Christopher Pudenz says his tagline for the feedlot portion of the market is “maximum financial exposure.” “Because I [Read More…]
Ag News
Dry conditions improve, but deep impacts linger
Missouri’s state climatologist says the above average snowfall this winter recharged some soil moisture, but it hasn’t completely fixed deficit caused by previous drought in the state. Zach Leasor says the three years of drought [Read More…]
Ag News
A slow cattle herd rebuild
A cattle producer in western Missouri says he’s been slowly rebuilding his cattle herd following several years of drought. Mark Smith tells Brownfield he sold about 25% of his herd in the last two years. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Heartbreaking’: USAID staffers clear out desks after DOGE layoffs
Kelly Livingston/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Several U.S. Agency for International Development staffers cleared out their offices at the agency’s Washington headquarters on Thursday, saying they were disheartened after Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency laid them off or [Read More…]
ABC National News
Body camera footage shows deputy saving baby from burning apartment
Barrow County Sheriff New police footage shows the moment a sheriff’s deputy rescued a baby from a burning apartment in Winder, Georgia. At approximately 1:13 p.m. on Tuesday, Winder police and fire units reached out [Read More…]
ABC National News
Menendez brothers’ cousin ‘gasped in relief’ to learn Newsom is addressing clemency request
KABC (CALIFORNIA) — A cousin of the Menendez brothers said she’s “thrilled” that California Gov. Gavin Newsom is addressing the brothers’ request for clemency and ordering the parole board to investigate further. “I certainly gasped in relief,” [Read More…]