Month: September 2025
ABC Entertainment News
Giorgio Armani, legendary Italian fashion designer, dies at 91
Portrait of the Italian designer Giorgio Armani. (Adriano Alecchi/Mondadori via Getty Images) Giorgio Armani, the famed Italian fashion designer, has died at age 91, his company announced on Thursday. “With infinite condolences, the Armani Group [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers expect operating loan size to increase in 2026
An ag economist says tighter margins are pressuring cash reserves. Jim Mintert says the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer shows farmers expect the size of their operating loans to increase in 2026. “More [Read More…]
Latest News
DWU Appoints Faculty Member to New Position
Dakota Wesleyan University announced this week that Dr. Tressa Wede, associate professor of education at DWU, has been appointed to the new position of Director of Education and Community Engagement. Wede’s new role is funded [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Ed Harris joins ‘Yellowstone’ spinoff and more
Ed Harris has joined the cast of the upcoming Yellowstone spinoff series. ABC Audio has confirmed that the Oscar nominee has joined the new show with the working title The Dutton Ranch. The actor will play Everett McKinney on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Dylan O’Brien on playing identical twins in new film ‘Twinless’
Dylan O’Brien and James Sweeney in ‘Twinless.’ (Lionsgate) Dylan O’Brien plays identical twin brothers in Twinless. The new film, which arrives in theaters on Friday, was written and directed by James Sweeney, who also co-stars. O’Brien told ABC [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DC attorney general sues to end federal National Guard deployment
Members of the National Guard patrol the National Mall in Washington, DC, on September 3, 2025. (Austin DeSisto/NurPhoto via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Washington, D.C., Attorney General Brian L. Schwalb filed a lawsuit on Thursday [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
RFK Jr. testifies before Senate Finance Committee amid CDC turmoil, vaccine changes
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After a week of fast-moving shakeups at the nation’s health agency, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is testifying before the Senate Finance Committee, which has oversight over [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Artificial intelligence is here. Will it replace teachers?
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Many parents, school districts and the federal government alike have embraced artificial intelligence this back-to-school season, but some experts warn artificial intelligence could widen the teacher shortage by eliminating jobs. [Read More…]
ABC National News
USCIS, which administers immigration system, adds law enforcement agents to its workforce
Entrance to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) offices at 26 Federal Plaza in Manhattan. (Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The federal agency responsible for administering the nation’s immigration and naturalization system will now [Read More…]
ABC National News
30-year-old man drowns near family picnic area while attempting to swim across river
Dukas/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 30-year-old man has drowned in Pennsylvania near a family picnic area while attempting to swim across the river and went under, officials said. The emergency [Read More…]
ABC National News
Powerball jackpot climbs to $1.7 billion after no winner in Wednesday’s drawing
Jay L. Clendenin / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — No winner was declared after Wednesday night’s Powerball drawing, resulting in the jackpot climbing to $1.7 billion. The jackpot’s estimated cash value [Read More…]
ABC World News
At least 15 dead, 23 injured after streetcar derails in Lisbon, city says
Rescuers and firefighters operate at the scene after the Gloria funicular cable railway derailed in Lisbon, Portugal, 03 September 2025. (Zed Jameson/Anadolu via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least 15 people are dead and another [Read More…]
ABC World News
‘We were being prepared for war,’ Ukrainian teenager taken to Russian military camp says
ABC News (LONDON) — Ukrainian teenager Katya says she was living with her foster parents in the Russian-occupied region of Kherson in 2023 when Russian authorities approached her family and told them they would take [Read More…]
ABC World News
Afghanistan earthquake death toll jumps to 2,205, official says
Haroon Sabawoon/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The death toll from Sunday’s powerful earthquake in eastern Afghanistan is now 2,205, with another 3,640 people injured, a Taliban government spokesman said Thursday. Search and rescue efforts [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia issues warning as European leaders, Zelenskyy gather in Paris before Trump call
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Russia’s Foreign Ministry again warned that Moscow will not accept the presence of any Western troops in Ukraine as part of a future peace deal, as Ukrainian President [Read More…]
Ag News
Court says Wisconsin DNR has authority to regulate farm water discharges
A court has said the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources has the authority to regulate large farms through its water pollution permits. Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce represented The Wisconsin Dairy Alliance and Venture Dairy Cooperative [Read More…]
Ag News
World Dairy Expo dairy product winners named
World Dairy Expo is a month away, but some of this year’s contest winners have already been announced. The Dairy Products Contest has hundreds of products entered in 96 classes, and the winners will be [Read More…]
Ag News
An early-Autumn feel to yield to rapid warming; showers return to the Plains, westward
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures across much of the eastern half of the U.S., while warmer-than-normal weather will cover the Deep South and most areas from [Read More…]
Ag News
Much cooler, early Autumn-like air on the move across much of the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, a strong cold front slicing across the Great Lakes region and the upper Midwest is producing a few showers. On August 31, fifteen percent of the U.S. corn was fully mature, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Margot Robbie, Jacob Elordi star in ‘Wuthering Heights’ teaser trailer
Jacob Elordi and Margot Robbie on the ‘Wuthering Heights’ poster. (Warner Bros. Pictures) Fall in love again and again with the official teaser trailer for Wuthering Heights. Warner Bros. Pictures has released the first trailer for Academy Award [Read More…]