Month: October 2021

Natalie Behring/Getty Images (TETON COUNTY, Wyo.) — A Wyoming coroner is expected to announce the results of an autopsy Tuesday on Gabby Petito, the 22-year-old travel blogger whose remains were recovered in September in a [Read More…]

US investigating reported cases of ‘Havana syndrome’ in Colombia ahead of Blinken visit

Oleksii Liskonih/iStock (BOGOTA, Colombia) — A “few” U.S. personnel at the embassy in Bogotá, Colombia, have reported symptoms consistent with “Havana syndrome,” a source familiar with the cases confirmed to ABC News. Colombia is now [Read More…]

Nobel Prize Foundation under fire for rejecting ethnic, gender quotas

iStock (LONDON) — The Nobel Prize Foundation is facing pushback after saying it would not implement gender or ethnicity quotas in selecting nominees. Only 59 women, or 6.2% of total winners, have ever received a [Read More…]

Shipwreck off Colombian coast kills three migrants, six are still missing

Max2611/iStock (CABO TIBURON, Colombia) — Three people are dead and six are still missing after a ship sank in Cabo Tiburon, Colombia. Units of the Colombian Navy in coordination with Panamanian authorities are carrying out [Read More…]

Afghan interpreter who helped rescue Biden in 2008 evacuated from Afghanistan

KeithBinns/iStock (WASHINGTON) — An Afghan interpreter who helped rescue then Sen. Joe Biden during a congressional delegation visit to Afghanistan in 2008 has been evacuated from the country, the State Department and the nonprofit that [Read More…]

Human-inducted climate change may affect 85% of the global population, researchers say

E4C/iStock (NEW YORK) — Scientists are beginning to paint a clearer picture on just how many people will be affected by climate change if current warming trends continue. About 85% of the world’s population already [Read More…]

Ag News

Wisconsin’s harvest moves along

Above normal temperatures and favorable field conditions allowed Wisconsin farmers to continue harvesting last week. USDA reporters say about four-and-a-half days were suitable for fieldwork, and many areas were 10 degrees warmer than usual for [Read More…]

Ag News

Soybeans, corn down on bearish USDA numbers

Soybeans were sharply lower on fund and technical selling, with November falling below $12 a bushel. The USDA raised production, yield, and new crop ending stocks, all larger than expected and above a year ago. [Read More…]

Ag News

Compeer Financial What’s Happening in the Swine Industry

Compeer Financial director of swine lending Kent Bang says there is a lot of volatility in the hog markets right now. He points to issues with labor and concerns about African swine fever as two [Read More…]

Ag News

Harvest moisture tool helps farmers identify optimum time to combine

Harvest timing is a complex and potentially costly decision for farmers. Ken O’Brien, U.S. digital platform marketing leader at Corteva, says they’ve developed a free digital resource to help determine the optimum moisture content for [Read More…]

Ag News

USDA pegs U.S. soybean ending stocks above 300 million bushels

October 12, 2021 J.P. Skelly

The USDA is projecting new crop U.S. soybean ending stocks above 300 million bushels. Speaking to Brownfield ahead of Tuesday’s supply and demand report, Global Commodity Analytics and Consulting president Mike Zuzolo said he was [Read More…]

News

Governor’s Office of Economic Development awards Mitchell Area Safehouse CDBG funds

The Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED) has awarded $2.02 million in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to the city of Mitchell for a new Mitchell Area Safehouse facility. The Mitchell Area Safehouse is [Read More…]

Dwayne Johnson shares relatable parenting moment of being forced to sit through a non-stop sing along

ABC/Randy Holmes (NOTE LANGUAGE) It’s pretty much a fact that parents of young children will have to sit through their fair share of endless kids’ songs sing-alongs — “Baby Shark,” anyone? For Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, however, his three-year-old [Read More…]

‘No Time to Die’ tops the box office with less-than-expected $56 million

Nicola Dove – © 2020 DANJAQ, LLC AND MGM. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. The eagerly awaited James bond film No Time to Die, originally slated to hit theaters in 2020, fell short of expectations, but still delivered [Read More…]

Evangeline Lilly says South of Heaven showcases the dark side of Jason Sudeikis

RLJE Films Evangeline Lilly stars as a terminally ill wife-to-be in the new indie thriller South of Heaven alongside Jason Sudeikis, who plays her just-released from jail beau who is trying to walk the straight and narrow, [Read More…]

Kim Kardashian roasts her family on ‘SNL’; here’s how they reacted

Rosalind O’Connor/NBC Kim Kardashian hosted Saturday Night Live for the first time this weekend and held nothing back, roasting the entire Kardashian-Jenner clan. After explaining her reason for hosting — to prove she was “more than [Read More…]

William Shatner channels Captain Kirk for historic Blue Origins space flight

ABC News (NEW YORK) — William Shatner will make history Wednesday as he boldly goes where few have gone before while aboard Blue Origin’s New Shepard. The Star Trek actor who played the iconic Captain [Read More…]

Facebook exec says company will make itself ‘more transparent’

bigtunaonline/iStock (NEW YORK) — Facebook will implement new tools to increase transparency and safety for users following Tuesday’s explosive whistleblower hearing, Facebook Vice President of Global Affairs Nick Clegg said Sunday. “We will, of course, [Read More…]

Selma Blair opens up about living with MS in new documentary

Jade Anderson/ABC News (NEW YORK) — Selma Blair is getting candid about living with multiple sclerosis in a new documentary. In Introducing, Selma Blair, the actress opens up about how she is embracing the disease [Read More…]

New treatments bring hope for those with triple-negative breast cancer