Month: January 2024
Austin treated for early prostate cancer, serious intestinal complications: Pentagon
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was treated for prostate cancer in December, which led to a urinary tract infection and serious intestinal complications, the Pentagon said Tuesday — answering questions about his [Read More…]
Iowa snowstorm upends campaigning less than 1 week before Republican caucuses
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — High winds, freezing temperatures and heavy precipitation put most of Iowa under a winter storm warning this week — dropping up to 6 inches in observed snow in parts [Read More…]
Sen. Bob Menendez declares innocence on Senate floor
Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New Jersey Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez went to the Senate floor Tuesday to defiantly address accusations of wrongdoing. Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty to all prior counts, pushed [Read More…]
District 20 State Senator Josh Klumb Praises the Governor’s State of The State Address
Governor Kristi Noem’s state of the state message focused on a list of Freedoms offered in South Dakota. District 20 Senator Josh Klumb of Mitchell appreciated the Governor’s method… He appreciated Noem’s number-one Freedom: [Read More…]
Boeing stock price falls nearly 10% after 737 Max 9 incident, FAA order
Greg Bajor/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Shares of Boeing have plunged nearly 10% this week after a door plug blew out of the company’s 737 Max 9 aircraft during an Alaska Airlines flight. The incident, [Read More…]
Kaitlyn Dever cast as Abby in second season of HBO’s ‘The Last of Us’
Photo: Cliff Watts HBO’s The Last of Us just cast a major character for the Emmy-winning show’s second season. Booksmart‘s Kaitlyn Dever will be playing Abby, familiar to players of The Last of Us Part [Read More…]
Doubleplusgood: Andrew Garfield, Cynthia Erivo, Tom Hardy to voice Audible’s ‘1984’
Audible George Orwell‘s dystopian classic will be reaching a new audience, with Audible’s star-studded adaptation of 1984. Oscar nominees Andrew Garfield, Tom Hardy and Cynthia Erivo lend their voices to the project, which will also [Read More…]
This is the way…to the movies: Lucasfilm announces ‘The Mandalorian & Grogu’ feature film
Luscasfilm In a surprise announcement on Tuesday, Lucasfilm confirmed the rumors that the next chapter of the Emmy-winning Star Wars series The Mandalorian will indeed unfold on the big screen, not Disney+. The Mandalorian & [Read More…]
Lindsay Lohan attends ‘Mean Girls’ premiere 20 years after original film’s release
Arturo Holmes/Getty Images Lindsay Lohan must have felt a strong sense of déjà vu as she attended the premiere of the new Mean Girls movie 20 years after the original film’s release. The Parent Trap [Read More…]
Get More Nutrients by Applying Less Fertilizer
In this week’s Soil Health Hotline, a partnership with Sound Agriculture and Brownfield Ag News, Sound Agriculture Agronomy Manager Rich Haynes talks about how to get more nutrients in the soil by applying less fertilizer. [Read More…]
RFA: U.S. ethanol exports down in November
U.S. ethanol exports declined slightly from October to November. The Renewable Fuels Association says ethanol exports of 115.9 million gallons were down 1% on the month, with Canada claiming the top spot for the 32nd [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Blinken back in Israel amid rising tensions across region
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a month after a temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended, Israel continues its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]
US saw a historic number of billion-dollar disasters in 2023: NOAA
IronHeart/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Last year proved to be one of the costliest in the United States due to extreme weather disasters, according to a new report by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. [Read More…]
Alaska Airlines timeline: How incident involving missing door plug unfolded
NTSB via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The defective door plug on an Alaska Airlines plane that forced an emergency landing as a door-sized hole opened up in the plane mid-flight is just the latest [Read More…]
Trump juggles legal, political schedules in final stretch before Iowa voting
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — For weeks, former President Donald Trump’s campaign teased a ramp-up in events in the new year ahead of the Iowa caucuses next Monday. Yet, with only four weekend rallies [Read More…]
‘Only’ friends? Martin Short and ‘Only Murders’ co-star Meryl Streep spark dating rumors
CBS/Francis Specker Rumors Martin Short is romantically involved with his Only Murders in the Building co-star Meryl Streep haven’t gotten the requisite headlines of other supposed celebrity couplings — perhaps because they’re stars of a [Read More…]
Pair of conservation bills introduced in U.S. House
Two bills recently introduced in the U.S. House would help farmers improve conservation practices on their operations. Congressman Zach Nunn tells Brownfield the first bill, the Conservation Innovation Act, would establish a new Office of [Read More…]
NeFU discusses farm bill timeline, priorities
The president of the Nebraska Farmers Union says farmers and ranchers need the next farm bill to get done in a timely fashion. John Hansen tells Brownfield a new five-year farm bill would give producers [Read More…]
Livestock economist: cattle market off to a stronger start in 2024
A livestock economist says cattle markets are starting 2024 in a much better position than they were last year. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says markets performed well last week. “We called cattle up $2.50 [Read More…]
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