Month: April 2025
ABC World News
Moscow court rejects American David Barnes’ appeal to get out of Russian prison
David Barnes appears in court in Russia on Feb. 13, 2024. Via ABC News. (LONDON) — American David Barnes’ appeal to be released from a Russian detention center has been denied, causing prosecutors in Moscow [Read More…]
ABC National News
FSU shooting latest: Victims identified, police release timeline
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Florida State University community is reeling and police are searching for a motive after a gunman opened fire on the Tallahassee campus on Thursday, killing two [Read More…]
ABC National News
More than 30 million on alert for severe weather over Easter weekend
Forecast via ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 30 million Americans are on alert for severe weather this Easter weekend, as several states in the Heartland have already been slammed with tornadoes, hail and [Read More…]
ABC National News
3 dead after plane crashes into Nebraska river
(Douglas Sacha/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Three people have died, and their bodies have been recovered after a small plane crash in Nebraska, authorities said. The Dodge County Sheriff’s Office said that “a small plane [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Border czar Tom Homan argues US justified in removing ‘public safety threat’ Abrego Garcia to El Salvador
White House “Border Czar” Tom Homan speaks with ABC News while appearing on ‘This Week.’ Via ABC News. (WASHINGTON) — Trump White House border czar Tom Homan stood by the administration’s position on the return [Read More…]
ABC Health News
White House changes COVID.gov web page to page supporting lab leak theory
Web page for https://www.whitehouse.gov/lab-leak-true-origins-of-covid-19/ on April 18, 2025. Via The White House (WASHINGTON) — The White House has redirected COVID.gov to a new landing page called “Lab Leak: True Origins of COVID-19,” which makes a [Read More…]
ABC Business News
These companies said they will raise prices in response to Trump’s tariffs
(97/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — President Donald Trump this month slapped tariffs on most products that enter the United States. Economists widely expect the policy to raise prices for U.S. shoppers as importers pass along [Read More…]
ABC Business News
‘No one is exempt’: How tariffs could impact sales of new vehicles
Hyundai vehicles on display at the New York International Auto Show on April 16, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Adam Gray/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — This weekend, consumers and auto enthusiasts will poke, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Alicia Silverstone to executive produce, star in new ‘Clueless’ TV series
Paramount Pictures/Getty Images Alicia Silverstone is “totally buggin,’” because a Clueless TV series is in development. Good Morning America has learned of the new series, which will star Silverstone in her iconic role as Cher [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jordan Peele-produced sports horror movie, ‘Him,’ gets a trailer
Universal The new trailer for the Jordan Peele-produced sports horror film Him leaves it all on the field. Marlon Wayans stars as a championship quarterback who offers to train a rising football star played by Tyriq Withers. But as we see in [Read More…]
Ag News
A slow end to the week for cash business
Direct cash cattle trade was pretty quiet Friday. For the week, northern dressed deals were marked at $332 to $335, $4 to $7 higher than the prior week’s weighted average basis in Nebraska. Southern live [Read More…]
Ag News
New meat lab under construction at MU
A new meat science education and training lab is being built at the University of Missouri in Columbia. “We’re right outside the Trowbridge Livestock Center, it’s in the parking lot. Construction started in December 2024.” [Read More…]
Ag News
Drive to Feed Kids comes to MO capitol
State lawmakers packed 10,000 meals as part of the Drive to Feed Kids at the Missouri capitol on Thursday. “Needs are all around us and it doesn’t take a lot to do.” Missouri Farmers Care [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Zoë Kravitz in talks to direct ‘How to Save a Marriage,’ Robert Pattinson to produce
Marc Piasecki/WireImage via Getty Images Zoë Kravitz may have just found her next directorial project. The actress and filmmaker is in talks to direct How to Save a Marriage for Sony Pictures, Deadline reports. This [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Gabbard says newly released RFK assassination files raise ‘more questions than answers’
Bettmann Archive/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard suggested Friday that a newly released batch of documents related to the assassination of Robert F. Kennedy raise “more questions than answers.” Her comment [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge orders halt to mass firings at Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
J. David Ake/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has ordered an immediate halt to the planned firings of nearly 1,500 employees at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, and is ordering the Trump administration [Read More…]
ABC National News
Grad student shot at FSU recounts harrowing moment gunman reloaded as she played dead
ABC News (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — A Florida State University graduate student shared with ABC News the harrowing moments she was shot on campus and forced to play dead as the gunman reloaded. Madison Askins, 23, [Read More…]
ABC National News
NASA astronaut Don Pettit to return from ISS on 70th birthday
Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a remarkable coincidence, NASA astronaut Don Pettit will mark his 70th birthday with a fiery reentry through Earth’s atmosphere on Saturday, capping off his fourth mission to space, [Read More…]
ABC National News
FSU shooting latest: Police search for motive in campus attack that killed 2, injured 6
Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo/Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — The Florida State University community is reeling and police are searching for a motive after a gunman opened fire on the Tallahassee campus on Thursday, killing two [Read More…]
ABC National News
Severe weather continues through Easter weekend across Central US
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 50 million Americans are on alert for severe weather this Easter weekend, as several states in the Heartland have already been slammed with tornadoes, hail and damaging winds. [Read More…]