Month: March 2025
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Seth Green joins final season of ‘The Conners’ and more
Seth Green is joining The Conners family. The actor will be part of the show’s cast for its upcoming seventh and final season, according to Deadline. He’ll play a character named Chad, who is a [Read More…]
Ag News
Using tariffs as a trade tool
A U.S. Senator from Ohio says he’s supportive of President Trump’s use of tariffs as leverage. Jon Husted says the ag industry relies on strong relationships with the country’s largest trading partners. “We make the food that [Read More…]
Ag News
CONAB maintains big Brazil soybean, corn estimates
Brazil’s equivalent of the USDA continues to project large soybean and corn crops. CONAB now sees Brazil’s soybean crop at 167.37 million tons, up 13% from 2024, with yield and acreage both above a year [Read More…]
Ag News
Building a Fertilizer Budget
A market specialist says typically 18-to-20% of a grower’s total input budget goes to fertilizer. On this episode of Managing for Profit with AgroLiquid, we’ll learn how a farmer can make the most of that [Read More…]
ABC World News
Trump’s envoy arrives in Russia for Ukraine ceasefire talks
Steve Witkoff, special envoy to the Middle East. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (LONDON) — President Donald Trump’s Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff landed in Moscow on Thursday morning for discussions on a proposed 30-day [Read More…]
ABC World News
Putin demands Kursk total victory ahead of Moscow talks with Trump envoy
(Connect Images/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Russian President Vladimir Putin visited a command center in Kursk on Wednesday, ordering troops there to “destroy” all Ukrainian formations remaining in the contested border region. “Your task is to [Read More…]
ABC World News
Pope spends 12th anniversary as head of Catholic church in hospital as recovery continues
Candles with a portrait of Pope Francis are seen outside the Policlinico A. Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is hospitalized for pneumonia, on March 9, 2025 in Rome, Italy. Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman charged with holding ‘severely emaciated’ stepson in captivity for over 20 years: Police
A woman was charged for allegedly holding her “severely emaciated” stepson in captivity for over 20 years, since he was 11 years old, and forcing him to endure “prolonged abuse, starvation, severe neglect, and inhumane [Read More…]
ABC National News
Death of Kentucky teen sparks investigation into possible sextortion scheme
(Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images) (GLASGOW, Ky.) — Eli Heacock was like many 16-year-olds. The Glasgow, Kentucky, teenager enjoyed playing tennis, telling “dad jokes” and spending time with his father, who his mom said was “his best [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
EPA takes aim at water, air and toxics protections as part of massive deregulation campaign
(Skyhobo/Getty Image) (WASHINGTON) — Calling it the “biggest deregulatory action in U.S. history,” the Environmental Protection Agency rolled out sweeping moves Wednesday aimed at walking back environmental protections and eliminating a host of climate change [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tiger Woods biopic in the works with Barack, Michelle Obama in talks to produce
Megan Briggs/TGL/TGL via Getty Images A biopic about Tiger Woods is in the works. Amazon MGM is developing the film, with Barack and Michelle Obama‘s company Higher Ground in talks to produce it. Deadline first [Read More…]
ABC World News
SpaceX mission to bring home Starliner astronauts postponed due to hydraulic issue
NASA (NEW YORK) — SpaceX postponed a mission on Wednesday to bring the next crew set to work on the International Space Station (ISS) and begin the return of a pair of astronauts back to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Swatting call about possible armed person at San Bernardino hospital sparks massive police presence
KABC chopper over Loma Linda University Medical Center. Via KABC. (LOS ANGELES) — Reports of a possibly armed person at a San Bernardino, California, hospital sparked a massive law enforcement response Wednesday evening, but authorities [Read More…]
ABC National News
High school runner who hit opponent in head with baton faces assault and battery charge
Alaila Everett, a senior at I.C. Norcom High School in Portsmouth, Virginia, speaks with ABC News in an interview that aired March 11, 2025, on “Good Morning America.” Via ABC. (NEW YORK) — A high [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Fired Education Department worker: ‘We got the sense that we were disposable.’
(Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Joe Murphy, whose position as a management and data analyst was eliminated when the Department of Education laid off nearly 50% of its workforce Tuesday evening, said on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s White House Tesla showcase for Musk raises ethics concerns
U.S. President Donald Trump and White House Senior Advisor, Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk sit in a Tesla Model S on the South Lawn of the White House on March 11, 2025 in Washington, [Read More…]
Ag News
New grain facility to offer marketing opportunities for Wisconsin, Minnesota farmers
A new grain facility on the Wisconsin-Minnesota border means new marketing opportunities for farmers. Shortly after a merger that formed Alcivia Cooperative, farmers told the board they needed a way to sell grain to new [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump administration says handling of USAID documents ‘did not violate’ federal laws
Ezra Acayan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A USAID directive to destroy classified documents had been “seriously misapprehended,” Trump administration attorneys wrote in a court filing Wednesday in which they insisted that all records were appropriately handled [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
NOAA braces for mass layoffs, fueling concerns about lifesaving weather services
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (SILVER SPRING, Md.) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is preparing to lay off more than 1,000 workers as part of the Trump administration’s mandate for agencies [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Schumer says Democrats will block GOP funding bill, heightening shutdown alert
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said Wednesday that Senate Democrats will not provide the votes to pass the House-approved deal to fund the government, heightening the alert for a potential government [Read More…]