Month: October 2025
Ag News
Researchers find cows can be bred to milk at consistent speeds, boosting parlor efficiency
Researchers have found dairy cows can be bred to milk at more consistent speeds. Katie Schmitt with the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding says researchers have collected milking information about individual cows from farmers’ parlor [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans finish week higher as solid domestic demand provides boost
Soybeans were higher on commercial and technical buying, cementing a higher weekly finish. Domestic demand continues to be solid, reflected in Wednesday’s NOPA September crush numbers, and there was some help from another round of [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol backers say government delays stall year-round E15 progress
Ethanol supporters say year-round E15 continues to face a difficult road in Washington D.C. Chairman of the Nebraska Ethanol Board Jan TenBensel, a farmer from McCook, says the industry is becoming more frustrated. “The market [Read More…]
Ag News
2026 seed choices underway: agronomist stresses importance of the right traits
2026 seed decisions are happening now on many corn and soybean farms. Riley Sandmeyer is an agronomist with Minnesota-based New Vision Cooperative and says it’s critical the right hybrid or variety is selected for each [Read More…]
ABC World News
Prince Andrew gives up royal titles
Christopher Furlong – WPA Pool/Getty Images (LONDON) — Prince Andrew, the brother of King Charles III, will no longer use his royal titles. In a statement Friday, Andrew said, “In discussion with The King, and [Read More…]
ABC National News
DOJ indicts voting machine company Smartmatic over allegedly bribing Philippines official
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images, FILE (NEW YORK) — The Department of Justice brought charges Thursday against the voting machine company Smartmatic, accusing it of allegedly bribing an official in the Philippines to win contracts, [Read More…]
ABC National News
South Carolina measles outbreak grows to 15 cases: Health officials
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A measles outbreak in South Carolina has grown to 15 cases, state health officials said on Friday. The newly identified cases were close contacts of people who were quarantining [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hundreds evacuated, homes destroyed as Alaska communities reel from devastating flooding
(NEW YORK) — In the aftermath of a destructive typhoon, historic floodwaters have destroyed remote communities across western Alaska, causing hundreds of evacuations that could continue for days, officials said. “This is still a very [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Zelenskyy, at White House, says Trump has ‘big chance’ to end Russia’s war on Ukraine
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump greeted Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy at the White House on Friday, with Zelenskyy in Washington to make his case for procuring American Tomahawk cruise missiles and other [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
At least 2 survivors of a US attack on alleged drug smugglers in American custody
U.S. President Donald Trump steps off Marine One upon his arrival at the White House in Washington, D.C., the United States, Sept. 30, 2025. Hu Yousong/Xinhua via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — At least two survivors [Read More…]
ABC Health News
California officials investigate possible local spread of mpox after 3 cases with no travel history reported
NIH-NIAID/Image Point FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Health officials in Los Angeles County said on Friday they are investigating a possible local spread of a more severe strain of mpox. Two [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Euphoria’ finalizes season 3 cast, adds Danielle Deadwyler, Trisha Paytas
Zendaya in the first image released from season 3 of ‘Euphoria.’ (HBO) Even more stars have joined the third season of Euphoria. HBO has released the full cast of the upcoming third season of the [Read More…]
Weather
ABC National News
Ex-Trump adviser John Bolton pleads not guilty to classified documents charges
John Bolton leaves his home on October 17, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland. Former national security adviser Bolton was indicted by a federal grand jury on Thursday. (Photo by Alex Kent/Getty Images) (GREENBELT, Md.) — Former [Read More…]
ABC National News
Luigi Mangione’s attorneys: White House making him ‘pawn to further its political agenda’
Luigi Mangione appears in court for a hearing on his state murder charges in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in Manhattan Supreme Court on September 16, 2025 in New York City. (Curtis Means/Pool/Getty [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former Trump adviser John Bolton indicted on classified documents charges
John Bolton, former national security adviser to President Trump, arrives home as the FBI searches his house August 22, 2025 in Bethesda, Maryland. The FBI conducted a court-authorized search of Bolton’s home. (Photo by Andrew [Read More…]
ABC World News
IDF investigates report of Israeli troops setting Gaza sewage treatment plant ablaze
Israeli forces take security measures after organizing a raid in Hebron, West Bank on October 9, 2025. Amer Shallodi/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces are investigating reports Israeli troops who were occupying [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What to know about nationwide ‘No Kings’ rallies set to protest Trump
Protestors march during an anti-Trump “No Kings Day” demonstration in a city that has been the focus of protests against Trump’s immigration raids on June 14, 2025 in downtown Los Angeles, California. Jay L Clendenin/Getty [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Obama endorses New Jersey gubernatorial candidate Rep. Mikie Sherrill
Democratic candidate for New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill speaks to a crowd alongside Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar, in Westville New Jersey on Saturday, October 11, 2025. Sherrill is set to square off against Republican nominee [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump to host Zelenskyy at White House with Tomahawks, Putin call on agenda
President Donald Trump meets with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in the Oval Office at the White House, Aug. 18, 2025. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump, just days after celebrating an Israel-Hamas ceasefire [Read More…]