Month: March 2023
Suspect in fatal Missouri cop shooting surrenders to authorities
Catherine Falls Commercial/Getty Images (HERMANN, Mo.) — A suspect accused of fatally shooting a police officer has surrendered outside of a Hermann, Missouri home, according to Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP). The Missouri State Highway [Read More…]
What to know about FDIC insurance and how your money is protected
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The sudden collapse of two regional U.S. banks in three days has some Americans wondering if their bank could be next. President Biden addressed the nation Monday [Read More…]
Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testifies before Manhattan grand jury
Jefferson Siegel/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Trump attorney Michael Cohen testified for about three hours Monday before a grand jury in New York that is hearing evidence of former President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
Trump campaigning in same Iowa city DeSantis visited Friday
KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — Donald Trump is holding a campaign event in Davenport, Iowa, on Monday, just three days after Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis — widely expected to be the [Read More…]
McConnell discharged from hospital after concussion, fractured rib
Al Drago/Bloomberg via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell was discharged from the hospital on Monday after suffering a concussion from a Wednesday night fall, according to a statement from his [Read More…]
Study: Sudden unexplained infant death rates show steep rise among Black babies in 2020
Stephanie Nantel/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study has found that, amid record low infant mortality rates in 2020, rates of sudden infant death syndrome, known as SIDS, increased for the first time in [Read More…]
Here’s what the FDA and CDC wrote in a letter to Florida’s surgeon general about his COVID vaccine claims
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently sent a letter to Florida’s surgeon general debunking his claims about COVID-19 vaccines. Last month, [Read More…]
‘The Last of Us’ ends on another high
HBO/Liane Hentscher Sunday night’s first season finale of The Last of Us went out on a high note in the ratings. According to HBO Max, the show’s ninth chapter attracted a series-topping 8.2 million viewers [Read More…]
“Last dance”: Mark Ballas announces he’s leaving ‘Dancing with the Stars’
D’Amelio and Ballas — ABC/Andrew Eccles “I’m coming to a close tonight, this is gonna be my last dance.” That was the word from Dancing with the Stars hoofer Mark Ballas during Sunday night’s final [Read More…]
Those we lost, twice: Family, fans miffed at this year’s forgotten stars in Oscars’ In Memoriam segment
BETTMANN/CONTRIBUTOR via GETTY IMAGES It’s nearly inevitable that in every awards show an in memoriam segment comes up short, and this year’s Oscars was no exception. While the Motion Picture Academy explained a special QR [Read More…]
National Biodiesel Day
March 18th is National Biodiesel Day. Missouri Soybean Market Development Director Matt Amick says its that day because that’s diesel engine inventor Rudolf Diesel’s birthday. Learn more at mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean growers [Read More…]
Best of Voice of Soy: The Important Role of Collaboration
Collaboration between the leading soybean producing states helps expand agricultural solutions through innovative thinking and programing. Listen as Kirk Merritt, Executive Director of the Ohio Soybean Council talks about the important role collaboration plays in [Read More…]
Demand growing for Illinois agriculture teachers
Photo courtesy of FCAE Demand is increasing for agriculture teachers in Illinois. Dean Dittmar, who coordinates an Illinois Board of Education project called Facilitating Coordination in Agricultural Education (FCAE), tells Brownfield that was a recurring [Read More…]
Missing 13-year-old rescued from locked North Carolina shed
Kali9/Getty Images (LEXINGTON, N.C.) — Law enforcement rescued a missing 13-year-old girl from a locked shed in Lexington, North Carolina, after federal authorities provided a tip about the missing minor. Davidson County Sheriff Richie Simmons [Read More…]
Two arrested in quadruple murder in Dallas apartment, infant found safe inside
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (DALLAS) — A pair of suspects were arrested in Dallas in connection with a quadruple shooting that left four people dead inside an apartment that allegedly stemmed from a custody dispute, according [Read More…]
Nor’easter to bring multiple days of rain, snow to I-95 corridor
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Millions of residents in the Northeast are bracing for a massive winter storm that will bring inclement weather to the region over multiple days. A coastal storm is expected to [Read More…]
NYC truck terror attacker spared death penalty as jury can’t come to unanimous decision
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A jury has spared Sayfullo Saipov the death penalty after it was unable to come to a unanimous decision Monday in the penalty phase deliberations for a Halloween 2017 [Read More…]
White House demands Pence apologize for ‘homophobic joke’ aimed at Buttigieg
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House on Monday asked former Vice President Mike Pence to apologize for what it called a “homophobic joke” he made over the weekend geared at Transportation Secretary Pete [Read More…]
DOJ says video of ‘QAnon Shaman’ Fox aired lacks context
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department in a new filing put forward its most direct response yet to footage aired last week by Fox News host Tucker Carlson that sought to downplay the [Read More…]
Is this a banking crisis? What to know about the Silicon Valley Bank collapse
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The largest bank failure since the 2008 crisis has triggered a major U.S. government intervention to protect the financial system. Silicon Valley Bank, the nation’s 16th largest bank, collapsed [Read More…]