Month: September 2023
ABC Entertainment News
Let’s dance! With WGA strike deal, ‘Dancing with the Stars’ will debut as scheduled Tuesday night
ABC With the Writers Guild of America agreement in place, ABC is moving ahead with season 32 of Dancing with the Stars as scheduled for Tuesday, September 26. The producers behind the reality competition had [Read More…]
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Driver charged in fatal Treat Williams motorcycle crash pleads not guilty
A 35-year-old man who was charged in the deadly crash that killed actor Treat Williams in June pleaded not guilty in a Vermont court on Monday. Ryan Koss, of Dorset, Vermont, was charged with grossly [Read More…]
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Emma Heming Willis says “it’s hard to know” if Bruce Willis is aware of his dementia
Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Film at Lincoln Center Emma Heming Willis has been a touchstone for fans of her husband, Bruce Willis, during his battle with frontotemporal dementia, and she appeared on the Today show Monday to give an update. This week [Read More…]
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‘Rick and Morty’ season 7 trailer reveals new voices, the return of “Ice-T” and more
Adult Swim On Monday, September 25, Adult Swim dropped the full trailer to season 7 of its Emmy-winning animated series Rick and Morty, the first season without Justin Roiland, the co-creator and voice of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn 46%, soybeans 17% harvested in Tennessee
Dry weather and moderate temperatures in Tennessee helped farmers pick up harvest pace. The UDSA says yields are “strong” for both corn and beans. Corn is 46% harvested with 91% mature and 75% rated good [Read More…]
Ag News
Harvest running ahead of normal in Iowa
The harvest pace remains ahead of normal despite late week rains in Iowa. USDA’s latest crop update says corn is nine percent harvested, compared to the five-year average of five percent. Soybeans are 11 percent [Read More…]
Ag News
Weekend rain slowed Wisconsin’s harvest activities
Scattered weekend rains slowed Wisconsin’s fieldwork, but a lot of corn silage, potatoes, and alfalfa fields were harvested last week. USDA reporters say 98% of the state’s corn is now in the dough stage or [Read More…]
Ag News
38% of Kansas corn, 11% of soybeans harvested
The USDA says warm and dry weather allowed farmers to continue harvesting corn and soybeans last week in Kansas. Thirty-eight percent of the state’s corn crop has been harvested, ahead of the five-year average of [Read More…]
Ag News
15% of Nebraska corn, 14% of soybeans harvested
The USDA says corn and soybean harvest continued to progress ahead of the five-year average pace last week in Nebraska. Fifteen percent of the state’s corn crop has been harvested, ahead of the 10% average, [Read More…]
ABC World News
Ukraine’s military commanders say they’re preparing for a long, brutal war: Reporter’s notebook
Valentyn Semenov / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — No movie can capture the sweat, blood, pain and tears, said Serhiy. “The scariest things you can imagine and can’t imagine, you find here,” Serhiy, a commander [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russians committing rape, ‘widespread’ torture against Ukrainians, UN report finds
belterz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Russian forces are allegedly committing continuous war crimes in Ukraine, including rape and “widespread and systematic” torture, the latest Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine found. The Russians are [Read More…]
ABC National News
Children’s books recalled due to potential choking hazard
Diyosa Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Children’s book publisher Make Believe Ideas has recalled approximately 260,000 children’s books due to a potential choking hazard. Seven titles from Make Believe Ideas’ Rainbow Road Board Books series [Read More…]
ABC National News
Puerto Ricans take recovery into their own hands 6 years after Hurricane Maria
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Six years after Hurricane Maria swept through Puerto Rico, flooding whole towns and leaving 80% of the island without power, some residents and businesses have taken matters into their own [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Hollywood writers reached a tentative deal to end strike. What happens next?
Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — The Writers Guild of America reached a tentative deal with the major film and TV studios on Sunday, effectively ending a strike [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Report: Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner agree to keep kids in New York for now
Lionel Hahn/Getty Images Joe Jonas and Sophie Turner’s two children will stay in New York for the time being, according to court documents obtained by People Monday. After Sophie petitioned the court asking for the [Read More…]
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Kerry Washington shares all in 20/20 interview with Robin Roberts, talks searching for her biological father
ABC/Heidi Gutman Just a few days before the release of Kerry Washington‘s upcoming memoir, Thicker Than Water, she sat down with ABC’s Robin Roberts for a candid and raw interview on an array of personal topics. Kerry opened up about her journey [Read More…]
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Late-night talk shows gearing up for post-strike return
Getty Images Just as they were among the first shows to be bitten by the Writers Guild of America strikes, late-night talk programs could be the first productions to turn the lights on following the [Read More…]
Ag News
USDA economist watching global grain production
The chief economist at the U.S. Department of Agriculture says global competition for corn and soybean production is being closely monitored. Seth Meyer tells Brownfield Brazil is forecast to have a record corn and soybean [Read More…]
Ag News
Consumer demand driving sustainable aviation fuel market
Consumer demand is expected to launch the sustainable aviation fuel market, providing additional revenue streams for farmers. Compeer Financial managing director for new markets Bryan Stanek says polling by National Geographic shows more than a [Read More…]
Ag News
Crop uncertainties complicate grain marketing
Uncertainties about this year’s crop are making grain marketing more difficult for many farmers. Bill Gordon grows corn and soybeans near Worthington in southwest Minnesota. “I waited because of the drought and I didn’t market [Read More…]