Month: November 2023
Apple announces new Peanuts feature film
Apple Apple has announced it’s planning a new Peanuts feature movie featuring Charlie Brown, Snoopy and the gang. “[T]he new family film will see the Peanuts gang go on an epic adventure to the Big [Read More…]
Gear Head Creates a Cleaner Way for Truckers to Grease
Biobased products using soybeans are finding more applications as petroleum alternatives. In this Pods for Profits, Gear Head’s Director of Production Development Todd Whiting joins us to talk about how the Midwest company is making [Read More…]
More seasonal temps north, warmth continues south; largely favorable weather for fieldwork
Across the Corn Belt, a low-pressure system crossing the Great Lakes region is producing a few rain showers. Mild, breezy weather covers the remainder of the Midwest. Corn and soybean harvest activities are nearing completion [Read More…]
Unseasonably mild to warm weather ahead across the Heartland; showers on the Plains
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures nationwide, except for cooler-than-normal conditions in parts of the Northeast. Meanwhile, below-normal precipitation from the central and southern Plains [Read More…]
Jewish man killed in altercation at dueling protests over Israel-Hamas war in California, sheriff and local organizations say
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (LOS ANGELES) — A 69-year-old Jewish man died after a blunt-force head injury following an altercation at an Israel-Hamas war protest in California, Ventura County officials and local organizations said Monday. The [Read More…]
Five takeaways from Trump’s fraud trial testimony
David Dee Delgado/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a tense New York courtroom that saw emotions run high, a defiant Donald Trump testified for roughly four hours Monday in the New York attorney general’s $250 [Read More…]
Arizona man arrested, hit with federal charges for allegedly threatening to kill rabbi
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Arizona man was arrested and hit with federal charges over the weekend for allegedly threatening to execute a Scottsdale rabbi and “every other JEW” he could find, the Justice [Read More…]
San Jose police officer resigns after “disgusting” racist text messages released
amphotora/Getty Images (SAN JOSE, Calif.) — A San Jose, California police officer has resigned after the police department found numerous “disgusting text messages that demonstrated racial bias,” according to a statement by the San Jose [Read More…]
Supreme Court reviews federal ban on guns for domestic abusers
Grant Faint/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments over a 30-year-old federal ban on firearms for people under domestic violence restraining orders. The case, U.S. v. Rahimi, is a [Read More…]
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear hopes to show Democrats can win even if Biden is unpopular
Michael Swensen/Getty Images (CAMPBELL COUNTY, Ky.) — Republicans are hoping to sink Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear’s reelection bid on Tuesday by tying him to the widely unpopular President Joe Biden. But in this ruby red [Read More…]
Gov. Youngkin makes final pitch to Virginia voters with education as top issue
Alex Wong/Getty Images (LEESBURG, Va.) — On Election Day eve, Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin made his final pitch to voters at a rally, telling the crowd, “We have to stand up for our kids.” The [Read More…]
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds endorses DeSantis, giving him a needed boost
Scott Olson/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds endorsed Ron DeSantis Monday night at a rally in downtown Des Moines, injecting the Florida governor’s presidential campaign with a boost he hopes will [Read More…]
Special counsel pushes back on Trump’s motions to dismiss Jan. 6 case
Creativeye99/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s team filed a lengthy response Monday to former President Donald Trump’s motions to dismiss his federal election interference case on statutory and constitutional grounds, saying the former [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 11/6/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION Golden State 120, Detroit 109 Indiana 152, San Antonio 111 Philadelphia 146, Washington 128 Dallas 117, Orlando 102 New York [Read More…]
New ‘The Marvels’ trailer confirms appearance of Tessa Thompson’s Valkyrie
Marvel Studios The Marvels‘ final trailer, which aired during ABC and ESPN’s Monday Night Football broadcast on November 6, revealed Tessa Thompson‘s heroic warrior Valkyrie from the Thor franchise. The trailer begins with flashbacks of the Avengers final battle with [Read More…]
Iowa dairy farmers discuss hunger, sustainability with youth
An eastern Iowa dairy farm family recently met with young people from around the world to help educate them about dairy in the U.S. Ben Selman and his wife Amber operate a dairy operation near [Read More…]
From luxury cars to caviar, you can have it all with Bank of America’s elevated rewards program
Spencer Platt/Getty Images, FILE In an era where loyalty programs seem to be shrinking, Bank of America is thinking differently, by revamping their rewards program to offer members the lap of luxury — think luxury [Read More…]
New legislation would increase list of hate crime-eligible charges in New York
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — New legislation unveiled Monday would increase the list of hate crime-eligible charges in New York state from 66 to 97. Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who proposed the Hate [Read More…]
Kevin Hart, Vincent D’Onofrio plot a heist at 40,000 feet in the trailer to Netflix’s action-comedy ‘Lift’
Netflix Kevin Hart leads an all-star cast in the upcoming Netflix action-comedy Lift. The movie from Friday and Fate and the Furious director F. Gary Gray has the funnyman playing Cyrus Whitaker, a crack thief [Read More…]