Month: April 2025
ABC National News
USA Fencing disqualifies athlete for refusing to compete against transgender woman
(Hill Street Studios/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A female fencer was disqualified from a competition for refusing to compete against a transgender opponent, USA Fencing said in a statement to ABC News on Thursday. The incident [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rubio in hot seat as he faces European leaders at NATO headquarters
Omar Havana/Getty Images (BRUSSELS) — Secretary of State Marco Rubio is visiting NATO’s headquarters in Brussels for a meeting of the alliance’s foreign ministers, putting him on the front lines of the Trump administration’s push [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Kentucky Bourbon industry caught in middle of global tariff war
Bryan Woolston/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Kentucky bourbon industry said it is reeling from retaliatory actions taken by Canada and the European Union in response to President Donald Trump’s trade war against both global [Read More…]
ABC Business News
US stocks suffer major losses in 1st trading session after Trump’s tariffs announcement
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — U.S. stocks suffered major losses on Thursday at close of the first trading session after President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs announcement. The Dow Jones Industrial Average plummeted 1,679 points, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Amazon joins bidding war for TikTok as deadline for sale approaches: Sources
(Karl Tapales/Getty Imag) (NEW YORK) — With the clock ticking on TikTok’s deadline to sell or face a ban in the U.S., the battle to buy the app has intensified. Amazon has now sent a [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Grey’s Anatomy’ renewed for 22nd season at ABC
Anne Marie Fox/Disney Grey’s Anatomy is coming back for more. The long-running ABC medical drama has been renewed for a 22nd season, a representative for ABC confirmed to Good Morning America on Thursday. Along with the [Read More…]
Ag News
Concern over tariffs impact on soybean market share
The chairman of the Illinois Soybean Association says he has many worries regarding the new tariffs announced by the Trump administration. Ron Kindred, who farms in Logan County, tells Brownfield, “The concern is how long [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans lower, corn mixed following Liberation Day
Soybean futures closed lower, and corn was mixed a day after President Trump announced tariffs on dozens of U.S. trading partners. Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse with Green Solutions Group says the market is most [Read More…]
Ag News
Mixed response to tariff news
Soybeans ended the day lower amid tariff concerns. May contracts were down 18 cents at $10.11 and 1/2. China is the top purchaser of soybeans in the world, and the 34 percent tariff on the [Read More…]
Ag News
NAWG’s Life Cycle Assessment showing advancements in sustainability
The National Association of Wheat Growers says advancements in wheat production sustainability is helping meet growing demand. CEO of NAWG Chandler Goule says the recently released Life Cycle Assessment shows advancements in climate smart practices. “Through [Read More…]
Ag News
“Toe at starting line” for Iowa farmer ready to begin spring fieldwork
Activity is picking up on many farms across the Midwest. Stu Swanson grows corn, soybeans, and finishes feeder pigs in north-central Iowa. “We’re putting our toe at the starting line, of course. It’s been a [Read More…]
Latest News
Former state employee found guilty of aggravated grand theft
A former state Department of Social Services employee was found guilty Thursday of stealing an estimated $1.8 million in state and federal funds from the department’s Child Protection Services. 68 year old Lonna Carroll of [Read More…]
ABC World News
Hungary to withdraw from International Criminal Court as Israeli PM Netanyahu visits
Janos Kummer/Getty Images (HUNGARY) — Hungary announced it will withdraw from the International Criminal Court, the world’s first and only permanent tribunal for war crimes and genocide, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrived in Budapest [Read More…]
ABC National News
‘Numerous people’ stabbed in DC, suspect in custody: Police
(WASHINGTON) — “Numerous people” have been stabbed in Washington, D.C., on Thursday, police said. A suspect is in custody, police said. Seven people were transported from the scene to the hospital, according to a D.C. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge Boasberg says he’s contemplating ‘contempt proceedings’ over Trump deportations
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nearly three weeks after President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act to remove more than 200 alleged migrant gang members to El Salvador with little-to-no due process, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
RFK Jr. announces HHS reinstating some programs, employees cut by mistake
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On the heels of terminating 10,000 jobs from the Department of Health and Human Services this week, Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. told ABC News some programs would soon be [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump says ‘it’s going very well’ after tariffs roil markets
Isaac Wasserman/NCAA Photos via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump reacted for the first time on Thursday to the fallout from his tariff announcement, which included markets nosediving and foreign leaders threatening retaliation. Trump had no [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota officials want to save AM radios in vehicles
Todd Epp, Northern Plaines News LCC U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds, R-South Dakota, has joined a bipartisan effort to ensure AM radio remains available in all new vehicles, citing the medium’s importance for rural communities and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Cruise pays tribute to ‘Top Gun’ co-star Val Kilmer: ‘I wish you well on the next journey’
Paramount Pictures/Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Image Tom Cruise paid tribute to his late Top Gun co-star Val Kilmer on Thursday. While speaking onstage at CinemaCon 2025 about Mission: Impossible – The Final Reckoning, Cruise took [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: April 3, 2025
May corn closed at $4.57 and 1/2, 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $10.11 and 1/2, down 18 centsMay soybean meal closed at $287.20, up 80 centsMay soybean oil closed at 47.06, up 144 pointsMay wheat [Read More…]