Year: 2025
ABC World News
Israel and Hamas reach ceasefire and hostage release deal
(DOHA) — A ceasefire deal has been reached between Israel and Hamas, more than 15 months into the conflict. The agreement, which was brokered by Qatar, Egypt and the United States, is currently being finalized, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Los Angeles wildfires timeline: How the deadly blazes unfolded
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles County has been devastated by two deadly wildfires that have become some of the most destructive in California history. The Palisades and Eaton fires both erupted on [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Wright wants to increase domestic energy production, says ‘there isn’t dirty energy and clean energy’
TING SHEN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Chris Wright, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be secretary of the Department of Energy, laid out his key priorities, including restoring “energy dominance,” increasing technological innovation and cutting [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Riley Keough says she wants her kids to ‘find joy’ in simple things
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Riley Keough is sharing how she wants to raise her kids differently than her own upbringing. In an episode of the Call Her Daddy podcast released on Wednesday, the actress, who is [Read More…]
Ag News
Get to know your fresh chiles
While many chiles are hot, hot, hot. They can do more than just provide heat to your culinary dish. There are several different kinds of chiles and they range from not-so-hot to incredibly hot. AUDIO: [Read More…]
Ag News
Deere & Company sued for alleged repair monopoly
John Deere has been sued by the Federal Trade Commission and the states of Minnesota and Illinois, claiming the company uses unfair practices that prevent farmers from repairing their own equipment. The suit, filed Wednesday [Read More…]
Ag News
Power struggle an early storyline as Minnesota legislators work on budget
2025 is a budget year for the Minnesota Legislature. Minnesota Farmers Union government relations director Stu Lourey says there are implications for agriculture. “Fundamentally, they’re charged with passing a new state budget for everything from [Read More…]
Ag News
MSU researchers following spotted lanternfly movement
A Michigan State University entomologist says monitoring spotted lanternfly will help researchers better protect specialty crops in the region. Rufus Isaacs tells Brownfield, “It’s more in that southeast part of Michigan, thankfully, not where most [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans drift lower, with corn, wheat mixed
Soybeans were modestly lower on profit taking and technical selling. The trade continues to monitor weather in South America, with some disappointing early yield numbers in parts of southern Brazil. Still, those are very early [Read More…]
ABC World News
International community reacts to Israel and Hamas ceasefire deal
Photo by Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images (LONDON) — After 15 months of conflict, Israel and Hamas have reached a ceasefire deal. The prime minister of Qatar announced the deal had been reached in Doha late Wednesday. [Read More…]
ABC World News
Both Biden and Trump seek credit for ceasefire-hostages deal
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The ceasefire and hostage release deal announced Wednesday between Israel and Hamas marks a major political and personal victory for President Joe Biden in his final days in office. “It’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Altadena’s diverse history at risk as LA fires continue to burn
Photo by DAVID PASHAEE/Middle East Images/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — The destruction caused by the Eaton Fire in Los Angeles County, which has destroyed more than 14,117 acres across the region in the last [Read More…]
ABC National News
LA fires live updates: 2 new arson arrests in separate incidents
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 25 people have died as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the Los Angeles area. Thousands of firefighters are battling wildfires [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect in Graceland fraud case could face federal trial in April
Andrew Woodley/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Lisa Findley, the Missouri woman accused of attempting to illegally put Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate up for auction, could face a federal criminal trial in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court sympathetic to online age verification for hardcore porn
Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Concern over dangers to children from increasingly easy access to hardcore pornography online dominated U.S. Supreme Court arguments on Wednesday in a high-profile dispute over a growing number of state [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures up watching direct business develop
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up on the steady to higher cash business that developed on Wednesday. February lives closed $1.12 higher at $198.52 and April lives closed $1.17 higher [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 15, 2025
Mar. corn closed at $4.78 and 3/4, up 4 and 1/4 centsMar. soybeans closed at $10.42 and 3/4, down 4 and 3/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $302.00, down $3.80Mar. soybean oil closed at 46.27, [Read More…]
Ag News
Adjusting your nutrient management plan
Pictured: Iowa farmer Nathan Anderson at the 2025 Practical Farmers of Iowa Conference (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) A northwest Iowa farmer says he’s looking at some changes to his nutrient management plan. Nathan Anderson says [Read More…]
Ag News
Second Indiana HPAI case confirmed
Highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed at a commercial egg laying facility in Jay (east central) Indiana. The Indiana Board of Animal Health say this is the second case confirmed in the county this [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa farmer says raising oats could be profitable
Pictured: Iowa farmer Mark Peterson at the 2025 Practical Farmers of Iowa Conference (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) A southwest Iowa farmer says he plans to start raising a third crop this year. Mark Peterson farms [Read More…]