Month: October 2021
Ag News
Study finds large percentage of farmers are being denied access to popular conservation programs
A new study finds nearly 70 percent of farmers who applied for two of USDA’s most popular conservation programs over the past decade were rejected. Michael Happ with the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmer “well sold” on soybeans going into harvest
A farmer in southwest Minnesota says he forward contracted most of his new crop soybeans. Bob Worth also grows corn near Lake Benton. “We are well sold in soybeans, well sold. Corn, we are not [Read More…]
Ag News
Fall armyworm invasion ‘not over yet’
A field crop entomologist says farmers need to continue scouting fields for fall armyworm during harvest. The University of Missouri’s Kevin Rice tells Brownfield harvesting infested fields first isn’t a bad idea. “Harvesting early is [Read More…]
Weather
ABC Entertainment News
Sarah Michelle Gellar reveals how she’s combating harmful stereotypes and misinformation about asthma
Jon Kopaloff/Getty Images Sarah Michelle Gellar is tired of how pop culture portrays people with asthma — and she’s aiming to change that. In partnership with the pharmaceutical company Teva, Gellar helped launch the Inhaler [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“He got what he deserves”: Aaron Sorkin on former co-producer Scott Rudin following bullying scandal
Rudin left, Sorkin right in 2011 — Mark Sullivan/WireImage In a lengthy interview with Oscar-winning screenwriter and The Newsroom creator Aaron Sorkin, Vanity Fair got him to speak for the first time about producer Scott Rudin, a once frequent collaborator whose [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“I must break you”: Sylvester Stallone releasing director’s cut of ‘Rocky IV — Rocky vs. Drago’
MGM/Fathom Events With the troubling state of affairs that is 2021, why not take a peek back at a time when an American hero could even get the Soviet Union to chant “USA! USA!”…onscreen, at [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jay Leno urges his fellow comedians to adapt their comedy “to the times you live in”
Shannon Finney/Getty Images Jay Leno knows a thing or two about being cancelled after past offensive jokes he made came to light, and he’s using that as a warning to his fellow comedians. In March, during [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tyrese and girlfriend Zelie Timothy break up
Rich Fury/WireImage Tyrese Gibson has apparently broken up with his girlfriend, Zelie Timothy, six months after making their relationship public. The Fast & Furious star made the announcement Wednesday on Instagram. He posted a video of her naked, covered with soap [Read More…]
ABC Health News
CDC issues ‘urgent’ warning for pregnant people not yet vaccinated against COVID-19
ArtMarie/iStock (ATLANTA) — Pregnant people and people who were recently pregnant or are trying to get pregnant need to prioritize getting vaccinated against COVID-19, according to an “urgent health advisory” released Wednesday by the Centers [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Ohio health care workers warn of ‘astronomical’ COVID-19 pediatric surge
show999/iStock (DAYTON, Ohio) — Although coronavirus-related hospitalizations are beginning to trend down nationally among all age groups, the rate of pediatric infections remains at an “exceptionally high” level, according to experts. Across the country, federal [Read More…]
ABC Health News
‘High levels’ of toxic heavy metals found in baby food: Report
DebbiSmirnoff/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Several popular baby food brands contain “high levels” of toxic heavy metals — and they are not doing enough to stop the practice, according to a new report released Wednesday by a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Masking in classrooms decreases COVID outbreaks, additional research shows
FatCamera/iStock (NEW YORK) — The debate over requiring children to wear masks at schools rages on, but not among doctors or scientists — or teachers. Multiple recent studies have shown that masks effectively slow virus [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 9/29/21
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Chi White Sox 6, Cincinnati 1 AMERICAN LEAGUE Toronto 6, NY Yankees 5 Boston 6, Baltimore 0 Minnesota 5, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate reaches last-minute deal to avert government shutdown
uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — The Senate was set to vote Thursday on a deal party leaders reached late Wednesday to avert a government shutdown that would have affected hundreds of thousands of federal workers and slammed [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Negotiations on Biden’s infrastructure bill intensify at Congressional Baseball Game
(File Photo) – WoodysPhotos/iStock (WASHINGTON) — Intense phone calls, ice cream and bipartisanship. The Congressional Baseball Game had it all as lawmakers of all stripes came together Wednesday night to enjoy a little of America’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
Bodycam video shows moments before Chicago police officer attempted to tackle Black woman
iStock/Marcus Lindstrom Newly released police body cam footage shows the moments before a white police officer attempted to tackle a Black woman walking her dog in a closed park, allegedly unprovoked. Nikkita Brown said that [Read More…]
ABC National News
More than half of US killings by police go unreported: Study
iStock/ChiccoDodiFC (NEW YORK) — A new study on fatal police violence shows more than half of killings by police were left unreported in the last 40 years, and that Black Americans were estimated to be [Read More…]
ABC National News
FBI assisting in 3-county search for missing Florida college student Miya Marcano: Sheriff
iStock/ijoe84 (ORLANDO) — The FBI has joined the search for 19-year-old Florida college student Miya Marcano as her desperate family said they suspect she was kidnapped from her apartment a week ago. Marcano, a student [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: 37% of people may have at least 1 symptom months later
Drazen Zigic/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 696,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.7 million [Read More…]