Month: February 2024

Disney Channel Marvel’s Emmy-winning animated series Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur premieres Friday at 8 p.m. ET on Disney Channel and Disney XD, and the next day on Disney+. Diamond White stars as the young [Read More…]

In Brief: Netflix eliminates ‘Obliterated’, and more

Netflix has eradicated the action comedy series Obliterated from its roster after one season, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series, from Cobra Kai creators Jon Hurwitz, Hayden Schlossberg and Josh Heald, follows a special [Read More…]

Ag News

A Good But Challenging Year

Southwest Iowa farmer Jeff Jorgenson says 2023 was a good year on his farm, with some record yields. But he tells Brownfield there were challenges during the growing season, including a lack of moisture and [Read More…]

Ag News

A short-lived El Nino

Drought has been one of the factors that have hindered herd expansion in the cattle industry. Atmospheric scientist Matt Makens tells Brownfield while precipitation has helped improve conditions, it will likely be short-lived. “By later [Read More…]

Ag News

CattleFax talks price outlook for 2024

February 2, 2024 J.P. Skelly

With more contraction in the cattle herd, the CEO of CattleFax says that could signal good news for prices. Randy Blach says supplies are going to decline in 2024, 2025, and probably again in 2026. [Read More…]

Weather

Dense Fog Advisory issued February 02 at 7:11AM MST until February 02 at 11:00AM MST by NWS

…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL NOON CST TODAY… * WHAT…Visibility one to two miles in dense fog. * WHERE…Portions of northwest Iowa, southwest Minnesota, and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN…Until noon CST today. * [Read More…]

Gas explosion sparks massive fire in Nairobi, killing three and injuring 298

Firemen fight a blaze following a series of explosions in the Embakasi area of Nairobi, Kenya on February 2, 2024. (Photo by LUIS TATO/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least three people were killed [Read More…]

Biden to attend dignified transfer of US service members killed in drone attack

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday will attend the dignified transfer at Dover Air Force Base of the three U.S. Army reservists killed Sunday in a drone [Read More…]

The top threats facing the 2024 election

PAUL J. RICHARDS/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The 2024 presidential election is likely to face a complicated array of threats, from voter manipulation to physical violence, according to a new federal assessment — and [Read More…]

‘Mr. and Mrs. Smith’ series delivers the action of the original, and little more

Amazon MGM Studios Mr. & Mrs. Smith are back in action. The 2005 movie starring Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie as married spies is now a TV show, debuting Friday on Prime Video. This time around Donald Glover and Maya Erskine star as secret [Read More…]

Ag News

Unseasonably mild pattern ahead across the Heartland; active & moisture-laden for most

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and precipitation across much of country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to Florida’s peninsula and the Far West. Meanwhile, [Read More…]

Many students have still not regained pandemic-era losses in reading, math: Report

Ableimages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elementary and middle school students have only made up some of the losses in math and reading they experienced during the COVID-19 pandemic, a new report finds. For the report, [Read More…]

Ex-Trump Organization CFO Allen Weisselberg in perjury plea talks, sources say

Alex Kent/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former Trump Org. Chief Financial Officer Allen Weisselberg is in plea talks with the Manhattan district attorney’s office to resolve a potential perjury charge, sources familiar with [Read More…]

139 passengers, crew sickened during gastrointestinal illness outbreak on Queen Victoria cruise: CDC

Horacio Villalobos#Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly 140 people have fallen sick during a gastrointestinal illness outbreak on a three-week Queen Victoria cruise, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The [Read More…]

Pentagon defends delay in US retaliatory strikes for drone attack

Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Warning that the Middle East is facing a “dangerous moment” in time, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Thursday defended America’s seeming delay in responding to Sunday’s enemy drone attack that [Read More…]

Nikki Haley argues she won’t have to win in South Carolina to still claim a victory

Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley insisted on Thursday that she won’t actually have to win in her home state in order to achieve victory there — after two huge [Read More…]

Bradley Cooper says ‘Wedding Crashers’ co-star Vince Vaughn was a major inspiration for him

Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for Netflix Bradley Cooper is an acclaimed director and has 12 Oscar nominations, so one might think he’d have some highfalutin answer for his biggest inspirational moment as an actor. However, he revealed it [Read More…]

Tim Burton climbing ‘Fifty Foot Woman’ remake