Month: October 2023
Trump fraud trial live updates: AG’s case sets ‘dangerous precedent,’ defense says
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump to [Read More…]
New photo from reboot shows that Frasier is on the move
Paramount+ A new photo promoting the October 12 return of the Emmy-winning sitcom Frasier gives a clever summation of the reboot’s plot: Frasier Crane is on the move. Kelsey Grammer is pictured standing, coffee cup [Read More…]
USDA-MSU sugarbeet research spans 100 years
USDA’s Agricultural Research Service is celebrating a century of sugarbeet research in Michigan. USDA-ARS plant pathologist and Michigan State University professor Dr. Linda Hanson tells Brownfield she discovered decades of research documents in the basement [Read More…]
Resources to talk conservation with your landowner
In this episode of IL Corn Connection, Illinois Corn Marketing Board District 8 Director and Peoria County farmer Ross Pauli highlights how corn checkoff investments are providing important conservation opportunities for farmers. He reviews conservation [Read More…]
Investigation underway into deadly accident involving anhydrous ammonia leak in southern Illinois
Residents in a rural southern Illinois town have been cleared to return home following a traffic accident that resulted in a large anhydrous ammonia leak Friday evening. The multi-vehicle collision on Route 40 near Teutopolis [Read More…]
School culture wars push students to form banned book clubs, anti-censorship groups
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Across the country, a generation of young readers is standing up against efforts to ban or restrict certain books in schools and libraries. Student-led banned book clubs and anti-censorship groups [Read More…]
Hollywood writers begin voting to approve contract, end dispute
Howard Kingsnorth/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — Hollywood writers began voting on Monday to ratify a tentative contract with the major TV and movie studios. The agreement last week ended a nearly 150-day strike after top [Read More…]
Trump fraud trial live updates: Opening statements underway
ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump goes on trial in New York Monday in a $250 million lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump [Read More…]
Wildfire smoke map: Where poor air quality is expected in US this week
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A large portion of the Northeast will experience poor air quality in the coming days due to wildfires burning in Canada, forecasts show. Plumes of smoke from wildfires burning south [Read More…]
Simone Biles returns to world stage with historic vault now to be named for her
Matthias Hangst/Getty Images (ANTWERP, Belgium) — Seven-time Olympic medalist Simone Biles is already a household name but her latest feat upon returning to the world stage has cemented her name in history. On Sunday, Biles [Read More…]
In Brief: Nick renews ‘Spongebob’ for season 26, and more
ABC has canceled the sitcom Home Economics after three seasons, according to Deadline. The series, created by Michael Colton and John Aboud and inspired by Colton’s life, followed three siblings — one a member of [Read More…]
Jimmy Kimmel parodies the Kardashians in promo for his late night return
ABC/Jeff Lipsky Jimmy Kimmel celebrated the October 2 return of his ABC late-night talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live!, which was shuttered since May due to the writers strike, with a promo spoofing an argument that [Read More…]
Beyoncé releasing Renaissance concert film December 1
Courtesy Fandango Tickets for Renaissance: A Film By Beyoncé — a film adaptation of her blockbuster Renaissance World Tour — are now on sale via Fandango. Weeks after Taylor Swift announced a distribution deal to screen her Eras Tour film through AMC Theatres, Beyonce has [Read More…]
New solution for costly soybean disease
Clark Smith, Corteva U.S. Product Manager for Fungicides and Nutrient Maximizers, says white mold causes millions of dollars in lost soybean yields each season. He tells Brownfield Corteva is excited to launch Viatude, a new [Read More…]
Bill could curb China’s ability to use American intellectual property
A bill that’s been introduced into the US Senate could help prevent China from intellectual property theft, including stealing agriculture technology. Nebraska Senator Pete Ricketts says the bill strengthens oversight of science and technology agreements [Read More…]
Pro-Russia hackers claim responsibility for crashing British royal family’s website
Westend61/Getty Images (LONDON) — Pro-Russia hackers have claimed responsibility for a cyber attack that crashed the British royal family’s website over the weekend. The website, royal.uk, went down for over an hour on Sunday morning [Read More…]
Seven dead after after roof collapse at baptism ceremony in Mexico
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (TAMAULIPAS, Mexico) — Seven people have died following a roof collapse at a church in Mexico on Sunday, according to local authorities. The collapse, which trapped between 30-40, happened at the Iglesia [Read More…]
South Dakota road hunting laws the most lax in the Great Plains
Abbey Stegenga/South Dakota News Watch MIDLAND, S.D. — No neighboring state is as liberal as South Dakota when it comes to traveling with loaded guns and hunting on, along or over roads. Despite accidents in [Read More…]
$100 million in food benefits lost when South Dakota ended pandemic emergency
Bart Pfankuch / South Dakota News Watch South Dakotans who rely on food stamps missed out on $100 million for groceries because the state declared an end to the COVID-19 emergency while federal funding was [Read More…]
After SD rejection, Navigator asks Iowa regulators to pause pipeline permit request
Jared Strong/South Dakota Searchlight Navigator CO2 wants to suspend its pipeline permit process in Iowa until utility regulators in Illinois approve the project, according to a motion it filed in Iowa. The company wants to [Read More…]
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