Month: September 2022

Joe Buglewicz/Getty Images (WATERBURY, CT) — Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is testifying in a Connecticut courtroom Thursday in a second defamation trial to determine what the InfoWars host should pay to Sandy Hook families. The [Read More…]

Last seen in Lakeland: Is a husband responsible for his wife’s murder or is he imprisoned for the crime of another man?

ABC News (LAKELAND, FL) — Leo Schofield has been sitting in a prison cell for over 30 years, convicted in 1989 of killing his first wife Michelle two years earlier, and is still fighting to [Read More…]

Puerto Rico’s power grid is struggling 5 years after Hurricane Maria. Here’s why.

Jose Jimenez/Getty Images (SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO) — Hurricane Fiona, which has become a Category 4 storm as it heads toward Bermuda, left in its wake large-scale devastation in Puerto Rico. The storm reportedly left [Read More…]

Indiana court allows abortions to resume as legal challenge continues

fstop123/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Indiana court granted abortion providers’ request for a preliminary injunction on Indiana’s abortion ban, allowing abortions to resume in the state after the ban had gone into effect on [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Antiwar protests erupt across Russia over mobilization

Anton Petrus/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 east. Ukrainian [Read More…]

Iranian women drive protests targeting regime after suspicious death of Mahsa Amini

Stringer/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images (TEHRAN, IRAN) — While Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi was holding up Gen. Qassim Soleimani’s photo on Wednesday at the United Nations General Assembly podium grieving over his killing by the U.S., Soleimani’s picture was being [Read More…]

Record flooding, drought part of range of weather extremes in US this summer

Pedro Portal/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has released its 2022 Summer Climate Report, which outlines the extreme weather events from June to August in the U.S. [Read More…]

Women affected disproportionately by Russia-Ukraine war: UN report

Dmytro Smolienko/Ukrinform/Future Publishing/Getty Images (UKRAINE) — Woman and girls in Ukraine and around the world have suffered disproportionately as the men of the country fight against the invasion by Russia, a new report by the [Read More…]

Fugitive ‘Fat Leonard’ caught in Venezuela

Interpol Venezuela Instagram acc/AFP/Getty Images (CARACAS, VENEZUELA) — The military contractor known as ‘Fat Leonard’ – real name Leonard Francis — has been caught, the U.S. Marshals Service told ABC News late Wednesday night. He [Read More…]

Cattle futures lower ahead of On Feed numbers

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day lower ahead of Friday’s On Feed numbers. October live cattle closed $1.02 lower at $144.85 and December live cattle closed $1.40 lower at [Read More…]

Senate Ag Committee considers key USDA nominees

Ag groups are urging the Senate to swiftly confirm key USDA nominees. On Thursday the Senate Ag Committee heard testimony from Dr. Jose Emilio Esteban, the Biden administration’s nominee for Under Secretary for Food Safety. [Read More…]

Trucks beginning to roll into Illinois grain elevators

Photo Credit: Prairie Central Cooperative The manager of a central Illinois grain elevator says trucks are just starting to roll in with harvested corn. Mark Heil is with Prairie Central Cooperative, which has 13 grain [Read More…]

Specialty soybeans can enhance profitability

The head of DF Seeds says specialty soybean varieties can help growers manage risk. President Janna Fritz tells Brownfield more farmers are protecting profitability by diversifying their soybean mix to include non-GM, organic, food grade, [Read More…]

Dollar weighs on corn export movement

The Vice President of the U.S. Grains Council says corn exports in the new marketing year are off to a slow start. Cary Sifferath tells Brownfield once the bulk of harvest is underway movement should [Read More…]

Nebraska’s DC change meant to offer hope for rest of season

LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska interim coach Mickey Joseph tilted his head and held back a smile at his news conference Tuesday when asked what kind of defense he would like to see under new [Read More…]

Slow Cook: Vikings star RB out of rhythm in lopsided loss

EAGAN, Minn. (AP) — The Minnesota Vikings rarely strayed from a commitment to rushing over the last five years since Dalvin Cook was drafted, a strategy previous coach Mike Zimmer felt so strongly about that [Read More…]

Suspended Sarver says he’s decided to sell Suns, Mercury

Robert Sarver says he has started the process of selling the Phoenix Suns and Phoenix Mercury, a move that came barely a week after he was suspended by the NBA over workplace misconduct that included racist speech [Read More…]

South Dakota AG plans to hire missing Indigenous coordinator