Month: March 2025
ABC Business News
23andMe has filed for bankruptcy. What could happen to users’ genetic data?
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Over the weekend, genetic testing and biotechnology company 23andMe filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Founded in 2006, the company became popular with millions of Americans who sent in samples [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Paley Center to honor ‘GMA,’ Lynda Carter’s ‘Wonder Woman’ on 50th anniversary
ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images The Paley Center for Media is set to recognize Wonder Woman‘s Lynda Carter and ABC’s Good Morning America with its esteemed Paley Honors Award. The award “recognizes individuals [Read More…]
Ag News
Assessing a fertilizer budget
An agronomist says farmers have been assessing their fertilizer budgets. Stephanie Zelinko with AgroLiquid says, “We’re dealing with a questionable marketplace where we have high interest rates, high input prices, but still those low commodity [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former Yankee Brett Gardner’s teen son died on family vacation to Costa Rica: Officials
Mike Stobe/Getty Images (COSTA RICA) — The 14-year-old son of former New York Yankees player Brett Gardner was vacationing with his family in Costa Rica when he suddenly fell ill and died in his sleep, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House Republicans eye hearings on Judge Boasberg, bill to rein in federal judges
(Photo by Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President Donald Trump’s battle with the judiciary escalates, House Republicans are eyeing ways to rein in judges from blocking parts of his agenda. House Judiciary Chairman Jim [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
John Lithgow doesn’t think playing Dumbledore in ‘Harry Potter’ series will be that hard a job
Frazer Harrison/WireImage via Getty Images John Lithgow thinks joining the Wizarding World will be a breeze. The actor is about to take on the fan-favorite role of Albus Dumbledore in the upcoming Harry Potter TV [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Drake Bell, Josh Peck on the abuse on ‘Drake and Josh’ set: ‘The monster was there’
Jordin Althaus/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Studios via Getty Images It’s a Drake and Josh reunion. Drake Bell reunited with his former co-star Josh Peck on the most recent episode of the latter’s [Read More…]
Ag News
Courtade grateful for community backing
Michigan Farm Bureau’s Ag Educator of the Year winner says agricultural education needs the support of a community. Katie Courtade is the agriscience and natural resources teacher for the newly formed Mecosta-Osceola Career Center’s program. [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa Corn VP discusses issues impacting profitability
The vice president of the Iowa Corn Growers Association says several issues are impacting producer profitability. Mark Mueller tells Brownfield decreases in farm expenses are needed but those can take some time to develop. “All [Read More…]
Ag News
Using risk management to strengthen the ag supply chain
A new report from Purdue University’s Digital Innovation in Agri-Food Systems Laboratory is highlighting the role risk management plays in strengthening the ag supply chain. DIAL Ventures research manager Lourival Monaco says farmers are part of [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag technology is advancing rapidly
A technology developer says the capabilities of farm machinery are growing beyond the tools many farmers are already using. Ryan Milligan with Powell Agricultural Solutions is the deputy team leader for the Agricultural Industry Electronics Foundation. Milligan [Read More…]
Ag News
Two-thirds of rural bankers expect 2025 farm income decline
Many rural bankers in the Midwest are expecting a decline in net farm income this year. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss tells Brownfield that sentiment was outlined in the latest Rural Mainstreet Index. “A very [Read More…]
ABC World News
Officials say dozens injured, including children, in strike on Ukraine as US-Russia talks resume
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Dozens were injured, including children, in a Russian strike on Ukraine, officials said Monday, as American and Russian negotiators meet again in Saudi Arabia in the White House’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Multiple incendiary devices found at Tesla dealership in Texas: Police
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) (AUSTIN, Texas) — Multiple incendiary devices were found at a Tesla dealership in Austin, Texas, on Monday morning, according to the Austin Police Department. Officers located the “suspicious devices” after responding to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge keeps block on Trump gang deportations, says they face ‘torture, beatings’ in El Salvador
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal appeals court is hearing arguments Monday over the Trump administration’s use of the Alien Enemies Act last week to deport more than 200 alleged members of a Venezuelan gang [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump officials accidentally shared Yemen war plans via group chat with media: Report
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Members of the Trump administration coordinated highly sensitive Yemen war plans on an unsecure group chat, which accidentally included Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, he wrote in a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump admin asks Supreme Court to block reinstatement of fired probationary employees
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court for an emergency stay of a district court judge’s order that 16,000 terminated federal probationary employees across six agencies and departments be [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump appoints former personal attorney Alina Habba as US attorney for New Jersey
Jason Almond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Monday named Alina Habba, his personal attorney-turned-White House counselor, to serve as the next interim U.S. attorney for the District of New Jersey. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Usha Vance, US officials to visit Greenland as prime minister blasts ‘aggressive American pressure’
Jason Almond / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Second lady Usha Vance will be part of a delegation traveling to Greenland this week, after President Donald Trump’s repeated statements that the U.S. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court to hear Louisiana race and redistricting case
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The United States Supreme Court on Monday will hear arguments in a Louisiana case involving politics, race and voting maps with potential implications for the 2026 midterm elections. The justices [Read More…]