Year: 2025
Ag News
Taking a proactive approach to disease management
A Kentucky-based agronomist says planning for effective disease management should be a priority for growers heading into 2025. Josh Johnston with AgriGold says farmers need to take a proactive approach to prevention. “Last year, we battled [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Michelle Obama to skip Trump inauguration
Rob Carr, Pool via AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Former first lady Michelle Obama will not attend President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration on Monday, her office confirmed to ABC News. “Former President Barack Obama [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Virginia Foxx to be only woman leading House committees in 119th Congress
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — North Carolina Rep. Virginia Foxx, 81, was tapped by House Speaker Mike Johnson to serve as the chairwoman of the powerful House Rules Committee, two GOP sources told [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Johnson says flags will be raised for Trump’s inauguration
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said he is going to order that the flags at the Capitol, which are at half-staff due to the death of former President [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man charged with murder of New Jersey woman found dead in Pennsylvania dumpster
mbbirdy/Getty Images (COOPERSBURG, Pa.) — A man has been arrested in the murder of a New Jersey woman whose body was found in a Coopersburg, Pennsylvania, dumpster over the weekend. Rolando Corte, 42, was charged [Read More…]
ABC National News
New Orleans attack suspect searched for Germany truck-ramming incident hours before carrying out attack: FBI
Michael Democker/Getty Images, FILE (NEW ORLEANS) — The man who is suspected of committing the New Years Day vehicle-ramming attack in New Orleans searched online for information about the Christmas market car-ramming attack in Germany, [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Los Angeles fire losses could reach $30 billion for insurers
Benjamin Fanjoy/Bloomberg via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Multiple fires raging across the Los Angeles area will cost insurers as much as $30 billion, Wells Fargo and Goldman Sachs estimated in a report released this week. After accounting for [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jessica Simpson and husband are ‘living separately’ while ‘navigating a painful situation’
Jessica Simpson and Eric Johnson in 2023; Ella Hovsepian/Getty Images Jessica Simpson has issued a new statement sharing that she and her husband of 10 years, former NFL player Eric Johnson, are “living separately.” The [Read More…]
ABC World News
Middle East live updates: Israel hopes for ceasefire deal ‘soon,’ official says
Menahem Kahana/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continues its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza, particularly in the north of the strip. A latest round of peace talks to end [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine, France discussing allied troop deployment to country, Zelenskyy says
Antonio Masiello/Getty Images (LONDON) — Talks are ongoing between Paris and Kyiv for the possible deployment of French troops inside Ukraine despite the ongoing war with Russia, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said in a post [Read More…]
ABC World News
North Korea tests ‘several’ missiles, South Korean military says
Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images (SEOUL and TOKYO) — North Korea launched “several short-range ballistic missiles,” that landed in the Sea of Japan Tuesday morning local time, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The [Read More…]
ABC National News
Judge orders Steve Bannon to explain why he switched attorneys close to fraud trial
Victor J. Blue/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Steve Bannon must appear in court next week to explain why he switched lawyers so close to trial, a judge in New York ordered. Bannon, once [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump asks appeals court to reconsider overturning $5 million E. Jean Carroll verdict
Valerie Plesch/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump is asking a federal appeals court to reconsider overturning a jury’s verdict that found he sexually abused writer E. Jean Carroll in the mid-1990s and awarded [Read More…]
ABC National News
What hazards will remain in Southern California after the wildfires subside?
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Fires are continuing to burn in Southern California, with further weather-related threats expected to increase as another Santa Ana wind event picks up this week. While the [Read More…]
ABC National News
LA fires live updates: How the Palisades Village managed to survive the firestorm
Apu Gomes/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least 24 people have died and more than a dozen others remain unaccounted for as multiple wildfires, fueled by severe drought conditions and strong winds, rage across the [Read More…]
ABC National News
California fires weather forecast: ‘Dangerous’ wind situation begins early Tuesday
ABC News (LOS ANGELES) — As strong winds in Southern California pick up further early on Tuesday, a “particularly dangerous situation” with a red flag warning will go into effect in western Los Angeles County [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Sam Darnold’s career-best season ends with a thud as he takes 9 sacks in playoff loss
By JOHN MARSHALL AP Sports Writer GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Darnold did nearly everything right in a renaissance season, resurrecting his career as a starter while pushing Minnesota to one of the NFL’s best [Read More…]
Local, Regional and National Sport stories
Rams overwhelm Vikings 27-9 in wild-card playoff game moved to Arizona because of LA wildfires
GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Sam Darnold tried to step up in the pocket to find a receiver but there was nowhere to go. The blue and yellow wall that was the Los Angeles Rams’ defense [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Hegseth hearing live updates: Pentagon pick rails against alleged ‘smear campaign’
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Pete Hegseth, President-elect Donald Trump’s embattled pick for defense secretary, is facing senators on Tuesday for his confirmation hearing. Hesgeth is expected to be grilled by the Armed Services Committee [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden to issue executive order to bolster AI infrastructure in the US
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just days left in his administration, President Joe Biden will sign a new executive order focused on bolstering the infrastructure needed to for advanced AI operations in the U.S., [Read More…]