Month: February 2023

Patrick Mahomes celebrates sweet on-field moment after Super Bowl win with wife, daughter
brittanylynne/Instagram (NEW YORK) — After leading the Kansas City Chiefs to their second Super Bowl win in four years, Patrick Mahomes enjoyed a candid celebratory moment with his wife and daughter on the confetti-covered field. [Read More…]

Why Chiefs linebacker Nick Bolton said winning in front of his mom was ‘a dream come true’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Super Bowl 57 was a dream come true for Kansas City Chiefs star linebacker Nick Bolton, who said he envisioned himself in the end zone just days prior. That dream [Read More…]

Kansas City Chiefs players welcome babies before and after Super Bowl
Icon Sportswire via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Nick Allegretti had an “unbelievable” Sunday and it wasn’t just because the Chiefs emerged victorious over the Philadelphia Eagles in Super Bowl [Read More…]

Teen girls are experiencing record-high levels of sadness and violence: CDC
Elva Etienne/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Teenage girls in the United States are experiencing record-high levels of feelings of sadness and acts of violence, according to new federal data. A report published by the Centers [Read More…]

How your old cellphones and laptops can power new electric vehicles
Redwood Materials (NEW YORK) — That old laptop, cellphone and TV remote may have a newfound purpose: powering the next generation of electric vehicles. Luxury brand Audi recently partnered with Redwood Materials, a battery recycling [Read More…]

Dunkin’ airs first ever Super Bowl ad, starring Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez
LordRunar/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Outside his packed resume of movie and television credits, Ben Affleck has become famous in meme form with his hands full of Dunkin’ iced coffee, doughnuts and more. The Quincy, [Read More…]

Super Bowl 2023 commercials that aired during the big game
Jeffrey Grigsby / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some people watched Super Bowl LVII for the big game, while others watched for the halftime show when superstar Rihanna made her long-awaited return to music and, [Read More…]

Harrison Ford flying high in Super Bowl spot for ‘Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny’
Lucasfilm Weeks after Lucasfilm dropped the movie’s official trailer comes a Super Bowl spot for Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny. The snippet gave a few more peeks of the movie, which hits theaters [Read More…]

Mostly mixed week for export inspections
The USDA says that as of the week ending February 9th, U.S. soybean and wheat inspections are ahead of what’s needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2022/23 marketing year started June [Read More…]

Locking in fertilizer prices
A risk management consultant with StoneX Financial says now is the time for growers to lock in fertilizer prices. Zionsville, Indiana-based Matt Blasdel says there could be some challenges as the planting season approaches. “I [Read More…]

Dairy group urges comments on WIC proposal
The International Dairy Foods Association is encouraging anyone impacted by USDA’s proposed changes to the Women, Infant, and Children program to submit comments before next week’s deadline. Matt Herrick, Senior Vice President of Public Affairs [Read More…]

FARM Act reintroduced to end energy subsidies on cropland
Legislation has been introduced in Congress that would end the federal subsidies incentivizing the development of productive agricultural land for wind and solar energy production. Congressman Tom Tiffany of Wisconsin re-introduced the FARM or Future [Read More…]

Seed treatments “a must” for early planted soybeans
An agronomist urges farmers to use seed treatments when planting soybeans early. Steven Regan covers western Minnesota for DEKALB Asgrow. “Seed treatments are important regardless of planting date, but if we are going to plant [Read More…]

China accuses US of flying spy balloons into its airspace
Sailors assigned to Explosive Ordnance Disposal Group 2 recover a high-altitude surveillance balloon off the coast of Myrtle Beach, S.C., Feb. 5, 2023, after it was shot down. — Department of Defense (HONG KONG) — [Read More…]

Turkey-Syria earthquake live updates: Death toll reaches 36,000
RAMI AL SAYED/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 36,000 people are dead after a 7.8 magnitude earthquake rocked southeastern Turkey and northwestern Syria on Feb. 6, according to officials. The pre-dawn quake [Read More…]

‘Please hurry’: 10-year-old’s courageous 911 call the day of Uvalde shooting
Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images (UVALDE, Texas) — Thirty minutes into the deadly siege on her classroom in south Texas, a 10-year-old student did something extraordinary: she picked up a phone. “Uvalde County 911,” was [Read More…]

From rain to snow, severe weather expected throughout the US this week
ABC News (NEW YORK) — More than 40 million Americans are at risk of experiencing storms this week, as a severe weather outbreak is possible in various parts of the U.S. The mid-week weather outbreaks [Read More…]

New Hampshire Supreme Court will consider challenge to Pamela Smart’s life sentence
Pam Smart and Bella Gonzalez, who she taught English and became best friends with embrace at Bedford Hills Correctional Facility. – Miles Cohen/ABC News (BEDFORD HILLS, N.Y.) — The New Hampshire Supreme Court will decide [Read More…]

Man who allegedly impersonated CIA agent has history of impersonating federal officers, officials say
Thinkstock/Getty Images (COLUMBUS, Ga.) — Robert Earhart Jr. was an agent with the Central Intelligence Agency’s “protective operations division” with a Top Secret security clearance, and he needed a meeting with the Department of Justice. [Read More…]

From rain to snow, severe weather expected throughout the US this week
ABC (NEW YORK) — More than 40 million Americans are at risk of experiencing storms this week, as a severe weather outbreak is possible in various parts of the U.S. The mid-week weather outbreaks could [Read More…]