Month: July 2022
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Office’ finally gets the LEGO treatment
Courtesy LEGO LEGO has immortalized Scranton, Pennsylvania’s, Dunder Mifflin paper company in plastic. The building toy company has officially released presales of its tribute to the American version of The Office, a miniature version of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
See what it took to bring that galaxy far, far away to life in Vice’s new documentary ‘Icons Unearthed: Star Wars’
Marcia Lucas – Courtesy Nacelle Company Most Star Wars fans are familiar with the struggles it took to bring George Lucas‘ groundbreaking 1977 film to life, but a new Vice TV documentary is revealing details even die-harders may not [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Elon Musk responds to Twitter’s $44 billion lawsuit
Patrick Pleul/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk asked a Delaware court on Friday to reject Twitter’s attempt to put the $44 billion merger case on trial in September, arguing it’s an “unjustifiable” [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Ford recalling 100K SUVs and trucks due to fire risks
shaunl/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Car manufacturer Ford is recalling over 100,000 SUVs and trucks because of fire risks in the engine, nearly a month after recalling millions of its vehicles. The company is recalling [Read More…]
ABC Health News
US men sicker than those abroad, study says
Thomas Barwick/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — American men are sicker and die earlier than men living in other developed nations, according to a new report from The Commonwealth Fund, a non-profit organization focusing on public [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DHS inspector general meets with Jan. 6 committee about deleted Secret Service texts
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security inspector general met with members of the Jan. 6 committee behind closed doors on Friday amid revelations about deleted Secret Service texts from the day before [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
House passes bills to codify Roe, protect interstate travel for abortion
Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The House of Representatives on Friday passed two measures to restore abortion rights after the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade. The action [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Manchin appears to sink Biden agenda on climate and tax reform
Tom Williams-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Joe Manchin appears to have torpedoed a cornerstone of President Joe Biden’s economic agenda, telling Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer Thursday evening that he won’t support moving forward on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Wyoming struggles for answers amid growing suicide rate
Nine OK/Getty Images/Stock (CHEYENNE, Wyo.) — Lyle Neiberger would have turned 33 this year. But he is forever 17, frozen in his father Lance’s memory. “I’ve never been angry at my son. I’ve always been angry [Read More…]
ABC National News
New 988 number for National Suicide Prevention Lifeline launches Saturday, expanding access amid funding concerns
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (NEW YORK) — As the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline prepared for the launch of a nationwide three-digit number on Saturday, local, state and federal government officials gathered in Philadelphia [Read More…]
ABC National News
Pilot who landed small plane on highway arrested under suspicion of intoxication
Getty Images/pawel.gaul/Stock (KANSAS CITY, Mo.) — A pilot who landed his plane on a Missouri highway early Friday after running out of fuel was arrested for allegedly flying while intoxicated, authorities said. Troopers responded to reports [Read More…]
ABC National News
City to meet with advocacy groups over police reform demands following Jayland Walker’s death
Angelo Merendino/Getty Images (AKRON, Ohio) — Tensions between protesters and law enforcement have persisted amid weekslong demonstrations following the fatal police shooting of 25-year-old Jayland Walker. As protesters seek accountability from police in Walker’s death, [Read More…]
ABC National News
25-year-old rescues kids from house fire: ‘I knew the next second it could be my life, but every second counted’
Lafayette Police (LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — An Indiana police department is praising a “heroic” 25-year-old Good Samaritan who rescued five children from a massive house fire. Nicholas Bostic saved an 18-year-old who was home with her [Read More…]
ABC World News
Mexican drug kingpin wanted in killing of DEA agent captured: Sources
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images/Stock (NEW YORK) — Mexican drug kingpin Rafael Caro-Quintero, wanted in the 1985 killing of a U.S. anti-narcotics agent, has been detained in Mexico, multiple law enforcement sources told ABC News Friday evening. Caro-Quintero, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Biden says he raised Khashoggi murder with Saudi crown prince
Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images (JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia) — President Joe Biden on Friday, after a much-criticized meeting with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, said he had raised the murder of Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi with [Read More…]
ABC World News
Brittney Griner’s attorney presents doctor’s letter in court, says she had permission to use cannabis
Stacy Revere/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Brittney Griner’s attorney presented new evidence on the fourth day of her trial in Russia, where the WNBA star has been detained for nearly five months. The lawyer had a [Read More…]
ABC World News
Tanzania investigates deadly outbreak of mystery disease
Roland Magnusson/EyeEm/Getty Images (DAR ES SAALAM, Tanzania) — Health officials are investigating a deadly outbreak of a mystery disease in southern Tanzania that has infected over a dozen people and killed at least three of [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer input needed on drought damage
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is calling for farmers in the state to report drought related stresses on crops and livestock. Missouri DNR’s Jennifer Hoggatt tells Brownfield the department wants to know landowners’ needs [Read More…]
Ag News
Labor issues for food processors have changed
Labor issues are affecting farm products beyond the farm. Jason Culotta is the President of the Midwest Food Products Association. He tells Brownfield keeping grocery store shelves stocked with canned and frozen foods takes a [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmer participation a key metric when evaluating federal crop insurance
A professor of applied economics points to a key metric when measuring the success of federal crop insurance. Marin Bozic with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield if Title I programs aren’t used much, that’s [Read More…]