Month: March 2023

Biden teases 2024 bid, tells Bruce Springsteen ‘some people are born to run’
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday teased a 2024 run as he celebrated American legends Bruce Springsteen, Gladys Knight, Julia Louis Dreyfus and more in a White House ceremony. Biden bestowed medals [Read More…]

Former Trump official calls TikTok a ‘digital virus’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — TikTok is facing growing scrutiny from government officials over cybersecurity fears about Americans’ data. U.S. officials are reportedly demanding that Chinese owners sell its stake in the app or risk a [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Several Ukrainian cities attacked with missiles
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]

Wisconsin Supreme Court candidates debate abortion access, gerrymandering
belterz/Getty Images (MADISON, Wis.) — The two candidates in Wisconsin’s crucial Supreme Court race met for their only debate Tuesday, debating hot-button issues such as abortion access and gerrymandering two weeks before voters will decide the [Read More…]

US lawmakers reintroduce e-bike tax credit bill offering up to a $1,500 refund
Westend61/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Federal lawmakers have reintroduced a bill that would give consumers a tax break on the purchase of a new electric bike. The Electric Bicycle Incentive Kickstart for the Environment (E-BIKE) Act would [Read More…]

Biden creates national monuments in Nevada, Texas at conservation summit
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced the establishment of two new national monuments, protecting land totaling more than half a million acres. Biden named Avi Kwa Ame [Read More…]

Potentially deadly fungus spreading rapidly in US health care facilities
KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — A recent report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revealed the fungus Candida auris is spreading rapidly through U.S. health care facilities. Also known as C. auris, [Read More…]

What to know about the drug xylazine and why it’s making fentanyl worse
WLADIMIR BULGAR/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Drug Enforcement Administration is warning that a powerful veterinary sedative is being combined illicitly with fentanyl, making it even more dangerous. DEA issued a public safety alert about [Read More…]

Oscar-nominated ‘Dune’ writer Jon Spaihts going to Netflix’s ‘Gears of War’ film
Johanna Watts – “Gears of War” courtesy Netflix Netflix announced Tuesday that Jon Spaihts, who wrote the 2016 Marvel Studios hit Doctor Strange, and received an Academy Award nomination for 2021’s Dune, will be behind [Read More…]

Gwyneth Paltrow appears in Utah courtroom over 2016 skiing accident
ABC/Christopher Willard Oscar winner Gwyneth Paltrow found herself in a Utah courtroom Tuesday, in a civil trial stemming from a 2016 skiing accident. Paltrow is being sued by Dr. Terry Sanderson, who claims Paltrow collided [Read More…]

Wanna live in Barbie’s Dream Home? HGTV announces new reality show tied to upcoming movie
ABC In a bit of corporate synergy, HGTV has announced the Barbie Dreamhouse Challenge, a new home design reality series timed to the release of Warner Bros. Discovery’s upcoming Barbie movie. The series will see [Read More…]

Good infrastructure a must-have for Wisconsin farmers
Farmer Shane Goplin tells Brownfield the top issues affecting Wisconsin farmers are trade and infrastructure. “We need to be sustainable not only in producing our products, but getting it to the customer,” he says. “Having [Read More…]

Farm Bill priorities for Iowa Corn
The Iowa Corn Growers Association has developed several policy priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill. District 6 Director Logan Lyon tells Brownfield Iowa corn farmers believe Congress should maintain premium offsets for harvest price coverage [Read More…]

Hog futures continue downward slide
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mixed, and feeders were mostly higher ahead of the week’s direct cash business. Feeders found some additional support from the mostly lower move in corn. April live [Read More…]

Farmland sales slowing in parts of the Midwest
Farmland sales are slowing in some parts of the Midwest. Compeer Financial senior appraiser Jeff Hacker covers east central Illinois into northwest Indiana and says there hasn’t been much activity recently. “I don’t know that [Read More…]

Ag week is being celebrated in Missouri
Governor Mike Parson made a National Ag Week proclamation at the Missouri Department of Agriculture on Tuesday. “Agriculture is so important to our state, not only with the products produced, but it’s a way of [Read More…]

Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukraine claims it destroyed Russian cruise missiles in Crimea
Anton Petrus/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a year after Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine, the countries are fighting for control of areas in eastern and southern Ukraine. [Read More…]

Gun used in kidnapping, killing of Americans in Mexico came from US
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A gun used earlier this month by cartel members to kidnap a group of Americans and kill two of them was illegally trafficked from the U.S., according to a [Read More…]

Footage captures moments surrounding Irvo Otieno’s death at hospital
Courtesy of Ben Crump Law (DINWIDDIE COUNTY, Va.) — Prosecutors released video on Tuesday of the March 6 chain of events that ended with the death of Irvo Otieno at Virginia’s Central State Hospital. The [Read More…]

Strike closes schools for half-million students in nation’s second largest district
Stella/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — For the second time in five years, classes were canceled Tuesday for more than 500,000 Los Angeles public school students after tens of thousands of service workers, backed by the [Read More…]