Year: 2023

Missing 6-year-old Texas boy believed to be dead, warrant out for mother’s arrest: Police
Federico Candoni / EyeEm / Getty Images (EVERMAN, Texas) — The search for a missing 6-year-old Texas boy who hasn’t been seen since October is now a death investigation, police said Thursday, while vowing to [Read More…]

Church child sex abuse allegations from more than 600 victims detailed in new report
Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post via Getty Images (BALTIMORE, Md.) — More than 150 priests and others associated with the Archdiocese of Baltimore are accused of sexually abusing more than 600 children in a newly released [Read More…]

Fear, grief after killing of Cash App founder Bob Lee: ‘Everybody is talking about it’
Kali9/Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — A day after Cash App Founder Bob Lee was killed in San Francisco, a customer walked into a cafe blocks away from the crime scene and began to cry. “She [Read More…]

‘Undemocratic’: Tennessee legislature expels two lawmakers over gun violence protest
ilbusca/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Two Democratic lawmakers have been ousted from the Republican-controlled Tennessee state House of Representatives and one was allowed to stay in what marks the first partisan expulsion in the state’s [Read More…]

Who were the Tennessee Democratic lawmakers at the center of expulsion?
Seth Herald/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Republican-led Tennessee House of Representatives held a hearing to vote to expel three Democratic members on Thursday over their involvement in a gun control protest last week following the [Read More…]

House Judiciary chair subpoenas former prosecutor on Trump’s criminal case
William B. Plowman/NBC via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans on Thursday took the next step in their probe of the Manhattan district attorney’s yearslong investigation of former President Donald Trump by issuing a subpoena [Read More…]

Young doctor who discovered her own cancer encourages others to get screened
Courtesy of Lauren Juyia (BROOKSVILLE, Fla.) — A young Florida doctor who discovered her own cancer last year is opening up about her personal health journey in the hopes of raising awareness and encouraging others [Read More…]

Walt Disney World announces return of annual pass sales
AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images (NEW YORK) — The place where dreams come true is making magic for Disney theme park fans who have asked about Walt Disney World Annual Passes. “New sales of the Disney Incredi-Pass, Disney [Read More…]

Jennifer Lopez faces criticism after launching new alcohol brand
Courtesy of Greg Swales Jennifer Lopez is coming under fire online for her new alcohol brand, House of Delola. The issue? JLo has said many times that she doesn’t drink, and her husband Ben Affleck [Read More…]

President Biden vetoes WOTUS disapproval
President Joe Biden has vetoed a Congressional attempt to overturn the updated Waters of the United States rule. Biden said the resolution of disapproval would leave Americans without a clear definition of WOTUS and farmers [Read More…]

Police hunt man who took platypus from the wild, showed it off to commuters on train
Queensland Police (LONDON) — Police in Australia have urgently appealed to the public to help find a man who allegedly took a platypus from its natural environment and onto a train where he showed it [Read More…]

Relative calm so far following Taiwan leader’s US meeting with McCarthy
Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (TAIPEI, Taiwan) — China’s foreign ministry condemned a meeting in Los Angeles between Taiwanese leader Tsai Ing-wen and the House Speaker Kevin McCarthy, describing it as [Read More…]

What to know about electric bikes, from battery safety to pedaling
EF Volart via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Electric bikes have made headlines for the dramatic leap in sales of the devices during the pandemic. However, they’ve also drawn notoriety for occasionally sparking deadly fires. [Read More…]

‘The Super Mario Bros. Movie’ has super $66 million debut
Universal Sure, some fans may have quibbled about Chris Pratt‘s and Charlie Day‘s lack of a stereotypical Italian accent as Mario and Luigi, but that apparently didn’t keep them away from The Super Mario Bros. [Read More…]

Jeremy Renner says he refuses to be “haunted” by memory of snowplow accident
ABC News (NOTE LANGUAGE) Jeremy Renner is refusing to be “haunted” by the memory of his life-threatening snowplow accident. In his first interview since the accident, Jeremy Renner: The Diane Sawyer Interview — A Story [Read More…]

Environmental assessment required for FSA loans
A federal district court judge says medium sized concentrated animal feeding operations are required to have an environmental assessment if they want a loan from the Farm Service Agency. Michael Formica, the chief legal strategist with the National [Read More…]

USDA announces Conservation Innovation Grants
USDA is awarding $40 million to 31 new projects through its Conservation Innovation Grants Program. During a visit to Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa Thursday, Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced a series of [Read More…]

Southwest KS farmer gives up on winter wheat
Gary Millershaski from Lakin, Kansas says he’s giving up on more than half of his winter wheat. He tells Brownfield there hasn’t been more than six inches of rain in over a year and high winds [Read More…]

Soybeans, corn down ahead of holiday weekend
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, ensuring a negative weekly finish. Soybeans were watching the tail end of this year’s harvest in Brazil and conditions in the U.S. ahead of widespread planting. Soybean [Read More…]

Light direct cash cattle trade Thursday
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle were sharply higher following Wednesday’s strength in direct cash business. Feeders had additional support from the lower move in corn. June live was up $2.80 at $163.10 and [Read More…]