Month: April 2022
In Brief: ‘Next Generation’ cast reunites for ‘Picard’; ‘Sherlock’ series coming to HBO Max, and more
Star Trek: Picard will welcome aboard six Star Trek: The Next Generation cast members for the Paramount+ show’s third and final season, the streaming service announced on Tuesday. LeVar Burton and Michael Dorn, along with Jonathan Frakes, [Read More…]
FX’s ’Snowfall’ renewed for sixth and final season
FX FX has renewed its hit series Snowfall for a sixth and final season, Nick Grad, president of original programming, announced Tuesday. “FX first partnered with legendary writer/director John Singleton and the rest of the creative team six [Read More…]
‘Big Oil’ CEOs set to testify before Congress amid skyrocketing gas prices
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Six oil company executives are set to testify Wednesday on Capitol Hill about skyrocketing gas prices amid a political messaging battle over pain at the pump. BP America, Chevron and [Read More…]
Ferrero recalls popular Easter candy ahead of the holiday
Victoria Jones/PA Images via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A popular Easter candy has been recalled weeks before the holiday. On Monday, Ferrero announced through the Food Standards Agency it would take “the precautionary action [Read More…]
Tommy and Dee Hilfiger share advice on raising kids on the autism spectrum
ABC News (NEW YORK) — April is Autism Acceptance Month, a time to embrace the differences of people with autism spectrum disorder (ASD), a developmental disability that impacts roughly one in 44 children in the [Read More…]
Mom launches online art group for mental health
Courtesy Angie Carel (NEW YORK) — A mom of four from Indiana went from giving drawing prompts to her daughters to thousands of strangers online, inadvertently creating a community of what she describes as “amazing [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 4/5/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Orlando 120, Cleveland 115 Philadelphia 131, Indiana 122 Toronto 118, Atlanta 108 Brooklyn 118, Houston 105 Miami 144, Charlotte 115 [Read More…]
Getting the most yield potential this year
In a year where inputs are high priced and in short supply, finding the right balance between crop inputs and maximizing yield is critical. In this Managing for Profit, Derek Whalen, Channel technical agronomist from [Read More…]
Republican candidates in battleground states skip debates
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Republican candidates are shying away from the debate stage as the midterm elections approach. Over a half dozen GOP candidates in crucial state and federal races have either skipped [Read More…]
Public school coach asks Supreme Court to OK post-game prayers
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (BREMERTON, Wash.) — A coach’s personal act of prayer that grew into a public spectacle after Bremerton High School football games is now a major test of the First Amendment in a [Read More…]
Accused ISIS ‘Beatle,’ on trial for brutal kidnappings, faces mothers of American victims
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (ALEXANDRIA, Va.) — A British man accused of being one of the infamous quartet of ISIS terrorists nicknamed the “Beatles” by prisoners who they beat and executed was faced down in federal [Read More…]
Community members express anger over teen’s traffic stop death after officer faces no charges
Boynton Beach Bulldogs (BOYNTON BEACH, Fla.) — Community members voiced their concerns during a city commission meeting in Boynton Beach, Florida, on Tuesday evening after an investigation into the death of a 13-year-old boy, who [Read More…]
Two dead as tornadoes touch down in South
ibusca/iStock (NEW YORK) — Severe weather continues to strike the South with damaging winds, tornadoes and huge hail. At least two people have been killed in the storms. Chunks of hail the size of golf [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Mariupol airstrikes continue, deepening humanitarian crisis
Narciso Contreras/Anadolu Agency 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 [Read More…]
Trevor Reed’s parents say hope diminishing for son’s release from Russia
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s been three years since Joey and Paula Reed have seen their son Trevor, a former Marine currently held in a Russian prison, and now they’re afraid the ongoing [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine updates: ‘Women were raped and killed in front of their children’
Maxym Marusenko/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are continuing to have a tough time pushing through Ukraine due to Ukrainians, led by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and backed by weapons and military equipment [Read More…]
Temps to vary; more Spring moisture ahead centered in the Corn Belt
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of above-normal temperatures from the central and southern Plains to the East Coast, except across Florida’s peninsula, while cooler-than-normal conditions will cover the northern [Read More…]
High Wind Warning issued April 06 at 3:19AM MDT until April 07 at 6:00PM MDT by NWS
…HIGH WIND WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM CDT THURSDAY… …HIGH WIND WATCH IS CANCELLED… * WHAT…Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 60 mph expected. * WHERE…Portions of central, east [Read More…]
Domestic airfare up 40% from start of the year: Hopper
Erlon Silva – TRI Digital via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Domestic airfare is up 40% from the start of the year and is expected to climb another 10% next month, according to online booking platform [Read More…]
Feds halt monoclonal treatment out of omicron subvariant BA.2 concerns
Gerard Bottino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Nationwide distribution of one of the last remaining monoclonal antibody treatments is being paused “effective immediately” since it has shown to be ineffective against the COVID-19 BA.2 [Read More…]