Year: 2022
What to know about the deadliest bird flu outbreak in history
Anthony Lee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As of Monday, more than 52.4 million birds across the United States have died of avian influenza, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. This makes the [Read More…]
Elon Musk attacks Apple for allegedly threatening App Store removal
Scott Olson/Getty Image (NEW YORK) — Elon Musk, the billionaire entrepreneur who owns Twitter, attacked Apple on Monday in a series of tweets hammering the tech giant for allegedly decreasing the amount of ads it [Read More…]
Missouri drought alert extended
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has extended Missouri’s drought alert through and executive order. The announcement comes at the recommendation of the state’s Drought Assessment Committee, which met earlier this month. The alert was put into [Read More…]
Helena Bonham Carter speaks on “vindicated” Johnny Depp and rails against “witch hunt” of cancel culture
Bonham Carter and Depp in 2005 — John Shearer/WireImage Helena Bonham Carter is famous for speaking her mind and did so in a new interview with The Sunday Times. The former star of The Crown, [Read More…]
Will Smith hopes his Oscars slap won’t “penalize” everyone who worked on ‘Emancipation’
Apple TV+ The slave drama Emancipation was thought to be an Oscar vehicle for Will Smith — that is, until that infamous Academy Awards slap of Chris Rock, and the subsequent decade-long Academy ban for [Read More…]
Hooray for Hollywood? Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt and more live dangerously in the trailer to ‘Babylon’
Paramount Pictures/Scott Garfield If you thought America was a party in the Roaring ’20s, wait ’til you get a load of what Hollywood was up to. That’s the thrust of the new trailer to the [Read More…]
Kim Kardashian ‘re-evaluating’ her relationship with Balenciaga amid ad scandal
Jeremy Moeller/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kim Kardashian has broken her silence on Balenciaga’s recent ad scandal. “I have been quiet for the past few days, not because I haven’t been disgusted and outraged by [Read More…]
Pom Klementieff dishes on THAT big reveal in ‘The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’
Marvel Studios/Jessica Miglio (SPOILERS) Wrapped in the all the holiday cheer that was The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special was a big detail about the team and the family of Chris Pratt‘s Peter Quill/Star-Lord. [Read More…]
Tyler Perry secures four-film deal with Amazon Studios
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua Tyler Perry has inked a multi-movie deal with Amazon Studios, Variety reports. According to the new deal, Perry will write, direct and produce four new movies to be released on Prime Video. A [Read More…]
Still facing sex charges in the U.K., Kevin Spacey books role in film ‘Control’
Ed Jones/AFP via Getty Images In the wake of a legal victory against actor Anthony Rapp, who accused him of sexual battery but is still facing multiple sexual assault charges in the U.K., Kevin Spacey [Read More…]
Eastern Iowa farmers pleased with 2022 crop year
The 2022 harvest was favorable for some farmers in eastern Iowa. Benton County farmer Lance Lillibridge tells Brownfield he had one of his best corn crops ever. “I don’t know how we could ever ask [Read More…]
SD Farm Bureau sets priorities for new year
Property rights and regulations are top priorities for the South Dakota Farm Bureau in 2023. President Scott VanderWal tells Brownfield members adopted a resolution opposing municipal initiatives that delay new or existing ag projects during [Read More…]
IRFA welcomes API’s E15 support
The head of a biofuels group says the American Petroleum Institute’s recent endorsement of E15 is a big step for the blend to become available year-round. API joined a letter to Congress last week supporting [Read More…]
CME: milk mixed & cash dairy prices down Monday
Milk futures were down in the near months and cash dairy prices were down Monday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. December Class III milk was down $0.14 at $20.17. January was down $0.04 at $20.02. [Read More…]
Wavering Waterways
Drought has resulted in the Mississippi River being shallow and narrow. Soy Transportation Coalition Executive Director Mike Steenhoek says that restricts soybean loads on New Orleans bound barges. Bushels per barge are reduced to keep [Read More…]
Buffalo supermarket shooter pleads guilty to terrorism and murder charges
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Payton Gendron pleaded guilty Monday to state charges stemming from the May shooting at a Tops supermarket in Buffalo, New York. Gendron pleaded guilty to 15 charges in all, [Read More…]
Houston under water boil notice after power failure
Tim Graham/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — Over two million Houston residents are under a water boil notice after a power outage Sunday affected a water treatment plant, officials said. The water pressure dropped below the Texas [Read More…]
Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the largest active volcano in the world, begins erupting
Steve Prorak / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ash and lava have begun spewing out of the Mauna Loa volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island — the largest active volcano in the world. The activity, which [Read More…]
Idaho murders: Police seeing influx of 911 calls from fearful community
Heather Roberts/ABC News (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Authorities are receiving an influx of 911 calls from the fearful University of Idaho community weeks after four students were stabbed to death in an off-campus house. The students [Read More…]
Man allegedly catfishes teen girl online, kills her family
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — A Virginia man allegedly “catfished” a teenage girl online before traveling to Riverside, California, and killing her family, according to police. The murders were discovered on Friday after authorities received a [Read More…]