Month: September 2023
Hurricane Lee’s latest forecast: Northeast to see dangerous rip currents, huge waves
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Lee, which is crawling through the Atlantic Ocean as a major Category 3 storm, is bringing dangerous rip currents and huge waves to the East Coast. Here’s what you need [Read More…]
Details of capture emerge as escaped murderer Danelo Cavalcante taken into custody after 2 weeks
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A fugitive who escaped from a Pennsylvania prison just days after being sentenced to life without parole in the fatal stabbing of his ex-girlfriend was captured early Wednesday, Pennsylvania [Read More…]
Trader Joe’s accused of pregnancy discrimination, retaliation in federal lawsuit
Bill Tompkins/Getty Images NEW YORK — A former Trader Joe’s employee is accusing the grocery chain of pregnancy discrimination and retaliation in a federal lawsuit filed on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court in Brooklyn, [Read More…]
Hunter Biden sues former Trump aide Garrett Ziegler over infamous laptop
Julia Nikhinson/Sipa/Bloomberg/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Attorneys for Hunter Biden on Wednesday filed suit against a former Trump White House aide over his alleged role in publishing online a trove of emails and embarrassing images purportedly [Read More…]
What to know about House GOP’s impeachment inquiry into Biden
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Kevin McCarthy has announced he was ordering House Republicans to launch an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, alleging a “culture of corruption” involving him and his family. McCarthy had signaled the impeachment inquiry for [Read More…]
Judge denies Meadows’ request for emergency stay of order related to Georgia election case
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (ATLANTA, GA) — The same federal judge who denied former Trump Chief of Staff Mark Meadows’ effort to move his Fulton County election interference case to federal court has denied Meadows’ request for [Read More…]
“You gotta pick a side!”: Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio in intense ‘Killers of the Flower Moon’ trailer
Apple TV+ On Wednesday, September 13, Apple TV dropped a tense second trailer to Killers of the Flower Moon, Martin Scorsese‘s forthcoming film starring Robert De Niro and Leonardo DiCaprio. DiCaprio plays Ernest Burkhart, the [Read More…]
Drew Barrymore out as National Book Awards host after decision to resume talk show amid strikes
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images Drew Barrymore‘s decision to resume production on The Drew Barrymore Show amid the SAG-AFTRA and WGA strikes has cost her a hosting gig. Barrymore was to emcee the 2023 National Book Awards [Read More…]
Farmers needed to submit waterhemp samples for herbicide resistance research
The University of Illinois is encouraging Illinois farmers to submit waterhemp samples for a research project looking at the frequency of group 15 herbicide resistance. Weed science professor Dr. Aaron Hager tells Brownfield there are two populations [Read More…]
FAPRI: Lower net farm income in the forecast
U.S. net farm income is expected to dip slightly in the next two years but an ag economist says the outlook is still positive for U.S. agriculture. A new report from the Food and Ag [Read More…]
Ocean scientists concerned over uptick of whale deaths on Northeast coasts
Joseph Prezioso/Getty Images NEW YORK — There’s been a common sight on Northeast beaches this summer: an alarmingly rise in whale carcasses washing in from the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned over the [Read More…]
Ocean scientists concerned over uptick of whale deaths on Northeast coasts
George Karbus Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — There’s been a common sight on Northeast beaches this summer: an alarmingly rise in whale carcasses washing in from the Atlantic Ocean. Scientists are becoming increasingly concerned over [Read More…]
Court security officer testifies after ex-Trump adviser Peter Navarro moves for mistrial following guilty verdict
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images WASHINGTON — In a rare post-trial hearing, a court security officer testified before the judge overseeing former Trump adviser Peter Navarro’s contempt of Congress case, after Navarro’s attorneys moved for a mistrial. [Read More…]
Ramaswamy says he’s not ‘pastor in chief’ as some GOP voters question his religion
John Lamparski/Getty Images WASHINGTON — Vivek Ramaswamy calls for a renewed belief in God and country on the campaign trail, listing “God is real” as the first of his campaign’s 10 foundational “truths,” even as he fields [Read More…]
Netflix’s ‘One Piece’ rules the streaming seas again
Netflix/Casey Crafford The pirate adventure One Piece stayed atop the streaming waves for a second straight week, with another 19.3 million viewers in its second week of release on Netflix. The well-received adaptation of Eiichiro [Read More…]
Celebrity cast revealed for ‘Dancing with the Stars’ season 32
ABC/Art Streiber ABC’s Good Morning America has exclusively revealed which celebrities will compete for the coveted Mirrorball Trophy on Dancing with the Stars season 32. The full list of stars was announced Wednesday, September 13 [Read More…]
In Brief: Stars blast Toronto Film Fest sponsor, and more
Mark Ruffalo, Edward Norton, Julianne Moore, and Joaquin Phoenix were among 200-plus filmmakers who signed an open letter to Toronto International Film Festival CEO Cameron Bailey to protest the festival’s sponsor Royal Bank of Canada [Read More…]
‘The Morning Show’ executive producer on the power dynamics at play in season 3
Apple The Morning Show returns to Apple TV+ for its third season on Wednesday, September 13, and executive producer Lauren Neustadter says there is even more behind-the-scenes drama in store for the news team at UBA. At the [Read More…]
Budzinski receives Growth Energy’s Fueling Growth Award
Representative Nikki Budzinski of Illinois is being recognized by Growth Energy for her work to support homegrown biofuels. Budzinski received the Fueling Growth Award during Growth Energy’s Biofuels Summit this week. CEO Emily Skor says [Read More…]
Minnesota Pork Producers visit D.C. to discuss Prop 12, farm bill
Pork producers are in Washington, D.C. this week sharing policy priorities with lawmakers. Minnesota Pork Producers Association president Daryl Timmerman tells Brownfield California’s Proposition 12 remains a concern. “With the Supreme Court turning that back, [Read More…]