Month: March 2022
Oklahoma, Arizona sign transgender sports bans into law
Alex Wong/Getty Images, FILE (OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) — Oklahoma and Arizona became the latest states to impose transgender sports bans Wednesday. Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a law banning transgender women and girls from competing [Read More…]
Biden gets second booster after outlining dire need for COVID funding
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden received his second booster shot before television cameras on Wednesday following remarks at the White House about the state of the country’s COVID response. Biden’s speech promoted [Read More…]
20-year-old New York woman’s cold case homicide solved 42 years later
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (NEW YORK ) — Eve Wilkowitz was 20 years old in 1980 when she was kidnapped, raped and strangled to death after she took a train home to Bay Shore, New [Read More…]
Four Southern states under tornado watch
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Severe weather on Wednesday has prompted tornado watches for parts of four southern states, including some areas still cleaning up damage from a swarm of twisters that hit last week. [Read More…]
Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington, Danielle Brooks to star in Broadway play, ‘The Piano Lesson’
ABC The late August Wilson‘s Pulitzer Prize-winning drama, The Piano Lesson will return to Broadway in September and award-winning actors Samuel L. Jackson, John David Washington and Danielle Brooks are set to star. The groundbreaking [Read More…]
Jared Leto talks ‘Morbius’ and Sinister Six rumors on ‘The Tonight Show’
NBC/Todd Owyoung Jared Leto stars in Sony Pictures’ Spider-Man-adjacent action film Morbius, opening April 1, and during an appearance on Tuesday’s The Tonight Show, he talked about playing the titular character, and a possible connection to Marvel’s [Read More…]
Bruce Willis “stepping away” from his career following aphasia diagnosis
Jim Spellman/WireImage On her Instagram, Rumer Willis revealed that her father, Bruce Willis is “stepping away” from the limelight, following the diagnosis of a condition that can rob someone of their ability to communicate. “To [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Putin’s advisers ‘are too afraid to tell him the truth’
FADEL SENNA/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing their attempted push through Ukraine from multiple directions, while Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, are putting up “stiff resistance,” according to U.S. [Read More…]
NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returns to Earth after record-breaking spaceflight
Bill Ingalls/NASA/Getty Images (DZHEZKAZGAN, Kazakstan) — NASA astronaut Mark Vande Hei returned to Earth Wednesday, after spending a record-breaking 355 days in low-Earth orbit. Vande Hei shared a spacecraft with two Russian cosmonauts as tensions [Read More…]
Canadian dairy demand up nearly 50% since 2010
The USDA says dairy exports to Canada have seen significant growth over the past decade. The Economic Research Service reports total dairy exports to Canada increased 48 percent between 2010 and 2021 to $691.5 million. [Read More…]
Survey highlights consumer knowledge, perception of carbon farming
Photo provided by Agoro Carbon Alliance Consumers believe farmers and ranchers have less responsibility to reduce carbon emissions, according to a recent survey by Agoro Carbon Alliance. Caleb Smith is a conservation agronomist based in [Read More…]
Indiana Hoosier Homestead Award Ceremony
Brownfield’s Amie Simpson will be in Indianapolis on Friday, April 1 for the Indiana Hoosier Homestead Award Ceremony. …
Ag groups welcome EPA Enlist announcement, but concerns remain
State and national ag groups are welcoming EPA’s decision to lift county-level bans on Enlist herbicides. Minnesota Soybean Growers Association executive director Joe Smentek tells Brownfield farmers have enough on their plate as it is. [Read More…]
Strong Safrinha outlook dampens prospects for record corn prices in U.S.
An improving South American crop is diminishing prospects for record-high corn prices in the U.S. Analyst Matt Bennett with AgMarket.Net tells Brownfield Brazil’s second-crop Safrinha corn is looking really good. “That kind of takes away [Read More…]
“Miss You Pal”: John Stamos shares video message from Foo Fighters drummer Taylor Hawkins
Rich Fury/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) Like millions of Foo Fighters fans, John Stamos is mourning the loss of drummer Taylor Hawkins, who was found dead in a Bogota, Colombia, hotel room last Friday night. Stamos [Read More…]
Elliot Page’s ‘Umbrella Academy’ character to come out as transgender in season 3
ABC They say art often imitates life, and that’s the case when it comes to Elliot Page and his Umbrella Academy character. Elliot, who came out as transgender in December 2020, starred as Vanya Hargreeves [Read More…]
Slap survey: 63% say they’ll tune into the Oscars next year just because of Will Smith incident
ABC It has been shown that Will Smith‘s slapping Chris Rock goosed the ratings of last Sunday night’s Oscars by some 600,000 viewers, so the results of a new survey about the show may not come as [Read More…]
“Shocked and stunned” and “still triggered” Amy Schumer unpacks Oscars slap
ABC One of Sunday night’s Oscars hosts, Amy Schumer, has broken her silence about the so-called “slap heard ’round the world.” “Still triggered and traumatized,” she said on Instagram. “I love my friend @chrisrock and [Read More…]
In Brief: ‘It’ prequel series coming to HBO Max, and more
HBO Max is developing a prequel to the Stephen King novel It, according to The Ankler. The series, tentatively titled Welcome to Derry, will be set in the 1960s in the time leading up to [Read More…]
FTC sues Intuit TurboTax’s ‘free’ filing campaign
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Americans continue to file their taxes ahead of Tax Day, the Federal Trade Commission has slapped a lawsuit against a company behind a popular tax filing [Read More…]