Month: February 2023
Ag News
MAC growing along with Michigan production
Michigan Agricultural Commodities is investing in expansion projects to help keep pace with larger crops in Michigan. Vice Present of Merchandising Robert Geers tells Brownfield Middleton’s organic corn facility is adding a 200,000-bushel grain bin [Read More…]
ABC National News
Alec Baldwin’s attorney seeks to disqualify special prosecutor who investigated ‘Rust’ shooting
Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images (SANTA FE, N.M.) — Alec Baldwin’s attorney moved on Tuesday to disqualify the special prosecutor in New Mexico who investigated him over the fatal shooting of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins on the set [Read More…]
ABC National News
Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg criticizes Donald Trump book, says case against former president wasn’t ready
Christopher Goodney/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg responded for the first time since the release of a book Tuesday by former special assistant district attorney Mark Pomerantz, which accuses [Read More…]
ABC National News
7 more Memphis police officers under investigation in Tyre Nichols incident
Scott Olson/Getty Images (MEMPHIS, Tenn.) — Seven additional Memphis police officers could face discipline in connection with the Tyre Nichols incident, the city’s chief legal officer, Jennifer Sink, told ABC News Tuesday. Those additional officers [Read More…]
ABC National News
4 injured after battery catches fire on United flight
Nicolas Economou/NurPhoto via Getty Images (SAN DIEGO) — Four people were taken to the hospital after an external battery caught fire on a United Airlines flight early Tuesday, officials said. Shortly after takeoff, the device [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
State of the Union live updates and analysis: ‘Finish the job,’ Biden expected to say
Jim Lo Scalzo-Pool/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden delivers his second State of the Union address at 9 p.m. ET, marking a pivotal moment as he lays out not only his accomplishments and agenda, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Mother takes call for police reform to Biden’s State of the Union after her son’s deadly arrest: ‘See my pain’
Valerio Rosati/EyeEm/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid national outrage after the release of the video showing the deadly beating of Tyre Nichols by Memphis police, Mona Hardin was reminded of the pain she felt after learning [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Missouri AG: Allowing abortion pills to be mailed a ‘flawed reading’ of federal statute
ABC News (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — The Justice Department gave its approval this month for the United States Postal Service to deliver abortion drugs to states that have banned the procedure. Walgreens and CVS have [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
George Santos’ constituents speak out, worry about services: ‘You obviously can’t take his word’
A neatly-taped sign on the door of Santo’s office is the only external indicator that the office belongs to Santos rather than the district’s former congressman. — Peter Charalambous/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — For the roughly [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Department of Homeland Security limits no-knock warrants, chokeholds in updated use-of-force policy
ninjaMonkeyStudio/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security on Tuesday updated its use-of-force policy for when the 80,000 officers under the agency’s authority encounter the public. The new guidelines limit the use of no-knock [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Mom says she suffered heart attack during PTA meeting at child’s school
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Donnese Tyler said she was at a routine PTA meeting at her son’s Maryland school last year when she suddenly felt an unusual feeling. “I’m like, ‘Oh my gosh, what [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Inflation fight has a ‘long way to go,’ Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says
Liu Jie/Xinhua via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said Tuesday that the central bank’s fight against inflation has “a long way to go,” citing a blockbuster jobs report last week that [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Queen of Salsa, Celia Cruz, to appear on US quarter
Joshua Derr/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Queen of Salsa and Cuban icon Celia Cruz has been selected to appear on the U.S. quarter. Cruz, who died in 2003, was selected by the United States [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
See Oscar winner Christoph Waltz as the boss from hell in the official trailer to Amazon’s ‘The Consultant’
Prime Video If you think your boss is bad, wait until you get a load of two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz in the official trailer for the Prime Video series The Consultant. Based on Bentley [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Ahead of season 3 premiere, ‘The Mandalorian’ making broadcast debut
Lucasfilm Ahead of the March 1 premiere of The Mandalorian‘s third season on Disney+, the first episode of the show’s Emmy-winning first season will make its broadcast television debut on Friday, February 24. “Chapter 1: [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Welcome back to Rydell High: Paramount+ releases teaser to prequel series ‘Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies’
Paramount+ On Tuesday, Paramount+ released the trailer for its musical prequel series Grease: Rise of the Pink Ladies. Starring Marisa Davila, Cheyenne Isabel Wells, Ari Notartomaso and Tricia Fukuhara, the show is based on the [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn down with soybeans, wheat mixed ahead of WASDE report
Soybeans were mixed, adjusting spreads. Harvest activity in Brazil is slower than average but should pick up steam in the coming weeks. There have been no firm reports of quality impact from harvest delaying rain [Read More…]
Ag News
An uptick in dry-seeded row rice acres
A rice expert says there has been a shift in parts of the U.S. to dry-seeded row rice as growers look to improve production and profitability. Thacher DeStefano with UPL says the uptick has been [Read More…]
Ag News
Inflation pressuring farmers to produce a good grain crop
Inflation has heightened the importance of producing strong corn and soybean crops in 2023. Eureka, Illinois grain and hog farmer Chad Leman tells Brownfield he is feeling extra pressure to produce a good crop in [Read More…]
Ag News
2023 net farm income down nearly 16%
USDA is forecasting net farm income to decline in 2023 after three consecutive years of growth. Carrie Litkowski is a senior economist for the Economic Research Service. “For crops, lower prices are expected to outweigh [Read More…]