Month: September 2023
Couple kidnapped from San Antonio home, 5 kids left behind: Police
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (SAN ANTONIO) — Police in San Antonio are searching for a man and woman who were kidnapped from their home Wednesday morning. Officers responded to the couple’s home around 6 a.m. and found [Read More…]
South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Unanimously Rejects Navigator Pipeline Application
In a unanimous decision on Wednesday, the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission denied Navigator’s application to construct the Heartland Greenway CO2 pipeline in South Dakota. Chairperson Kristie Fiegen cited concerns about a lack of proof [Read More…]
Secretary of State Blinken makes 4th trip to Ukraine ‘to reaffirm strongly our support’
State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken related the Biden administration’s support for Ukraine during an unannounced visit to the country on Wednesday, his fourth trip to the [Read More…]
Pence takes aim at ‘siren song of populism’ as Trump, Ramaswamy surge
Scott Eisen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday called on Republicans to choose classic conservative principles over “the siren song of populism” he sees pervading the party, a movement largely inspired by [Read More…]
McConnell says he has ‘nothing to add’ when asked about cause of freeze episodes
Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell on Wednesday, in his first news conference since a second freezing episode last week, said he had “nothing to add” when reporters questioned him about what [Read More…]
To help curb terrorism and violence threats, DHS awards $20M to local communities
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Department of Homeland Security on Wednesday announced $20 million in grant funding aimed at preventing targeted violence and terrorism in the United States. The grant money, provided by the Federal [Read More…]
Group sues to block Trump from 2024 ballot in Colorado citing 14th Amendment and Jan. 6
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics (CREW), a Washington-based watchdog group, on Wednesday filed a lawsuit on behalf of a handful of voters seeking to bar former President Donald Trump from the 2024 [Read More…]
MLB testing new technology during games to help settle balls vs. strikes conflicts
Dylan Buell/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Some of the world’s most contentious land battles may take place at a baseball field’s home plate. Now Major League Baseball is turning to cameras and computers in an effort [Read More…]
College tennis champ Fiona Crawley explains decision to forfeit US Open prize money
Robert Prange/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Fiona Crawley, the top-ranked college tennis player in the nation, forfeited $81,000 in earnings after making it to the first round of the U.S. Open, due to an NCAA rule [Read More…]
COVID hospitalizations increase for 7th consecutive week but new boosters could help
Allison Dinner/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — COVID-19 hospitalizations are continuing to rise in the United States but there is hope that the uptick could be stemmed with the new boosters. Hospitalizations increased 15.7% for [Read More…]
See Chris Evans and Emily Blunt scamming their way to the top in teaser to Netflix’s ‘The Pain Hustlers’
Netflix © 2023/Brian Douglas Emily Blunt plays a single mom with bills piling up and Chris Evans a fast-talking salesman who end up as grifting partners in a pharmaceutical scam in the teaser to Netflix’s [Read More…]
Jon Stewart, Rita Wilson, Tracy Morgan and more to appear at 17th annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit
Courtesy of Stand Up For Heroes For the 17th year in a row, ABC correspondent Bob Woodruff‘s eponymous foundation and the New York Comedy Festival are saluting our veterans with the Stand Up for Heroes [Read More…]
Austin Butler and Tom Hardy hit the road in motorcycle gang drama ‘The Bikeriders’
20th Century Studios Danny Lyon‘s famous 1968 photo book of motorcycle enthusiasts, called The Bikeriders, has been adapted into a star-studded film of the same name, the trailer of which just revved onto YouTube. Oscar [Read More…]
Aunjanue Ellis stars in first-look teaser for Ava DuVernay film ‘Origin’
Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix Aunjanue Ellis makes her Origin debut in the teaser trailer released to the world on Tuesday, September 5. Helmed by critically acclaimed filmmaker Ava DuVernay, the upcoming biopic is based on the life and work of [Read More…]
McKalip says Mexico’s GM corn ban not science-based
The chief agricultural negotiator for the U.S. Trade Representative’s office says there are contrasting views in Mexico when it comes to biotech corn imports. Doug McKalip tells Brownfield the U.S. seeks science-based uniformity from Mexico [Read More…]
Irrigation, August rains supporting corn crop
A northern Michigan farmer says drought in his region has knocked back corn yields. Ryan Bentham tells Brownfield irrigating corn through the germination period and rains the past month have been somewhat beneficial. “Our corn [Read More…]
Soybeans higher as weather woes continue
Soybeans ended the day higher as concerns about the size and quality of the soybean crop linger. Monday’s crop progress and condition report showed the good-to-excellent rating dropped 5 points to just 53%, the lowest [Read More…]
Fayette County farmer wins Illinois winter wheat yield contest
The winner of the Illinois Wheat Association’s 2023 winter wheat yield contest says a dry June helped the crop. Danny Rubin farms in Fayette and Marion counties and tells Brownfield it starts with a good [Read More…]
Input supply prices resetting for fall
An input supplier says the ag product supply chain appears to be much more reliable heading into the fall. Scott DeVuyst is with Nutrien Ag Solutions. “We’re in a much better position,” he shares. “We’ve [Read More…]
“There are evil people at this school!”: Amazon drops full trailer to ‘The Boys’ spinoff ‘Gen V’
Prime Video On Wednesday, September 6, Prime Video dropped the full, R-rated trailer to Gen V, its forthcoming spinoff of the Emmy-nominated skewed superhero show The Boys. The video begins as if it’s a college [Read More…]
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