Month: January 2024
ABC Health News
Alabama performs first nitrogen gas execution: What to know about this method
Darrin Klimek/Getty Images (ATMORE, Ala.) — An Alabama man has become the first ever person executed via a new method, nitrogen gas, on Thursday. Kenneth Eugene Smith, 58, was sentenced to death for his alleged [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 26 at 5:25AM MST until January 26 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one half mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and central, east central, south central, and southeast [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm is confident more Americans will love electric vehicles
ABC News (WASHNGTON) — Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm can relate to Americans’ anxiety over electric vehicles. The former governor of Michigan and longtime EV owner (who currently drives a Ford Mach-E) says she has experienced [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Masters of the Air’s’ Callum Turner, Austin Butler on what drew them to the WWII drama
Apple TV+ Like Band of Brothers and The Pacific before it, Masters of the Air helps tell the story of U.S. soldiers during World War II who faced incredible odds while fighting the Axis powers. The latest miniseries from Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks debuts [Read More…]
Ag News
Unseasonably mild weather continues for most of the Heartland; an active pattern to resume
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 across Florida’s peninsula. Meanwhile, above-normal precipitation from the Pacific Coast to the Plains should [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 26 at 3:46AM MST until January 26 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one half mile or less in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and central, east central, south central, and southeast [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 26 at 2:22AM MST until January 26 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog at times. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Colman Domingo’s new roles include Nat King Cole, Michael Jackson’s father
Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Oscar nominee Colman Domingo has some very interesting projects coming up. Variety reports Colman will star in and direct an upcoming biopic about legendary singer Nat King Cole. The actor revealed his involvement in the project during an [Read More…]
Weather
Dense Fog Advisory issued January 25 at 9:03PM MST until January 26 at 11:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST FRIDAY… * WHAT…Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog at times. * WHERE…Portions of northwest and west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska, and [Read More…]
ABC World News
North America experienced an unprecedented ‘hot drought’ in the last century, new research shows
K.M. Cannon/Las Vegas Review-Journal/Tribune News Service via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Western North America has experienced an unprecedented “hot drought” over the last century, according to new research that shows the amplification of heat [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Woman recounts moment Israeli army penetrated Khan Younis camp: ‘Afraid that our fate will be death’
A man holds the body of a small child as he and others mourn while collecting the bodies of friends and relatives killed in an airstrike on January 13, 2024 in Rafah, Gaza. (Photo by [Read More…]
ABC World News
Iranian activists go on hunger strike over execution of protester Mohammad Ghobadlou
Iran International (LONDON) — Dozens of Iranian women political prisoners went on a hunger strike Thursday in protest of the execution of Iranian protester Mohammad Ghobadlou. The announcement of the hunger strike was made on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Inside Mexico’s ‘Gringo Hunters’ as they track down, capture foreign fugitives
ABC News (NEW YORK) — It’s an old Hollywood story: some criminal suspects believe they can outrun the law, and escape their charges, by fleeing to Mexico. But when fugitives who commit a crime in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
CIA director headed abroad for Gaza hostage talks: US officials
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — CIA Director Bill Burns will soon travel to Europe to meet with Middle Eastern officials as part of an ambitious push to lock down an agreement that would free all [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
US, Iraq to begin talks that could lead to withdrawal of American troops
simon2579/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. and Iraq will begin formal talks in coming days that officials say could lead to the eventual withdrawal of American troops in the country, a major milestone in the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mattel announces plans for animated ‘Bob the Builder’ film starring Anthony Ramos
Mattel Films Bob the Builder is set to hit the big screen with a Latin twist. Mattel Films, ShadowMachine and Jennifer Lopez‘s Nuyorican Productions announced plans for a feature-length film starring the animated handyman whose [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Matt Damon, Ben Affleck back in action for Netflix’s ‘Animals’
CBS/Sonja Flemming Ben Affleck will direct his friend and Air co-star and co-producer Matt Damon in a new project for Netflix. The streaming service says the movie is a kidnapping thriller the pair are backing [Read More…]
Ag News
Cattle futures supported by direct business
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher, supported by the direct cash cattle business during the session. That helped contracts shrug off the mixed midday move in beef. Feeders did pick [Read More…]
Ag News
Milk federal order hearing to end soon
A dairy economist says the hearing on the Federal Milk Marketing Orders that began in August is expected to conclude next week. Chuck Nicholson with the University of Wisconsin tells Brownfield USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 25, 2024
Mar. corn closed at $4.51 and 3/4, down 1/2 centMar. soybeans closed at $12.23, down 17 and 1/4 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $358.20, down $5.10Mar. soybean oil closed at 46.53, down 79 pointsMar. wheat [Read More…]