Month: June 2022
Ag News
USDA: corn acres up from March, soybeans down
The USDA says producers planted more corn acres than expected this year, while soybeans fell short of projections. That followed significant planting delays in some key U.S. growing areas against nearly ideal conditions in other [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Warning issued June 30 at 10:59AM MDT until July 05 at 12:00AM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Davison and Hanson Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …FLOOD [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Tom Hiddleston and fiancée Zawe Ashton expecting first child
David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Vogue has revealed that Loki star Tom Hiddleston and his fiancée, Zawe Ashton, are expecting. The fashion mag was featuring Ashton getting ready for the New York City premiere of [Read More…]
Ag News
Pork, beef export sales up on week
U.S. meat export sales bounced back during the week ending June 23rd. The USDA says both beef and pork showed solid week-to-week improvements, with South Korea and China topping the list for beef and Mexico [Read More…]
Ag News
Interest in carbon credits are growing in Europe while farmers wait for programs to be validated
A famer from Belgium says he’s trying to help create a greener supply chain by piloting a pair of carbon credit programs. Robert de l’Escaille grows a variety of 32 crops including corn and soybeans [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
JoJo Siwa, Jesse Tyler Ferguson join ‘High School Musical: The Musical: The Series’ season 3
Disney+ JoJo Siwa and Jesse Tyler Ferguson are joining High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. The pair will appear in guest roles, joining previously announced guest star Corbin Bleu from the High School Musical [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: George Clooney and Julia Roberts reunite for ‘Paradise’, and more
George Clooney and his pal — and Ocean’s Eleven co-star — Julia Roberts reunite in the trailer to the new romantic comedy Ticket to Paradise. The pair play a former couple who married impulsively, and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Brothers onscreen and off: ‘Rise’ stars talk humble beginnings of Greek basketball stars
(L-R): Ral Agada as Thanasis and Uche Agada as Giannis in Disney’s live-action RISE, exclusively on Disney+. Photo courtesy of Disney Enterprises, Inc. © 2022 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All Rights Reserved. In the new film [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Are record corporate profits driving inflation? Here’s what experts think
Michael Nagle/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While sky-high inflation has crunched budgets for essentials like gas and groceries, many large corporations have reported record profits, eliciting anger from some everyday people and public [Read More…]
ABC Business News
How the agriculture industry must adapt to megadrought in the West: Experts
Citizen of the Planet/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The industry that overwhelmingly uses the most water resources in the West does so for good reason: to provide sustenance for the rest [Read More…]
ABC Health News
What you need to know about medication abortion after the overturning of Roe v. Wade
ELISA WELLS/PLAN C/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled to overturn Roe v. Wade, many pregnant people living in states where abortion is now illegal are expected to turn [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 6/29/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: INTERLEAGUE Houston 2, NY Mets 0 Milwaukee 5, Tampa Bay 3 Detroit 3, San Francisco 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE NY Yankees 5, Oakland 3 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to be sworn in as Supreme Court justice at noon
Kevin Lamarque-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When Justice Stephen Breyer retires from the U.S. Supreme Court at noon on Thursday, Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, his former law clerk, will mark a milestone in American representation when [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Rep. Liz Cheney ‘confident’ in Cassidy Hutchinson’s testimony
Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Republican Rep. Liz Cheney told This Week co-anchor Jonathan Karl in an exclusive interview that she has full faith and confidence in the testimony of Cassidy [Read More…]
ABC National News
20-year-old mother gunned down on NYC street was apparently targeted: Sources
KENA BETANCUR/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 20-year-old woman was fatally shot in the head while pushing her 3-month-old baby in a stroller on New York City’s Upper East Side on Wednesday night, [Read More…]
ABC National News
Manhunt underway after two sheriff’s deputies shot in Alabama
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (BIBB COUNTY, Ala.) — A manhunt is underway in Alabama for a suspect who allegedly shot two Bibb County Sheriff’s deputies, officials said. The shooting occurred Wednesday afternoon on Highway 25 [Read More…]
ABC National News
Four charged after 53 found dead in Texas tractor-trailer
Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Four men have been charged in connection with the alleged migrant smuggling operation that took the lives of 53 people who were trapped in the sweltering heat of a [Read More…]
ABC National News
14-year-old tiger dies after contracting COVID-19 at zoo
Andy Smith/Getty Images – FILE (COLUMBUS) — A 14-year-old tiger has died from health complications after contracting COVID-19 at an Ohio zoo, officials said. Jupiter, a 14-year-old Amur tiger, passed away on Sunday after officials [Read More…]
ABC World News
Verdict in France’s ‘trial of the century’: Between relief and the years ahead
BENOIT PEYRUCQ/AFP via Getty Images (PARIS) — Wednesday marked the epilogue of a nearly 10-month-long and emotional trial for the Paris terror attacks of Nov. 13, 2015, with Salah Abdeslam — the only person directly [Read More…]
ABC World News
Why it may be hard to isolate Russia, experts say
Henry Nicholls – Pool/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In response to the invasion of Ukraine, the West has imposed unprecedented sanctions on Russia, nearly crippling its economy and isolating it from all but a few [Read More…]