Month: June 2023
Search suspended for man who fell overboard from Carnival cruise ship near Florida
David Sacks/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended its search for a Virginia man who fell from a cruise ship balcony earlier this week. Ronnie Peale Jr., 35, went overboard from [Read More…]
Son of Home Depot worker who was fatally attacked during theft seeks crackdown on organized retail crime
Courtesy of Rasor Family (HILLSBOROUGH, N.C.) — On Gary Rasor’s 80th birthday, his children asked him to retire because there was no financial need for him to work. Rasor refused and told his children that [Read More…]
Structural engineer reported issues ahead of Iowa building collapse, documents show
Scott Olson/Getty Images (DAVENPORT, Iowa) — The city government of Davenport, Iowa, has released dozens of documents in connection with an apartment building that partially collapsed as three residents remain missing and the community demands [Read More…]
Schwarzenegger, Gal Gadot and others help Netflix announce its annual TUDUM event will be live from Brazil
Netflix TUDUM, Netflix’s annual fan event named after its boot-up sound, is going live this year. Showing off the streaming service’s global reach, a host of stars appeared in a sizzle reel Thursday to announce [Read More…]
‘The Bachelorette’ season 20 cast revealed: Meet Charity’s suitors
ABC The group of 25 men who will compete for Charity Lawson‘s heart on The Bachelorette season 20 has been revealed. Lawson, a 27-year-old child and family therapist from Columbus, Georgia, will meet a group [Read More…]
Brendan Fraser, Zazie Beetz and Chance the Rapper among this year’s Tribeca Festival jury
Tribeca Festival The Tribeca Festival has announced the jurors who will be selecting the winners in 15 categories for this year’s 22nd annual event. Among them will be Oscar-winning The Whale lead Brendan Fraser, Academy [Read More…]
‘Anchorman’ and ‘Step Brothers’ director Adam McKay dives deep into Hollywood with ‘Death on the Lot’ podcast
Hyperobject Industries and Sony Music Entertainment Adam McKay is best known for comedies like the Anchorman movies, Talladega Nights and Step Brothers, but the Oscar-winning screenwriter behind the acclaimed financial drama The Big Short has [Read More…]
“Go, Al!” 79-year-old new dad Robert De Niro reacts to 83-year-old Al Pacino’s baby news
Roy Rochlin/Getty Images for Tribeca Festival Robert De Niro made headlines in May when it was revealed the 79-year-old actor had become a dad for a seventh time — only for fans to find out [Read More…]
U.S. House passes debt ceiling agreement
On a vote of 314 – 117, the U.S. House has passed the agreement in principle to raise the debt ceiling and the Senate is now considering the bill. The bill includes a temporary expansion [Read More…]
Ethanol production up, supply expands
Ethanol production and stocks both moved higher last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production was a six-week high at 1.004 million barrels, an increase of 21,000 from the previous week, but a decrease [Read More…]
Garbine Muguruza, two-time Grand Slam tennis champ, engaged to fan she met in Central Park
Robert Prange/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In tennis, love means zero, but for a two-time Grand Slam champion love was a walk in the park. Spanish-Venezuelan tennis star Garbiñe Muguruza just announced her engagement to [Read More…]
Tallulah Willis opens up about Borderline Personality Disorder diagnosis and dad Bruce Willis
Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Tallulah Willis is opening up about her health and life with her father, Bruce Willis. In a moving essay she wrote for Vogue, the actress, 29, revealed that she was diagnosed with borderline [Read More…]
In Brief: Trailer debuts for ‘Black Mirror’ season 6, ‘Justified’ reboot, and more
The sixth season of Charlie Brooker’s Black Mirror returns June 15 with five new episodes, Netflix announced on Wednesday, along with the official trailer. The season 6 cast includes Aaron Paul, Anjana Vasan, Annie Murphy, [Read More…]
Drought is getting worse in Missouri
Governor Mike Parson has issued a drought alert for more than half of the state. More than 60% of Missouri counties are experiencing some level of dryness, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. Extreme drought [Read More…]
Hay production isn’t great in southwest MO
A cattle producer in southwest Missouri says fescue is making about half of the tonnage of a normal year. Adam Whitesell from Dade and Greene Counties has been baling hay in the last week and [Read More…]
Opportunities for canola in the Renewable Fuel Standard
Canola-oil derived renewable diesel and other related biofuels now qualify as “advanced biofuels” under the Renewable Fuel Standard thanks to a determination by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency late last year. In this episode of [Read More…]
‘A number of items seized’ in Portugal in renewed search for Madeleine McCann, German authorities say
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (LONDON and BERLIN) — German authorities said Thursday that “a number of items were seized” in Portugal during a renewed search for missing British child Madeleine McCann. “These will be evaluated in [Read More…]
Canada becomes first country to put health warnings on individual cigarettes
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Canada has announced that it will begin putting individual warning labels on cigarettes and other tobacco products in an effort to further reduce their appeal, becoming the world’s first [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued June 01 at 7:28AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota… James River near Mitchell affecting Hanson and Davison Counties. James River near Forestburg affecting Sanborn County. James River at Huron affecting Beadle County. …FLOOD [Read More…]
Top DHS official warns of ‘absolute threat’ to public safety, economy from organized retail crime
The Home Depot (NEW YORK) — The surveillance video, from earlier this year, is startling: Four masked men march in a line through a Home Depot store in New York — two of them looking [Read More…]