Month: February 2025
ABC Entertainment News
‘How To Train Your Dragon’ live-action remake gets trailer featuring unlikely friendship
Universal Pictures How To Train Your Dragon has a brand-new trailer showing the budding friendship between a Viking and dragon. The new look at the live-action remake of the 2010 animated movie features Mason Thames [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Anora’ star Mikey Madison talks best actress Oscars race: ‘We’ve all already won’
Neon Mikey Madison is opening up about what her first Oscar nomination means to her. Madison is nominated this year for best actress for her starring role in Anora, director Sean Baker‘s modern-day take on [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation increased in January, posing obstacle for Trump tariff plans
Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Consumer prices rose 3% in January compared to a year ago, ticking up from the previous month and posing an obstacle for Trump administration tariff policies [Read More…]
ABC World News
Palestinians hope to return to Gaza, West Bank, while some Israelis want annexation
Mohammad Mansour/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — Israel has occupied the Gaza Strip and West Bank since its victory in the Six-Day War in 1967. Palestinians hope that one day both territories will become part [Read More…]
ABC World News
Full Ukrainian liberation from Russia ‘unrealistic,’ Hegseth tells allies
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (LONDON and THE PENTAGON) — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth appeared at his first meeting of the Ukraine Defense Contact Group on Wednesday to tell allies that the liberation of all Russian-occupied Ukrainian [Read More…]
ABC World News
Putin ‘not preparing for peace,’ Zelenskyy says after deadly ballistic missile strike
Viktor Kovalchuk/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine called on Western partners to apply more pressure to Russia after an overnight ballistic missile and drone strike killed at least [Read More…]
ABC National News
Another storm hitting Midwest, East Coast as Mid-Atlantic digs out from major snowfall
ABC News Illustration (NEW YORK) — As the Mid-Atlantic digs out from a significant snowstorm, a new winter storm is underway in the Plains that will move through the Midwest before reaching the East Coast. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Rat birth control and ‘Rat Walks’ among new initiatives to curb NYC’s rat population
ABC (NEW YORK) — New York City is known for its towering skyscrapers and bustling streets, but lurking beneath the glitz and glamour of the city that never sleeps are 3 million resilient rats that [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What will dismantling the Education Department mean for your student loans?
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is gearing up for major changes to the Department of Education, which, among its other functions, oversees a $1.6 trillion portfolio of student loans — the third [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Democrats vow to fight shutdown of consumer watchdog agency
Saul Loeb/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A group of 191 House and Senate Democrats sent a letter to Russell Vought, the newly installed director of the Office of Management and Budget, and Treasury Secretary [Read More…]
Latest News
McCook Lake flood recovery bill advances to House appropriations committee
Josh Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight State lawmakers advanced a bill 12-1 on Tuesday at the Capitol in Pierre to establish a fund for the cleanup and restoration of McCook Lake, the site of devastating flooding in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Kristen Wiig, Bill Murray to star in comedy ‘Epiphany’ and more
Kristen Wiig and Bill Murray are joining forces in the upcoming odd-couple comedy film Epiphany. Deadline reports that the pair will star in the new film from director Max Barbakow, who will direct from a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Daisy Ridley on playing Rey in upcoming ‘Star Wars’ movie: ‘It’s very exciting’
Kate Green/Getty Images for Disney Daisy Ridley is opening up about the upcoming Star Wars film centered on her character, Rey. In a recent interview with ABC Audio, Ridley said she was thrilled to be [Read More…]
Ag News
Marketing advisor says there might be opportunities for wheat growers
A marketing advisor says there might be some opportunities for farmers growing wheat this year. Matt Bennett from AgMarket.Net tells Brownfield world wheat stocks have been whittled down over the past few years and the [Read More…]
ABC National News
As Trump pushes whirlwind agenda, DOJ is challenged to defend his orders in court
Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Three weeks into Donald Trump’s breakneck effort to remake the federal government, the rapid pace of lawsuits pushing back against his orders — and a number [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Elon Musk faces 1st questions on DOGE’s transparency as he joins Trump in Oval Office
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk joined President Donald Trump in the Oval Office on Tuesday, where he addressed reporters for the first time amid his controversial cost-cutting efforts across the federal government. Musk [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Measles cases are rising in the US, mainly among those who are unvaccinated: Health officials
Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune/TNS/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Measles cases are rising in the U.S. with infections confirmed in at least five states so far this year. Cases have been reported in Alaska, Georgia, New York City, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Bachelor’ contestant Beverly Ortega reveals reason for sudden exit from show
Matt Sayles/Disney Bachelor contestant Beverly Ortega is opening up about her sudden exit from the show. Fans were left wondering what happened when Ortega, a 30-year-old insurance salesperson from Howard Beach, New York, left the [Read More…]
Ag News
NPPC concerned about tariff retaliation
The president of the National Pork Producers Council is concerned about retaliatory tariffs. Lori Stevermer spoke to Brownfield during the Minnesota Pork Congress in Mankato and calls this an interesting time in agriculture. “One thing [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag economic outlook not great as farm bill work resumes
The ag economy continues to face challenging times as the new Congress begins work on the next farm bill. During a House Ag Committee hearing on Tuesday, ag economist John Newton with Terrain said in the past three [Read More…]