Month: March 2025
ABC Politics News
HHS to cut about 10,000 full-time employees
Kayla Bartkowski/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on Thursday that about 10,000 full-time employees will soon lose their jobs, on top of the nearly 10,000 who have already left [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US stocks drop slightly in 1st trading since Trump’s auto tariffs announced
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks slid on Thursday in the first trading since President Donald Trump announced 25% auto tariffs, escalating a global trade war and prompting forecasts of higher car [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Renée Zellweger joins season 5 of ‘Only Murders in the Building’ and more
Another wizard may have just joined the cast of HBO’s upcoming Harry Potter series. Deadline reports that Nick Frost is nearing a deal to play the half-giant Rubeus Hagrid in the show. This means he [Read More…]
Ag News
Dry conditions will stick around western Corn Belt
A state climatologist says timely rains will be crucial as the drought situation expands in South Dakota. Laura Edwards with South Dakota State University Extension says there’s already a moderate drought in effect for the [Read More…]
Latest News
30 spellers to compete in South Dakota state bee
Carson Walker-South Dakota Newswatch On Saturday at Dakota Wesleyan University in Mitchell, 30 elementary and middle students from schools around the state will have the same shot at such an experience when they compete in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russian strikes hit gas pipeline, cut electricity in Ukraine, officials say
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy; Ihor Kuznietsov/Novyny LIVE/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russian strikes injured five people, damaged homes and a gas pipeline in the southern Ukrainian city of Kherson overnight on Wednesday, [Read More…]
Latest News
Carbon pipeline company files for pause or dismissal of legal fights in South Dakota
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight A carbon dioxide pipeline company has asked courts to pause or dismiss its pending legal fights against landowners and a state regulator in South Dakota after the state’s adoption of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Scooby-Doo’ live-action series in the works at Netflix
ABC Photo Archives/Disney General Entertainment Content via Getty Images Jinkies! Scooby-Doo is getting a live-action series. Netflix announced Wednesday that it is collaborating with Warner Bros. Television to develop a modern reimagining of the beloved mystery-solving [Read More…]
Ag News
Tariffs heighten need for markets beyond international trade
An extension ag economist suggests farmers navigating trade uncertainty should explore additional market opportunities. Chad Hart with Iowa State University says tariffs are causing volatility and an added layer to risk management. “Trying to see [Read More…]
Ag News
Foreign animal disease threats weigh heavily on minds of pig farmers
Foreign animal diseases like African swine fever remain a serious threat to U.S. pork producers. Todd Selvik is a pig farmer from Waseca in south-central Minnesota. “We have ASF as being a huge concern, really [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘F-18s LAUNCH’: Atlantic publishes purported Yemen strike details from Signal chat
Yemen site struck by a US aerial attack/ Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Atlantic on Wednesday published a new article detailing purported information about recent American strikes in Yemen it says was accidentally [Read More…]
ABC National News
Honey bee colonies could face 70% losses in 2025, impacting agriculture
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Honey bee colonies across the United States are facing record-breaking losses in 2025, with scientists warning the impact could be felt in agricultural production. Washington State University entomologists announced [Read More…]
ABC National News
Appeals court rejects Trump bid to overturn Alien Enemies Act deportation block
Secretaria de Prensa de la Presidencia via AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit on Wednesday rejected the Trump administration’s effort to lift U.S. District Judge James [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Nonsense’: Atlantic editor-in-chief blasts Trump administration ‘smokescreens’ on Signal chat
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — The Atlantic Editor-in-Chief Jeffrey Goldberg responded to the Trump administration’s pushback over the publication’s Monday article about a Signal chat discussing a U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen it says was accidentally [Read More…]
ABC National News
Partial solar eclipse will be visible in these US states this weekend
Amir Shahcheraghian/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — A partial solar eclipse will be visible from the U.S. this weekend, but only a select few of the northernmost states are expected to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans raise concerns about Florida special election as candidates vie to replace Mike Waltz
STOCK IMAGE/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Some Republicans are raising concerns ahead of a key special election in Florida on Tuesday in what appeared to be a safe U.S. House district for the party as Republican [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Atlantic story on Yemen chat reportedly showed rare instance of Vance breaking with Trump
Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid the fallout from The Atlantic’s Monday article reportedly detailing the Signal group chat discussing the U.S. attack on Houthis in Yemen, Vice President JD Vance appearing to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Marvel announces star-studded cast of ‘Avengers: Doomsday’
Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney The Avengers are assembling. Again. Marvel announced the cast of Avengers: Doomsday during a livestream and on its social media channels on Wednesday. It also revealed that the film is [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Luke Kirby stars in trailer for Amy Sherman-Palladino dance world comedy ‘Étoile’
Philippe Antonello/Prime Video The trailer for Amy Sherman-Palladino‘s latest comedy series has arrived. Amazon Prime Video released the official trailer for Étoile on Wednesday. It marks the latest project from Sherman-Palladino, who created Gilmore Girls [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn concentration potentially in Western Plains and Upper Midwest
A market analyst expects a significant shift to more corn acres in the Western Plains and Upper Midwest this year. Matt Bennett with AgMarket.Net says a trend has emerged within planting surveys to growers and [Read More…]