Month: March 2023
ABC Business News
Americans lost $10.3 billion to internet scams in 2022, the FBI says
Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Americans lost $10.3 billion to a wide variety of internet scams last year, according to an FBI report released this month. The losses were the highest in five years, according [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Oscar winner Brendan Fraser talks lessons learned from his ‘The Whale’ character, Charlie
ABC Brendan Fraser‘s career comeback reached its apex Sunday evening when he reached for his Best Actor Oscar for his performance in Darren Aronofsky‘s drama The Whale. Backstage, an emotional Fraser explained the parallels he [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota Corn board chair concerned about mergers and government regulations
The chairman of the Minnesota Corn Growers Association has concerns about ag mergers and overregulation. Bryan Biegler, who farms near Lake Wilson in southwest Minnesota, says one of the resolutions voted on by National Corn [Read More…]
Ag News
Iowa Corn discusses GMO corn dispute
Members of the ag community are hopeful the biotech corn dispute between the U.S. and Mexico can be resolved soon. Logan Lyon serves on the Iowa Corn Growers Association’s Board of Directors. “Mexico is our [Read More…]
Ag News
U.S. awaiting Mexico’s response on GMO corn
The president of the National Corn Growers Association says he’s glad the U.S. is in consultations with Mexico on the GMO corn ban. Tom Haag, a Minnesota farmer, tells Brownfield this was a topic discussed [Read More…]
Ag News
Milk futures mostly higher, cash dairy mixed to begin week
March Class III milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed 7 higher at $17.78. April up 8 at $17.78. May 9 higher at $17.94. June through August contracts unchanged to down 9 cents. Dry [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle, lean hog futures kickoff the week lower
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were lower, getting ready for widespread direct business and Friday’s USDA Cattle on Feed Report. April live was down $.72 at $163.55 and June was [Read More…]
ABC National News
Suspect dead after two-day standoff with 100 shots fired near Los Angeles
KABC-TV (LOS ANGELES) — After more than 48 hours, law enforcement in Valinda, California, concluded a deadly standoff with a man who used a “high-power rifle” to fire 100 rounds at bystanders and officers. Los [Read More…]
ABC National News
Why winter is getting warmer and what it means for the future
NOAA (NEW YORK) — It was a wet and mild winter for most during the 2022-2023 season, with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reporting the average temperature for the contiguous U.S. this winter was [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Rembrandts singer says ‘Friends’ theme success “killed our cool”
Kevin Mazur/WireImage The Rembrandts seemingly struck gold by performing the iconic Friends theme song, “I’ll Be There for You,” but a singer from the band says the opposite happened. Danny Wilde, who fronted the band with Phil Solem, told The Guardian that [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson talks about ‘Black Adam”s fate, DC Studios dropping Henry Cavill as Superman
ABC Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson was a presenter at Sunday night’s Oscars, alongside his Jungle Cruise co-star Emily Blunt, but before he took the stage, Variety asked him about the fate of Black Adam. As [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
“Goonies never say die!” ‘Everything Everywhere’ Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan on support from his former co-stars
ABC As most know by now, newly minted Everything Everywhere All at Once Oscar winner Ke Huy Quan was a former child star, first breaking through with Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom and [Read More…]
Ag News
FMC Xyway fungicides are game changers
Brownfield caught up with Camille Lambert, Technical Service Manager with FMC during Commodity Classic. She believes the Xyway brand fungicide is a game changer because it is the first and only At-Plant corn fungicide brand [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: More than 1,100 Russians dead in less than a week, Zelenskyy says
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…]
ABC National News
Trump has ‘no plans’ to participate in Manhattan grand jury probe, attorney says
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump has “no plans” to participate in a Manhattan grand jury investigation into a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels, Trump attorney Joe Tacopina [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ninth grader sues school district after staffer allegedly ‘physically assaulted’ her when she didn’t recite the Pledge of Allegiance
A screen grab from school surveillance video obtained by ABC News appears to show an interaction between 15-year-old Marissa Barnwell and a River Bluff High School staffer on Nov. 29, 2022. — Obtained by ABC [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Amid crisis, Biden tells Americans ‘banking system is safe’
Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden spoke out Monday morning in an effort to reassure Americans there is no need for panic after federal agencies stepped in following the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden admin approves Willow Project despite oil drilling concerns
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration approved a roughly $8 billion oil drilling project in Alaska on Monday, which is a significant climate decision for the administration that had pledged to move away [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
NCAA March Madness brackets are set
PhotoAlto/Sandro Di Carlo Darsa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — March Madness fans rejoice: Selection Sunday is now behind us and we now know the 68 teams that will be participating in this year’s NCAA men’s basketball [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Silicon Valley Bank collapse: Treasury, Fed and FDIC announce steps to ensure deposits will be paid in full
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Federal Reserve, Treasury Department and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation announced Sunday that they will make additional funding available to ensure all Silicon Valley Bank deposits, both insured and uninsured, [Read More…]