Month: November 2022
Early voting kicks off in Georgia’s Senate runoff as legal challenges on access mount
Hill Street Studios/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Early voting in Georgia’s Dec. 6 runoff kicked off Tuesday in at least one of the state’s 159 counties as Democrat-led efforts to expand the election’s early vote options [Read More…]
Boosters would prevent ‘essentially every COVID death,’ White House official says
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the winter holidays draw near, Dr. Anthony Fauci stood at the White House briefing podium one last time on Tuesday to give Americans health advice as he prepares to [Read More…]
Supreme Court rules Donald Trump must turn over taxes to House committee
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday denied former President Donald Trump’s request to block an appeals court order that he surrender his tax returns and other financial records to the [Read More…]
Gov. Jared Polis says Colorado will focus on red flag law after LGBTQ club shooting
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Colorado Gov. Jared Polis told “The View” Tuesday that the state should take a second look at how local sheriffs are using the red flag law to protect citizens in [Read More…]
Fifth ‘Indiana Jones’ film will feature a digitally de-aged Harrison Ford, says director James Mangold
Robino Salvatore/GC Images Now all those dots on Harrison Ford‘s face as seen on the set of the fifth Indiana Jones film make sense. Fans connected the dots, speculating they were markers digital artists use [Read More…]
“So, I kill John Dutton?” Stallone jokes about ‘Yellowstone’/’Tulsa King’ crossover
Paramount+ Like the smash show Yellowstone, Sylvester Stallone‘s new drama, Tulsa King, comes from prolific writer-producer Taylor Sheridan — who is also the producer of Jeremy Renner‘s well-reviewed series Mayor of Kingstown. With Tulsa King [Read More…]
Kumail Nanjiani, Annaleigh Ashford star in Hulu’s ‘Welcome to Chippendales’
Erin Simkin/Hulu The new Hulu series Welcome to Chippendales debuts today, chronicling the dramatic story of the Chippendales founders Steve Banerjee and his business partner Nick De Noia, and how their relationship went from success [Read More…]
Low river levels on Mississippi causing problems for CHS
Low levels on the Mississippi River are causing problems for the nation’s largest ag cooperative. CHS CEO Jay Debertin tells Brownfield every shipper is lightening loads and progress is being slowed. “Because tugs and barges [Read More…]
Cattle, hog futures mixed on Tuesday
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mixed waiting for direct cash business to develop. December live cattle closed $0.25 higher at $153.80 and February lives closed $.30 lower at $156.42. January [Read More…]
Comment extension for Packers and Stockyards Act Rulemaking welcomed news
The USDA has extended the comment period for the proposed Packers and Stockyards Act Rulemaking. National Cattlemen’s Beef Association’s Tanner Beymer says the rule raises far more questions than it provides answers. He says the [Read More…]
Fertilizer prices falling, but many farmers don’t see the savings
Some fertilizer prices are dropping, but a trade expert says many farmers are not seeing that lower price at home. Josh Linville with Stone X tells Brownfield urea markets have gone down. “We are seeing [Read More…]
Quiet, lower finish for soybeans, corn, wheat
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Crush margins are solid, overall demand is good, and soybean oil bounced off recent lows, but there’s not a lot of buying interest this week ahead of [Read More…]
Bills expanding hate crime education in New York signed by Gov. Hochul
Andrew Lichtenstein/Corbis via Getty Images (ALBANY, N.Y.) — New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signed two bills into law Tuesday that will expand hate crime education and training in the state, saying there is a “rising [Read More…]
Trump lawyers want DOJ ordered to turn over unredacted Mar-a-Lago search affidavit
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump on Tuesday asked a federal district judge in Florida to demand the Justice Department hand over an unredacted version of an affidavit [Read More…]
Couple welcome twins from embryos frozen 30 years ago
Science Photo Library – KTSDESIGN/Getty Images (PORTLAND, Ore.) — An Oregon family is overjoyed after welcoming twins born from embryos that were frozen 30 years ago. “They’ve been a joy to have to us and [Read More…]
Kroger holds off passing turkey costs onto consumers, outlook for prices through new year
RiverNorthPhotography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Americans may be feeling the pinch at grocery store checkouts, but the largest chain in the country has shared some positive news ahead of the holiday season. “Our turkey costs [Read More…]
James Cameron says ‘Avatar’ sequel must become one of the biggest movies in history “just to break even”
20th Century Studios (NOTE LANGUAGE) Advance tickets for the sequel Avatar: The Way of Water are now on sale, and James Cameron — or, more accurately, Disney-owned 20th Century Studios — certainly hopes you buy [Read More…]
Get a room: Check out Taye Diggs in the trailer to the reality dating series ‘Back in the Groove’
Hulu How Stella Got His Groove Back star Taye Diggs is back, taking turn as a reality dating show host and executive producer in the trailer to the forthcoming Hulu series Back in the Groove. [Read More…]
Indiana poultry farmers donate nearly 200,000 pounds of poultry products
Photo courtesy of the Indiana State Department of Agriculture. Indiana poultry producers continue to address food insecurity in the state. Over the past year, farmers have donated nearly 200,000 pounds of poultry products to Hoosiers [Read More…]
Chicken pulls October poultry production higher
U.S. poultry production was up in October. The USDA says 4.592 billion pounds of poultry were certified as wholesome, up 5% on the year, including a 6% increase in chicken to 4.113 billion pounds, which [Read More…]