Year: 2022
Snow, rain expected in parts of US on Thanksgiving
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of people who hit the roads and the skies for the Thanksgiving holiday are not expected to face any significant weather issues, but a few storms in the South [Read More…]
Officers avoid charges in fatal shooting of Detroit man suffering mental health crisis
Jason Marz/Getty Images (DETROIT) — Detroit police officers involved in the fatal shooting of a 20-year-old man suffering a mental health crisis in October acted in self-defense and will not face any charges, the Wayne [Read More…]
Virginia Walmart shooting live updates: Deceased suspect was an employee, police say
Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (CHESAPEAKE, Va.) — A gunman shot and killed six people before turning the gun on himself at a Walmart in Chesapeake, Virginia, on Tuesday night, according to sources and [Read More…]
Murkowski, Peltola reelected in Alaska’s ranked-choice voting, ABC News reports
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — ABC News reports that Alaska’s incumbent senator, Republican Lisa Murkowski, is projected to win reelection against another Republican opponent, Trump-backed Kelly Tshibaka, and that Democrat Rep. Mary Peltola, the first [Read More…]
Shanquella Robinson death: Authorities share details differing from autopsy report
Akub Porzycki/NurPhoto/Getty Images (PUERTO LOS CABOS, MEXICO) — As FBI officials investigate the death of an American woman vacationing in Mexico, Mexican authorities revealed Tuesday night that 25-year-old Shanquella Robinson may have been alive and [Read More…]
‘Criminal Minds: Evolution’ kicks off Thanksgiving Day on Paramount+
Paramount+/Michael Yarish On Thanksgiving Day, Paramount+ drops the first two episodes of the next chapter in the long-running crime drama series Criminal Minds with Criminal Minds: Evolution. The 10-episode series has the added freedom of [Read More…]
Kevin Bacon says he didn’t need to see a script to say yes to ‘The Guardians of the Galaxy Holiday Special’
ABC/Randy Holmes While 1978’s Star Wars Holiday Special infamously didn’t involve the saga’s creator, George Lucas — who once wished he could smash every copy with a hammer — the same can’t be said for Friday’s Disney+ release, The Guardians of the [Read More…]
Swine disease also creates stress for farmers
A veterinarian says Porcine Reproductive and Respiratory Syndrome, also known as PRRS can be devastating for pigs and stressful for the people who take care of them. Veterinarian Jerome Fiechtner is with Boehringer Ingelheim Animal [Read More…]
Dynamics of cattle contraction as processing expands
The size of the U.S. cattle herd is shrinking at the same time state and federal agencies try to stimulate growth among meat processors. Minnesota Farmers Union government relations director Stu Lourey says it’s a [Read More…]
Cattle, hog futures close lower on Wednesday
Direct cash cattle trade ended the day quiet and cash hogs closed lower. At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were down and feeders were sharply lower in thin trade ahead of the day [Read More…]
Corn tar spot gaining foothold in Minnesota
Tar spot continues to gain more of a foothold in the Corn Belt. University of Minnesota Extension corn agronomist Jeff Coulter says the foliar disease made inroads in southeast Minnesota this summer. “That’s been a [Read More…]
Indiana poultry: 75 years of giving back
Photo provided by the Indiana State Department of Agriculture For 75 years, Indiana’s poultry producers have donated 200,000 pounds of poultry products to Hoosiers in need. Bruce Kettler is the director of the Indiana State [Read More…]
Workers clash with police at iPhone factory in China
Qilai Shen/In Pictures/Getty Images (HONG KONG) — Violent clashes erupted between workers and hazmat-suited police officers at China’s so-called “iPhone city,” where about half of Apple’s smartphones are assembled. Accounts on Chinese social media point [Read More…]
Days into search 20-year-old hiker is found dead in New Hampshire
New Hampshire Fish and Game Law Enforcement Division and Operation Game Thief A Massachusetts hiker, who had gone missing after departing on a solo hike over the weekend, was found dead in New Hampshire on [Read More…]
Indigenous groups keep pushing for justice for victims of boarding school abuses
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — It’s been nearly half a year since Secretary Deb Haaland released the first report in the Interior Department’s investigation into the legacy and lasting trauma from Indian boarding schools. For more [Read More…]
Justice Department asks Mike Pence to sit for questioning in Jan. 6 probe
Ronda Churchill/Bloomberg/Getty Images Former Vice President Mike Pence has been contacted by the Justice Department, which is seeking to question Pence in connection with DOJ’s ongoing probe into former President Donald Trump, the Jan. 6 [Read More…]
NIH launches website for reporting at-home COVID test results
Manuel Romano/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHIGTON) — The National Institutes of Health has launched a website MakeMyTestCount.org which allows people to anonymously report the results of any brand of at-home COVID-19 test. The website is [Read More…]
Number of US abortions declined in 2020, CDC report finds
Catherine McQueen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The number of abortions performed in the U.S. decline in 2020, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The annual report, published Wednesday by the CDC, [Read More…]
After Wednesday’s finale, ‘Andor’ executive producer Tony Gilroy teases what’s in store for season 2
Lucasfilm/Disney+ On Wednesday, the longest Star Wars TV series to date, Andor, wraps up on Disney+. The show, which shows the early days of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story‘s Cassian Andor and his journey to the Rebellion, was [Read More…]
Dropping today on Peacock, ‘Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin’
Peacock/Julia Terjung Adam Devine returns as Pitch Perfect scene stealer Bumper Allen in the new Peacock spin-off series Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, which debuts Wednesday. The series sees Bumper re-teaming with Flula Borg‘s Piëter [Read More…]