Year: 2025
Ag News
Year-round E15 legislation reintroduced into Congress
The push for year-round E15 continues. On Thursday, the bicameral, bipartisan Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act of 2025 was reintroduced into the 119th Congress. If passed, the bill would remove seasonal restrictions from [Read More…]
Ag News
Soy innovation lab closure has impacts for MO
An associate research professor at the University of Missouri says local farmers will feel the impacts of the closure of a Soy Innovation Lab in Illinois. Kerry Clark says U.S. Agency for International Development funding [Read More…]
ABC World News
30 injured in ‘suspected’ vehicle attack in Munich, police say
(Douglas Sacha/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Munich police said at least 30 people, including several children, were injured after a “vehicle drove into a group of people” in the center of the city on Thursday morning. [Read More…]
ABC National News
14 states sue DOGE, blasting Musk’s ‘unprecedented’ power as unconstitutional
Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Fourteen states have filed a federal lawsuit against President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, challenging Musk’s role as head of the new Department of Government Efficiency and accusing him of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Trump signs order to determine reciprocal tariffs on US trading partners
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday signed an executive order calling on his administration to determine “the equivalent of a reciprocal tariff with respect to each foreign trading partner.” “In other [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Reese Witherspoon reveals Lexi Minetree cast as young Elle Woods in ‘Legally Blonde’ prequel series
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images for Amazon Reese Witherspoon announced Thursday that Lexi Minetree has been cast as young Elle Woods in the Legally Blonde prequel series, Elle. Witherspoon, who originated the role in the Legally Blonde [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sadie Sink leads a revolution in trailer for rock opera ‘O’Dessa’
Searchlight Pictures Sadie Sink is on a quest to save a cherished family heirloom in the trailer for O’Dessa. The original rock opera is set to premiere on Hulu on March 13. Written and directed [Read More…]
Ag News
National FFA Week is an opportunity to celebrate ag education
The president of National FFA says members are celebrating ag education. Thaddeus Bergschneider from Illinois says more than one million members are participating in National FFA Week activities. “It’s not only about the members that we [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. Senate confirms secretaries at USDA, Health and Human Services
The U.S. Senate has confirmed Brooke Rollins as the secretary of the U.S. Department of Agriculture and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead Department of Health and Human Services. Agriculture organizations say there’s a lot [Read More…]
Ag News
Legislation introduced to move Food for Peace program to USDA
A federal foreign food aid program may have new life, thanks to legislation introduced in Congress this week. Is passed, Food for Peace would be moved to the USDA from the shuttered U.S. Agency for [Read More…]
Ag News
Monroe County backyard poultry HPAI positive
The Michigan Department of Agriculture and Rural Development has confirmed highly pathogenic avian influenza for the first time in Monroe County near the Ohio border. State offials say the backyard flock is the first detection [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers take tax concerns to Congress
The deputy executive director of the Missouri Soybean Association says farmers are concerned about this year’s expiration of several provisions of the Tax Cuts & Jobs Act of 2017. Casey Wasser tells Brownfield bonus depreciation, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Governor Larry Rhoden unveils property tax relief legislation
Governor Larry Rhoden announced his plan to address the property tax burden on owner-occupied property in South Dakota: SB 216A. He made the announcement at his weekly legislative press conference, and he was joined by [Read More…]
ABC World News
Germany protests ‘regrettable’ Trump ‘concessions’ to Putin on Ukraine
(mashabuba/Getty Images) (LONDON) — Germany’s defense minister criticized President Donald Trump for what he called “regrettable” concessions to Moscow, after the president unilaterally announced an immediate start to direct peace talks with President Vladimir Putin [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman gives birth to baby girl on NYC subway train
Gary Hershorn/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 25-year-old woman gave birth to a baby girl on a NYC subway train Wednesday morning, according to Metropolitan Transportation Authority officials. At approximately 11:32 a.m., passengers on a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Blood samples show previous bird flu infection in veterinarians who didn’t realize they were exposed: CDC
Natalie Behring/Getty Images/FILE (NEW YORK) — Blood samples showed evidence of past bird flu infections in veterinarians despite the doctors never reporting symptoms or knowing they had been exposed, a new federal report published Thursday [Read More…]
ABC National News
Eagles parade: Philadelphia fans prepare for big Super Bowl celebration
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia Eagles fans will flock to downtown Philadelphia on Friday to celebrate the team’s massive 40-22 win over the Kansas City Chiefs in Sunday’s Super Bowl. The city expects 1 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
3 things to watch for as RFK Jr. takes the helm as health secretary
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is sworn in as the nation’s next health secretary Thursday, his first order of business will be to investigate America’s problem with chronic illnesses. White [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Americans’ credit card debt reaches new record high: New York Federal Reserve
Adam Gault/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans’ household debt — including credit cards, mortgages, auto loans and student loans — is at a new all-time high $18.04 trillion, according to a report released Thursday by the Federal [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power’ renewed for season 3 at Prime Video
Prime Video It’s official — Prime Video is headed back to Middle-earth. The streamer has renewed The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power for a third season, it confirmed Thursday. In fact, season [Read More…]