Month: February 2024
Suspects sought after 11-year-old injured in shooting attack by three assailants in Atlanta
Atlanta Police Department (ATLANTA) — Police in Atlanta said they are searching for three suspects who chased down and opened fire on an 11-year-old boy, injuring him. Atlanta police released surveillance footage on Wednesday that [Read More…]
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin says cancer diagnosis was ‘gut punch,’ instinct was keep private
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with the U.K. Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps at the Pentagon on Jan. 31, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd [Read More…]
US officially blames Iran-backed group for drone strike, clearing way for retaliation
President Joe Biden receives the Presidential Daily Briefing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in the White House Situation Room. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — Is the U.S. on the brink of war [Read More…]
Netflix teases ‘Squid Game 2’, Jamie Foxx’s ‘Back in Action’ and more in new 2024 preview
‘Beverly Hills Cop: Axel F’ – Netflix (NOTE LANGUAGE) On Thursday, Netflix dropped a teaser for its forthcoming 2024 slate, including the first footage from the sequel to its Korean phenomenon Squid Game, the third [Read More…]
Welcome to the “cheap” seats: Super Bowl’s nosebleeds going for $5,600
Getty Images If you want to catch the San Francisco 49ers taking on the Kansas City Chiefs in Super Bowl 58 at Las Vegas’ Allegiant Stadium, you’re in luck. Well, if you’ve got at least [Read More…]
Ryan Reynolds, Jimmy Kimmel collab on Groundhog Day ads for Frito-Lay
Courtesy Maximum Effort And whether or not Punxsutawney Phil, or any other local marmots, see their shadows, you’ll definitely see a new set of Groundhog Day-themed Frito-Lay ads on ABC. That’s because Ryan Reynolds‘ Maximum [Read More…]
Selma Blair gives health update amid MS remission, says she hurts “all the time”
ABC/Eric McCandless Selma Blair is sharing a health update with fans. The Legally Blonde actress, who was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 2018 and has been in remission since 2021, shared a video to Instagram [Read More…]
Global production uncertainties support corn market
Uncertainty about overall production in 2024 is helping support the corn market. Angie Setzer with Consus Ag Consulting says there are three crops to be made this year. “We’ve got to get the Safrinha crop, [Read More…]
Family Farm Preservation Act would protect future generations
Bipartisan legislation introduced in both chambers of the Illinois State Assembly Wednesday would reduce estate tax burdens for family farmers. During a news conference, House sponsor Sharon Chung says the bill would raise exemptions from [Read More…]
Soybean export sales at marketing year low
The USDA says U.S. soybean export sales hit a marketing year low during the week ending January 25th. That’s due to the continued heavy competition from Brazil, which has seen prices move mostly lower in [Read More…]
Report: U.S. drivers have logged 100 billion miles on E15
A report from Growth Energy recently found U.S. motorists have driven 100 billion miles on E15 fuel blends. Monte Shaw, executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association, says that’s no surprise. “The numbers just [Read More…]
Appetite for Pork Report
Discover the sizzling narrative behind the “Appetite for Pork Report” video series, brought to you by the National Pork Board. Unveiling the dynamic strategies of the Pork Checkoff, this engaging series delves into how it [Read More…]
Three teens shot, one fatally, in apparent targeted attack near their Chicago high school: Police
avid_creative/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — One teenager was killed and two were injured in an apparent targeted shooting in broad daylight a few blocks from their Chicago school, according to police. The three teens were walking [Read More…]
New, dangerous storm brings a ‘significant threat to the safety of Californians’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A powerful Pacific jet stream is bringing two dangerous storms fueled by an atmospheric river to the West Coast, the first of which struck Northern California on Wednesday and is [Read More…]
Defense Secretary Austin on secret hospitalization: ‘We did not handle this right’
U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin meets with the U.K. Secretary of State for Defense Grant Shapps at the Pentagon on Jan. 31, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Defense Secretary Lloyd [Read More…]
US officially blames Iran-backed group for drone strike, clearing way for retaliation
President Joe Biden receives the Presidential Daily Briefing, Monday, Jan. 29, 2024, in the White House Situation Room. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) — Is the U.S. on the brink of war [Read More…]
Trump spent more than $50M of his PAC and super PAC money on legal bills in 2023
RapidEye/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Amid mounting court battles, former President Donald Trump’s legal fees cost his political fundraising committees more than $50 million in 2023, leaving his leadership PAC that once boasted a $100 million [Read More…]
Michael Strahan, athletes discuss mental health in the Black community
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Often lost in the bright shine of athletic celebrity stardom are the deep human pains that can weigh on Black athletes in particular. Only one in three Black Americans with [Read More…]
Dense Fog Advisory issued February 01 at 8:33AM MST until February 01 at 9:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 10 AM CST THIS MORNING… Conditions have improved, and thus will allow the Dense Fog Advisory to expire at 10 AM CST. Patchy fog is still possible through late [Read More…]
North Carolina governor hopes Medicaid expansion, to 600K residents, can be example after yearslong battle
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than a decade after the Affordable Care Act was passed, more than 600,000 adults in North Carolina are now eligible to receive benefits through an expansion of Medicaid [Read More…]