Month: February 2023
Ag News
January poultry production up 7% on year
U.S. poultry production shot higher in January. The USDA says total production was 4.464 billion pounds, a 7% increase on the year, including 4.007 billion pounds of chicken, also up 7%, and 445.179 million pounds [Read More…]
Ag News
CME milk futures & cash dairy mixed Wednesday
Milk futures were down in the near months and cash dairy prices were mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Wednesday. March Class III milk was down $0.04 at $17.80. April was down $0.17 at $17.90. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Was Club Q shooting suspect motivated by hate? Court begins to look at evidence
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.) — Preliminary hearings began Wednesday in the trial of Club Q shooting suspect Anderson Lee Aldrich, who allegedly opened fire in a Colorado LGBTQ bar in November 2022. Aldrich [Read More…]
Weather
Blizzard Warning issued February 22 at 12:07PM MST until February 23 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Blizzard conditions. Additional snow accumulations of 8 to 13 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * WHERE…Portions of southwest Minnesota and central, east [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump set to visit town affected by Ohio toxic train derailment
Cheryl Senter for the Washington Post (EAST PALESTINE, Ohio) — The politics around the Feb. 3 derailment of the Norfolk Southern train carrying toxic chemicals near the Ohio-Pennsylvania border intensified this week with attention only [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
First lady Jill Biden in Africa to show administration’s commitment, White House says
TARA METTE/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — First lady Jill Biden arrived in Namibia on Wednesday, the first stop on a trip meant to show the administration’s commitment to Africa, according to a White House [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden administration proposes new limit on how migrants can seek asylum in US
Bloomberg Creative Photos/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration on Tuesday proposed a new immigration rule that, if implemented, would limit the ability for some people to seek asylum in the United States. Under the [Read More…]
Weather
Blizzard Warning issued February 22 at 11:11AM MST until February 23 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…BLIZZARD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST THURSDAY… * WHAT…Blizzard conditions. Additional snow accumulations of 8 to 13 inches. Winds gusting as high as 45 mph. * WHERE…Portions of southwest Minnesota and central, east [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Everything Everywhere’ must go: Oscar-nominated movie auctioning off props and costumes for charity
A24 A24, the studio behind Oscar-nominated indie movies like I, Tonya, and Everything Everywhere All at Once is opening up its prop vaults from the latter movie for charity. The studio’s A24 Auctions website has [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ernie Hudson talks about being “pushed aside” by ‘Ghostbusters’ studio
ABC Audio Ernie Hudson reprised his role as Winston Zeddemore in the hit Ghostbusters: Afterlife, and his character is a beloved part of the franchise. However, it wasn’t always that way. In an interview with [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘The Last of Us’ has its ‘Game of Thrones’ Starbucks cup moment
HBO When the makers of Game of Thrones accidentally forgot to strike somebody’s Starbucks cup from a table in Westeros, it became a viral sensation; same when The Mandalorian gang didn’t spot an errant crew [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine war: Key events in the year since Russia invaded Ukraine
Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian President Vladimir Putin announced on Feb. 21, 2022, that he had recognized two Russian-backed separatist areas in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk, as independent states. Ukrainian [Read More…]
ABC National News
Minneapolis closes schools as city braces for massive winter storm
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A massive winter storm is wreaking havoc on a large swath of the country, including in Minneapolis, where the city is bracing for a potentially historic snowstorm. Minneapolis is forecast [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ohio train derailment: Norfolk Southern could have been more ‘aggressive,’ EPA administrator says
Matthew Hatcher/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said he thinks Norfolk Southern Railway could have been more “aggressive” in its initial response to the hazardous train [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man, 100, killed in hit-and-run, police searching for suspect
Oakland Police Department (OAKLAND, Calif.) — Police in Oakland, California, said they’re searching for the driver who struck and killed a 100-year-old man in a hit-and-run. Tzu-Ta Ko, a 100-year-old from Oakland, was hit at [Read More…]
ABC Health News
How added and too much sugar affects the body, plus easy alternatives to add sweetness
Peter Dazeley/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Everyone has different relationships with diet and sugar, but when that sweet tooth turns on, it can be hard to combat cravings in a healthy way. ABC News chief [Read More…]
ABC Health News
First RSV vaccine could be approved this summer
ER Productions Limited/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — After decades of research, a first-of-its kind vaccine designed to protect newborns against RSV, or respiratory syncytial virus, could be approved by August. Pfizer, the maker of the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Kelsey Grammer “would’ve loved” for Kirstie Alley to be in ‘Frasier’ revival
Paramount/Gale Adler Kelsey Grammer recently teased some “OG” cast members popping up in the upcoming Paramount+ revival of his 1990s sitcom Frasier, but he’s disappointed that his former Cheers co-star, Kirstie Alley, who died in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: CBS renews nine shows; HBO cancels ‘South Side’, and more
Court is back in session. Just days after Warner Bros. announced the cancellation of Judge Mathis after 24 seasons, Variety reports Byron Allen’s Allen Media Group has tapped Judge Greg Mathis to host a new [Read More…]
Ag News
Lead times still a struggle for new equipment
Some farmers and equipment dealers say they’re frustrated that lead times for new equipment are about a year. Illinois farmer Dave Rumboldt tells Brownfield he purchased two combines last spring, “they said they would deliver [Read More…]
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