Month: August 2025
ABC National News
LA and other parts of the West set to broil in extreme heat wave
Heat alerts issued in the West, August 21, 2025. ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — A heat wave hitting the West, sending temperatures soaring past the century mark, is expected to persist into the weekend, with [Read More…]
ABC National News
Appeals court throws out Trump’s $454 million civil fraud judgment
U.S. President Donald Trump. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A New York appeals court has thrown out the half billion-dollar civil fraud judgment handed down last year against President Donald Trump, his family and his company. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas, California legislatures gear up for major redistricting face off
Speaker of the House Dustin Burrows gavels to restore order during debating for the newly introduced redistricting bill, House bill 4 during a House meeting in the State Capitol on August 20, 2025 in Austin, [Read More…]
Latest News
Senator John Thune addresses Farm Bill concerns
A new federal farm bill is two years overdue but finally writing a new one will be a priority when Senators and Congressmen return to Washington next month. Senator John Thune says much of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: ‘Mayor of Kingstown’ season 4 teaser trailer and more
Dominic West and Sienna Miller are set to star in a legal thriller for HBO. The pair will lead the cast of War, which has already received a two-season commitment. The show, which is set in the elite world of London [Read More…]
Ag News
Cooperative program helping students find careers in agriculture
An Indiana-based cooperative program is helping recently graduated high school students find careers in agriculture. Jacey Wilhelm from Connersville says Keystone Cooperative’s Securing Experience and Employee Development, or SEED Professionals, is a two-year rotational cohort [Read More…]
Ag News
Duvall: famers have mixed feelings about more trade aid
The president of the American Farm Bureau Federation says farmers might need more federal assistance to make it through 2026. Zippy Duvall tells Brownfield “I’m beginning to hear in the last few weeks, especially in [Read More…]
Ag News
Communication and Education Roles
Strengthening the reputation of soy in the U.S. and around the world. The soybean checkoff is investing in innovation, sustainability, and global demand to keep U.S. soy ahead in a competitive market. Learn more from [Read More…]
ABC National News
SpaceX’s Starship faces 10th test after previous flights end in explosions
Joel Kowsky/NASA via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — SpaceX’s Starship is about to face its 10th test flight following explosions on previous launches. SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has promised that the world’s most powerful rocket [Read More…]
ABC National News
20-day search effort called off for man who went missing while hiking in Wyoming
Andrew Woodley/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Search efforts for a Minnesota man who was last heard from in July have been suspended after 20 days as authorities say that his “most [Read More…]
ABC World News
4 giraffe species officially recognized in major conservation shift
Photo by Li Mengxin/Xinhua via Getty Images (LONDON) — Giraffes, long considered a single species, have now been recognized as four genetically distinct species in a major decision by the International Union for Conservation of [Read More…]
ABC World News
‘Horror’ in Gaza is ‘incomprehensible,’ says US doctor who treated patients there
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Dr. Aqsa Durrani, an American physician who has been providing humanitarian work around the world for over 15 years, said amid the harrowing scenes of death and destruction in Gaza, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ron Howard on telling the true story of his new film, ‘Eden’
Jude Law and Vanessa Kirby star in Ron Howard’s film ‘Eden.’ (Jasin Boland) The shocking true story of a group of outsiders who abandoned civilization to live on a remote island comes to life in Eden. [Read More…]
Ag News
Troubling soybean demand outlook in Upper Midwest
Some farmers in the Upper Midwest might have fewer options for delivering new crop soybeans this fall. Southwest Minnesota farmer Bob Worth says basis levels in the region are anywhere from 92 cents to $1.25 [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy farmer calls on government to fix immigration, worker visas
A Western Wisconsin dairy farmer says government inaction is not helping the farm labor shortage. John Rosenow owns Rosenholm Dairy near Waumandee. He tells Brownfield the H-2A program does not work well for year-round farms [Read More…]
Ag News
MO Attorney General pick familiar with ag issues
The new attorney general in Missouri says work on a Grain Belt Express investigation will continue when she takes office next month. “But when I switch over to the attorney general’s office, I’ll have to [Read More…]
Ag News
More time needed for Farm Bill 2.0
Part of the South Dakota Congressional Delegation says Congress might need more time to pass the Farm Bill 2.0. Dusty Johnson, who is on the House Ag Committee, says both chambers could pass legislation by [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel begins attack on Gaza City, calling up to 60,000 reservists
IDF soldiers prepare tanks on August 18, 2025 near the Gaza Strip’s northern borders, Israel. (Elke Scholiers/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Israel has begun the “first stages of the attack on Gaza City” on Wednesday as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hurricane Erin could bring destruction to East Coast despite not making landfall
Hurricane Erin – Tracking the Storm Map ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Erin may not make landfall, but it still could have a devastating consequences for East Coast residents. The first hurricane of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Multistate manhunt underway for armed, dangerous man who dragged Massachusetts state trooper with car: Police
Officials in three New England states are searching for Mason Payne, a 23-year-old who led Massachusetts police on a high-speed chase, dragged a state trooper and then fled into Connecticut, according to the Shelton, Connecticut, [Read More…]