Month: May 2023
Cattle futures higher, lean hogs lower
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were up and feeders closed higher, supported by the week’s direct cash cattle business. Weekly beef export sales were up on the week and larger than average. [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: May 25, 2023
Jul. corn closed at $5.90 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 centsJul. soybeans closed at $13.24, down 1/2 centJul. soybean meal closed at $397.20, down $5.00Jul. soybean oil closed at 48.52, up 52 pointsJul. wheat closed [Read More…]
Recent US high school graduate missing after going overboard on sunset cruise in the Bahamas
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A recent high school graduate from Louisiana is missing after going overboard while on a trip to the Bahamas, school officials said. Cameron Robbins, who attended University Laboratory School [Read More…]
Driver crashes into gates outside Downing Street, home of UK prime minister, no injuries reported
Tristan Fewings/Getty Images (LONDON) — A driver has crashed a car into the gates outside Downing Street, the residence of Britain’s prime minister, authorities said. No injuries were reported. The incident isn’t considered terror-related, according [Read More…]
Three former Jackson Police Department officers charged with homicide in death of Keith Murriel
Jackson Police Department (JACKSON, Miss.) — Three former Jackson Police Department officers were indicted by a grand jury last week on homicide charges in the death of Keith Murriel, a Mississippi man who died in [Read More…]
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes sentenced to 18 years for leading Jan. 6 seditious conspiracy
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge sentenced Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison Thursday for his role leading a seditious conspiracy to disrupt the certification of President Joe Biden’s election [Read More…]
Meteorologists predict ‘near-normal’ season for 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season, NOAA says
Ricardo Ramirez Buxeda/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is predicting a near-normal hurricane season for the 2023 Atlantic Hurricane Season. There is a 40% chance [Read More…]
McCarthy says ‘every hour matters’ on debt ceiling as lawmakers set to leave town
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With just seven days until potential default, House members are heading home for Memorial Day recess — without a debt ceiling deal in sight. “Every hour matters,” House Speaker Kevin [Read More…]
Supreme Court sides with 94-year-old woman who accused government of stealing her home equity
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — “The taxpayer must render unto Caesar what is Caesar’s, but no more.” With those words, Chief Justice John Roberts and a unanimous U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday sided with a [Read More…]
House explosion in South Dakota kills 3, injures 2
A house explosion near Fort Pierre, South Dakota, on Wednesday killed two grandparents and their 6-month-old granddaughter, and injured two young boys. The explosion happened at a home along South Dakota Highway 1806 in Stanley [Read More…]
South Carolina six-week abortion ban signed into law, providers file lawsuit
SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (COLUMBIA, S.C.) — South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster signed a six-week abortion ban into law Thursday, with it going into effect immediately. The new ban prohibits all abortions after fetal [Read More…]
Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office Searching for Suspect in Drive-By Shooting
The Minnehaha County Sheriff’s Office is searching for a man wanted for aggravated assault in connection with a drive-by shooting that occurred last weekend. The suspect, 30-year-old Kevin Dewayne Bass, is believed to be armed [Read More…]
MoviePass relaunches with new tiered subscriptions ahead of blockbuster summer
Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ahead of the slate of blockbuster films hitting theaters this summer, MoviePass is back with a new plan that could help moviegoers save money at the box [Read More…]
‘The biggest losers’: Bud Light boycott hammers hundreds of independent distributors
Robert Alexander/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Truck drivers delivering Bud Light have received the middle finger from passersby, distributors have faced intentional collisions from shopping carts as they drop off beer and vendors have endured [Read More…]
Quentin Tarantino drops hints about his 10th and final film, ‘The Movie Critic’
ABC/Randy Holmes Quentin Tarantino is at the Cannes International Film Festival, and he shed some light to Deadline on The Movie Critic, his 10th and supposedly final film as a director. Tarantino says the movie is “based on a guy who [Read More…]
Mortgage, mortgage, mortgage! ‘The Brady Bunch’ house can now be yours
Photo courtesy HGTV/Anthony Barcelo While most people wouldn’t recognize the address 11222 Dilling St., Studio City, CA, most everybody would know the house: it was the main location of The Brady Bunch. It seems after [Read More…]
Amazon Studios renews spy thriller series ‘Citadel’
Amazon Studios Citadel, the spy series from Avengers: Endgame directors Joe and Anthony Russo, is getting another mission from Amazon Studios. The streaming service announced Thursday that the show, which stars Priyanka Chopra-Jonas, Richard Madden [Read More…]
Kim Cattrall and Leslie Bibb on working with each other, Robert De Niro in ‘About My Father’
Lionsgate/Dan Anderson In the new, well-reviewed family comedy About My Father, actor and stand-up comedian Sebastian Maniscalco plays a boutique hotel manager who is on the brink of popping the question to his girlfriend, played by Leslie Bibb. However, [Read More…]
Social media posts believed to be from parent who sought book ban praised Proud Boys, shared antisemitic conspiracy theory
Viking Books (MIAMI) — The parent whose complaint led to the transfer of Amanda Gorman’s poem “The Hill We Climb” to the middle school section of a Miami-Dade school made social media posts praising the [Read More…]
Artificial intelligence used in medical procedure to help paralyzed man walk
Pramote Polyamate/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man left paralyzed by a motorcycle crash over a decade ago is walking again after a surgical procedure aided by artificial intelligence. Gert-Jan Oskam, 40, said he dreamt [Read More…]
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