Month: July 2023
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: July 18, 2023
Sep. corn closed at $5.28 and 3/4, up 29 and 1/2 centsAug. soybeans closed at $14.92, up 8 centsAug. soybean meal closed at $442.70, up $8.30Aug. soybean oil closed at 64.05, down 71 pointsSep. wheat closed [Read More…]
Wildfire smoke map: These are the US cities, states with air quality being affected by Canadian fires
ABC News (NEW YORK) — As Canada continues to battle its worst wildfire season on record, toxic smoke has traveled south and is once again blanketing states across the U.S. A total of 18 states [Read More…]
Emergency slide falls from United Airlines fight, lands in Chicago backyard
An emergency slide fell from a plane and landed outside of a home near O’Hare Airport in Chicago, July 17, 2023. — Laura Devitt (CHICAGO) — It wasn’t a bird or a plane hurtling from [Read More…]
House to vote on resolution saying Israel isn’t a ‘racist or apartheid state’
Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The controversy over Rep. Pramila Jayapal’s comments on Israel will continue Tuesday when the House votes on a Republican-led resolution to reaffirm the U.S. ally is not a racist state [Read More…]
‘Invisible’ heat wave risks need more attention as temperatures rise, expert says
AlesVeluscek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions of people are dealing with extreme heat waves as climate change continues to raise temperatures to unhealthy levels. Jeff Goodell, a climate journalist, published a new book The Heat [Read More…]
Powerball jackpot balloons to $1 billion after no winners Monday
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Powerball jackpot has ballooned to $1 billion after Monday night’s drawing produced no winners, the third-largest purse in Powerball history. The winner numbers in Monday’s [Read More…]
Everything to know for the next Powerball drawing as jackpot hits $1 billion
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An estimated $1 billion jackpot is up for grabs in the next Powerball drawing. It’s the third-largest purse in the game’s history and the seventh-largest U.S. lottery jackpot, according to [Read More…]
Third South Dakota State Inmate Dies This Month
Frank Ashley, a 57-year-old inmate at the South Dakota State Penitentiary, has passed away. The Department of Corrections announced his death on Tuesday. Ashley was serving sentences for third-degree and fourth-degree rape, sexual contact with [Read More…]
Matt Damon admits to high-profile Hollywood negotiation with his wife that allowed him to shoot ‘Oppenheimer’
Universal For Hollywood stars, high-profile negotiations about big-name projects are par for the course, but Matt Damon explained he got everything he wanted for Oppenheimer from a particularly tough opponent: his wife. In an Entertainment [Read More…]
With Lindsay Lohan’s new baby, ‘Freaky Friday’ mom Jamie Lee Curtis declares herself a “movie grandmother”
Lohan and Curtis in 2003 — Gregg DeGuire/WireImage Jamie Lee Curtis now has a new title to go with her new Oscar: “movie grandmother.” The actress beamed with pride at the news that her Freaky [Read More…]
Paramount+ unveils first look and release date for Stephen King prequel ‘Pet Sematary: Bloodlines’
Philippe Bosse/Paramount Players On Tuesday, July 18, Paramount+ revealed that Pet Sematary: Bloodlines, a prequel to Stephen King‘s chilling 1983 book-turned movie, will debut on the streaming service Friday, October 6. The film, starring E.T.‘s [Read More…]
Raylan Givens butts head with new baddie & daughter in ‘Justified: City Primeval’
Courtesy of FX The new FX series Justified: City Primeval sees Deputy U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, once again played by Timothy Olyphant, transplanted to Detroit where he crosses path with new baddie Clement Mansell, played by Boyd Holbrook, who certainly [Read More…]
Studios fire back at “disingenuous” strike claims made by SAG-AFTRA
Dia Dipasupil/Getty Images With studios bearing the brunt of criticism since the SAG-AFTRA strike began last week, the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) fired back in a statement released on Tuesday, July [Read More…]
Mitchell City Council approves construction bid for wetland project
The Mitchell City Council approved a $583,000 bid from Whiskeyboard Construction during its meeting Money night for a wetlands project along Firesteel Creek to reduce phosphorus and sediment runoff into Lake Mitchell. There will be [Read More…]
New $200 Million Housing Infrastructure Program to be Implemented in South Dakota
A new housing infrastructure program is about to produce results. The South Dakota Legislature and Governor approved a $200-million program early this year, hoping to have it up and running by spring. It took longer [Read More…]
Amid tensions with North Korea, US nuclear-capable submarine arrives in South Korea for first time in decades
The Ohio-class ballistic-missile submarine USS Kentucky (SSBN 737) pulls into port in Busan South Korea July 18, 2023. — Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Michael Chen/US Navy (BUSAN, South Korea) — A U.S. Navy nuclear-capable [Read More…]
US service member in North Korean custody after crossing DMZ line
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A U.S. service member who crossed into North Korea “without authorization” is in custody in the secretive country, United Nations and U.S. officials said Tuesday. “A U.S. National on a [Read More…]
Sturgis Rally and Budweiser Clydesdales Facing Logistical Issues
The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is a little over two weeks away and the city is working on logistics for the opening ceremony to be held on Friday, August 4th. One of the planned events, however, [Read More…]
Relentless heat wave shatters records across US with no end in sight
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Scorching temperatures continue to shatter records amid a relentless heat wave across the United States. Monday marked the 18th consecutive day that temperatures at or above 110 degrees Fahrenheit were [Read More…]
Why police arrested suspected Gilgo Beach killer away from his house
Rex Heuermann is shown in this booking photo released by the Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department. — Suffolk County Sheriff’s Department (NEW YORK) — More than 200 firearms were found at the home of the suspect [Read More…]
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