Month: May 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Jason Momoa works a car hood like a “Whitesnake video” in ‘Fast X’ clowning with Vin Diesel
ABC Muscle car met muscle when a shirtless Jason Momoa goofed around with Vin Diesel on the set of the in-production Fast X. “Jason, what are you doing on this car?” Diesel asks his co-star [Read More…]
Ag News
Some Iowa farmers wrapping up planting this week
A north-central Iowa farmer says she has finished planting. April Hemmes raises corn and soybeans south of Hampton. “A lot of people in my area are wrapping up,” she said. “I just talked to another [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production holds as supply shrinks
U.S. ethanol production was steady last week as the supply tightened. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 991,000 barrels a day, unchanged on the week and down 41,000 on the year. Iowa State [Read More…]
Ag News
Commodity export restrictions could snowball
The global wheat market is continuing to get tighter after India announced over the weekend it is limiting wheat exports. Ag economist Ben Brown with the University of Missouri’s Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute [Read More…]
Ag News
Consumer food security varies in urban and rural areas
Consumers living in urban and rural communities vary in food satisfaction and food security. The latest Purdue University Consumer Food Insights Report found that 14 percent of all households and 23 percent of rural households [Read More…]
Ag News
Cargill to build soybean processing plant in MO
Cargill has announced it’s building a soybean processing facility in southeastern Missouri. Cargill said the $450 million project in Pemiscot County will boost soybean meal and soybean oil processing to meet growing domestic food, feed [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
US women’s soccer team to earn equal pay in landmark deal
Alex Grimm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Women who play soccer for the United States will now earn the same amount as men in a landmark equal pay win. U.S. Soccer and the unions for both [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House holds hearing on abortion access as nation awaits final Supreme Court decision
Richard Sharrocks/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House Judiciary Committee is holding a hearing Wednesday on abortion access as the nation awaits a final decision from the Supreme Court in a case that result in the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Former police officer Thomas Lane pleads guilty to manslaughter in killing of George Floyd
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Thomas Lane, one of the former Minneapolis police officers involved in George Floyd’s killing, has pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, according to the Minnesota attorney general. State Attorney General Keith [Read More…]
ABC National News
One dead, 1 rescued after sand collapses at Jersey Shore beach: Police
WPVI (TOMS RIVER, N.J.) — One person is dead and another has been rescued after two siblings became trapped under sand while digging at a Jersey Shore beach Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Police and emergency [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Sarah Jessica Parker says she hasn’t spoken to onscreen love interest Chris Noth since sexual assault allegations
RCF/MEGA/GC Images In a Hollywood Reporter interview alongside her husband and Plaza Suite on Broadway co-star Matthew Broderick, Sarah Jessica Parker made a revelation about her relationship with Chris Noth — or rather, their current [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
With ‘Bachelor In Paradise’ replacing ‘Dancing with the Stars’ this fall, “we’ve got to really do a good job,” says Wells Adams
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images Goodbye ballroom — hello Bachelors and Bachelorettes. ABC confirmed Tuesday that this fall, as Dancing with the Stars moves to Disney+, Bachelor In Paradise will be taking over its time slots, airing [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Wonder Years’ star reacts to Fred Savage’s exit: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity”
Saycon Sengbloh second from left; Alberto E. Rodriguez/Getty Images ABC’s reboot of the classic late ’80s-early ’90s sitcom The Wonder Years was renewed for a second season, a week after executive producer and director Fred [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Celebrity Jeopardy’ coming to ABC this fall, and more
Loki was the most-watched Marvel series on Disney+ to date, Marvel Studios head Kevin Feige revealed during Disney’s upfronts on Tuesday, coming in ahead of WandaVision and The Falcon and the Winter Soldier. Feige called [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jimmy Kimmel tests positive for COVID-19, again
ABC/Jeff Lipsky Jimmy Kimmel has tested positive for COVID-19, again, Taking to Twitter Tuesday night, the late night talk show host announced, “I’m such a positive person, I tested positive AGAIN.” “I am feeling fine,” [Read More…]
Ag News
Wildfires, drought, derecho create ‘perfect storm’ for pivot supply chain constraints
Farmers in some parts of the Corn Belt are worried about the supply and availability of pivot irrigation as summertime approaches. South Central Nebraska farmer Tyler Ruf tells Brownfield he ordered new pivots to replace [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois farmer wants to leave a legacy of apple trees
An Illinois farmer is hoping to one day leave behind a legacy of apple trees. Greg Durdan of Big Bear Orchard in Grand Ridge, Illinois tells Brownfield he has had a love for apples since [Read More…]
Ag News
House Ag Committee considering another cattle market bill
The House Agriculture Committee is considering further legislation to balance the market between cattle producers and packers. Butcher Block Act sponsor Abigail Spanberger of Virginia says there is a lack of enforcement of the Packers [Read More…]
Ag News
The importance of water quality in pesticide applications
Poor water quality can result in active ingredient decomposition and formulation incompatibilities and negatively impact a pesticide performance. In this Managing for Profit, Dr. Michael Kenty, a product specialist for Helena shares soIn this Managing [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 5/17/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Cincinnati 5, Cleveland 4 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chi White Sox 3, Kansas City 0 Kansas City 2, Chi White Sox [Read More…]