Year: 2025
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Nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater species are at risk of extinction: Report
Narayan Maharjan/NurPhoto via Getty Images (LONDON) — Nearly a quarter of the world’s freshwater species are at risk of extinction, according to new research. A detailed extinction assessment of more than 23,000 species of freshwater [Read More…]
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Middle East live updates: Hostage’s body recovered from tunnel in Gaza
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…]
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California fires live updates: 2 dead, more than 1,000 structures destroyed
Photo by DAVID SWANSON/AFP via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — At least two people are dead and many more injured as several fires broke out across Southern California amid historically dry and windy conditions. Tens [Read More…]
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California wildfires maps show evacuations, power outages, air quality
Jon Putman/Anadolu via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Wildfires are tearing through thousands of acres in Los Angeles County in California, as strong Santa Ana winds stoke the blazes. The Palisades Fire has impacted more than 2,920 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden says he could have won 2024 election, undecided on issuing preemptive pardons
Samuel Corum/Sipa/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden believes he could have won the 2024 election if he had decided to stay in the race, he told USA Today in a wide-ranging interview. “It’s presumptuous to say [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
SAG Awards 2025: ‘Wicked’ and ‘Shōgun’ top full list of nominations
Universal Pictures Nominations for the 2025 Screen Actors Guild Awards are here. Actors Joey King and Cooper Koch were initially set to announce this year’s SAG Awards nominees Wednesday morning during a press conference, which [Read More…]
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‘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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]
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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…]