Month: September 2023

Potential Tropical Cyclone Sixteen will make landfall on Saturday along the North Carolina coastline, southwest of Cape Hatteras. Mid-Atlantic impacts should include rainfall of 2 to 6 inches or more; widespread tropical storm-force winds (39 [Read More…]

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Scattered rains across parts of Heartland; mild to warm weather prevails

Across the Corn Belt, scattered showers across the western half of the region are slowing fieldwork. In Midwestern States where the corn harvest had begun by September 17, progress ranged from 1% complete in Michigan [Read More…]

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A look into where cattle markets might head

The latest Cattle on Feed report from the USDA comes out later today. University of Missouri livestock economist Scott Brown says he continues to watch the placement number each month. “After last month being lower [Read More…]

Judge to hear arguments for summary judgment in New York AG’s $250M lawsuit against Trump

Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Attorneys for former President Donald Trump and his co-defendants in the New York attorney general’s $250 million fraud lawsuit are scheduled to appear in New York Supreme Court Friday [Read More…]

Scoreboard roundup — 9/21/23

iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Thursday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL AMERICAN LEAGUE Tampa Bay 5, LA Angels 4 NY Yankees 5, Toronto 3 Cleveland 5, Baltimore 2 Detroit 7, Oakland [Read More…]

UAW president to make announcement on strike as deadline looms for GM, Ford, Stellantis

MATTHEW HATCHER/AFP via Getty Images (DETROIT) — A labor strike against the three largest motor vehicle manufacturers in the United States could expand if ongoing contract negotiations don’t move toward a deal by Friday. United [Read More…]

Commerce Department finalizes rule on national security ‘guardrails’ for CHIPS funding

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Commerce Department finalized the national security “guardrails” in which recipients who receive CHIPS and Science Act funding must abide by. The CHIPS and Science Act was passed last year [Read More…]

SAG-AFTRA backs ‘DWTS’ cast amid pressure from WGA: “They are required to go to work”

ABC Amid pressure from striking writers and picketers gathering outside the Dancing with the Stars rehearsal facilities, SAG-AFTRA is backing the show and its cast members. “Our members appearing on Dancing with the Stars are working under the Network [Read More…]

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An mild to unseasonably warm pattern ahead; showery on parts of the Plains

September 22, 2023 J.P. Skelly

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions in the western Great Basin and Pacific Coast States. Meanwhile, above-normal precipitation across northern California, the Northwest, [Read More…]

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Bathke announces candidacy for the South Dakota House of Representatives from District 20

Jeff Bathke of Mitchell has announced he’s running for State Representative in the 2024 District 20 House race. Bathke started his career in the South Dakota Department of Corrections, spending over 17 years as a [Read More…]

Manhunt underway for convicted child sex offender who escaped from St. Louis hospital

St. Louis County Police Department (ST. LOUIS, Mo.) — Authorities have expanded their search for a murder suspect who was accidentally released from an Indiana jail due to a clerical error. Kevin Mason, 28, was [Read More…]

Two killed when bus carrying high schoolers crashes on way to band camp

WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — At least two adults died when a bus carrying high school students from Long Island, New York, crashed while heading to band camp in Pennsylvania, state police said. Dozens were hurt [Read More…]

Body cam video shows aftermath of band leader’s arrest after being shocked by Birmingham police

Birmingham Police Department (BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — New body camera video obtained by ABC News shows a conversation between Johnny Mims, a band director at Minor High School in Alabama, and a Birmingham Police Department (BPD) [Read More…]

Biden to announce White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention

by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday will announce the establishment of the first-ever White House Office of Gun Violence Prevention to help reduce the nation’s epidemic of gun violence. “He [Read More…]

Zelenskyy lobbies Congress for Ukraine aid at center of GOP spending battle

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy came to Washington on Thursday to make the case for $24 billion more in U.S. aid tied up in a showdown between House Republicans over spending. Zelenskyy’s [Read More…]

Accidental overdose killed ‘Euphoria’ star Angus Cloud