Month: August 2023
ABC National News
Former Proud Boys leader Joe Biggs sentenced to 17 years in prison for Jan. 6 sedition
ftwitty/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A former top organizer for the Proud Boys who was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other felonies stemming from his leadership role in the Jan. 6 assault on the Capitol was [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Clarence Thomas discloses 2022 private flights from Harlan Crow, defends past omissions
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas says he accepted five private jet flights from personal friend and GOP megadonor Harlan Crow last year, according to financial disclosure documents released Thursday. On [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump enters not guilty plea in Georgia election interference case
Scott Olson/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Former President Donald Trump has entered a plea of not guilty in the Georgia election interference case and waived his right to appear at his arraignment, according to a filing [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Virginia experiencing statewide outbreak of serious meningococcal disease: Officials
File photo — KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images (RICHMOND, Va.) — Health officials in Virginia have announced the state is experiencing an outbreak of rare, but serious meningococcal disease. Twenty-seven cases have been identified since [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Oprah Winfrey, Dwayne Johnson team up for People’s Fund of Maui
Courtesy Underwood Studios Oprah Winfrey and Dwayne Johnson are doing their part to help those devastated by the recent wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui. The duo teamed up to establish the People’s Fund [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
New Gallup poll says “overwhelming majority” of Americans back striking actors, writers
Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images As the dual Writers Guild of America and SAG-AFTRA strikes against the studios continue, grinding Hollywood production to a halt in the process, those picketers can take comfort in a new [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
James Gunn, Rian Johnson mourn death of accomplished assistant director Jamie Christopher
Getty Images Jamie Christopher, an assistant director who worked with the likes of David Fincher and Rian Johnson and on Marvel films like the Guardians of the Galaxy, died on Tuesday, August 29, at 52. [Read More…]
Ag News
Prepare now for winter wheat planting
Research at Michigan State University is finding planting in mid-to-late September has the best yield potential for winter wheat. Wheat extension specialist Dennis Pennington says wheat tillers that emerge in the fall provide the greatest [Read More…]
ABC National News
Hurricane Franklin brings dangerous rip currents to East Coast beaches
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Franklin, which is churning near Bermuda, is bringing huge waves and dangerous rip currents to the entire East Coast ahead of Labor Day weekend. Tropical Storm Jose and the [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump inflated his net worth by $2.2 billion, New York AG says in filing
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump routinely overstated his net worth — sometimes by more than $2 billion — during years when the actual values of his real estate holdings were [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lady Gaga wondered if she was “a really bad actor” ahead of ‘A Star Is Born’ Venice premiere
Franco Origlia/Getty Images This year’s Venice Film Festival kicked off August 30, but most Lady Gaga fans remember the entrance she made there 2018: She arrived by boat in full old Hollywood-style glam, wearing platinum blonde pin curls and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Did Selena Gomez break the SAG-AFTRA strike rules with ‘Only Murders’ post?
Hulu Selena Gomez‘s currently focusing on her music career, having just released the new track “Single Soon.” But she’s also an actor and actors are currently on strike — which is why some people were [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Bachelor’ alum Matt James reacts to his mom competing on ‘The Golden Bachelor’
ABC/Christopher Willard – ABC ABC revealed the 22 women who will vie for Gerry Turner‘s heart on The Golden Bachelor, and one of them should be familiar to Bachelor Nation — it’s Bachelor alum Matt [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: McG wants Barrymore, Diaz, and Liu for ‘Charlie’s Angels 3’, and more
Joseph McGinty Nichol, known professionally as McG, and who directed the 2000 film adaptation of Charlie’s Angels, starring Drew Barrymore, Lucy Liu, and Cameron Diaz, and its 2003 sequel Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, hasn’t given [Read More…]
Ag News
Little steps can make a big impact
BASF’s Technical Market Manager for Herbicides Liam Vincent says waterhemp is always difficult to control, but the dry conditions didn’t make it easier. “We had to rely stronger on post-emergence chemistries and that’s just tough. [Read More…]
Ag News
Minnesota Soybean excited about export opportunities out of Port of Halifax
A commodity group is excited about export opportunities through the Port of Halifax. Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council treasurer Ben Storm, who farms in southeast Minnesota, recently took part in a See for Yourself [Read More…]
Ag News
Midwestern farmers estimate harvest timelines
Midwestern farmers returning home from the 2023 Farm Progress Show have their sights set on corn and soybean harvest. United Soybean Board Director Neal Bredehoeft says corn harvest is only days away in central Missouri. [Read More…]
Ag News
The key to greater yield potential
A soybean agronomy lead with BASF says it starts with the seed. “At BASF, we’re focused on making sure growers have the genetics they need for a successful crop,” says Marc Hoobler. “And once that [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois taking multi-generational approach to rural mental health assistance
Government leaders in Illinois are soliciting ideas from youth in agriculture to help expand access to rural mental health resources. During the 2023 Farm Progress show Governor JB Pritzker announced a new Rural Mental Health [Read More…]
Latest News
South Dakota Teacher Sentenced to One Year in the State Penitentiary
A 2-year sentencing in the South Dakota State Penitentiary with a one-year suspension was imposed today in the case involving former Henry School District teacher Shanna Ries regarding the plea agreement she entered on July [Read More…]
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