Year: 2023

Scoreboard roundup — 4/10/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Washington 6, LA Angels 4 Houston 8, Pittsburgh 2 Chi Cubs 3, Seattle 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Chi White Sox [Read More…]

Survey estimates 1 in 5 adults say they’ve been threatened with a gun at some point
Steve Prezant/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — About one in five adults say they’ve been threatened with a gun at some point in their life, according to a new survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation. The [Read More…]

NBC renews Law & Order and Chicago franchises
NBCUniversal NBC announced on Monday that it has renewed all six of its Dick Wolf-produced scripted series — including Chicago Med, Chicago Fire, Chicago P.D., Law & Order, Law & Order: SVU and Law & Order: Organized Crime — for the 2023-24 season. “I’m [Read More…]

Unseasonably mild to warm, largely dry weather expands across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, mild, mostly dry weather prevails. Tuesday’s high temperatures will generally range from 65 to 75°F, except in snow-covered sections of the far upper Midwest. Midwestern fieldwork remains limited, except in drier [Read More…]

Biden travels to Ireland and UK to celebrate 25 years of peace — and his family ties
Official White House Photo by Cameron Smith (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden will head across the pond on Tuesday for a long-awaited trip to Ireland, his ancestral homeland, that will feature a heavy emphasis on [Read More…]

Louisville shooting: What to know about five killed and cop critically injured days after graduating academy
Louisville Metro Police Department (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — The five victims who were killed in a mass shooting at a Louisville, Kentucky, bank Monday morning have been identified by police, as well as the 26-year-old officer [Read More…]

Louisville shooting live updates: Five killed; suspect had rifle, was livestreaming
avid_creative/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Five victims were killed and eight others were injured in a mass shooting at a bank in Louisville, Kentucky, on Monday morning, according to police. Authorities said the suspect was [Read More…]

Extreme Fire Danger issued April 11 at 1:49AM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT STARTING AT NOON TODAY THROUGH 9 PM FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHWEST IOWA AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA… .DISCUSSION… Issued [Read More…]

Red Flag Warning issued April 11 at 1:38AM MDT until April 11 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHWEST IOWA AND FAR NORTHEAST [Read More…]

Red Flag Warning issued April 10 at 8:37PM MDT until April 11 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHWEST IOWA AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA… * [Read More…]

What we know about the Louisville shooting suspect
Kali9/Getty Images (LOUISVILLE, Ky.) — Investigators said they’re working to get more clues and information about the suspect who they say opened fire in a Louisville, Kentucky, bank Monday morning, killing four people and wounding [Read More…]

Red Flag Warning issued April 10 at 12:44PM MDT until April 11 at 8:00PM MDT by NWS
…RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 9 PM CDT TUESDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA, NORTHWEST IOWA AND FAR NORTHEAST NEBRASKA… The National [Read More…]

Tennessee lawmakers at center of expulsion vote label it ‘huge threat to democracy’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — The three Tennessee lawmakers at the center of a controversial and unprecedented expulsion vote last week said Monday that their fight continues — to reduce gun violence and to see [Read More…]

‘Succession’ continues its winning ways with latest shocker episode
HBO Max HBO’s Emmy magnet drama Succession continues to score for the network. Its most recent third episode of the fourth and final season scored 2.5 million viewers, putting it 7% higher than its season [Read More…]

‘Stranger Things’ getting animated for Netflix series
Netflix Netflix has announced it will keep the Stranger Things phenomenon going in animated form. The streaming service has just greenlighted a new animated series that’s “set within the Duffer Brothers’ Stranger Things universe.” In [Read More…]

Excess moisture limits Wisconsin farmers
Snow in the north and excessive wetness everywhere else is slowing fieldwork in Wisconsin. USDA’s latest crop report says topsoil moisture is 100 percent adequate to surplus and subsoil moisture is 99 percent adequate to [Read More…]

62% of Ohio winter wheat rated good to excellent
The USDA says warmer temperatures helped dry and warm the soil last week in Ohio. Oats are six percent planted and two percent emerged, one percentage point ahead of the one-year average and one-percentage point [Read More…]

Weather keeps fieldwork at standstill in Minnesota
Weather continues to hamper Minnesota farmers. USDA’s latest weekly crop progress report says more storms added to snow-covered fields and no fieldwork was completed. There are also concerns of flooding when the snow melts. Topsoil [Read More…]

US determines Wall Street Journal reporter jailed in Russia ‘wrongfully detained’
DIMITAR DILKOFF/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken has officially determined that Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich is being “wrongfully detained” by Russia, a designation that will allow the U.S. [Read More…]

Justin Jones vote: Nashville Metro Council votes to reinstate expelled lawmaker
Seth Herald/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Nashville’s Metro Council voted unanimously to reinstate Justin Jones, the Tennessee House representative who was ousted last week for taking part in a gun control rally. Jones will serve as [Read More…]