Year: 2021
ABC World News
Sixteen rescued from burning container ship off coast of Canada
(File photo) – SHansche/iStock (VICTORIA, British Columbia) — Sixteen people have been evacuated from a container ship that caught fire off the coast of Canada, according to officials. A fire broke out in 10 containers [Read More…]
ABC World News
What to know about the Japanese royal family as Princess Mako prepares to bow out
baona/iStock (NEW YORK) — Princess Mako, niece to Japan’s enthroned emperor, Naruhito, is planning to leave the imperial family, moving out of her family’s estate on Oct. 26 when her marriage to Fordham-educated Kei Komuro [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA announces 2022 conservation funding opportunities
USDA is announcing funding opportunities for next year that target ag producers and private landowners. The agency says while applications for the Environmental Quality Incentives, Conservation Stewardship, Ag Conservation Easement, and Ag Management Assistance programs [Read More…]
Ag News
South Dakota harvest ahead of normal and better than expected for some
The South Dakota harvest is ahead of normal, and for some, it’s better than expected. Todd Hanten’s soybean harvest was better than he dared to hope. After a growing season that included everything from drought [Read More…]
Ag News
Arkansas crops: 94% rice harvest and 70% soybean harvest complete
Harvest pace wasn’t slowed too much by the light precipitation that fell across the state, according to the USDA. Rice harvest is 94% complete. The cotton crop is 58% harvested. Soybean harvest is 70% complete. [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota farmer harvests best crop of 50 year career
A south-central Minnesota farmer recently finished harvesting his best crop ever. Jerry Demmer of Clarks Grove tells Brownfield despite a drier-than-normal growing season, his corn and soybeans caught timely rains. “This is my 50th crop [Read More…]
Ag News
NASDA Tri Lateral Ag Trade Accord opens
The keynote speaker at the Tri-Lateral Ag Trade Accord held by the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture says the USMCA has strengthened the integration of ag trade in the three North American countries. [Read More…]
Weather
Wind Advisory issued October 26 at 2:10AM MDT until October 26 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 10 AM THIS MORNING TO 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Southeast winds 25 to 30 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE…Portions of east central and [Read More…]
Latest News
Suspect charged with murder in Wessington Springs case from this weekend
WESSINGTON SPRINGS, S.D. – Authorities say a homicide investigation is underway in Wessington Springs. The Jerauld County State’s Attorney on Sunday confirmed the homicide investigation in Wessington Springs involves one victim and that a suspect [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
James Michael Tyler, “Gunther” on ‘Friends,’ dead at 59
Paul Zimmerman/Getty Images Actor James Michael Tyler, who played Gunther on Friends, has lost his battle with prostate cancer. He was 59. Friends producer Kevin Bright tweeted the news on Sunday, writing, “James Michael Tyler Our Gunther [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lennie James still doesn’t believe he’s survived in ‘The Walking Dead’ universe
L-R, Domingo, James — AMC Lennie James has played Morgan Jones in The Walking Dead universe starting from the show’s pilot in 2010, and reappeared many times before transitioning to the spin-off show Fear The Walking Dead. Nobody’s more [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Halyna Hutchins, cinematographer killed on the ‘Rust’ set, was a “rising star” in the film world
Fred Hayes/Getty Images for SAGindie Halyna Hutchins, a well-admired cinematographer who was blazing a new path for women in her field, was killed Thursday in a tragic accident on the set of the film Rust in New [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
David Boreanaz on looking back at 9/11 on Sunday night’s ‘SEAL Team’
Michael Greenberg/CBS ©2021 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Sunday night’s episode of CBS’ SEAL Team, “Nine Ten,” takes a look back at the terror attacks of September 11, 2001, through the eyes of David Boreanaz‘s [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kandi Burruss recalls the shock of losing one of her twin embryos
Paras Griffin/Getty Images As Kandi Burruss prepares for the second birthday of her daughter Blaze next month, she’s looking back at the trauma of Blaze’s birth via a surrogate. Blaze was one of twin embryos, and the Real Housewives of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Brandon Lee’s sister Shannon weighs in on Alec Baldwin fatal firearm accident
Barry King/WireImage Shannon Lee, the sister of Brandon Lee, late son of legendary martial artist Bruce Lee, has weighed in on the fatal firearm accident Thursday that took the life of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins. The camerawoman was fatally injured on the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Hummer EV truck shows it can compete with its gas-powered rivals
marekuliasz/iStock (MICHIGAN) — “Attack the grade here. Now mash the brake and modulate the throttle,” Al Oppenheiser, the chief engineer of GMC’s Hummer EV, guided me as I carefully steered the 9,000-lb. truck up a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Ukraine’s black market in COVID vaccine certificates
solarseven/iStock (KYIV, Ukraine) — It doesn’t take long to buy a fake COVID-19 vaccine certificate in Ukraine. Just typing the words into Google brings up a slew of advertisements offering a certificate “without visiting a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Walmart recalls aromatherapy spray linked to rare bacterial illness, 2 deaths
Sundry Photography/iStock (NEW YORK) — Walmart has recalled an aromatherapy spray after it identified a bacteria in the product that has now been linked to four illnesses and two deaths. The Centers for Disease Control [Read More…]
ABC Health News
More disease, more suicide: Study shows human cost of climate change
Halfpoint/iStock (NEW YORK) — Climate change is not only warming the planet, it’s negatively affecting human health in myriad ways, with researchers reporting surges in heat-related illnesses, infectious diseases, poor sleep and an increase in [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Ride to the Olympics CEO on increase in Black polo players: ‘We break barriers’
cristianl/iStock (ATLANTA) — Historically, very few African Americans have played polo, but that’s changing in Atlanta. “I’ve never ridden a horse outside of me starting this, let alone actually play polo, so I had to get [Read More…]
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