Month: September 2023
Ag News
New oilseed crush plant project will break ground next week
The CEO of the South Dakota Soybean Processors says construction of a new oilseed crush plant near Mitchell is expected to begin later this fall. Tom Kersting tells Brownfield a groundbreaking event is scheduled for [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures higher waiting for direct cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were higher watching the direct markets. October live cattle closed $2.34 higher at $185.47 and December lives closed $2.50 higher at $190.35. October feeders closed $2.82 [Read More…]
ABC World News
Inside Ukraine’s efforts to bring an ‘army of drones’ to war against Russia
ABC News (LONDON) — Ukraine is training thousands of drone pilots and ramping up its production of unmanned aircraft to bring an “army of drones” to the front lines of its counteroffensive against Russia, Ukrainian [Read More…]
ABC National News
UN General Assembly to take place amid uptick of political violence
View Press/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — While New York City police insist there are no credible threats to this year’s United Nations General Assembly, law enforcement officials are concerned the annual gathering of [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man charged with murder of two women at same address, seven months apart
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (BATON ROUGE, La.) — A Louisiana man charged with murdering a woman in July has now been charged in a second murder at the same address that happened last December, according to [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Republicans not satisfied with just Hunter Biden gun charges: ‘Very small start’
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Congressional Republicans, who have made Hunter Biden one of their top targets, signaled they’re not satisfied with the new indictment brought against him. Hunter Biden was indicted Thursday by special [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Wisconsin AG sues after Republicans vote to fire state elections chief
Jason Marz/Getty Images (MADISON, Wisc.) — Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul on Thursday filed a lawsuit on behalf of the state’s nonpartisan elections chief, Meagan Wolfe, whom the state Senate has just voted along party [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Hunter Biden indicted by special counsel on felony gun charges
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden has been indicted by special counsel David Weiss on felony gun charges. The charges bring renewed legal pressure on the younger Biden [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Illegal drugs expected to be top national security threat in 2024: DHS
Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Illegal drugs are expected to be one of the biggest threats to national security in 2024 as overdose deaths topped 100,000 in the last year, according to the Department of [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Donald Glover’s ‘Star Wars’ project ‘Lando’ no longer a TV series, theatrical film instead
Jamie McCarthy/Getty Images It looks like Donald Glover’s new Star Wars project about Lando Calrissian will no longer be a TV series for Disney+, but a theatrical film instead. Deadline confirmed the news on Thursday, September 14, after Donald’s brother [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jason Momoa stars in first trailer for ‘Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom’
Warner Bros. Get ready to dive back in because the official trailer for Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is finally here. The film, a sequel to 2018’s Aquaman, features the return of Jason Momoa as the titular DC superhero (aka Arthur Curry) [Read More…]
ABC World News
UN envoy warns Sudan conflict risks turning into ‘full-scale war’ as fighting intensifies
P A Thompson/Getty Images (LONDON) — United Nations special envoy to Sudan, Volker Perthes, has warned the conflict risks “morphing into a full-blown civil war” as fighting intensifies. Announcing his resignation in a final speech [Read More…]
ABC National News
Parents of non-verbal boy with autism demand answers after video shows school employee striking son
Wright & Schulte (DAYTON, Ohio) — The parents of a non-verbal boy with autism are demanding answers after surveillance video appeared to show a Dayton Public Schools (DPS) employee striking their son, causing him to [Read More…]
ABC Business News
MGM reeling from cyber ‘chaos’ 5 days after attack as Caesars Entertainment says it was hacked too
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Five days after a cyberattack crippled operations of MGM Resorts International, including its signature Las Vegas properties the Bellagio and the MGM Grand, the company said Thursday morning it is [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Donated organs likely caused Legionnaires’ disease in 2 lung transplant recipients: CDC
Vladimir Vladimirov/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The first cases of patients likely contracting Legionnaires’ disease from transplanted organs have been identified in a new report. The Pennsylvania Department of Health was informed in July 2022, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Dr. Crane is back in first trailer for the ‘Frasier’ reboot
Chris Haston/Paramount+ Dr. Crane is back like he never left in the first trailer for Paramount+’s reboot of Frasier. Kelsey Grammer returns to his iconic role in this new iteration of the sitcom, which is once again filmed in [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Rena Sofer returning to ‘General Hospital’ after 26 years
Paul Archuleta/FilmMagic General Hospital fans are going to see a familiar face next month. People reports that Rena Sofer is set to return to the ABC soap opera, reprising her Daytime Emmy-winning role of Lois Cerullo. It’s been 26 years [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Brie Larson teaches ‘Lessons in Chemistry’ in trailer for new Apple TV+ series
Apple Brie Larson stars in the new trailer for Apple TV+’s highly-anticipated eight-part limited series Lessons in Chemistry, which dropped Thursday, September 14. Larson, who also executive produces the series, plays Elizabeth Zott, a scientist whose dreams are put [Read More…]
Ag News
Food inflation continues to ease
Food prices through August 2023 are still up 4.3% from year-ago levels. But, David Ortega a food economist with Michigan State University says levels are moderating and are headed in the right direction. AUDIO: Healthy [Read More…]
Ag News
Meat export sales down on week
U.S. meat export sales fell during the week ending September 7th. The USDA says beef exports were nearly half of the previous week and pork was down, as U.S. exports in general continue to see [Read More…]