Month: March 2025
ABC World News
After months of cuts, State Department says it’s officially shuttering USAID
Ezra Acayan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The State Department said Friday it was officially shuttering the U.S. Agency for International Development, in what could deal a final blow to the beleaguered foreign aid agency. In a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Nearly 500 cases of measles reported nationwide across 19 states: CDC
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The number of measles cases associated with an outbreak in western Texas has grown to 400, with 73 cases reported over the last three days, according to new data [Read More…]
ABC National News
Tesla Cybertruck vandalized with swastika in NYC: Police
NYPD (NEW YORK) — Police in New York are searching for two individuals who were caught on video surveillance vandalizing a Tesla Cybertruck in Brooklyn. At approximately 1 a.m. on Thursday, two unidentified suspects “carved [Read More…]
ABC National News
Carolina wildfires: High winds, low humidity significantly increase threat
ABC News (ASHEVILLE, N.C.) — Strong winds and low humidity could create significant problems for firefighters in the Carolinas on Friday, as wildfires continue to rage throughout both states, officials said. Red flag warnings are in place [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Utah becomes 1st state to ban fluoride in drinking water
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (SALT LAKE CITY) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox signed a bill making the state the first in the nation to ban fluoride in drinking water. This is a [Read More…]
Ag News
Economist says there are headwinds slowing expansion of the cattle herd
An ag economist says costs have contributed to the slow expansion of the cattle herd. Kansas State University’s Glynn Tonsor tells Brownfield, “Our costs of running a cow are going up.” “That’s been the case [Read More…]
Ag News
Soy-based egg roll wins top food prize in Soybean Innovation Competition
Photo provided by the Indiana Soybean Alliance. A group of food science seniors at Purdue University developed a soy-based snack that took top prize at the inaugural food innovation student soybean competition. Sara Thomason says the [Read More…]
Ag News
NW Arkansas farmer says forage levels good despite drought
A northwest Arkansas livestock producer says his forage levels held up through the winter. Jared Phillips, who raises sheep in Washington County, tells Brownfield, “We were a little worried part of the year where we [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy prices mixed, buyers active Friday at CME
Cash dairy prices remained mixed Friday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Dry whey was up $0.0050 at $0.50. No sales were recorded. Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0125 at $1.6350. Twenty sales were recorded, ranging [Read More…]
ABC World News
Army bringing in more assets to reach missing US soldiers’ vehicle in muddy bog in Lithuania
U.S. Army (WASHINGTON) — The search for four U.S. Army soldiers who went missing in their vehicle during a scheduled training exercise near Pabradė, Lithuania, is ongoing Friday, with officials bringing in more assets to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Administration asks Supreme Court to lift judge’s block on deportations under Alien Enemies Act
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to urgently lift U.S. District Judge James Boasberg’s temporary restraining order blocking the deportations of alleged Tren de Aragua gang members under the [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Unfair exclusionary policy’: 2nd judge blocks Trump’s transgender military ban in scathing ruling
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If allowed to go into effect, the Trump administration’s new policy on transgender soldiers would be a “de facto blanket prohibition” that seeks “to eradicate transgender service,” a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Gilgo Beach serial killer suspect Rex Heuermann and estranged wife reach divorce settlement
James Carbone/Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Accused Gilgo Beach serial killer Rex Heuermann and his estranged wife, Asa Ellerup, have reached a divorce settlement, according to court records. Ellerup filed for divorce shortly after Heuermann [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump weighs in on House special election races in Florida as GOP fights to keep majority
Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a pair of back-to-back rallies held over the phone on Thursday night, President Donald Trump praised the two Republican candidates in the upcoming special elections [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Another law firm targeted by Trump, Jenner and Block, suing to block executive order
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The law firm Jenner and Block filed suit against the Trump Administration Friday seeking to block an executive order signed by President Donald Trump last week that targeted its attorneys’ [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Vice President Vance and wife Usha head to Greenland amid US takeover controversy
Chesnot/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance are making their way to Greenland on Friday morning for a scaled back visit to the Pituffik Space Base. The couple boarded [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Measles outbreak in Texas is spreading beyond the Mennonite community: Officials
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (LUBBOCK, Texas) — When the first measles cases were confirmed in western Texas, health officials said the infections primarily affected the Mennonite community. Mennonites, who are part of the Anabaptist Christian church, [Read More…]
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