Month: May 2022

Gotham/Getty Images The Met Gala is back! One of fashion’s biggest nights returned Monday and celebrities brought out their very best looks for the affair. Held in New York City, the theme, “In America: An [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 5/2/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE St. Louis 1, Kansas City 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chicago White Sox 3, LA Angels 0 Minnesota 2, Baltimore 1 [Read More…]

Ohio primaries test Trump’s power over GOP, highlight Democratic divisions

adamkaz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ohioans head to the polls Tuesday to vote in Democratic and Republican primaries, featuring multiple hotly contested races, including battles for governor, secretary of state and U.S. Senate. The race to [Read More…]

Biden meets with parents of American journalist Austin Tice who was abducted in Syria

Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The parents of Austin Tice, an American journalist and Marine Corps veteran abducted in Syria, have already been waiting almost a decade for their son [Read More…]

Special grand jury seated in Trump election probe in Georgia

Creativeye99/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A special grand jury has been seated in Fulton County, Georgia, as part of the ongoing criminal investigation into former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn the results of the [Read More…]

Supreme Court apparently to overturn Roe v. Wade abortion case, draft opinion shows: Report

Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An apparent draft Supreme Court opinion obtained by Politico shows the panel’s conservative majority of justices is ready to overturn nearly 50 years of established abortion rights precedent since Roe v. [Read More…]

‘Sesame Street’ veteran Sonia Manzano goes home in her first animated series, ‘Alma’s Way’

PBS Kids Sonia Manzano, who played Maria on Sesame Street for 44 years before leaving in 2015, makes her animated debut on Monday on the PBS Kids show Alma’s Way. The actress plays Granny Isa [Read More…]

Jimmy Kimmel announces that he has COVID

ABC/Jeff Lipsky While he famously “bumps” Matt Damon from every episode of Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Jimmy bumped himself tonight’s show — because he’s COVID positive. “Our daughter brought us covid (even though we specifically asked [Read More…]

“A teachable moment” — Drew Barrymore apologizes for “making light” of Johnny Depp trial

Patrick McMullan via Getty Images In a new video posted on her Instagram, Drew Barrymore has apologized to fans who took issue with her goofing on the Johnny Depp/Amber Heard defamation trial during a segment [Read More…]

‘Doctor Strange’ sequel conjuring up better pre-sales than ‘Thor: Ragnarok’, ‘Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2’

Marvel Studios Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness doesn’t open until Friday, but presales for the sequel are already outpacing other hit Marvel movies, Fandango says. The company announced that the Benedict Cumberbatch sequel, [Read More…]

The Great Resignation: Its origins and what it means for future business

Jeenah Moon/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In 2021, more than 47 million Americans quit their jobs, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics – the most resignations on record. As resignation rates remain [Read More…]

Sandy Hook families agree to remove InfoWars as defendant in defamation lawsuit

Sergio Flores/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Families of victims of the 2012 massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School have agreed to remove InfoWars as a defendant in their defamation lawsuit, hoping to end what they’ve [Read More…]

Wife of slain Chinese food delivery driver speaks out as NYPD investigates his death

ABC News (NEW YORK) — Police in New York City are investigating the shooting death of a Chinese food delivery worker, who was shot in the chest on Saturday while riding his scooter in the [Read More…]

Jury finds ex-NYPD cop guilty of assaulting officer during Jan. 6 attack

Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A jury on Monday found former New York City police officer Thomas Webster guilty on six charges, including assaulting a police officer, in the first federal assault case stemming from [Read More…]

Wisconsin farmer fine-tunes his cover crop plan

An eastern Wisconsin farmer continues to fine-tune his cover cropping plan. Dan Brick from Brickstead Dairy Farm near Greenleaf tells Brownfield he began cover cropping after visiting farmers in Pennsylvania about six years ago who [Read More…]

South Dakota farmer waits for better planting conditions

A northeastern South Dakota farmer is one of many farmers waiting for better planting conditions. Ryan Wagner farms more than 45-hundred acres in the Roslyn area and says he’s a little behind where he’d like [Read More…]

Farm financial outlook very uncertain

Many ag economists believe the farm economy to be shrouded in uncertainty. One of them is Pauline Van Nurden with the University of Minnesota. “We certainly have good crop prices, (but) the question is ‘how [Read More…]

Planting moves slowly in South Dakota

South Dakota farmers made little planting progress last week, but are still running behind the average pace. The USDA says four percent of the state’s corn is planted, 22 percent behind last year and 13 [Read More…]

Tennessee planting update: 42% corn and 9% soybeans planted

Planting pace is picking up for Tennessee farmers. Corn is 42% planted, 21% behind last year’s pace and 13% behind the 5-year average. Ten percent of the crop has emerged. Soybeans are 9% planted slightly [Read More…]

What Naomi Judd said about her battle with depression before her death