Month: April 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Netflix announces Oprah Winfrey & Viola Davis special event
Netflix In a first-ever intimate conversation about her upbringing, Oscar-winning actress Viola Davis will sit down with Oprah Winfrey to discuss her new memoir, Finding Me. Streaming giant Netflix announced the news on Thursday, revealing that the 48-minute special event, titled Oprah [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Ketanji Brown Jackson live updates: Senate nears confirmation vote
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, the first Black woman nominated to the U.S. Supreme Court in its 233-year history, is poised for Senate confirmation on Thursday afternoon. She is expected to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Senate confirms Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to Supreme Court in historic vote
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Senate on Thursday confirmed Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court, paving the way for her to become the first Black woman to sit on the nation’s highest [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Nancy Pelosi tests positive for COVID-19; Biden not considered close contact, White House says
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has tested positive for COVID-19, her deputy chief of staff Drew Hammill tweeted Thursday. Pelosi, 82, is vaccinated and boosted and does not have any symptoms, [Read More…]
ABC National News
NY Attorney General files motion to hold Trump in contempt for ignoring subpoena
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump should be held in contempt for failing to respond to a subpoena as instructed, the New York Attorney General’s office said Thursday in a new [Read More…]
ABC World News
10 people shot in terror attack in Tel Aviv, Israel
JACK GUEZ/AFP via Getty Images (TEL AVIV, Israel) — Ten people were shot in a terror attack in Tel Aviv, Israel, on Thursday night, according to authorities. All of the victims were taken to Ichilov [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing grain and livestock futures: April 7, 2022
May corn closed at $7.57 and 3/4, up 1 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $16.45 and 1/2, up 26 centsMay soybean meal closed at $460.20, down $1.60May soybean oil closed at $73.02, up 119 [Read More…]
Ag News
Some dairy farmers are reluctant to speak out about milk pricing
A dairy organization leader says many farmers are reluctant to speak out on dairy pricing reform, even though the present system has harmed them. Laurie Fischer is the President of the American Dairy Coalition, which [Read More…]
Ag News
Commodity futures adjust ahead of WASDE report
Soybeans closed sharply higher Thursday. The soybean market traded softly higher overnight which picked up early in the session. Soybean futures are continuing to gain strength on South American drought conditions, even with rainfall in [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois farmer switches to more corn acres just ahead of planting
An Illinois farmer is making some last-minute acreage changes ahead of spring planting. Mark Read farms near Putnam in north central Illinois. “We actually just made the decision to switch some acreage from soybeans to [Read More…]
Ag News
Sugar beet operation in Nebraska adding market opportunities for grower
A western Nebraska producer says adding sugar beets to his crop rotation has made his operation more sustainable and created more market options. Kevin Hall raises cattle and grows 12,000 acres of corn, wheat, pinto [Read More…]
Weather
High Wind Warning issued April 07 at 2:25PM MDT until April 07 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…HIGH WIND WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING… * WHAT…Northwest winds 30 to 40 mph with gusts up to 60 mph. * WHERE…Portions of central, east central, south central and southeast [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kate Walsh is returning to ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Noel Vasquez/Getty Images Dr. Addison Montgomery is back in action — again. ABC announced Wednesday that Kate Walsh will return to play her beloved Grey’s Anatomy character on an upcoming episode of the long-running primetime [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Hunger Games’ star Jena Malone helps rescue abused dog
Rodin Eckenroth/Getty Images Hunger Games star Jena Malone got into character in Los Angeles Wednesday, springing to action when she saw a man allegedly abusing a little white dog. On Twitter, the actress replied to a KNBC news story [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Here’s how Chris Smalls, who was fired from an Amazon Warehouse, beat the retail giant
ANDREA RENAULT/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Chris Smalls was fired from his Amazon warehouse job in 2020, after leading a protest over fears working conditions could lead to a coronavirus outbreak at the [Read More…]
ABC World News
UN General Assembly suspends Russia from Human Rights Council
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday voted to pass a resolution to suspend Russia from the U.N. Human Rights Council, in response to Russian forces’ alleged killings [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Russian forces ‘facing morale issues and shortages’
GENYA SAVILOV/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with troops crossing the border from Belarus and Russia. Moscow’s forces have since been [Read More…]
Ag News
Ohio farmer says a good winter set the stage for decent field conditions
Heading into the start of planting season a northwestern Ohio farmer says field conditions look better than he expected. Nathan Eckel tells Brownfield he had a really good freeze this winter. “That forgave a lot [Read More…]
Ag News
Egg supplies, prices could be impacted heading into Easter
Consumers could see varying egg supplies and prices leading up to the Easter holiday. Brian Earnest, a lead protein analyst with CoBank, says there are several factors impacting eggs at a time when they are [Read More…]
Ag News
Survey: farmers are slightly less optimistic about farmland values
Growers are slightly less optimistic about farmland values, according to the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Jim Minert is the director of the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture. “People are not quite as [Read More…]