Month: March 2022
ABC World News
Ukraine children’s hospital continues to care for patients in basement amid Russia attacks
Ian Pannell/ABC News/Twitter (KYIV, Ukraine) — While more than 1 million people have fled Ukraine since the invasion of Russian forces, some of the country’s most vulnerable children have stayed behind. At Ohmadyt Children’s Hospital in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Zelenskyy warns Putin he ‘will repay everything’ he did
Aytac Unal/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to [Read More…]
Ag News
Switzerland takes 1st and 2nd in World Championship Cheese contest
A cheesemaker from Switzerland has won the World Championship Cheese competition twice in a row, and for a third overall time. The cheese called Gourmino Le Gruyere AOP crafted by Michael Spycher of Mountain Dairy [Read More…]
Ag News
Conservation leader says carbon programs need to include early adopters, better pay
One of the early innovators in Wisconsin’s recently-expanded producer-led watershed protection grant program says farmers should not be left out of new carbon sequestration programs because they started doing the right things a decade ago. [Read More…]
Ag News
Economist says seasonality could help limit volatility in fertilizer markets
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine continues to wreak havoc on global markets, but an economist with RaboReserach says seasonality could help limit volatility on some fertilizer prices. Farm inputs analyst Sam Taylor the markets have actually [Read More…]
Ag News
President Biden and USDA announce funding for infrastructure investments
The Biden administration announced it is investing more than $166.5 million dollars to protect America’s watersheds. Undersecretary for the USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service Robert Bonnie says 23 states will receive funding for new dam [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy industry wants more emphasis on trade deals
Dairy groups say the U.S. Trade Representative outlining enforcement in priorities this year is encouraging, but there’s a major element missing. “Which is no indication that there is an appetite to resume comprehensive trade agreement [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kevin Costner, Chris Rock, Lady Gaga among this year’s Oscars presenters
ABC/AMPAS Oscar winners Kevin Costner, Lady Gaga and Minari‘s Yuh-Jung Youn will be among the presenters at the 94th Annual Academy Awards, taking place March 27th. Also added at the podium for this year’s festivities will be stand-up icon and Fargo vet Chris Rock and The Batman‘s Zoë Kravitz. In [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Banana Republic adds new baby and athletic categories
Bill Tompkins/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Banana Republic is known for its modern luxury-style adult clothing, but now, the brand is expanding to also include great picks for babies. The Gap Inc.-owned company announced BR Baby [Read More…]
ABC Health News
With millions still unboosted against COVID, public health experts face tricky messaging around potential 4th shot
Getty Images/Morsa Images/Stock (NEW YORK) — When the first coronavirus vaccines were shipped out across the country more than a year ago, millions of Americans waited eagerly for their turn to get a shot, hoping that [Read More…]
Ag News
National Farmers Union wants to elevate fairness
Members of the National Farmers Union have a strong call for fairness amongst the industry as part of their 2022 policy priorities. VP of advocacy Mike Stranz tells Brownfield… “We’ve known for a long time [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures pressure by lower cash and wholesale business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day lower watching corn with additional pressure from lower cash and wholesale business. April live cattle closed $1.75 lower at $138.35 and June live [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Robert Pattinson talks to Jimmy Kimmel on taking “Batman as Kurt Cobain” analogy too far
ABC/Randy Holmes Robert Pattinson appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live! Wednesday night, and got the thumbs-up from lifelong comics fan Kimmel. “You are a really good Batman,” Kimmel enthused, before adding, “If you’re a bad Batman, there’s no bigger [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kerry Washington, Amal Clooney, Michaela Jaé Rodriguez among ‘TIME’ Women of the Year for 2022
TIME Little Fires Everywhere star and advocate Kerry Washington, human rights attorney Amal Clooney, and Pose groundbreaker and trans advocate MichealaJaé Rodriguez are among the honorees in TIME magazine’s 2022 Women of the Year issue. TIME Executive Editor Naina Bajekal and Senior Editor Lucy Feldman wrote in part, “[W]e chose to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
50 Cent lashes out at Starz over ‘Power’ franchise being in “limbo”: My bags are packed”
Jackson, “Force” star Joseph Sikora — Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images for STARZ (NOTE LANGUAGE) Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson — rapper, actor, and executive producer of Starz’ hit Power franchise — is not happy with the cable network, again. In a [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Gap in COVID-19 vaccine uptake between urban and rural areas in the US continues to widen: CDC
Morsa Images/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The gap in COVID-19 vaccination uptake between rural and urban Americans is continuing to widen, a federal report published Thursday found. As of Jan. 31, 2022, 75.4% of people aged [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Ivermectin, condemned by experts as COVID-19 treatment, continues to be easily accessible through telemedicine
Dimas Ardian/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In the early days of the coronavirus pandemic, as hospitals became overrun, a group of doctors began touting an anti-parasitic medicine called ivermectin as a viable treatment [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House approves bill to help veterans exposed to ‘burn pits’
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House on Thursday approved a bill that would provide millions of veterans with expedited health care and disability payments related to illnesses caused by toxic exposure from burn pits. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Navy recovers stealth F-35 from South China Sea
U.S. Navy-contracted diving support vessel (DSCV) Picasso, successfully retrieved the F-35C Lightning II aircraft that crashed during routine flight operations earlier this year in the South China Sea, March 2. – U.S. Navy (NEW YORK) [Read More…]
ABC National News
Amid war in Ukraine, US Marine detained by Russia faces urgent health needs
Joe Reed, the father of former US Marine Trevor Reed, stands next to a placard of his son outside the US Capitol in Washington, D.C. – JIM WATSON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Trevor [Read More…]