Year: 2025
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Last Showgirl’ stars Pamela Anderson, Jamie Lee Curtis on the film’s message of resilience
Courtesy Roadside Attractions Pamela Anderson says her latest role in the Gia Coppola-directed film The Last Showgirl is close to her heart and one she’s “really proud of.” During an interview with Good Morning America, the actress [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mark Hamill, other celebs evacuate homes amid raging LA fires
Jill Connelly/Bloomberg via Getty Images Star Wars legend Mark Hamill is among the Malibu residents who have had to evacuate the raging Los Angeles wildfires. The actor revealed on Instagram Tuesday that he and his [Read More…]
ABC National News
Garland intends to release portion of Jack Smith’s report related to Jan. 6 probe
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland intends to publicly release the portion of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report related to his federal election interference case against Donald Trump, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump asks Supreme Court to block his criminal hush money sentencing
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to prevent Friday’s sentencing in his New York criminal hush money case. In a filing Wednesday, defense lawyers argued that a [Read More…]
Latest News
District 20 legislators preview the 2025 South Dakota legislative session
A standing room only crowd packed the Mitchell Area Chamber of Commerce meeting room to get acquainted with the new District 20 legislative team of Senator-elect Paul Miskimins plus Representatives elect Kayley Nolz and Jeff [Read More…]
Latest News
Davison County employees are getting a 4.5% pay raise
Davison County employees will see a 4.5% pay increase this year. Commissioners approved the bump during Monday’s meeting after a lengthy discussion which included input from employees. Commissioner Chris Nebelsick believed 4.5% was reasonable. “I [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In brief: Jacob Elordi to replace Paul Mescal in ‘The Dog Stars’ and more
Oh, lordy. Jacob Elordi is in talks to replace Paul Mescal in Ridley Scott‘s upcoming thriller, The Dog Stars. Variety first reported that Elordi is in early negotiations to take over the starring role in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Court reissues warrant for impeached South Korean president, who remains at residence
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (SEOUL, South Korea) — Seoul Western District Court on Tuesday night reissued a warrant to detain impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol. The Corruption Investigation Office chief, Oh Dong-woon, said during a parliament [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Biden, Trump teams ‘collaborative’ on Gaza, envoy says
Security forces and emergency workers respond to the scene of a shooting attack that targeted a bus and other vehicles on January 6, 2025 in the Palestinian village of Al-Funduq, West Bank. Three people were [Read More…]
ABC National News
LA fires live updates: 1,400 firefighters battling ‘unprecedented’ fires, Newsom says
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — More than 30,000 people were told to evacuate in Southern California on Tuesday after a fast-moving brush fire erupted in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood near [Read More…]
ABC National News
Wind speeds remain high as Southern California wildfires rage
An ABC News graphic shows the fire risk forecast in Southern California on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Via ABC News. (LOS ANGELES) — A damaging Santa Ana wind event was peaking early Wednesday and winds [Read More…]
ABC National News
What’s in Jack Smith’s final report on the Trump probes? Recent filings provide some clues
(Photo by SAUL LOEB/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for President-elect Donald Trump and his allies unleashed a legal blitz this week to prevent the release of special counsel Jack Smith’s final report on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Here’s why Meta ended fact-checking, according to experts
Carol Yepes/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, announced plans Tuesday to replace fact-checkers with a user-based system known as “community notes.” Fact-checkers who were put in place in the wake [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
What are Linda McMahon’s chances to be education secretary?
(Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — World Wresting Entertainment co-founder Linda McMahon has been getting high marks from her meetings with the Republican senators who could decide whether she’ll be the next secretary of [Read More…]
ABC Health News
As 1st bird flu death reported in US, what could happen with virus in 2025?
Human Bird Flu Cases in the U.S. as of January 6, 2025. Image by ABC News. Data via CDC. (NEW YORK) — In the nearly nine months since the first human case of bird flu [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Gender-swapped ‘Holes’ TV show pilot ordered for Disney+
Lucy Nicholson/Getty Images A gender-swapped reimagining of the beloved Louis Sachar book Holes is headed to Disney+. The streamer has ordered a Holes TV series to pilot, over 20 years after it was adapted to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former Virginia nurse charged with felony child abuse amid probe into NICU babies suffering ‘unexplained fractures’
Henrico County, Virginia Sheriff’s Office (RICHMOND, Va.) — A former nurse who was employed at the Henrico Doctors’ Hospital in Richmond, Virginia, was charged on Friday with malicious wounding and felony child abuse for allegedly [Read More…]
ABC National News
Las Vegas Cybertruck explosion suspect used ChatGPT to plan attack: Police
Obtained by ABC News (LAS VEGAS) — Matthew Livelsberger used ChatGPT to help plot the Tesla Cybertruck explosion outside the Trump International Hotel Las Vegas on New Year’s Day, authorities revealed on Tuesday. Police have [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni’s lawyers trade jabs amid ongoing legal battle
Getty Images Blake Lively‘s lawyers have issued a statement amid the ongoing legal feud between her and Justin Baldoni. In the new statement, released Jan. 7, Lively’s lawyers said, “Ms. Lively’s federal litigation before the [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers concerned about impacts of ag policy in 2025
An ag economist says farmers have expressed concern about how changes in ag policy could affect their operations in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Professor emeritus Jim Mintert says, “We’ve been asking people [Read More…]