Year: 2023

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CHESTERLAND, Ohio) — Local officials in Ohio are commending the quick thinking of a high school student who they say potentially averted a school shooting. After the 17-year-old student alerted a school [Read More…]

Bob Lee, Cash App founder and former Square executive, dead after ‘horrific’ act of violence

Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images (SAN FRANCISCO) — Bob Lee, Cash App founder and executive at cryptocurrency firm MobileCoin, died after “apparent stab wounds,” the San Francisco Police Department said on Thursday. San Francisco District [Read More…]

Search underway for man convicted of murder who left Atlanta correctional facility

Mikhail Pivikov/EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A manhunt is underway in Georgia for a man convicted of murder who apparently left an Atlanta correctional facility while on parole. The Georgia Department of Corrections issued an [Read More…]

Tennessee expulsion vote: State House could oust Democratic lawmakers after gun violence protest

ilbusca/Getty Images (NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — The Republican-controlled Tennessee state House of Representatives convened on Thursday to vote on ousting three Democratic lawmakers, which, if successful, would mark the first partisan expulsion in the state’s modern [Read More…]

Biden administration will share reports on Afghanistan withdrawal with Congress, official says

Walter Bibikow/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon and State Department are set to share with Congress their after-action reports on the 2021 military withdrawal from Afghanistan, the White House will soon announce, according to a [Read More…]

Judge in Trump’s criminal case has received dozens of threats, police sources say

Stringer/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The judge overseeing the criminal case against former President Donald Trump has received dozens of threats in recent days, police sources told ABC News. Trump himself had [Read More…]

Lizzo thrilled about her ‘Mandalorian’ cameo: “This is The Way”

Lucasfilm Lizzo isn’t just a Grammy-winning superstar: She’s also a serious Star Wars nerd, which is why she’s taken to Instagram to rave about how happy she is to be guest-starring in this week’s episode of The Mandalorian on Disney+. In the [Read More…]

Viola Davis says it was “flattering” yet “challenging” to play Michael Jordan’s mother in ‘Air’

Amazon Studios When Ben Affleck approached the greatest basketball player of all time, Michael Jordan, about the movie Air, the GOAT had one major note: Another GOAT had to play his mother Deloris — EGOT [Read More…]

‘Wicked’ about to become the fourth longest-running play in Broadway history

Bruce Glikas/WireImage Wicked is about to scratch Cats from a slot on the Broadway record books. The musical will play its 7,486th performance at the Gershwin Theatre on Tuesday April 11 — surpassing Andrew Lloyd [Read More…]

Last stop of Michelle Obama’s ‘The Light We Carry’ book tour coming to Netflix

Courtesy of Live Nation If you missed Michelle Obama‘s The Light We Carry Book tour, you’re in luck. The final stop of the trek, featuring Oprah Winfrey, is coming to Netflix. The special will see Michelle open up to Oprah about [Read More…]

Casey’s General Stores continues to support a Midwest soy-based biodiesel industry

Founded 55 years ago, Casey’s General Stores has a commitment to providing safe, reliable, and sustainable fuels. In recent years, the company has taken steps to expand alternative fuel options and is now offering biodiesel [Read More…]

Egg prices make major moves ahead of Easter

National retail prices for shell eggs hit their peak the third week of March after what had been a steady decline since the beginning of this year. The USDA says Easter demand drove prices higher [Read More…]

Ag meteorologist: planting conditions should improve

An ag meteorologist says most of the Midwest should have a relatively good planting season despite a sluggish start. Drew Lerner with World Weather Incorporated says there are warm temperatures in the forecast for the [Read More…]

Biofuels industry wants RVO adjustment

The U.S. biofuels industry is urging the Environmental Protection Agency to increase Renewable Volume Obligations in the Renewable Fuel Standard through 2025. Tom Verry, the director of outreach and development with Clean Fuels Alliance America, says EPA’s proposal increased biomass-based diesel [Read More…]

Local, Regional, National Sports – April 6, 2023

Thursday Sports, April 6th, 2023 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Track & Field has added an indoor meet on Thursday at Dakota Wesleyan starting at 11 am. — Mitchell Kernels softball is now scheduled to start [Read More…]

Milwaukee, Denver wrap up No. 1 seeds in NBA playoffs

The road to the NBA Finals now goes through Milwaukee. The road out of the Western Conference goes through Denver, for the first time ever. And the rest of the top half of the Eastern [Read More…]

Rays defeat Nationals 7-2, open season with 6 straight wins

WASHINGTON (AP) — Wander Franco and Harold Ramirez each had two hits including a home run, and the Tampa Bay Rays defeated the Washington Nationals 7-2 on Wednesday. The Rays improved to 6-0 and extended [Read More…]

Twins home opener postponed because of bad weather forecast

MIAMI (AP) — The Minnesota Twins’ home opener against World Series champion Houston Astros was postponed from Thursday afternoon because bad weather and cold is forecast. The game was rescheduled for Friday, originally an off-day. [Read More…]

Ben Affleck explains how Michael Jordan helped him find the story behind ‘Air’

Affleck on the set of “Air”/Amazon Studios The actor playing Michael Jordan doesn’t show his face in Ben Affleck‘s new drama, Air, but as the movie’s star, producer, co-writer and director explains, that’s because the [Read More…]

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