Month: April 2022
Ag News
Hog futures pressured by sluggish export sales report
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were supported by the week’s stronger direct cash business and the lower corn. June live cattle closed $1.27 higher at $139.90 and August live cattle closed [Read More…]
Ag News
Avian flu outbreaks expected to concentrate in Upper Midwest
Highly pathogenic avian influenza is expected to concentrate in the Upper Midwest. American Farm Bureau economist Veronica Nigh says the outbreak is following a similar pattern to 2015 with the largest impact on laying hens [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing grain and livestock futures: April 21, 2022
May corn closed at $7.99 and 1/4, down 16 and 1/2 centsMay soybeans closed at $17.48 and 1/4, up 1 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $468.90, down $2.50May soybean oil closed at $81.50, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Nicolas Cage reveals he nearly bought himself a Batcave
ABC/Randy Holmes Comic fan Nicolas Cage nearly played Superman on the big screen, but IRL he nearly bought a Batcave. The comic-collecting Oscar winner, who portrayed Ghost Rider in two films and a version of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Inspired by the book series, Dreamworks’ The Bad Guys dives into characters’ backstories
PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images If you’ve ever indulged in the New York Times best-selling graphic novel series The Bad Guys, you’re already well aware of the five titular characters who are now being brought to life [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
NeNe Leakes files lawsuit against ’Real Housewives of Atlanta,’ alleging “racially offensive behavior”
Charles Sykes/Bravo/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Former Real Housewives of Atlanta star NeNe Leakes has filed a civil lawsuit against NBC Universal, Bravo, True Media, Andy Cohen and other parties responsible for the show. The complaint, filed in Atlanta on Wednesday, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Survey shows ‘Doctor Strange’, ‘Thor’, and ‘Jurassic World’ sequels top most anticipated movies of the summer
Marvel Studios As a sign that things are getting better following the pandemic, a poll of more than 6,000 ticket-buyers say they’re headed back to the movies this summer. The survey, part of Fandango’s second [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sony Pictures bumps ‘Spider-Verse’ sequel, gives ‘Madame Web’ a release date
“Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” – Sony Pictures Sony Pictures has announced it has made some moves within its own Spider-Verse. First off, the studio has moved the sequel to its Oscar-winning animated hit Spider-Man: Into [Read More…]
ABC Business News
New Jersey starts legal recreational marijuana sales Thursday
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The numbers “421” have apparently eclipsed “420” at least in New Jersey, where cannabis consumers celebrated Thursday’s first day of legalized pot sales and toking up for adults. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Sustainable companies combat the carbon footprint of fast fashion
ABC (NEW YORK) — The global fashion industry is fueled by the latest styles, and fast production has helped the industry contribute up to 10% of the world’s greenhouse gas emissions, according to the Environmental [Read More…]
ABC Health News
COVID outbreak as nearly 100 prom goers test positive
Mario Tama/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Dozens of high school students in California contracted COVID-19 after attending their prom. San Mateo High School held the party on April 9 at the Asian Art Museum in [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Kindergarten vaccination rates dip below target for 2020-2021
Cavan Images/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — National vaccination coverage for kindergarteners during the 2020-2021 school year fell below the nationwide target of 95% coverage, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention analysis. This [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘Outrageous and inexcusable’: Pelosi slams FAA for Capitol plane scare
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is slamming the Federal Aviation Administration for a plane scare that triggered a frantic evacuation of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday night. She blamed the FAA for [Read More…]
ABC National News
Wildfires scorching the West could explode due to heavy winds
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A wildfire inferno is setting up in multiple states as dangerous fire conditions threaten to spread the fires even further. At least 14 fires are currently burning through Arizona, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Biden responds to Putin claiming ‘success’ in Mariupol
Leon Klein/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine war could plunge millions into malnutrition if global powers don’t intervene, experts say
Valeria Mongelli/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine will have rippling effects in populations far outside the two countries in conflict — especially in the global food supply, experts are warning. [Read More…]
ABC World News
South Africans sift through flood damage, as weekend forecast calls for more rain
GUILLEM SARTORIO/AFP via Getty Images (DURBAN, South Africa) — Communities in Durban, South Africa, are still sifting through debris, trying to salvage the little they can save after devastating floods killed almost 450 people and [Read More…]
ABC World News
French President Macron and Le Pen clash on Russia, immigration in televised debate
LUDOVIC MARIN/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (SAINT-DENIS, France) — French President Emmanuel Macron and Marine Le Pen, his far-right rival in the presidential elections, faced off in a highly anticipated televised debate Wednesday, clashing on topics [Read More…]
ABC World News
Situation in Azovstal steel plant ‘desperate,’ Ukraine says
Christopher Occhicone/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ukraine claimed on Thursday that hundreds of people remain trapped in the Azovstal steel plant where the situation has become “desparate.” Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs claimed [Read More…]
Ag News
South Dakota farmer says rain is needed
A South Dakota farmer is hoping for rain as he plants alfalfa in dry conditions. Travis Mockler farms near Centerville, in far southeastern South Dakota. He tells Brownfield he hasn’t had snow all winter, and [Read More…]