Month: July 2022
2022 State Amateur Baseball Tournament bracket released
KORN News Radio FM 101.3/AM 1490 will have complete coverage of all eight area teams in this year’s 2022 Class B Amateur Baseball Tournament at Cadwell Park; Alexandria, Dimock-Emery, Kimball/White Lake, Plankinton Bankers, Plankinton Gold [Read More…]
Buxton, Correa homer as Twins beat Padres 7-4
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Minnesota Twins had a nice bounce-back win against the San Diego Padres, spurred by some big home runs and a big break. All-Star Byron Buxton hit a tying homer in [Read More…]
Vikings’ ownership sees positivity from new leadership
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Taking a day of regular training camp away from their team facilities, the Minnesota Vikings traveled for an afternoon practice at U.S. Bank Stadium as a way for the new coaching staff [Read More…]
Local Sports for July 29th
Landon Waddell allowed two hits and struck out six batters propelling third-seeded Mitchell Post 18 past seconded-seeded Rapid City Post 22, 8-2, in a winner’s bracket semifinal on Thursday night at Fitzgerald Stadium. Mitchell loaded [Read More…]
Krysten Ritter to star in, produce ‘Orphan Black’ spin-off, ‘Echoes’
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic AMC has tapped Jessica Jones vet Krysten Ritter to produce and star in the spin-off to the Emmy-winning drama Orphan Black called Orphan Black: Echoes. For Ritter, the 10-episode series is a return to [Read More…]
‘Better Call Saul’ actor Bob Odenkirk grateful for support one year after heart attack
AMC/Greg Lewis Actor Bob Odenkirk is reflecting on the past year after having a heart attack on the set of his hit show Better Call Saul in 2021. Odenkirk tweeted Thursday, saying he is appreciative [Read More…]
The official teaser trailer to ‘Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio’ is out now
Netflix The official teaser trailer for Guillermo del Toro‘s Pinocchio has arrived. Academy Award-winning filmmaker Guillermo del Toro‘s version of the classic Carlo Collodi novel reimagines the famous story of the wooden marionette, Pinocchio, voiced [Read More…]
Mike Judge “hoping” the music videos return to original ‘Beavis and Butt-Head’ shows
Paramount+ The return of Beavis and Butt-Head on Paramount+ will come with remastered version of 200 original shows from the one-time MTV phenomenon. However, for B&B fans, some even better news: the videos may be [Read More…]
New York state declares monkeypox an ‘imminent threat to public health’
Joseph Sohm/Getty Images, FILE (ALABANY, N.Y.) — New York state’s health commissioner declared monkeypox an “imminent threat to public health” on Thursday amid a rapid increase in cases. The declaration means that “local health departments [Read More…]
Biden administration still weighing whether to declare monkeypox a public health emergency
ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — With new cases of monkeypox emerging rapidly across the country, the Biden administration is weighing whether to declare the growing outbreak a public health emergency, federal health [Read More…]
Man cured of HIV, cancer following breakthrough stem cell transplant: Doctors
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 66-year-old man who was diagnosed with HIV in 1988 is said to be free of both the HIV virus and cancer, following a stem cell transplant from an unrelated [Read More…]
Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the US: CDC
Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images, FILE (ATLANTA) — Minorities are bearing the brunt of monkeypox cases in the United States, new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows. During a telemedia briefing Thursday, [Read More…]
After 1st case of pregnant woman with monkeypox in US, what pregnant women should know
Mike Harrington/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As the number of cases of monkeypox continue to rise in the United States, pregnant women are now among those affected. The first case of monkeypox in a pregnant [Read More…]
Ex-NFL player Kevin Ware indicted in girlfriend’s murder
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Former NFL player Kevin Ware was indicted Thursday for murder in the death of his missing girlfriend, Taylor Pomaski. “We appreciate everyone who has come forward to provide evidence and [Read More…]
Secret Service director briefly postpones his retirement as successor search continues
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Secret Service Director Jim Murray is extending his time with the agency until a new director is selected, briefly extending his tenure as his agents finds themselves in the [Read More…]
24 Republicans break with leadership, vote with Democrats to pass computer chip bill
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Another major legislative win for Democrats came Thursday, when — over Republican objections of “corporate welfare” — a bipartisan group in the House passed a bill [Read More…]
New ATF director speaks on his plans for the agency
Oliver Contreras – Pool/Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The Senate confirmed Steven Dettelbach as director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives earlier this month, making him only the second ATF director to [Read More…]
As US economy slows, Biden resists recession label and touts ‘historically strong’ job market
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday pointed to robust job growth and low unemployment that should, he argued, quell growing concerns of a financial downturn after it was announced that the [Read More…]
Trump PAC made large donations to Michigan group and others pushing voting restrictions or false election claims
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As former President Donald Trump continues to push false claims of voter fraud in the 2020 election, his political action committee has donated hundreds of thousands of dollars [Read More…]
7-year-old credited with saving toddler from bottom of swimming pool
Tiara Delvalle (SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — A 7-year-old California boy is being heralded as a hero for his quick-thinking actions that helped save a toddler at the bottom of a pool. Massiah Browne, of Sacramento, was [Read More…]
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