Month: July 2022
13-year-old girl going to medical school shares advice for other kids
D. Lacy Photography (NEW YORK) — Alena Analeigh Wicker, a 13-year-old from Texas, is not preparing for back to school like most kids her age. Alena has already been accepted to medical school, with plans [Read More…]
New York Police Department officer adopts dog she rescued from hot car
@NYPD19Pct/Twitter (NEW YORK) — A New York City police officer has adopted the same dog that she helped save from a hot car last month. Aruna Maharaj, an officer with the NYPD’s 19th Precinct, adopted [Read More…]
3 children, mother found dead in apparent murder suicide: Police
kali9/Getty Images (DANBURY, Conn.) — A Connecticut mother allegedly killed her three children before taking her own life, the Danbury Police Department said Thursday. Police identified the mother as 36-year-old Sonia Loja and her three [Read More…]
Highland Park mom forges new mission to combat gun violence
ABC News (CHICAGO) — Ashbey Beasley said the horrors of the July Fourth mass shooting are still fresh in her mind. The Highland Park, Illinois, native was at the Independence Day parade with her 6-year-old [Read More…]
Trevor Reed ‘cautiously optimistic’ about proposal to free Griner and Whelan from Russia
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Trevor Reed, a former Marine from Texas who served nearly three years in a Russian prison before he was freed in a prison swap this spring, said he is “cautiously [Read More…]
Niece of slain Palestinian journalist speaks out on aunt’s killing
OLIVIER DOULIERY/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — The family of veteran Al Jazeera journalist Shireen Abu Akleh, who was killed in May while on assignment covering an Israeli military raid in the occupied West [Read More…]
Comparing African swine fever stability in feed at different storage temps
The survivability of African swine fever in feed varies on holding temperature. That’s the verdict of Dr. Megan Niederwerder, associate director of the Swine Health Information Center, following what she calls a robust study involving [Read More…]
Cattle, hog futures mostly lower watching cash trade
Live cattle were mostly lower, waiting to see how much direct business is left to be done, and feeders were pressured by the higher move in corn. August live was down $.62 at $136.17 and [Read More…]
ASPIRE Act aims to connect people to careers in agriculture
Legislation that addresses workforce shortages in agriculture has been introduced in the U.S. Senate. Minnesota Democrat Tina Smith tells Brownfield the Agriculture Skills Preparation for Industry Recruitment Efforts, or ASPIRE Act, gets at an issue [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: July 28, 2022
Sep. corn closed at $6.15, up 14 and 3/4 centsAug. soybeans closed at $16.09 and 1/4, up 30 and 1/2 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $489.70, up 80 centsAug. soybean oil closed at 61.18, up [Read More…]
Beam to chair Kansas wildfire taskforce in wake of December disaster
Kansas Ag Director Mike Beam has been selected to lead the state’s wildfire taskforce to help producers prepare and mitigate future disasters. He tells Brownfield there’s been an alarming increase in wildfires in the last [Read More…]
Mitchell improves to 2-0 at State with an 8-2 win vs. RC Post 22
RAPID CITY, S.D. – Mitchell Post 18 improved to 2-0 in the State Legion Tournament with an 8-2 victory on Thursday night vs. Rapid City Post 22. Landon Waddell threw 6 2/3 innings for Mitchell, [Read More…]
Universal reveals explosive teaser to Christopher Nolan’s ‘Oppenheimer’
Universal Pictures In an ongoing live loop of the teaser, Universal Pictures revealed on Thursday the first footage of Christopher Nolan‘s star-studded historical drama Oppenheimer. Frequent Nolan player Cillian Murphy plays J. Robert Oppenheimer, the [Read More…]
“Marilyn doesn’t exist”: Ana de Armas’ Marilyn Monroe grapples with fame in new trailer to Netflix’s ‘Blonde’
Cannavale and de Armas — Netflix In the new full trailer to Blonde, the Marilyn Monroe biopic starring Ana de Armas, we see the screen legend grappling with her onscreen persona and how it conflicts [Read More…]
“Weird” Al Yankovic movie gets release date
Roku Weird, the sort-of biopic about Grammy-winning parodist “Weird” Al Yankovic, will debut on Roku November 4. Al, himself, tweeted the news with a “Mark your calendars…” caption and a photo of the movie poster. [Read More…]
VICE TV taking a deep dive into ‘The Simpsons’ in second season of ‘Icons Unearthed’
FOX VICE TV has picked up its documentary series Icons Unearthed for a second season. This time around the subject is “Our Favorite Family,” The Simpsons. The deep dive into the titular residents of 742 [Read More…]
Sydney Sweeney says she can’t afford to take a break from acting
HBO/Eddy Chen Sydney Sweeney is keeping it real when it comes to finances and being in the entertainment industry. Despite being cast in some of the hottest shows on television right now, like HBO Max’s [Read More…]
US economy shrank 0.9% in second quarter
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. economy shrank 0.9% in the second quarter of this year, the Commerce Department reported Thursday morning, marking the second quarter in a row that the nation’s gross domestic [Read More…]
SNAP benefits expanded to help with online grocery shopping
Nipitpon Singad / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New grants, technology enhancements and partnerships are helping grocers and shoppers who rely on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) to get more access to more places [Read More…]
‘Wren Eleanor’ TikTok trend sees parents removing photos, videos of their kids
5./15 WEST/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A TikTok account with more than 17 million followers has sparked a discussion about children’s privacy and safety online. The mom behind the popular TikTok shares photos and videos [Read More…]
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