Month: January 2022
ABC Business News
Powerball jumps to over $522M following another winless drawing
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another week, another chance to become a bigger multi-millionaire. No one had the winning numbers for Saturday’s half-billion-dollar Powerball jackpot, and the purse has now grown to over $522 [Read More…]
ABC Health News
FDA authorizes Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year olds
JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Food and Drug Administration on Monday approved Pfizer boosters for 12- to 15-year-olds. The moves comes as schools reopen after the holiday break. In a release, the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Fauci: Testing negative to end COVID isolation now under consideration
Al Bello/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Amid pushback from some public health officials on new Centers for Disease Control guidance for individuals who have tested positive for COVID-19, which does not require a negative test [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Five ways to deal with anxiety during the holidays amid the omicron surge
Xesai/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With the explosion of coronavirus cases in the U.S., fueled in part by the highly contagious omicron variant, Americans are once again facing a wave of sickness and the anxiety [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Disabled community ‘left behind’ in vaccine rollout one year later
ROBIN VAN LONKHUIJSEN/ANP/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Hundreds to thousands of calls come in to the Disability Information and Access Line (DIAL) each week from disabled people across the country with questions about COVID-19, [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 1/2/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Toronto 120, New York 105 Sacramento 115, Miami 113 Cleveland 108, Indiana 104 Boston 116 Orlando 111 (OT) Dallas 95, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Cuomo not charged with COVID nursing home deaths: Manhattan DA
iStock/nirat (NEW YORK) — The Manhattan District Attorney’s office will not file criminal charges in connection with the handling of coronavirus deaths in New York nursing homes during the tenure of former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republican Liz Cheney calls Trump ‘clearly unfit for future office’
Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wy., the top Republican on the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 assault on the U.S. Capitol, said former President Donald Trump is “clearly unfit for [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID live updates: NY looking at COVID hospitalizations that began for other reasons
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.4 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 826,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by [Read More…]
ABC National News
Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes convicted on 4 counts of fraud
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — A jury has convicted Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes on four counts of fraud on their seventh day of deliberations. She was acquitted on another four, and a mistrial was declared on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Colorado families begin to pick up pieces following winter wildfire
iStock/Kamonchai Mattakulphon (DENVER) — Families and officials in Colorado began returning to their towns that were ravaged by last week’s wildfires. Gov. Jared Polis said in a news conference Sunday that over 1,000 homes were [Read More…]
ABC National News
Protesters call for charges against officer who killed teen in dressing room
iStock/Tero Vesalainen (NEW YORK) — Protesters are calling for the firing or arrest of LAPD Officer William Jones Jr. in the fatal shooting of Valentina Orellana Peralta, a 14-year-old girl who was in a clothing [Read More…]
ABC National News
Schools welcome back students, in-person and remotely, amid latest COVID-19 surge
iStock/Favor_of_God (NEW YORK) — In a hodgepodge of in-person, remote and delayed reopenings, millions of students across the country are set to head back to school after several weeks on winter break. School districts in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Prince Andrew moves to dismiss lawsuit filed by Jeffrey Epstein victim
iStock/CatEyePerspective (NEW YORK) — A document Prince Andrew claims should prevent him from being sued by an alleged victim of Jeffrey Epstein was unsealed Monday by a federal judge in New York. The document, a [Read More…]
Ag News
14 Missouri commodities in the top ten
More than two dozen Missouri commodities are in the top 10 nationwide. Missouri Ag Director Chris Chinn tells Brownfield Ag News, “We’re second in the nation for the number of farms with over 95,000 farms [Read More…]
Ag News
NAMI says Biden plan won’t help producers or consumers
The head of the North American Meat Institute says the Biden Administration’s plan to spend $1 Billion to try and increase prices for livestock producers does nothing to address the number one challenge of meat and [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures lower to start the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were lower ahead of the week’s direct cash business. February live cattle closed $.77 lower at $138.92 and April live cattle closed $.62 lower at $144.20. [Read More…]
Ag News
Economist urges caution when buying farmland
An ag economist is cautioning farmers from overspending on farmland in 2022. The University of Missouri’s Ray Massey tells Brownfield he’s bullish on farmland values in the near-term. “Given the money that’s available out there [Read More…]
Ag News
Midterm elections could have “tremendous impact” on future farm policy
The head of legislative affairs for Compeer Financial suggests the outcome of this year’s midterm elections will dictate future farm policy. Perry Aasness tells Brownfield the heavy work of writing and passing the 2023 Farm [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Weather Advisory issued January 04 at 1:44AM MST until January 04 at 8:00PM MST by NWS
…WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CST THIS EVENING… …WIND CHILL ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 PM THIS EVENING TO NOON CST WEDNESDAY… * WHAT…For the Winter Weather [Read More…]