Month: April 2022
Red Flag Warning issued April 04 at 2:15PM MDT until April 05 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR GUSTY WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA… …RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR GUSTY [Read More…]
With ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’ stars starting press tour, fans crying for trailer
Waititi, Hemsworth on “Thor: Ragnarok”/Marvel Studios With its writer/director Taika Waititi hinting since last year that his fourth Thor movie will be the “craziest film he had ever done” — a bold statement from the [Read More…]
After being “traumatized” by Oscars slap, co-host and mom Amy Schumer posts “Out of Office” Instagram
ABC (NOTE LANGUAGE) A week after the so-called “Slap heard ’round the world,” Oscars co-host Amy Schumer tells fans she’s taking a break. To her Instagram over the weekend, Amy posted a picture of her [Read More…]
Harrison Ford coming to the small screen for Apple TV+’s ‘Shrinking’
ABC One of the biggest movie stars of all time is coming to the small screen: Harrison Ford‘s first starring TV series project will be in an Apple TV+ comedy called Shrinking. According to the [Read More…]
New COVID-19 variant XE identified: What to know and why experts say not to be alarmed
Daniel Knighton/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new COVID-19 variant has been identified in the United Kingdom, but experts say there is no cause for alarm yet. The variant, known as XE, is a combination [Read More…]
Police arrest suspect in downtown Sacramento shooting that killed 6
David Odisho/Getty Images (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Sacramento police have arrested a suspected gunman in the shooting that killed six people in a popular nightlife area over the weekend. Dandre Martin, 26, was identified as a [Read More…]
‘Sickening’ atrocities in Bucha, nearly 70% of Russian troops near Kyiv have withdrawn: Pentagon update Day 40
Metin Aktas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has been providing daily updates on the Russian invasion of Ukraine and Ukraine’s efforts to resist. Here are highlights of what a senior U.S. defense [Read More…]
Mixed variety selection can help farmers with crop risk
Michigan State University’s wheat breeder is encouraging farmers to use multiple varieties to spread their risk. Eric Olsen tells Brownfield that using different maturing crops each year allows growers to spread out fieldwork and the [Read More…]
Researchers work on avian influenza vaccine
A University of Wisconsin research team is making some progress in developing a vaccine for avian influenza. Dr. Adel Talaat tells Brownfield his research into a vaccine for low-path influenza began in 2017 and provided 100% [Read More…]
20 year old woman charged in shooting incident
On March 31st, Officers from the Mitchell Police Department responded to a report of several shots fired from a vehicle in the 600 block of East Hanson, Mitchell SD. Upon arrival Officers found several bullet [Read More…]
“We just have to adapt”: Selma Blair gets real on living with MS
BG015/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Actress Selma Blair opens up in the April/May issue of AARP The Magazine, and talks about living — and really living — with multiple sclerosis. The former Cruel Intentions and Hellboy star first [Read More…]
‘Saturday Night Live’ tees off on Will Smith Oscars slap
NBC/Will Heath While host Jerrod Carmichael said in his monologue that he was over talking about Will Smith‘s slap of Chris Rock at the Oscars, Saturday Night Live was all about it. “I’m not gonna talk about it,” the stand-up first said, referring to [Read More…]
‘Morbius’ takes the top spot with decent $39 million open; ‘The Batman’ crosses $710 million worldwide
Sony Pictures The Sony Pictures vampire superhero Morbius managed to fight off a critical drubbing to earn a respectable $39.1 million opening at the domestic box office, enough for the weekend’s top spot. The movie, starring Oscar-winner Jared Leto as one of Marvel [Read More…]
In Brief: Toil and trouble — COVID cancels ‘Macbeth’ shows on Broadway, and more
Broadway performances of Macbeth, which stars Daniel Craig and Ruth Negga, have been cancelled through April 7 after a “limited number” of positive COVID-19 results were detected among the company. “We deeply apologize for the inconvenience this [Read More…]
Walt Disney World Resort to be powered up to 40% by the sun
BanksPhotos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Walt Disney World Resort is adding two 75-megawatt solar arrays to its renewable energy portfolio that, combined with existing infrastructure, will provide 40% of the park’s electricity. The announcement [Read More…]
Biden calls Russia’s killings of Ukrainian civilians a war crime but not genocide
MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The killings of Ukrainian civilians committed by Russian forces in Ukraine is a war crime, President Joe Biden said Monday — repeating his accusation that Russian President Vladimir [Read More…]
Senate Judiciary Committee to vote on Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court nomination
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, President Joe Biden’s first nominee to the Supreme Court, is expected to pass a major milestone Monday on her way to expected Senate confirmation later this [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Kremlin reacts to images of dead bodies in Bucha
RONALDO SCHEMIDT/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…]
Emissions must peak by 2025 to prevent disastrous climate change effects: UN report
Thatree Thitivongvaroon/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the world pushes to decrease its reliance on oil, especially amid the energy crisis exacerbated by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the United Nations’ climate panel is warning that [Read More…]
Farmland market parallels between now and 10 years ago
An extension ag economist looking at farmland values sees a lot of parallels between now and a decade ago when the market soared to new records. Jim Jansen with the University of Nebraska-Lincoln tells Brownfield [Read More…]