Month: February 2025
ABC National News
Alexander brothers plead not guilty, prosecutors say they raped more than 60 women
Matias J. Ocner/Pool/Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — Luxury real estate brokers Tal and Oren Alexander, along with their brother Alon, on Friday pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiring to drug and sexually assault [Read More…]
ABC National News
After 100,000 eggs stolen, CEO says company will crack down on security
Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images (GREENCASTLE, Pa.) — The CEO of Pete and Gerry’s Eggs is speaking out after 100,000 eggs mysteriously disappeared from one of its facilities in Greencastle, Pennsylvania, last weekend. In an exclusive interview [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump meets with Japanese prime minister as tariff threat looms large
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba in a high-stakes visit for a key ally that depends on the United States for security and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump and the ‘unitary executive’: The presidential power theory driving his 2nd term
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump works at a breakneck speed to implement his second-term agenda , including wholesale firings and sweeping policy changes, he and his advisers assert his power over [Read More…]
Ag News
Budzinski says ‘sledgehammer’ tariff policy bad for business
A member of the U.S. House Ag Committee says imposing wide-reaching tariffs on America’s largest trading partners is bad for business. Illinois Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski says even though proposed 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada [Read More…]
Ag News
Tariffs could boost organic grain markets
The senior merchandiser at Illinois-based Clarkson Grain says proposed tariffs on countries like Canada could boost organic grain markets. Kelsey Graber tells Brownfield, “In the organic space we import a lot of organics.” She says, [Read More…]
Ag News
NCBA sets policy priorities for 2025
Members of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association have set their policy for 2025. From tax relief to a farm bill, the policy priorities for the NCBA in 2025 are focused on advancing solutions that help [Read More…]
Ag News
U of I Crop Management Seminar
Brownfield’s Jared White covers the U of I Crop Management Seminar in Champaign, IL. The post U of I Crop Management Seminar appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
Ag News
Illinois Pork Expo
Brownfield’s Jared White covers the IL Pork Expo in Springfield, IL. The post Illinois Pork Expo appeared first on Brownfield Ag News.
Latest News
Attempted kidnapping investigation
We’re learning more regarding an attempted kidnapping Thursday afternoon. Mitchell Police were called around 3:35 to the 1700 block of North Kimball for an attempted kidnapping. Responding officers were told the suspect was no longer [Read More…]
ABC National News
Crews still searching for flight reported missing on Thursday in Alaska
aviation-images.com/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NOME, Alaska) — Crews in Nome, Alaska, are conducting search-and-rescue operations after a Bering Air caravan with 10 people aboard went missing, according to local authorities. Bering Air Flight [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cross-country storm set to bring more snow to Northeast: Forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The storm that brought heavy rain and mountain snow to the West Coast is making the trek across the country to bring a significant snowstorm to the Northeast this weekend. [Read More…]
ABC National News
NY poultry markets shut down as a precaution over bird flu
Costfoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Live bird markets in New York City, Long Island and Westchester County will be shut down for a week after seven cases of avian flu in poultry were [Read More…]
ABC National News
Cities where Breonna Taylor, George Floyd were killed vow to stay firm on police reform – with or without Trump
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — During the final weeks of the Biden administration, the Department of Justice announced consent decrees for police reform with the cities of Minneapolis and Louisville – court-enforceable agreements born [Read More…]
ABC National News
Victims, first responders of New Orleans terror attack expected to be honored at Super Bowl
Matthew Hinton/AFP via Getty Images (NEW ORLEANS) — Just a little over a month since 14 people were killed and dozens more were injured in a truck-ramming terror attack on New Orleans’ Bourbon Street, the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Daniel Radcliffe, Lucas Hedges to star in thriller ‘Trust the Man’ and more
Daniel Radcliffe and Lucas Hedges are set to star in a Vietnam War thriller film called Trust the Man. Deadline reports that Will Graham will direct the pair in the film, which is based on [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana lawmakers advance bill to increase CFO inspections
A bill to increase confined livestock farm inspections has advanced in the Indiana State Senate. Executive director of Indiana Pork Josh Trenary says Senate Bill 193, proposed by Senator Niemeyer, would require two state inspections every five years. [Read More…]
Ag News
An active pattern ahead as colder air advances into much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for chilly, unsettled weather across much of the U.S. In fact, warmer-than-normal weather will be limited to an area stretching from southern and coastal Texas to the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Puppy Bowl’ referee Dan Schachner is ready for another big game
Credit: Animal Planet / Warner Bros. Discovery While a lot of people will be tuned into the Super Bowl on Sunday, there’s another competition going on that day and it’s way cuter. Puppy Bowl XXI [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Ex-interpreter who stole millions from Shohei Ohtani sentenced to 57 months in federal fraud case
(krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images) (LOS ANGELES) — Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for MLB star Shohei Ohtani, was sentenced to 57 months in federal prison on Thursday on charges related to stealing nearly $17 million from [Read More…]