Month: February 2024
Ag News
Direct cash cattle trade picks up steam Thursday
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher, supported by the sharply higher direct business during the session, along with the USDA’s neutral to bullish Cattle Inventory numbers. Feeders had additional support [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans fall as corn finishes modestly lower
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling, managing to finish just above the session lows. U.S. export sales were a marketing year low at just 6 million bushels, reflecting Brazil’s hold on the market [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: February 1, 2024
Mar. corn closed at $4.47 and 1/4, down 1 centMar. soybeans closed at $12.03 and 1/4, down 19 centsMar. soybean meal closed at $361.70, down $6.60Mar. soybean oil closed at 45.60, down 42 pointsMar. wheat [Read More…]
Ag News
Five-month FMMO hearing testimony under review
The National Milk Producers Federation expects its proposals for Federal Milk Marketing Order reform to be the foundation of conversations moving forward. Alan Bjerga tells Brownfield their organization is currently reviewing the 12,000-page transcript over [Read More…]
ABC World News
Crypto exchange Binance sued by Hamas hostages, Oct. 7 victims’ families for allegedly ‘facilitating terrorism’
Ismail Kaplan/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An American woman freed after being held hostage in Gaza and the families of two men killed in the Oct. 7 attack in Israel sued Binance, the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Joshua Schulte, largest leaker of CIA material in history, sentenced to 40 years in prison
Jason Marz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Joshua Schulte, who was convicted of orchestrating the largest leak of classified material in CIA history, was sentenced to 40 years in prison Thursday. Schulte, 35, handed WikiLeaks a [Read More…]
ABC National News
Murder suspect mistakenly released from jail after ‘cybersecurity incident’
Kali9/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Authorities in Georgia are searching for 30-year-old murder suspect Zion River Shaka, who was mistakenly released by Clayton County authorities last week, according to ABC affiliate WSB in Atlanta. Last week, [Read More…]
ABC National News
School staffers win $1 million Powerball prize after playing same numbers for years
Stuart Hammer/Kentucky Lottery (FLORENCE, Ky.) — A group of current and former staffers at Rector A. Jones Middle School in Florence, Kentucky, are celebrating this week after they played the Kentucky Powerball and won $1 [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Health Secretary Becerra talks about launch of Medicare drug negotiations
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Prescription drug prices have long been a back-and-forth issue between insurers and pharmaceutical companies. Those who aren’t covered by insurance are usually left with a high bill for much-needed [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Washington state experiencing first known outbreak of potentially deadly fungus: Health officials
Jasmin Merdan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Washington state is experiencing its first known outbreak of a potentially deadly fungus, according to public health officials. Four patients in the last month have tested positive for Candida [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Mama Kelce to be featured on ‘The Price is Right at Night’ Ultimate Super Bowl Party
CBS If seeing Travis Kelce‘s family cheer him on during the Super Bowl isn’t enough for you, CBS has invited his mom, Donna aka Mama Kelce, to “come on down” to The Price is Right [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Patrick Stewart mixes it up with Drew Barrymore, Jeff Probst and more in Paramount+ Super Bowl ad
Paramount+ Paramount+ has mixed it up again for another Super Bowl ad showcasing some of its stars. The new spot features Picard‘s Patrick Stewart, Drew Barrymore, Thomas Lennon in his Reno 911 character’s short-shorts and [Read More…]
Ag News
Record soybean crush, good corn for ethanol use in December
More soybeans were crushed during December 2023 than any other month on record. The USDA says that crush was 204 million bushels, up 4 million from November and 17 million from December 2022. That was [Read More…]
News
Senate committee halts death penalty repeal
Emotional testimony in Pierre Thursday as lawmakers considered repealing the state’s death penalty. Supporters of the move questioned whether it deters violent crime. Opponents, including prosecutors and law enforcement, say it’s the only deterring factor [Read More…]
News
Senate committee kills minimum wage bump
An attempt to raise the state minimum wage over three years to $15 an hour failed in a Senate committee Thursday. The Senate Commerce and Energy Committee sent SB132 to the 41st legislative day on [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Executive order targets four Israeli settlers involved in attacks on Palestinians in West Bank
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 100 days since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
ABC World News
Some Gazans say they’re forced to use bird feed in place of flour
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (LONDON) — The possibility of a “full-fledged famine” looms large across the entire Gaza Strip amid the Israel-Hamas war, humanitarian groups have warned — but especially in northern Gaza, where some people there [Read More…]
ABC World News
Nearly eight million displaced by war in Sudan: UN
People displaced by the conflict in Sudan walk with their belonging along a road in Wad Madani, the capital of al-Jazirah state, on Dec. 16, 2023. (AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — Nearly eight million [Read More…]
ABC World News
US hits Houthi UAVs, ground control station in Yemen
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — U.S. military forces early Thursday morning conducted what Central Command called a “self-defense” strike against Houthi unmanned aerial vehicles and a ground control station. According to Centcom, the U.S. had identified [Read More…]
ABC National News
Jennifer Crumbley takes the stand in manslaughter trial tied to son’s school shooting
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Jennifer Crumbley, the mother of Michigan school shooter Ethan Crumbley, testified she and her husband often argued with their son about missing school assignments and said her husband struggled [Read More…]
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