Year: 2023

Morsa Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, the incoming chair of the committee focused on health, on Tuesday called out Moderna for looking at a more-than-quadruple spike of its COVID-19 vaccine prices. [Read More…]

Inflation data to show whether prices continued cooling in December

Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation data set for release Thursday will show whether months of cooling price increases continued in December. Evidence of further slowing would ease the strain on household budgets and [Read More…]

Brace yourself for a smaller refund as COVID-era tax breaks expire

courtneyk/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — If you were banking on a hefty tax refund this year, think again. The expiration of COVID-era tax breaks means millions of Americans may get smaller refunds when they file [Read More…]

Ezra Miller strikes plea deal ahead of Vermont Burglary hearing

Miller from a April 2022 arrest/Hawaii County Police Department After pleading not guilty to felony burglary charges back in October, Ezra Miller has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of trespassing. Deadline reports that an attorney for the [Read More…]

Air Force football player dies after suffering ‘medical emergency’ on the way to class

US Air Force Academy/Twitter (NEW YORK) — A U.S. Air Force cadet died after experiencing a “medical emergency” on Monday, the Air Force Academy announced. Hunter Brown, 21, an offensive lineman for the Academy’s football [Read More…]

Second batch of classified Biden documents discovered during extensive search

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After classified materials were found at an old office of President Joe Biden’s, aides discovered a second batch of classified documents at a location that Biden was known to use [Read More…]

What is the FAA’s NOTAM computer system that led to widespread problems?

Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A computer issue with a critical system that keeps pilots informed caused thousands of delays and a temporary grounding of the nation’s airspace Wednesday. When [Read More…]

Migrants take to social media to show the world their dangerous journeys to the US

REBECCA NOBLE/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Migrants from Latin and South America, who have traveled through dangerous conditions to make it to the U.S., have had a powerful new tool to tell their stories [Read More…]

House Republicans pass 2 anti-abortion measures

Tim Graham/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Among their first priorities while serving in the House majority, Republicans voted Wednesday on two measures related to abortion — a key issue for the party after the Supreme Court [Read More…]

Biden leaves questions unanswered on classified documents, as GOP pounces

Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Wednesday faced a growing political headache — and outstanding questions — after classified documents were found in his former office in Washington. But the [Read More…]

FDA adds sesame to major food allergen list, updates labeling requirements

Roberto Machado Noa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sesame has joined the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s list of major food allergens and will soon be added to labels of packaged food to protect consumers. The [Read More…]

FTX naming-rights agreement for Miami Heat arena terminated in bankruptcy court

Matias J. Ocner/Miami Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (MIAMI) — The arena where the Miami Heat play can now get a new name following the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. A federal bankruptcy judge [Read More…]

Great-grandmother earns master’s degree: ‘Never, ever give up’

Southern New Hampshire University (NEW YORK) — Joan Donovan was 84 years old when she finished her college degree, but the great-grandmother said she didn’t want to stop learning just yet. “I couldn’t wait to [Read More…]

Software maintenance mistake at center of major FAA computer meltdown: Official

JazzIRT/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The ground stop and Federal Aviation Administration systems failures Wednesday morning that impacted thousands of flights across the U.S. appear to have been the result of a mistake that occurred [Read More…]

Oprah Winfrey, Kerry Washington enlist in Tyler Perry’s WWII-set ‘Six Triple Eight’ for Netflix

ABC News/Stephen Iervolino The Netflix movie about an all-Black, all-female World War II battalion sent overseas has just snagged two five-star actresses. Kerry Washington and Oprah Winfrey have enlisted in Tyler Perry‘s Six Triple Eight, [Read More…]

Ryan Reynolds hilariously responds to Hugh Jackman’s Academy diss of ‘Spirited’ song

Noam Galai/Getty Images for Netflix Ryan Reynolds appeared to take the high ground with online frenemy Hugh Jackman in response to the Tony winner’s recent pleading with the Motion Picture Academy not to nominate Reynolds’ [Read More…]

Dairy processor grant applications due soon

The application deadline is approaching for the next round of Wisconsin’s dairy processing grant program. Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection Secretary Randy Romanski says the budget for the grant program doubled to 400 [Read More…]

Central Star Cooperative recognizes top herds

Central Star Cooperative has recognized seven producers with herds showing high reproductive efficiency rates. The top herds are: Horning Farms, LLC, Manchester, Michigan Towns Farms, Inc., Janesville, Wisconsin Hillside Dairy, LLC, Mt. Calvary, Wisconsin Kenealy [Read More…]

Cover crop study shows strengths of rye for holding phosphorus

Farmers and agronomists know cover crops help hold soil and nutrients in place, but new research helps show just how much certain cover crops help. Dr. John Jones with the University of Wisconsin says researchers [Read More…]

MO Lt. Governor Mike Kehoe talks ag issues