Month: June 2023
ABC Entertainment News
Universal and Blumhouse drop trailer to ‘Five Nights At Freddy’s’
Universal Pictures Universal and Blumhouse, the studios behind horror blockbusters like M3GAN, have released a full trailer to Five Nights At Freddy’s, an adaptation of the PC and mobile game that has scared the pants [Read More…]
Ag News
Lack of rain impacting southwest Iowa producer
Southwest Iowa farmer Duane Aistrope says the drought has been worse than 2012. “This year, we just can’t seem to get a rain. The corn is going to be short, a lot of short corn. [Read More…]
Ag News
Safety net remains a priority for farmers in 2023 Farm Bill discussions
The ranking member of the Senate Ag Committee says he continues to hear many of the same concerns about the 2023 Farm Bill from farmers and ag industry stakeholders around the country. John Boozman tells [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: June 27, 2023
Jul. corn closed at $6.23, down 14 and 1/4 centsJul. soybeans closed at $14.95, down 26 centsJul. soybean meal closed at $407.30, down $7.30Jul. soybean oil closed at 60.55, up 104 pointsJul. wheat closed at $6.85, [Read More…]
Ag News
EPA wants feedback on proposed pesticide guidelines
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is taking public comment on a pilot project that would update pesticide guidelines to protect endangered species. The initiative is part of the EPA’s Endangered Species Act Working Plan, which [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn dive on rain potential
Soybeans were sharply lower on speculative and technical selling. The USDA’s national good to excellent rating declined to 51%, but beans have more time to bounce back than corn, with August the key month for [Read More…]
ABC World News
Prigozhin used false pretext to lead Wagner Group’s armed insurrection against Russia: US official
Sergey Alimov/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Yevgeny Prigozhin used a false pretext to lead his Wagner Group forces in an armed insurrection against the Russian state, according to a senior U.S. official. Prigozhin had been plotting [Read More…]
ABC World News
Canada breaks record for annual wildfire smoke emissions
Anne-Sophie Thill/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The amount of smoke being emitted from the wildfires burning in Canada has reached the highest-ever recorded in the country as plumes make their way across the [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russia-Ukraine live updates: Ukrainians make gain on occupied bank across Kherson
Contributor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — As Russia continues its nearly 16-month-long invasion of neighboring Ukraine, political turmoil has erupted in Moscow while Kyiv tries to take back territory. A feud between Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Chicago air quality hits ‘very unhealthy’ category as Canadian wildfire smoke infiltrates Midwest
FILE photo — AerialPerspective Images/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Canadian wildfire smoke is infiltrating the Midwest on Tuesday and the air in Chicago has deteriorated to the Air Quality Index’s “very unhealthy” category. The AQI in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family of Ajike Owens calls for murder charges after suspect charged with manslaughter: ‘We are deeply disappointed’
ABC (OCALA, Fla.) — The family of Ajike “AJ” Owens, the Black woman who was killed by her neighbor on June 2 in Florida, called on prosecutors to upgrade the charges against Susan Lorincz from [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to meet with special counsel Jack Smith’s team Wednesday
Elijah Nouvelage/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger is expected to sit for an interview on Wednesday with investigators in special counsel Jack Smith’s office, the secretary’s spokesperson confirmed to ABC News. [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Dueling Trump, DeSantis events in New Hampshire stir up GOP excitement and drama
FILE photo — vm/Getty Images (CONCORD, N.H.) — The focus of the Republican primary has turned to New Hampshire on Tuesday, with former President Donald Trump and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holding competing events. The [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Supreme Court rejects unchecked state legislature power over federal election rules
Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday delivered a strong rejection of a controversial legal theory that threatened to upend state election laws nationwide and give state legislatures unchecked power over federal [Read More…]
ABC Health News
New report finds some heavy metals in baby food appear to be on the decline
skaman306/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new analysis from Consumer Reports found that some heavy metals in baby food have been on the decline but the report argues more can be done to make baby [Read More…]
ABC Business News
More than $200 billion in pandemic relief squandered, says government watchdog report
IronHeart/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The federal government squandered more than $200 billion in its aggressive rush to prop up small businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic threatened to shatter the U.S. economy, according to a report [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Costco cracks down on members sharing cards at checkout
Kinga Krzeminska/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Costco Wholesale is cracking down on customers sharing membership cards at the self-service checkout. The big box retailer will require shoppers at the self-checkout kiosks show their membership cards [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Summer cookout food costs only slightly down, new survey finds
American Farm Bureau (NEW YORK) — The average cost of a 4th of July cookout is slightly down, but families are still feeling the pinch of inflation and other cost catalysts on groceries. According to [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
The gang’s back in Hulu’s trailer to new episodes of ‘Futurama’
Hulu Hulu released the trailer to the new season of Futurama on Tuesday, June 27. The snippet shows the gang getting used to a new pandemic, Explovid-23, and all that comes with it, including the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Chris Noth denies he was “iced out” by ‘Sex and the City’ co-stars following sex assault accusations
RCF/MEGA/GC Images Former Law and Order star Chris Noth took to Instagram to address a story claiming he’s been “iced out” by his former Sex and the City colleagues. The New York Post ran with [Read More…]