Year: 2021

The CEO and Executive Director of the Wisconsin State Fair has decided to retire. Kathleen O’Leary announced she will leave her post at the end of the month after holding that role since being named [Read More…]

QSorter® provides next level trait selection for soybean breeders

Missouri Soybean Director of Licensing Bryan Stobaugh says that investment in the QualySense QSorter® will improve research and efficiency for soybean breeders. The QSorter® is a single seed sorter that reduces the time and sample [Read More…]

Reports shows government mandates for price discovery cost cattle industry billions

A recent report from Texas A&M’s Agriculture and Food Policy Center says government mandates for price discovery could cost the cattle industry billions of dollars. David Anderson, a livestock economist and editor for the 180-page [Read More…]

Enlist E3 soybeans give farmer plenty of reasons to smile

Harvest is in full swing, and Indiana farmer Ethan Clarke says he’s taken out some soybeans and “nosed” into corn. He tells Brownfield he’s been smiling a lot at looking at the yield monitor and [Read More…]

Turn up the volume: Automakers targeting audiophiles to lift sales

FlamingoImages/iStock (NEW YORK) — In 2005, when music producer and engineer Elliot Scheiner was working with the Foo Fighters on “In Your Honor,” he had the rock group sit in an Acura TL parked outside [Read More…]

As stocks soar to historical highs, some experts say conditions ripe for correction

Nikada/iStock (NEW YORK) — The stock market has been a roller coaster ride in recent weeks, with wild swings from day to day at times. The major indices have also hit record after record this [Read More…]

Jets and Falcons to face-off in NFL return to England

by_nicholas/iStock (LONDON) — After a two-year pandemic break, football is returning to London this weekend as the NFL ventures over for the first of two regular season matchups. The New York Jets will face the [Read More…]

Kyrsten Sinema has rankled fellow Democrats, but will it matter in her home state of Arizona?

rarrarorro/iStock (WASHINGTON) — While national Democrats, including President Joe Biden, struggle with Arizona Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s positions in an evenly-divided Senate, progressives at home are launching campaigns to pressure the state’s senior senator, threatening a [Read More…]

Snapchat goes to Washington: New feature helps young people run for office

stockcam/iStock (NEW YORK) — Snapchat is looking to help America’s youth become potential Washington, D.C., power players with its latest feature, Run for Office Mini. The new, in-app feature helps Snapchat users navigate which offices [Read More…]

‘Dangerous times’: Four federal agents shot this week

DEA Speciat Agent Mike Garbo in an undated photo. – (U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration) (NEW YORK) — It has been a particularly perilous week for federal law enforcement. On Monday, DEA Special Agent Michael Garbo, [Read More…]

Restrictive Texas abortion law back in effect as appeals court issues temporary stay

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DNY59/iStock (DALLAS) — A panel of judges on the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has issued a temporary administrative stay Friday night that will allow state courts in Texas to continue accept lawsuits under the [Read More…]

U.S. and China trade leaders meet

The U.S. Trade Representative has engaged in talks with her Chinese counterpart. Katherine Tai and Chinese Vice Premier Liu He met virtually Friday in what the USTR office calls a candid exchange where both acknowledged [Read More…]

Jessica Chastain, Penelope Cruz, Diane Kruger, Lupita Nyong’o and Bingbing Fan save the world in ‘The 355’

Universal Pictures Five kick-butt actresses join Sebastian Stan in the action-packed new trailer for The 355. The title refers to the code-name of George Washington‘s female spy in the Revolutionary War — and also the name of the movie’s [Read More…]

At star-studded Hollywood Bowl appearance, Dave Chappelle kills cancel culture with “kindness”

Netflix/Mathieu Bitton (NOTE LANGUAGE, CONTENT) “If this is what being canceled is about, I love it,” Dave Chappelle told a cheering crowd of more than 18,000 people at the Hollywood Bowl Thursday night, where his documentary Untitled screened. The Hollywood [Read More…]

Netflix greenlights ‘That ’70s Show’ spinoff ‘That ’90s Show’

Netflix Netflix is prepping a spin-off of the hit Fox series That ’70s Show with a Gen-X twist, ABC Audio has confirmed. That ’90s Show already has snagged ’70s vets Debra Jo Rupp and Kurtwood Smith, who played, respectively, Kitty and Red [Read More…]

Gonzo, Miss Piggy and Yvette Nicole Brown want to help you face your fears in ‘Muppets Haunted Mansion’

Disney+ With Halloween fast approaching, Disney+ has a spooky new offering perfect for family fun night. The new mini-movie Muppets Haunted Mansion is out now and it combines the Muppets, Disneyland, and Halloween all into one. Gonzo tells ABC [Read More…]

Surprise! Nicki Minaj joins ‘Real Housewives of Potomac’ reunion

Paras Griffin/WireImage When the Real Housewives of Potomac taped their season six reunion special on Thursday, a superstar housewife from New York City was a surprise guest: Nicki Minaj! In May, Pink Barbie had requested to host the [Read More…]

Employers add a dismal 194,000 jobs in September, unemployment rate at 4.8%