Month: February 2022
ABC Entertainment News
No Way! ‘Wayne’s World’ turns 30 today
Araya Doheny/FilmMagic Wayne’s World, the big-screen adaptation of the popular 1990s Saturday Night Live sketch, turns 30 years old today. The big-screen adventure of Mike Myers‘ Wayne Campbell and Dana Carvey‘s Garth Algar was made for just $20 million, but [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Super Bowl commercials look to the past to promote the future
Rocket Mortgage Advertisers turned to old favorites and familiar faces to show us a glimpse of the future of cars, telecommunications and food delivery during this year’s Super Bowl. Among the ads was General Motors, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Shang-Chi’ star Liu goes to ‘Barbie’ film; Jordan Peele debuts ‘Nope’ trailer
Shang-Chi star Simu Liu is in talks to join the cast of the upcoming Greta Gerwig-directed live-action Barbie movie, alongside Ryan Gosling as Ken and Margot Robbie as the titular doll, according to The Hollywood Reporter. America Ferrera has also been tapped to appear in an as yet [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
LA Rams win Super Bowl LVI
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images (INGLEWOOD, Calif.) — The Los Angeles Rams delivered a Hollywood Super Bowl ending Sunday, defeating the Cincinnati Bengals 23-20 in front of a star-studded home crowd at SoFi Stadium. Watch game highlights [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Los Angeles Rams’ Van Jefferson welcomes son after Super Bowl win
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Rams’ wide receiver Van Jefferson has a lot to celebrate after he and his wife, Samaria Jefferson, welcomed their second child — a son — following Jefferson’s [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Prince Charles’ wife Camilla tests positive
Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 919,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC National News
Woman stabbed to death in NYC apartment in seemingly random attack
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her downtown Manhattan, New York apartment in what appeared to be a random attack. Christina Lee got out of a cab at about [Read More…]
ABC National News
Two white men charged after allegedly chasing, shooting at Black FedEx driver
ictor/Getty (BROOKHAVEN, Miss.) — A white father and son are facing criminal charges after allegedly chasing and firing at D’Monterrio Gibson, a 24-year-old Black FedEx driver, who said he was targeted while delivering packages in [Read More…]
Ag News
Bayer expects possible “short-term” impacts from a supplier issue
Bayer has alerted its customers that a supplier of a raw ingredient needed to produce glyphosate has suffered a mechanical failure which might have some short-term impacts on Bayer’s production. Bayer expects the repairs to [Read More…]
Ag News
Carousel milking parlor alleviates labor issues for Illinois dairy farmer
Photo by Nick Harre Investing in a new carousel type milking parlor has increased efficiency and alleviated labor shortages on a dairy farm in southern Illinois. Nick Harre of Nashville, IL tells Brownfield they moved [Read More…]
Ag News
Exports impacted by confirmation of avian influenza in Indiana
Some importers have restricted entry of Hoosier poultry products after highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was discovered in Indiana. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service says Taiwan has restricted poultry meat, meat products, and [Read More…]
Ag News
Unlocking potential with Lock and Dam 25
Missouri Soybeans CEO Gary Wheeler says that construction of the Mississippi River Lock and Dam 25 will improve efficiency as soybeans move across the value chain. This critical infrastructure update will allow for passage of [Read More…]
Ag News
Planning for successful weed management
Farmers have a lot of decisions to make when preparing to manage weeds each growing season. BASF Liberty product manager Kate Greif says farmers should develop a program approach using herbicides that deliver multiple sites [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Texas early voting puts new election law back in spotlight
SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — As the first in-person voters of the 2022 election cycle head to the polls on Monday, not only is this year’s early voting period expected to set [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Labor issues complicate Judge J. Michelle Childs’ Supreme Court candidacy
Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The very career experience that makes Supreme Court candidate Judge J. Michelle Childs attractive to both Democrats and Republicans may now be complicating her potential nomination, as some labor and [Read More…]
ABC National News
COVID-19 live updates: Walmart drops mask requirement for vaccinated workers
Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 919,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg get the crowd hype in Super Bowl Halftime Show, Eminem takes a knee
Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was not only a star-studded event, it made history as the first time that rap was at the forefront of the entertainment. Dr. Dre set things off as he [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Wife of Rams’ Van Jefferson goes into labor during Super Bowl LVI
Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images (INGLEWOOD, Calif.) — The wife of the Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Van Jefferson left SoFi on a stretcher Sunday after going into labor during the Super Bowl LVI, a team spokesperson [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 213/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Boston 105, Atlanta 95 Minnesota 129, Indiana 120 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo 5, Montreal 3 Ottawa 4, Washington 1 Pittsburgh [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Americans Kallie Humphries, Elana Meyers Taylor win gold, silver in first Olympics monobob competition
Yao Jianfeng/Xinhua via Getty Images (BEIJING) — American bobsled athletes Kallie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor took gold and silver respectively in the first monobob competition in Olympics history. Meyers Taylor’s silver was especially impressive [Read More…]