Year: 2022

Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 919,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]

Woman stabbed to death in NYC apartment in seemingly random attack

WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A 35-year-old woman was stabbed to death in her downtown Manhattan, New York apartment in what appeared to be a random attack. Christina Lee got out of a cab at about [Read More…]

Two white men charged after allegedly chasing, shooting at Black FedEx driver

ictor/Getty (BROOKHAVEN, Miss.) — A white father and son are facing criminal charges after allegedly chasing and firing at D’Monterrio Gibson, a 24-year-old Black FedEx driver, who said he was targeted while delivering packages in [Read More…]

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Bayer expects possible “short-term” impacts from a supplier issue

Bayer has alerted its customers that a supplier of a raw ingredient needed to produce glyphosate has suffered a mechanical failure which might have some short-term impacts on Bayer’s production. Bayer expects the repairs to [Read More…]

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Carousel milking parlor alleviates labor issues for Illinois dairy farmer

Photo by Nick Harre Investing in a new carousel type milking parlor has increased efficiency and alleviated labor shortages on a dairy farm in southern Illinois. Nick Harre of Nashville, IL tells Brownfield they moved [Read More…]

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Exports impacted by confirmation of avian influenza in Indiana

Some importers have restricted entry of Hoosier poultry products after highly pathogenic H5N1 avian influenza was discovered in Indiana. USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service says Taiwan has restricted poultry meat, meat products, and [Read More…]

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Unlocking potential with Lock and Dam 25

Missouri Soybeans CEO Gary Wheeler says that construction of the Mississippi River Lock and Dam 25 will improve efficiency as soybeans move across the value chain. This critical infrastructure update will allow for passage of [Read More…]

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Planning for successful weed management

Farmers have a lot of decisions to make when preparing to manage weeds each growing season. BASF Liberty product manager Kate Greif says farmers should develop a program approach using herbicides that deliver multiple sites [Read More…]

Texas early voting puts new election law back in spotlight

SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — As the first in-person voters of the 2022 election cycle head to the polls on Monday, not only is this year’s early voting period expected to set [Read More…]

Labor issues complicate Judge J. Michelle Childs’ Supreme Court candidacy

Mark Wilson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The very career experience that makes Supreme Court candidate Judge J. Michelle Childs attractive to both Democrats and Republicans may now be complicating her potential nomination, as some labor and [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: Walmart drops mask requirement for vaccinated workers

Tempura/iStock (NEW YORK) — As the COVID-19 pandemic has swept the globe, more than 5.8 million people have died from the disease worldwide, including over 919,000 Americans, according to real-time data compiled by Johns Hopkins [Read More…]

Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg get the crowd hype in Super Bowl Halftime Show, Eminem takes a knee

Keith Birmingham/MediaNews Group/Pasadena Star-News via Getty Images Sunday’s Super Bowl Halftime Show was not only a star-studded event, it made history as the first time that rap was at the forefront of the entertainment. Dr. Dre set things off as he [Read More…]

Wife of Rams’ Van Jefferson goes into labor during Super Bowl LVI

Jayne Kamin-Oncea/Getty Images (INGLEWOOD, Calif.) — The wife of the Los Angeles Rams wide receiver Van Jefferson left SoFi on a stretcher Sunday after going into labor during the Super Bowl LVI, a team spokesperson [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 213/22

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Sunday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Boston 105, Atlanta 95 Minnesota 129, Indiana 120 NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE Buffalo 5, Montreal 3 Ottawa 4, Washington 1 Pittsburgh [Read More…]

Americans Kallie Humphries, Elana Meyers Taylor win gold, silver in first Olympics monobob competition

Yao Jianfeng/Xinhua via Getty Images (BEIJING) — American bobsled athletes Kallie Humphries and Elana Meyers Taylor took gold and silver respectively in the first monobob competition in Olympics history. Meyers Taylor’s silver was especially impressive [Read More…]

The Rams Big Gamble Pays Off

Getty Images/FotografieLink (LOS ANGELES) — It began with a chance encounter at a resort in Cabo. Two men who were both at a proverbial fork in the road in their respective careers. Matthew Stafford. The [Read More…]

Biden assures Ukraine president US will respond ‘swiftly’ to Russian aggression

Kutay Tanir/Getty (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden assured Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky that the United States and its allies will respond “swiftly and decisively” to any further aggression by Russia against Ukraine, according to a [Read More…]

Giuliani in discussions about testifying before Jan. 6 committee, say sources

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Rudy Giuliani is in active discussions regarding testifying before the House select committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol and potentially responding to some of the committee’s [Read More…]

Sen. Lindsey Graham says ‘we could do more in Congress and should’ to stop Russia

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Congress should be sending a stronger signal to Russian President Vladimir Putin as fears of an imminent invasion of Ukraine persist. On “This Week,” anchor [Read More…]

Pelosi has stark warning for Putin: ‘He has to know that war is not an answer’