Month: April 2025
ABC Entertainment News
Nate Bargatze will host the 77th Emmy Awards
Ralph Bavaro/NBC Nate Bargatze has been tapped to host TV’s biggest night. The comedian will host the 77th Emmy Awards, which honor excellence in television. CBS will broadcast the show live on both coasts from [Read More…]
Ag News
Bayer official: Future of Roundup unknown, no decisions made
Bayer says the future of Roundup is in question amid ongoing lawsuits and litigation. Bayer has paid nearly $11 billion in Roundup settlements in the last decade. Jess Christiansen, head of crop science communications for [Read More…]
Ag News
A spring of contrasting weather in the U.S. Corn Belt
An ag meteorologist says the U.S. Corn Belt is a land of contrasts this spring and the weather forecast isn’t going to help the situation. Drew Lerner with World Weather Incorporated says flood waters are [Read More…]
Ag News
Carbon pipeline future unclear in South Dakota
A South Dakota farmer says he’s not sure what will happen with the Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline. Paul Casper says he would like to see the project come to South Dakota for the market opportunities [Read More…]
Ag News
Fewer USDA staff can make disaster aid difficult
The former USDA Under Secretary of Farm Production and Conservation says he’s concerned about the agency’s ability to handle disaster assistance with fewer staff. Robert Bonnie says the USDA recently offered another buy-out for employees, [Read More…]
Ag News
Biodiesel plant shutdowns continue in Iowa
A number of biodiesel plants remain idled in Iowa and the executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says the situation hasn’t improved. “We probably have about half of our plants offline,” Monte Shaw [Read More…]
ABC National News
United Airlines flight sees engine fire after takeoff due to apparent rabbit strike
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A United Airlines flight experienced an engine fire shortly after takeoff that was apparently caused by a rare rabbit strike. United Flight 2325 had departed Denver International Airport en [Read More…]
ABC National News
2-year-old spends night in Arizona terrain, found by rancher’s dog
Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office (SELIGMAN, Ariz.) — An Arizona toddler who had been missing for 16 hours was found safe by a rancher’s dog on Tuesday, according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office. Boden Allen, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dallas school shooting: 17-year-old charged after allegedly firing ‘indiscriminately’ at students
Dallas County Jail (DALLAS) — A 17-year-old boy has been charged with aggravated assault mass shooting after he allegedly opened fire at his Dallas high school, shooting classmates “indiscriminately,” according to court documents. Surveillance cameras [Read More…]
ABC National News
Prison guards indicted in connection to inmate’s death, Hochul says
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK CITY) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Tuesday that a grand jury handed down a number of criminal indictments against multiple state correctional officers in connection to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Benedict Cumberbatch, Olivia Colman star in ‘The Roses’ trailer
Jaap Buitendijk/Searchlight Pictures Benedict Cumberbatch is married to Olivia Colman in the official trailer for The Roses. Searchlight Pictures released the trailer for director Jay Roach‘s dark comedy film on Wednesday. It follows the seemingly [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Demi Moore, Blake Lively among entertainers on ‘Time’100 list of most influential people of 2025
Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images TIME has revealed its 2025 list of the 100 most influential people in the world. Demi Moore represents the entertainment community as she graces one of the five worldwide covers of [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production, stocks below previous week
U.S. ethanol production fell to a more than six-month low last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.012 million barrels per day, a decrease of 9,000 on the week and the lowest [Read More…]
Ag News
Democratic Senators concerned ongoing trade rift will have long-term impact on farmers
A group of Democratic Senators is pressing the Trump administration for answers on how its tariff policy will impact farmers. Senator Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin tells Brownfield, “We are going to see a situation where [Read More…]
Ag News
Report shows groundwater levels continue to decline in Nebraska
A report from the University of Nebraska shows groundwater levels continue to decline in parts of the state following several years of on-going drought. Geologist Aaron Young with the Conservation and Survey Division at UNL [Read More…]
ABC World News
US missionary kidnapped in South Africa rescued in ‘high-intensity shootout’: Police
Courtesy of Fellowship Baptist Church )LONDON and PRETORIA) — An American missionary allegedly kidnapped at gunpoint during a church service in South Africa last Thursday has been rescued in “a high-intensity shootout” between police and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senator heads to El Salvador to find Maryland man deported erroneously by Trump
Cheriss May/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Md., is in El Salvador to get answers about the wrongful deportation of a Maryland man by the Trump administration, he said in a video ahead [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
David Hogg-run group announces $20M initiative to support primary challengers to House Democrats
Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Leaders We Deserve, a political organization led by Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivor and Democratic National Committee Vice Chairman David Hogg, announced Wednesday that it [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Schumer moves to block Trump nominees for 2 key New York prosecutor positions
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Majority Leader Chuck Schumer announced Wednesday that he’ll use a Senate procedure that allows home state senators to object to judicial nominees to attempt to block President Donald Trump’s picks [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump DOJ files civil suit against Maine in standoff over transgender athletes in women’s sports
Attorney General Pam Bondi ; Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department has filed suit against Maine in an effort to challenge the state’s policy regarding transgender athletes competing in girls’ and women’s sports, [Read More…]