Month: May 2022
Sanchez, Lewis lead Twins past Athletics 3-1
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Gary Sanchez homered, Royce Lewis scored twice and the Minnesota Twins beat the Oakland Athletics 3-1 on Monday night. The Twins followed up a sweep at home against the A’s with [Read More…]
Sioux Falls man guilty of selling drugs that led to 2 deaths
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A 53-year-old South Dakota man has been convicted of distributing a powerful synthetic opioid that resulted in the deaths of two people. A federal jury on Friday found Jeffrey Moore, [Read More…]
GOP lawmakers steered probe into intoxicated state senators
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota Senate Republicans in a private 2020 meeting planned how to achieve an already-negotiated outcome to a committee investigating a pair of lawmakers for being intoxicated during legislative proceedings [Read More…]
‘Schitt’s Creek’ star Sarah Levy expecting first child with husband Graham Outerbridge
Rich Fury/Getty Images Schitt’s Creek star Sarah Levy is going to be a mom. Taking to Instagram on Monday, the 35-year-old actress announced the news with a photo of herself wearing striped shorts, a half-unbuttoned linen top and [Read More…]
Skittles, Starbursts and Life Savers gummies recalled due to reports of metal strands
FDA (NEW YORK) — The maker of Skittles, Starburst and Life Savers gummies announced a voluntary recall over the possible “presence of a very thin metal strand embedded in the gummies or loose in the [Read More…]
Buffalo community rallies to support access to fresh food in wake of supermarket shooting
Scott Olson/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — In the wake of a mass shooting at a supermarket in Buffalo, New York, organizations are rallying to support the local community and ensure residents have access to affordable [Read More…]
Memorial Day Weekend 2022: Shop sales on fashion, beauty and home starting now
discan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s almost hard to believe that we’re approaching the summer of 2022 — but we’re here for it. To kick off the summer, many brands are offering major deals and [Read More…]
Despite White House guidance, aging school facilities still threaten kids’ health
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — By spring of 2021, Rashelle Chase-Miller knew she’d have to make some hard decisions. Schools in Portland, Oregon — including her son Leo’s charter — were reopening in-person. But Chase-Miller, [Read More…]
Promoting corn-fed meat across the world
In this edition of Missouri Corn Talk, John Hinners with the US Meat Export Federation explains the close connection between the corn and meat industries, and how the two are working together to increase export [Read More…]
A cooler, somewhat drier pattern ahead for parts of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures across much of the country, while warmer-than-normal weather should be confined to parts of California, the Desert Southwest, and [Read More…]
Biden to travel to Buffalo following mass shooting
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Assuming his role as consoler-in-chief, President Joe Biden will travel to Buffalo, New York, on Tuesday, to visit a community in mourning following Saturday’s racially-motivated mass shooting at [Read More…]
Primary races in five states foreshadow contentious midterm elections
adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Primary elections on Tuesday night in five states will showcase some of the many factors that have been swirling around the 2022 midterm elections, including the power of endorsements, shakeups from [Read More…]
Congress to hold first hearing on UFOs in over 50 years
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Almost a year after a long-awaited U.S. intelligence report on UFOs provided few answers to what military pilots had encountered in more than 140 incidents, top Pentagon [Read More…]
After Buffalo shooting, experts question whether America can face its far-right extremism problem
Scott Olson/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Within the pages of the alleged Buffalo shooter’s plan to attack a Buffalo, New York supermarket, he described the radical ideals he said he cultivated on the internet. It [Read More…]
If Roe is overturned, experts fear for incarcerated people and reproductive care
WIN-Initiative/Neleman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For people in jails and prisons across the country, where reproductive health care is already abysmal, the potential end of Roe v. Wade is a haunting prospect. “[People are] going [Read More…]
EMS, police officers among seven injured in explosion at Baltimore-area nail salon
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (WINDSOR MILL, Md.) — Police officers and EMS providers are among the seven people injured following an explosion at a nail salon in Windsor Mill, Maryland, Monday night, authorities said. Four police [Read More…]
Document appears to show Buffalo shooter’s planning including March trip to supermarket
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — An online document obtained by ABC News appears to chronicle how Payton Gendron carefully planned out his attack at least two months before [Read More…]
FDA, Abbott agree on plan to resume production of infant formula at Michigan plant
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a move to ease a nationwide shortage of infant formula, the Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it has agreed with Abbott Nutrition on a plan to reopen [Read More…]
Biden approves return of US troops for Somalia counterterrorism fight, reversing Trump
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Reversing a decision by predecessor Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has approved a Pentagon request to redeploy several hundred American troops to Somalia for what the National Security Council calls “a [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 5/16/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 3, Tampa Bay 2 NY Yankees 6, Baltimore 2 Boston 6, Houston 3 Toronto 6, Seattle 2 [Read More…]
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