Month: October 2025
Ag News
National FFA names top honors, the 2025 American Star Award winners
Four students have been awarded the National FFA Organization’s highest honor, the American Star Awards. The award recognizes FFA members who have developed outstanding skills and competencies by completing their Supervised Agricultural Experience (SAE). Ryder [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
JD Vance defends saying he wants his wife Usha to convert to Christianity
Vice President JD Vance sits with his wife Usha Vance prior to a Presidential Medal of Freedom ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House on Oct. 14, 2025, in Washington, D.C. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty [Read More…]
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Iowa Soybean Association applauds U.S.-China trade agreement
The Iowa Soybean Association welcomes the trade agreement between the U.S. and China. ISA president Tom Adam tells Brownfield. “As soybean growers, we’re very grateful to President Trump for prioritizing soybeans in these discussions. And [Read More…]
ABC World News
UN accuses US of breaching international law with deadly airstrikes on boats in Caribbean and Pacific
The logo of the United Nations at the General Debate of the UN General Assembly in New York. Over 140 heads of state and government are expected to attend the world’s largest diplomatic event over [Read More…]
ABC National News
NBA star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s home burglarized during game: Police
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander attends the 2025 ESPY Awards at Dolby Theatre on July 16, 2025, in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Savion Washington/FilmMagic) (NICHOLS HILLS, Okla.) — NBA superstar Shai Gilgeous-Alexander’s home was broken into Thursday night [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money amid shutdown
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Rhode Island has temporarily ordered the Trump administration to continue funding benefits for SNAP, the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “The court is orally at this time, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ariana Grande, Jessica Lange and more join ‘American Horror Story’ season 13
Ariana Grande speaks during the 2025 MTV Video Music Awards at UBS Arena on Sept. 7, 2025, in Elmont, New York. (Arturo Holmes/Getty Images for MTV) The cast for American Horror Story season 13 has [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana project aims to cut fertilizer imports and strengthen regional supply chains
The CEO of Wabash Valley Resources says farmers in the eastern Corn Belt will have a new domestic source of nitrogen fertilizer by the end of the decade. Dan Williams says the recent closure of [Read More…]
Ag News
Mason Riebe – National winner in Vegetable Production – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Mason Riebe of the Tri-Point FFA Chapter in Illinois owns Mason’s Peculiar Pumpkins, a business that grows and sells unique, heirloom pumpkins. Over the course of four years, Riebe grew and invested in his business, [Read More…]
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Madeliene Pollard- National winner in Diversified Crop Production Entrepreneurship
Madeliene Pollard of the Lathrop FFA Chapter in Missouri is the national winner in Diversified Crop Production Entrepreneurship. Her SAE includes two different types of crops — 135 acres of soybeans and 166 acres of [Read More…]
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Tucker Snook- National winner in Turf and Landscape Maintenance – Entrepreneurship/Placement
Tucker Snook of the Cambridge FFA Chapter in Illinois expanded his SAE from a simple mowing business with 12 customers to a full-service turf and landscape business with 40 customers. Snook plans to obtain an [Read More…]
ABC World News
Aid worker in Gaza describes signs of alleged torture on bodies of dead Palestinians
Abdallah F.s. Alattar/Anadolu via Getty Images [Editor’s Note: This story includes graphic descriptions of alleged torture.] (NEW YORK) — The bodies of some unidentified Palestinians handed over by Israel as part of the ceasefire agreement [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge orders administration to distribute SNAP contingency money
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in Rhode Island has temporarily ordered the Trump administration to continue funding benefits for SNAP, the federally funded Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program. “The court is orally [Read More…]
ABC National News
19 fatalities in Jamaica from Hurricane Melissa, death toll expected to rise
(NEW YORK) — Nineteen people are confirmed dead in Jamaica after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island as a Category 5 hurricane this week — and that death toll is expected to rise, officials said. [Read More…]
ABC National News
FBI thwarts potential Halloween weekend terror attack in Michigan
FBI Director Kash Patel speaks during a press conference on October 23, 2025 in New York City. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images) (DETROIT) — The FBI has thwarted a potential Halloween weekend terrorist attack [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump says he hasn’t made a decision on whether to strike inside Venezuela
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Friday denied reports that he’s made a decision to strike inside Venezuela. “There are reports that you are considering strikes within Venezuela. Is that true?” a [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
President Trump shows off White House’s Lincoln Bathroom renovated entirely in marble
The Lincoln Bedroom, formerly the Blue Suite, in the White House, Washington, DC, circa 1962. (Archive Photos/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump isn’t just remaking the East Wing of the White House. On Friday, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The Beatles films add Saoirse Ronan, Mia McKenna-Bruce, Anna Sawai and Aimee Lou Wood
Saoirse Ronan attends the Louis Vuitton Womenswear Fall/Winter 2025-2026 show as part of Paris Fashion Week at on March 10, 2025, in Paris, France. (Marc Piasecki/WireImage via Getty Images) We now know the actresses who [Read More…]
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Spike Lee says ‘it’s been a blessing’ to have a body of work with Denzel Washington
Director Spike Lee (L) and Denzel Washington seen at Apple Original Films and A24’s HIGHEST 2 LOWEST – Los Angeles Special Screening at Academy Museum of Motion Pictures, Ted Mann Theater on August 13, 2025, [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 dead after heavy rain brings intense flooding to New York City
Rain shrouds the skyline of midtown Manhattan and the Empire State Building as a nor’easter storm moves into New York City on October 12, 2025, as seen from Jersey City, New Jersey. (Gary Hershorn/Getty Images) [Read More…]