Month: July 2023

Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Hospital (LOS ANGELES) — A hospital in California is experiencing a baby boom of multiples in its neonatal intensive care unit. Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s hospital in Los Angeles is currently caring for [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Police Arrest Man in Drive-Through Stabbing

July 6, 2023 Travis Kriens

19-year-old Dominque Gibbons has been arrested and is currently in the Minnehaha County Jail. He stands accused of stabbing a man in the neck at a restaurant drive-through in Sioux Falls. The incident was initially [Read More…]

Minnesota Man Pleads Guilty in Traffic Death of a Watertown Woman in 2019

July 6, 2023 Travis Kriens

20-year-old Gage Thatcher Stevenson of Moorhead, Minnesota, has pleaded guilty to Second Degree Manslaughter in connection with the death of Dawn Meyer, a 43-year-old woman from Watertown. The incident occurred on September 17, 2019, when [Read More…]

Two million sign-ups in 2 hours: What to know about newly launched Threads

Christoph Dernbach/picture alliance via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Meta, the parent company of Facebook, has officially launched Threads, a new “conversation” app that appears to be the firm’s long-awaited counterpart to Twitter. The app [Read More…]

Report: Robert De Niro’s daughter Drena reveals son Leandro’s cause of death

Mark Sagliocco/WireImage Robert De Niro’s daughter Drena De Niro has reportedly blamed her son Leandro‘s death on pills laced with fentanyl, according to a report TMZ. “Someone sold him fentanyl laced pills that they knew were laced yet still sold [Read More…]

Dramatic video released of Russian fighter jets ‘harassing’ US drones over Syria

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. military released dramatic video of a tense encounter on Wednesday over the skies of eastern Syria as Russian fighter jets were seen “harassing” three American military drones carrying out [Read More…]

‘Incendiary devices’ used in fire at Atlanta PD training facility, motorcycles destroyed

Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Atlanta officials are searching for suspects who allegedly set off incendiary devices at the current police training facility over the weekend, damaging police vehicles and claiming in a message they [Read More…]

Pablo López throws 1st career shutout, strikes out 12 in the Twins’ 4-0 win over the Royals

July 5, 2023 Travis Kriens

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Minnesota Twins gave up a lot to get Pablo López. He made it look as if he was well worth the price Wednesday night. López pitched his first career shutout, a [Read More…]

Philadelphia mass shooting: What we know about the 5 victims

Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Police have identified all five victims killed in a mass shooting in Philadelphia on Monday. A suspect wearing a bulletproof vest, carrying a rifle and multiple rounds of ammunition opened [Read More…]

Connecticut state Rep. Maryam Khan speaks out about alleged assault at Eid prayer service

Dinodia Photo/Getty Images (CONNECTICUT) — Connecticut state Rep. Maryam Khan has spoken out a week after she was allegedly assaulted by a man while attending a gathering for Eid al-Adha prayers with her family. The [Read More…]

Man found dead in Death Valley from apparent extreme heat illness, officials say

Matteo Colombo/Getty Images (NEVADA) — Extreme heat is what National Park Service officials assume led to the death of a man inside his car that was in the middle of Death Valley National Park as [Read More…]

Insanity’: 4th of July mass shootings leave 20 dead, 126 injured

KTBS (NEW YORK) — Amid celebrations and fireworks over the long Fourth of July holiday weekend, cities across America were left reeling from the scourge of gun violence as mass shootings occurred at block parties [Read More…]

Man pleads guilty to raping Ohio girl who ended up traveling across state lines for abortion

LordHenriVoton/Getty Images (OHIO) — An Ohio man pleaded guilty to raping a then-9-year-old girl who later sought an out-of-state abortion in a case that became a flashpoint in the national abortion rights debate after Roe [Read More…]

Gov. Ron DeSantis’ push for ‘civics’ education: What does it look like?

Tony Anderson/Getty Images (FLORIDA) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis recently said that if elected president in 2024 he would push for civics education about the founding principles of the United States to celebrate the country’s [Read More…]

The Grinchy horror movie ‘The Mean One’ getting Video On Demand release on October 3

Getty Images The Mean One, an R-rated look at The Grinch in the vein of the kids story-based slasher pic Winnie The Pooh: Blood and Honey, has gotten a home video release date. The movie [Read More…]

Ag News

Market volatility continues, economist says risk management remains vital

An economist says livestock producers will continue to face some serious headwinds when it comes to feed costs. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says, “The focus should be on when producers can lock some reasonable [Read More…]

Ag News

Michigan budget creates new ag programs

The Michigan legislature has funded several new projects in the state’s Department of Agriculture and Rural Development for the next fiscal year. Legislative Counsel Rebecca Park with Michigan Farm Bureau tells Brownfield $13 million was [Read More…]

Ag News

MO delegation asks USDA to emergency hay CRP

Missouri lawmakers are asking Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to immediately allow emergency haying of Conservation Reserve Program acres in the drought. The primary nesting season delays several actions on CRP ground until after July 15 [Read More…]

Ag News

Ag Economy Barometer: farmers more optimistic about the future

Farmers are more optimistic about the future, according to the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer. Jim Mintert, the survey’s principal investigator and director of Purdue’s Center for Commercial Agriculture, says the rise in [Read More…]

Israel withdraws forces after 2-day operation that left 12 Palestinians, 1 Israeli dead