Month: May 2025
ABC Health News
RFK Jr. calls for ‘new’ vaccines to undergo placebo-controlled trials
(ER Productions Limited/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will require new vaccines to undergo placebo testing, marking what a department spokesperson called “a radical departure from past practices.” [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Measles cases surpass 900 in US as infections confirmed in 29 states, CDC data shows
Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Measles cases in the U.S. have surpassed 900 as outbreaks continue to spread across the county, according to new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data published Friday. A total of [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nearly 7,000 troops, tanks and parachute jumps: Army confirms military parade coinciding with Trump’s birthday
(Lightvision, LLC/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Army is planning a historic parade through the streets of Washington, D.C., on June 14 that will coincide with and be part of the Army’s long-planned 250th celebration. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DOJ reaches agreement in principle to settle lawsuit brought by family of Ashli Babbitt
Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Justice has reached an agreement in principle to settle a lawsuit brought by the family of Ashli Babbitt, a pro-Trump rioter who was shot by [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s 2026 budget proposal calls for $163B in cuts to federal spending
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Friday released President Donald Trump’s proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which calls for $163 billion in cuts to federal spending. Office of Management and [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
CIA makes recruiting push for spies in China
CIA (WASHINGTON) — The CIA is stepping up its recruiting efforts in China, releasing two Mandarin-language videos that appeal to government officials who might be open to partnering with the American spy agency. The videos, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
CPB fires back at Trump’s executive order pulling funding for NPR, PBS
Brooks Kraft LLC/Corbis via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The nonprofit corporation that oversees National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service is firing back at President Donald Trump’s executive order to pull funding for the two [Read More…]
ABC National News
Three corrections officers stabbed by MS-13 gang members in prison: Officials
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/STOCK (BIG STONE GAP, Va.) — Three corrections officers at Wallens Ridge State Prison were stabbed by inmates in a “premeditated” attack Friday, according to the Virginia Department of Corrections. A total of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump family crypto venture tapped as part of $2B Emirati-backed investment deal
(Namthip Muanthongthae/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — An Abu Dhabi state-backed investment firm is making a major $2 billion investment in a crypto business deal that could serve as a major boost for Trump family crypto venture [Read More…]
ABC National News
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin announces significant agency reorganization
(Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — On the same day that the Trump administration is proposing billions of dollars in cuts to renewable energy, environmental and climate programs, Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin [Read More…]
ABC National News
Key witness in Karen Read murder retrial testifies for 3rd day
(Photo by Pat Greenhouse/The Boston Globe via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — One of the key witnesses in the Karen Read murder retrial continued to testify for a third day Friday on the events surrounding [Read More…]
ABC National News
Seven killed in crash between van, pickup truck near Yellowstone National Park
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (HENRY’S LAKE, Idaho) –Seven people were killed in a fiery crash between a van and a pickup truck on an eastern Idaho highway near Yellowstone National Park, officials said. The Mercedes passenger [Read More…]
ABC World News
Activists say aid vessel bound for Gaza was struck by drone
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — Activists are demanding an investigation after they say a humanitarian ship headed to Gaza was bombed by a drone in the Mediterranean Sea overnight Friday. The passenger vessel [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russian drone attack injures nearly 50 people in Kharkiv
Firefighters extinguish a blaze after a Russian drone strike on May 3, 2025 in Kharkiv, Ukraine. (Photo by Yevhen Titov/Global Images Ukraine via Getty Images) (LONDON) — An estimated 50 people were hurt, including an [Read More…]
Ag News
New officer team selected during 2025 Ohio FFA Convention
Photo by Brownfield’s Erin Anderson. The newly elected president of Ohio FFA says his goal is to build relationships. Carter Boyd from the Hillsboro Great Oaks FFA Chapter spent the last year serving as vice [Read More…]
Ag News
Vetter: new trade deals take time
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer says the U.S. is talking to dozens of countries following last month’s tariff announcements, but a former chief ag negotiator says new trade deals take time. Darci Vetter says it [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn Belt farmers embrace a season without over-the-top dicamba
U.S. soybean and cotton farmers are taking a different approach to weed management as the U.S. EPA reviews three over-the-top dicamba products. Jordan Bredehoft from Lafayette County, Missouri says it’s his first year using Enlist [Read More…]
Ag News
Flooded fields could result in fewer cotton acres
Northeast Arkansas farmer Nathan Reed says waterlogged fields from last month’s floods will encourage some Delta farmers to plant fewer cotton acres this spring. “We’ve got some fields that are still a few weeks off [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmer dials in crop fertility plan
A southeast Minnesota farmer is dialing in his crop fertility plan. Ed McNamara of Goodhue says nitrogen continues to provide a good return on investment. “Where we’re putting a little bit down pre before we [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
It’s their year: On the ‘TIME’ red carpet with the ‘World’s Most Influential People’
Getty Images On May 4, ABC will air TIME100: The World’s Most Influential People, filmed at a star-studded gala in New York City honoring those named to TIME‘s annual list. Snoop Dogg was an honoree, but [Read More…]