Month: January 2022

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — The man charged with shooting three Houston police officers on Thursday had a warrant issued for him in connection with a December robbery, according to court records. In December, Roland [Read More…]

California ticket wins $421 million Mega Millions jackpot

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WOODLAND HILLS, Calif.) — A California ticket won a $421 million Mega Millions Jackpot, the equivalent of $289.5 million in cash, on Friday. The winning ticket was sold at a Chevron gas [Read More…]

Police arrest suspect linked to Washington, DC, swastika graffiti

Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Police announced Saturday they arrested a suspect in connection with the series of swastika graffiti markings around Washington, D.C. Geraldo Pando, 34, has been charged with “display of certain [Read More…]

Release of wild cheetahs in Mozambique could be answer to conservation of the species, biologists say

Tamar Kendon (LONDON) — Thousands of feet in the air, Willem Briers-Louw, a wildlife biologist, surveys the Zambeze Delta in Mozambique via helicopter — seeking the animal populations he helps to conserve and maintain in [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 1/27/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Philadelphia 105, LA Lakers 87 Golden State 124, Minnesota 115 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Los Angeles 3, NY Islanders 2 Florida [Read More…]

Biden to Pittsburgh to push infrastructure improvements as local bridge collapses

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — Just hours ahead of President Joe Biden traveling to Pittsburgh to stress improvements needed for the nation’s infrastructure, a bridge in the area collapsed on Friday morning, coincidentally providing Biden [Read More…]

Who is Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson?

Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When word came that Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer was retiring, the spotlight almost immediately shifted to who might replace him — and getting a lot of attention has been [Read More…]

‘Join the fight’: Some GOP poll worker recruitment takes partisan bent

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With poll workers across the country resigning at an alarming rate, efforts to recruit their replacements have grown increasingly partisan – a troubling trend that experts fear will serve to undermine [Read More…]

Top intel official warns ‘deficiencies’ in classification system pose national security threat

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a scathing rebuke of the nation’s current classification procedures, Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines has told lawmakers that the current system classifies so much information it puts national [Read More…]

Holocaust Remembrance Day comes as many worry lessons are being forgotten

Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the world marked International Holocaust Remembrance Day on Thursday, the warning to “never forget” took on renewed meaning. President Joe Biden, who was scheduled to host a 90-year-old Auschwitz [Read More…]

Bridge collapses in Pittsburgh, three hospitalized

Pittsburgh Public Safety via Twitter (PITTSBURGH) — A bridge collapsed in Pittsburgh on Friday morning, sending three people to local hospitals with non-life-threatening injuries, officials said. Five cars and a Port Authority bus were on [Read More…]

Northeast, Boston may face ‘historic storm’ as blizzard conditions loom

ABC News (NEW YORK) — The East Coast is bracing for a weekend snow storm stretching from the Carolinas to Maine, with blizzard conditions expected in several areas. The snow, set to begin Friday night [Read More…]

New York college student dies after being found unconscious outside in extreme cold: Police

iStock/Motortion (NEW YORK) — Authorities are investigating after an upstate New York college student died after spending hours off-campus in subzero temperatures, police said. SUNY Oneonta student Tyler Lopresti-Castro, 20, was discovered by two Oneonta [Read More…]

Man released after nearly 20 years in prison due to twin confessing to murder

iStock (CHICAGO) — A Chicago man was released from prison on bond Tuesday after serving nearly 20 years due to his twin brother confessing to the crime. Kevin Dugar walked out of Cook County Jail [Read More…]

Rifle used by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha shooting to be destroyed

iStock/south agency (KENOSHA, Wis.) — The AR-15-style rifle that Kyle Rittenhouse used in the shooting of three men during a 2020 protest in Kenosha, Wisconsin, will be destroyed. State prosecutors, the defense and the man [Read More…]

Ag News

Carbon market experts talk additionality premiums

A pair of carbon market experts say farmers and ranchers should look to capitalize on green practices before implementing them. Agoro Carbon Alliance Regional Manager Todd Carlton tells Brownfield ag producers should take their time [Read More…]

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Culver’s founder shares labor, supply chain concerns

The founder of a restaurant chain says he’s seeing the effects of the labor shortage at many levels. Craig Culver founded Culver’s Restaurants, and he tells Brownfield he supports finding a legal pathway for more [Read More…]

Ag News

Cattle futures end the week higher

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were supported by the higher move in beef. February live cattle closed $.87 higher at $138.70 and April live cattle closed $1.47 higher at $143.10. March [Read More…]

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High fertilizer costs not enough to sway Minnesota farmer’s crop rotation to more soybeans

The added cost of fertilizing corn isn’t enough to sway a southern Minnesota farmer to plant more soybeans. Mike Peterson says he’s sticking with a 50/50 rotation on his farm near Northfield. “If I was [Read More…]

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Farm management analyst concerned working capital will begin to erode