Month: March 2023
ABC Entertainment News
Julianne Hough set to join season 32 of ‘Dancing with the Stars’ as co-host
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images Julianne Hough will join season 32 of Dancing with the Stars as a co-host, Good Morning America has confirmed. She will co-host the hit dance competition show alongside Alfonso Ribeiro, who joined [Read More…]
Ag News
INFB: state budget is top of mind for Indiana ag in the second half of the session
Photo provided by Indiana Farm Bureau The executive director of public policy for Indiana Farm Bureau says financial requests continue to be top of mind for lawmakers crafting the state’s next two-year budget. Andy Tauer [Read More…]
Ag News
Grain Indemnity Fund advances in Minnesota Legislature
The agriculture committees in the Minnesota House and Senate have advanced legislation to create a grain indemnity fund. Senate chair Aric Putnam says there have been instances where farmers lose hundreds of thousands of dollars [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: March 20, 2023
May corn closed at $6.33, down 1 and 1/4 centsMay soybeans closed at $14.86, up 9 and 1/2 centsMay soybean meal closed at $462.70, down $3.30May soybean oil closed at 57.99, up 53 pointsMay wheat [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle, hog futures mostly lower to start the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle ended the day mostly lower ahead of widespread direct cash business. April live cattle closed $.30 lower at $162.02 and June lives closed $.87 lower at [Read More…]
Ag News
Who’s responsible for a carbon contract?
An ag lawyer is raising concerns about what landowners are committing to in carbon credit contracts. Peggy Kirk Hall, Director of Ohio State University Extension’s Agricultural & Resource Law Program, tells Brownfield the legality of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Manhattan grand jury hearing from attorney Bob Costello as defense witness in Trump probe: Sources
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Manhattan, New York grand jury investigating former President Donald Trump’s role in the hush payment to adult film actress Stormy Daniels is hearing Monday from a witness for [Read More…]
ABC National News
Amid a rise in fires and deaths, New York City enacts new e-bike rules
PBNJ Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The story has become a sadly familiar one in New York. A delivery worker finishes a long day, parks their e-bike outside, and leaves its drained battery in their [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans demand Manhattan DA Bragg turn over docs related to Trump investigation, potential indictment
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Republican chairmen of the House Judiciary, Oversight, and Administration committees issued a letter to Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg on Monday demanding testimony and documents related to the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
E. Jean Carroll’s defamation trial against Trump indefinitely delayed
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge on Monday indefinitely delayed the defamation lawsuit writer E. Jean Carroll brought against former President Donald Trump. Carroll, a former Elle magazine columnist, claimed Trump defamed her [Read More…]
ABC Health News
White House hosts cast of Apple TV+’s “Ted Lasso” to discuss mental health
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will be hosting the cast of Apple TV+’s Ted Lasso at the White House Monday to discuss the importance of talking about [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Fed was aware of Silicon Valley Bank problems more than a year before its collapse
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve was aware of risks to Silicon Valley Bank more than a year before its collapse, ABC News confirmed on Monday following a New York Times report. Even [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Last laughs: Final season trailer for ‘The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ debuts
Prime Video/Philippe Antonello After 20 Emmy wins to date, including Outstanding Comedy Series, and a mantel full of other trophies, Prime Video’s The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel is coming to an end. The trailer for the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Whitney Cummings: “Comedians started becoming the enemy”
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic She’s not known for holding her tongue, and Whitney Cummings is speaking out on the state of stand-up comedy. “I don’t have to tell you, over the past couple of years, comedy has taken [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
It’s not dull: Now you can play ‘Banshees of Inisherin’, the game
Searchlight Pictures/20th Century Studios While many movies have been adapted into video games, one might not have expected the multiple Oscar-nominated The Banshees of Inisherin to be among them — but someone has done it. Banshees: The Game is [Read More…]
Ag News
Funding available to help conversation investments
Funding is available for Missouri farmers interested in starting or expanding conservation practices. Clayton Light Director of Conservation Agriculture and Farm Operations with Missouri Soybeans says the Inflation Reduction Act provided more money for at [Read More…]
Ag News
Delayed planting season possible
A climatologist says a delayed start to planting is possible for portions of the Corn Belt this year. In a spring outlook, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is calling for a wet spring and [Read More…]
ABC World News
American Jeffery Woodke, who was held hostage in Niger, has been released
FotografiaBasica/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American missionary who was kidnapped in Niger has been released, U.S. officials said Monday. Jeffery Woodke, a Christian humanitarian aid worker, was released on Monday after more than six [Read More…]
ABC World News
Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to increase, making climate mitigation more challenging: UN report
Alexandros Maragos/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Greenhouse gas emissions are continuing to increase, exacerbating the challenge world leaders face in preventing the impacts of climate change from worsening, the United Nations warns in its latest [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspects caught on camera spray-painting houses with swastikas, other hate messages
Nashville Police (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Police in Nashville, Tennessee, say they’re searching for two suspects who were caught on camera spray-painting houses with swastikas and other hate messages. Nashville police said five homes in the [Read More…]