Month: January 2024
New report recommends state efforts to sustain rural ambulance services
Makenzie Huber/South Dakota Searchlight – Some South Dakotans who call 911 won’t see an ambulance show up for over half an hour on the western side of the state if they have an emergency. That’s [Read More…]
Sioux Falls Teens Arrested for Drive-By Shootings in Alleged Targeted Attack
Two Sioux Falls teenagers, 18-year-old Sheldon Stewart and 19-year-old Nicole Marshall, have been arrested for their involvement in a pair of drive-by shootings at a home on the city’s northwest side. The incidents occurred after [Read More…]
Couple welcomes twins born on two different days and years
Jose Luis Pelaez Inc/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It was a birthday to remember for one New Jersey father this weekend. Billy Humphrey, who turned 36 on Sunday, and his wife Eve Humphrey, both of [Read More…]
Rare earthquake rattles Queens, Roosevelt Island
Gary S Chapman/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Residents of Queens were awakened by a rare earthquake in New York City on Tuesday morning. A magnitude 1.7 earthquake shook the borough of Queens, centered in the [Read More…]
Wrong-way driver injures 7 pedestrians, one officer in New Year’s Day police chase
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — A driver fleeing an early New Year’s Day dispute struck seven pedestrians and injured one police officer before crashing on a New York City sidewalk in midtown Manhattan, according to police. [Read More…]
Sen. Bob Menendez facing even more charges in new superseding indictment
Mint Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J., faces additional federal criminal charges contained in a superseding indictment returned Tuesday in New York. The new charges accuse Menendez, who has pleaded not guilty [Read More…]
22 hospitalized with carbon monoxide poisoning after attending Utah LDS church
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 22 people were hospitalized after suffering carbon monoxide poisoning at a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints building in Utah on New Year’s Eve, officials said. [Read More…]
Would Elon Musk sell X as losses mount? Experts weigh in
CEO Elon Musk attends the Atreju political meeting organised by the young militants of Italian right wing party Brothers of Italy – CREDIT: Future Publishing/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Days after Elon Musk bought X [Read More…]
Willem Dafoe to be honored with star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic via Getty Images Willem Dafoe will be honored with the first star of 2024 on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. The Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday that Dafoe will be honored with his star [Read More…]
Soybeans, corn, wheat down to start the year
Soybeans were sharply lower on speculative and technical selling. Weekend rains were better than expected in some of the drier parts of Brazil. That should help, but damage has been done to portions of the [Read More…]
Less optimism for hog prices in 2024
A livestock economist says there’s some uncertainty for pork producers in 2024. University of Missouri’s Scott Brown says he’s expecting some volatility in the cash hog market. “I think we look back in the rearview [Read More…]
New executive order in MO bans some foreign ag land purchases
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has signed an executive order to ban China and other foreign adversaries from owning farmland in the state within 10 miles of critical military facilities. Parson says this is a placeholder [Read More…]
November corn grind, soybean crush up on year
Solid demand meant minor changes to corn for ethanol use numbers during November. The USDA says 454.987 million bushels of corn were used for fuel alcohol production in November 2023, down 1% from October, but [Read More…]
CME milk futures down, cash dairy up to start 2024
Milk futures were lower and the cash dairy markets were steady to higher Tuesday to start the new year on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. January Class III milk was down $0.02 at $15.41. February was down $0.11 [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Top Hamas leader killed in Beirut strike, group says
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The temporary cease-fire between Hamas and Israel ended on Dec. 1, and Israel has resumed its bombardment of Gaza. The end of the cease-fire came after Hamas freed over 100 [Read More…]
‘Loud explosions’ in Kyiv as Russia again strikes capital, US ambassador says
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — Russia launched an attack on Kyiv and other Ukrainian cities early Tuesday, continuing its escalated large-scale attacks on residential areas, local officials said. Air raid sirens in Kyiv began to [Read More…]
Two cross-country storms forecast to start the new year
Snow Storm CREDIT: Normand Blouin / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Residents across the U.S. are bracing for multiple powerful storms forecast to impact a large swath of the country with heavy rain and snow. [Read More…]
Harvard President Claudine Gay announces resignation
Klaus Vedfelt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Embattled Harvard University President Claudine Gay has resigned, she announced on Tuesday. “It is with a heavy heart but a deep love for Harvard that I write to share [Read More…]
No evidence of terrorism found yet in deadly New Year’s crash near Rochester, New York, concert venue
Perry Gerenday/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The driver suspected of causing a fiery fatal crash outside a concert venue in upstate New York early New Year’s Day was identified on Tuesday, however, officials added they [Read More…]
Michelle Yeoh celebrates becoming a grandmother
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Michelle Yeoh has a lot to celebrate as the new year kicks off. The Oscar winner, 61, took to Instagram on January 2 to share that she and her husband, Jean Todt, are [Read More…]
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