Year: 2022
ABC Entertainment News
Death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ellen’s in-house DJ and show co-executive producer, ruled a suicide
Nathan Congleton/NBC via Getty Images The death at age 40 of Stephen “tWitch” Boss, Ellen DeGeneres‘ in-house DJ and show co-executive producer, has been ruled a suicide. ABC News has learned the Los Angeles County [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jay Leno opens up about his accident: “My face was on fire”
CNBC Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno continues to open up about the accident he experienced last month. On Tuesday, he told People about the moment he was working underneath his 1907 white Model G steam car and unclogging a fuel [Read More…]
Ag News
Private property rights and taxes get attention at SD Cattlemen’s Meet
The South Dakota Cattlemen’s Association set policy priorities during its annual meeting this week. President Eric Jennings tells Brownfield eminent domain policy is important and with a new pipeline coming to eastern South Dakota, existing policy [Read More…]
Ag News
MO drought mitigation plan gets a revamp
The Missouri Department of Natural Resources is updating the state’s drought mitigation response plan after 20 years. The update was in the works prior to the 2022 drought. DNR’s Michael Weller says the update describes [Read More…]
Ag News
Winter storm brings snow, but more moisture needed
The winter storm in South Dakota and Minnesota this week may bring moisture, but World Weather Incorporated Senior Meteorologist Drew Lerner says more is needed to break up the drought. “There’s probably going to be [Read More…]
Ag News
Caring for livestock and poultry
An organization that helps safeguard the future of animal agriculture and its value to society continues to monitor animal rights activists. The Animal Agriculture Alliance aims to bridge the communication gap between the farm and [Read More…]
Ag News
Survey: it’s not a good time to make large on-farm investments
Now is not a good time to make large investments, according to many farmers surveyed in the latest Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Jim Mintert is the director of the Purdue Center for Commercial [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Fetuses can be vulnerable to climate change, air pollution exposure, says researcher
Jennifer Cantley at home with her children. – ABC News (NEW YORK) — In Carson City, Nevada, one family is choosing to spend more time indoors because they said smoke from wildfires and soaring temperatures [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Two-year-old hospitalized with RSV spent eight days on ventilator
ABC News (ALBUQUERQUE, N.M.) — A mother is speaking out about how dangerous respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, can be as her 2-year-old battles the disease. Jazlynmae Gonzalez just spent her birthday in the pediatric [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Federal Reserve approves 0.5% hike, slowing rate increases
Murat Taner/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve said Wednesday it was raising its short-term borrowing rate another 0.5%, slowing an aggressive series of rate increases while continuing an effort to cool the economy and [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Senators slam FTX, Sam Bankman-Fried and back crypto regulation
MARIO DUNCANSON/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senators across both major parties on Wednesday sharply criticized bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX and its former CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, while advocating for regulation of the digital currency sector. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Vivica A. Fox talks fun off set, and Black girl magic on, VH1’s ‘A New Divas Christmas Carol’
ABC Audio Wednesday at 8 p.m., Ashanti gets haunted in VH1’s holiday movie A New Divas Christmas Carol. “Is an updated ‘sista’ version of the classic Charles Dickens movie,” Vivica A. Fox enthuses to ABC [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ellen DeGeneres “heartbroken” over the death of Stephen “tWitch” Boss
Mike Rozman/Warner Brothers/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images Ellen DeGeneres is “heartbroken” by the death of her former DJ and Ellen DeGeneres Show co-host Stephen “tWitch” Boss. In an Instagram post on Wednesday, the talk [Read More…]
Ag News
Electricity transformed our lives
As I pen this column, critical infrastructure across our country remains on alert after an attack on two substations in North Carolina. Those attacks cut power to tens of thousands for several days. It makes [Read More…]
Ag News
High interest rates, inflation pressure farm income
High input costs continue to put the squeeze on farmers across the country. Eastern Illinois farmer John Yeley says rising interest rates and inflation have caused him to spend less on fertilizer. “I got a [Read More…]
Ag News
Carbon marketplace poised to expand
An expert on carbon markets says the popularity of carbon credits could significantly increase soon. Cornelius Streit, Global Head of Carbon Operations with Bayer, says more producers are interested in entering a contract. “More and [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol stocks swell, production down
Ongoing demand uncertainties and declining margins are contributing to a decline in ethanol demand. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.061 million barrels a day, down 16,000 on the week and 26,000 on [Read More…]
Weather
Winter Storm Warning issued December 14 at 1:49PM MST until December 15 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…WINTER STORM WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Snow and blowing snow. Additional snow accumulations of 4 to 6 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph late tonight and Thursday. * [Read More…]
Weather
ABC World News
Earth had its fifth warmest fall on record: NOAA
Tayeb Benzian / 500px/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Rising temperatures are continuing to set alarming trends around the world, according to new data released Wednesday by climate scientists. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration found [Read More…]