Month: July 2022
Scoreboard roundup — 7/6/22
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Wednesday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE LA Angels 5, Miami 2 NY Yankees 16, Pittsburgh 0 AMERICAN LEAGUE Detroit 8, Cleveland 2 Chi White Sox [Read More…]
After Johnson resignation, Biden says US-UK ‘special relationship’ remains ‘strong’
Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a new statement following the resignation of U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson, President Joe Biden on Thursday stressed “the special relationship” between the U.S. and U.K. [Read More…]
Amid gun violence, US Marshals going after ‘trigger pullers,’ director says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In his first network interview, the director of the United States Marshals Service told ABC News the U.S. Marshals Service is focusing on “trigger pullers” — repeat offenders who shoot and [Read More…]
Biden to award Medal of Freedom to Biles, McCain, 15 others
Valerie Macon/AFP via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday will award 17 individuals with the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor. The medal is given to those who [Read More…]
Highland Park parade shooter’s father says he is not culpable for son’s attack
Mark Borenstein/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — The father of the alleged Highland Park parade shooter, Bobby Crimo Jr., has told ABC News that he is not culpable in the Independence Day attack, in spite of having [Read More…]
Derek Chauvin to be sentenced on federal charges for violating George Floyd’s civil rights
KEREM YUCEL/AFP via Getty Images (MINNEAPOLIS) — Former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin will be sentenced Thursday on federal civil rights charges in the death of George Floyd. He had previously pleaded not guilty to [Read More…]
Teen suspect in Buffalo mass shooting set to appear in state court
Scott Olson/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — The white teenager charged with killing 10 Black people in a Buffalo, New York, supermarket in what prosecutors described as a racially motivated mass shooting, is set to appear [Read More…]
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Moscow views nuclear weapons only as a deterrent
Miguel Medina/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin’s “special military operation” into neighboring Ukraine began on Feb. 24, with Russian forces invading from Belarus, to the north, and Russia, to the [Read More…]
Rhino population gets a new sanctuary in Mozambique
David Silverman/Getty Images (INHAMBANE, Mozambique) — The first healthy baby female white rhino was born in Zinave National Park in Mozambique a few weeks ago, the product of a multi-year targeted relocation to protect the [Read More…]
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson announces resignation: ‘Them’s the breaks’
Jack Taylor/Getty Images (LONDON) — U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced his resignation Thursday, after dozens of ministers quit his cabinet and urged him to go. In a statement delivered outside his office at no. [Read More…]
RFA: ethanol exports fall in May
U.S. ethanol exports declined in May. The Renewable Fuels Association says ethanol exports during May were 147.1 million gallons, down 21% from the four-year high hit in April. Canada was the top customer for the [Read More…]
Rain for southern Iowa crops
Southwest Iowa farmer Duane Aistrope says Mother Nature provided much-needed relief for his crops this week. “The corn was really rolling big time,” he said. “It was protecting itself from the harsh winds and hot [Read More…]
National Drought Monitor shows drought is intensifying in the U.S.
The latest U.S. Drought Monitor shows that extended dryness has intensified across much of the Corn Belt. Brian Fuchs with the National Drought Mitigation Center tells Brownfield areas of Indiana, Illinois and Missouri experienced flash [Read More…]
Rising input costs could support an acreage shift in 2023
An ag economist says rising input costs have some farmers are already contemplating an acreage shift in 2023. Jim Mintert tells Brownfield one out of five farmers surveyed in the latest Purdue University/CME Ag Economy [Read More…]
CONAB raises Brazil corn crop guess
Estimates for Brazil’s second corn crop are getting larger as the harvest advances. CONAB sees the crop at 88.448 million tons, up 0.5% from June, with about a third of the crop harvested. Brazil’s second [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued July 07 at 8:34AM MDT until further notice 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…]
Johnson resigns, remains UK prime minister for now
LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson resigned Thursday, acknowledging that it was “clearly the will” of his party that he should go. He stepped down immediately as leader of his Conservative Party but [Read More…]
Rudy Gobert arrives in Minnesota, after 9 seasons with Utah
Rudy Gobert reads Twitter comments, so he’s aware that Minnesota fans didn’t like him very much during his first nine NBA seasons. And he also heard Timberwolves coach Chris Finch complain regularly about the way [Read More…]
Wild GM Guerin says Kirill Kaprizov is fine, still in Russia
MONTREAL (AP) — Minnesota Wild general manager Bill Guerin said Kirill Kaprizov remains in Russia and is doing well, denying a report the star winger returned to the U.S. and adding the team is trying [Read More…]
Severe storms left thousands without power in South Dakota
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Xcel Energy says 55,000 customers lost service when a long line of severe thunderstorms rolled across South Dakota. By Wednesday morning, 90% of power lost on Tuesday has been restored [Read More…]
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