Month: August 2022

Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fox News host Sean Hannity, a close ally of former President Donald Trump, is set to be deposed on Wednesday as part of a billion-dollar defamation lawsuit [Read More…]

Remarkable new image of Phantom Galaxy taken by Webb shows power compared to Hubble

NASA/Instagram (NEW YORK) — Officials have released a remarkable new image of the Phantom Galaxy — about 32 million light-years away from Earth — taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Published first by the [Read More…]

Jackson, Mississippi, water shortage crisis may cost billions of dollars to fix: Mayor

Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (JACKSON, Miss.) — Staffing shortages, system issues and multiple equipment failures have led to a crisis where Jackson, Mississippi, residents have lost running water for an indefinite amount of time, Jackson Mayor [Read More…]

New police body camera footage following Jayland Walker’s death sparks outrage from family

Walker Family (AKRON, Ohio) — Jayland Walker’s family is outraged, according to the family’s attorneys, after newly released body camera footage of Walker’s death shows the moments following the fatal police shooting. “After they shoot [Read More…]

Officers who ‘failed’ Uvalde children in massacre allowed to continue working this fall

Jordan Vonderhaar/Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Three months after the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, and just eight days before the start of the 2022-23 school year, a promised evaluation of responding [Read More…]

‘The Conners” Michael Fishman says he “was told” he wouldn’t be coming back for season 5

Good Morning America It seems Michael Fishman‘s exit from The Conners wasn’t as smooth as first thought. The news Monday that he was leaving the show on which he played D.J. Conner seemed to indicate [Read More…]

Ben Kingsley returning to the MCU in Marvel Studios’ ‘Wonder Man’ series

Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic Oscar winner Ben Kingsley will once again play the man who would be king, hack actor Trevor Slattery, in Marvel Studios’ upcoming Wonder Man series. Variety was first to break the news, about which [Read More…]

Michael Peña and Jesse Williams on the Owen Wilson of it all in ‘Secret Headquarters’

Paramount+ While he has what most would consider a glamorous job, Owen Wilson is just Dad to his three kids. That’s one of the reasons he was so interested in Secret Headquarters, which is now [Read More…]

Movie theaters across US are offering $3 tickets for ‘National Cinema Day’

YinYang/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Movie lovers pained by the price of popcorn, slushies and tickets will have something to celebrate on “National Cinema Day.” On Sept. 3, tickets at theaters across the country will [Read More…]

Elon Musk adds new reason for termination of Twitter deal

CARINA JOHANSEN/NTB/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ongoing acquisition drama between Elon Musk and Twitter continues. On Monday, Musk’s counsel sent a letter to Twitter’s general counsel and head of legal, Vijay Gadde, [Read More…]

Duke volleyball player subjected to racial slurs hopes for changes in college sports

goduke.com (DURHAM, N.C.) — A Duke University women’s volleyball player targeted by a fan using hateful, racial slurs while playing a game against Brigham Young University calls the incident an “opportunity” to curate a healthy [Read More…]

Mikhail Gorbachev, final leader of Soviet Union, dies at 91

Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images, FILE (MOSCOW) — Former Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev has died “after a serious and long illness,” the Central Clinical Hospital reported on Tuesday. He was 91 years old. A more specific cause [Read More…]

COVID cases among students during the 1st week at Chicago schools are triple compared to last year

mixetto/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — COVID-19 cases during the first week of the 2022-23 school year in Chicago Public Schools are much higher compared to the same time last year. According to CPS data, 449 students [Read More…]

Texas confirms death of monkeypox patient, but cause of death still under investigation

ilbusca/Getty Images (HARRIS COUNTY, Texas) — An adult resident of Harris County, Texas, who had been diagnosed with monkeypox, has died, state health officials announced on Tuesday. The patient was severely immunocompromised, according to the [Read More…]

Ag News

Asgrow to launch more than 30 XtendFlex soybean products

Asgrow brand manager Clint Chaffer says there are 31 new XtendFlex products that are being launched. “And this class is just so exciting when we look at the performance profile and a lot of the [Read More…]

Ag News

First autonomous applicator revealed by CASE IH, Raven Industries at FPS

CASE IH and Raven Industries released the industry’s first autonomous applicator at this year’s Farm Progress Show. During a demo Tuesday morning, the machine can apply dry fertilizer through a tablet. .@Case_IH and @RavenIndustries just [Read More…]

Ag News

Golden Harvest launches mobile app to help farmers improve crop management

Syngenta and Golden harvest unveiled a new mobile app, GHXTM Mobile, that allows farmers to manage crops, purchase and review seed data and talk with representatives from their phone. Listen to Justin Welch, head of [Read More…]

Ag News

Local tire dealer a key resource for farmers

A leader with an agricultural tire manufacturer strongly encourages farmers to work with a local dealer. Ryan Loethen is president of CEAT North America. “Get with the right local dealer, a guy you trust. A [Read More…]

Ag News

Avian influenza detected in non-commercial poultry flock in northern Indiana

A non-commercial poultry flock in Elkhart County has tested presumptive-positive for H5 avian influenza. The Indiana Board of Animal Health says samples will be tested at the national USDA laboratory in Iowa for confirmation. The [Read More…]

Oprah shares advice for Sherri Shepherd’s talk show premiere