Month: March 2024
Update on IL estate tax reform
The Illinois General Assembly continues to debate the Family Farm Preservation Act. Senate sponsor Dave Koehler, of Peoria, tells Brownfield the bipartisan effort would ease the burden of estate taxes on Illinois family farms, but [Read More…]
As Russia holds elections, Putin opposition fights to survive and adjust to life after Navalny
In this pool photograph distributed by Russia’s state agency Sputnik, Russian President Vladimir Putin gives an interview to TV host and Director General of Rossiya Segodnya (RIA Novosti) news agency Dmitry Kiselyov (not pictured) at [Read More…]
$792 million prize on the line in Mega Millions drawing
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Nearly $800 million is on the line in Friday night’s Mega Millions jackpot drawing, with the grand prize ballooning after 27 consecutive drawings without a winner. The prize, officially [Read More…]
3 dead in Ohio after storms, suspected tornadoes tear through Midwest
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Three people are dead in Lakeview, Ohio, after storms and suspected tornadoes ripped through the Midwest and the South Thursday night, according to Logan County officials. Responders are [Read More…]
Extended video reveals details in New York City subway shooting that left 1 critically hurt: Police
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A woman stabbed a 36-year-old man at the start of a New York City subway train dispute that culminated with the man getting shot and critically hurt, cellphone video from [Read More…]
Dogsledding terrain is turning to mush: How climate change forces Iditarod to adapt
Getty Images – STOCK (ANCHORAGE, Alaska.) — For the first time in 25 years of running dogsledding tours, Tanya McCready must invest in snowmaking equipment. The vanishing snow along the trails she mushes her sled [Read More…]
From cold cases to connected: Serial predator linked to 5 attacks
ABC News (NEW YORK) — When four young women disappeared in 1997, fear ravaged their tight-knit Texas and Oklahoma communities along the corridor of Interstate 45. Despite the proximity and similarity of the cases, it [Read More…]
Northern Mariana Islands 2024 Republican caucus results
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Voting for the Republican presidential caucuses in the Northern Mariana Islands is on Friday, three days after former President Donald Trump became the party’s presumptive 2024 nominee. Democrats on [Read More…]
South Dakota governor’s endorsement of dental practice draws scrutiny, lawsuit
South Dakota’s Governor Kristi Noem arrives to speak during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) meeting on Feb. 23, 2024, in National Harbor, Maryland. — Mandel Ngan/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — South Dakota [Read More…]
Debunking four myths about TikTok
TikTok supporters are seen outside the U.S. Capitol before the House passed the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, that could ban TikTok in the U.S., March 13, 2024. — Tom Williams/Getty Images [Read More…]
Tax policy concerning for Missouri farmers
Missouri Farm Bureau members are learning more about tax policy as they meet with lawmakers in Washington D.C. this week. Central Missouri farmer Andy Clay says his family is concerned about estate tax issues as [Read More…]
John Deere C-Series Air Carts
Go-to market manager for planting and seeding Anthony Styczinksi says John Deere is rolling out a complete lineup of C-Series air carts with capacity from 350 up to 850 bushels. He tells Brownfield the C-Series provides [Read More…]
Governor Kristi Noem Proclaims Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day
Governor Kristi Noem, in coordination with the South Dakota Department of Veterans Affairs, is proclaiming Friday, March 29, 2024, as “Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day.” The Governor and the Department are calling on all [Read More…]
Senior Israeli official says US slow-walking aid, which US disputes
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A senior Israeli official says the United States has begun slow-walking some military aid to Israel — an assertion senior U.S. officials denied was the case, in what’s perhaps more evidence [Read More…]
At least three dead after suspected tornadoes tear through Ohio
FILE photo — john finney photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least three people are dead after suspected tornadoes ripped through Lakeview, Ohio, overnight, according to the Logan County Sheriff’s Office. Widespread damage has also [Read More…]
Judge in Trump election case expected to rule today on effort to disqualify Fulton County DA Fani Willis
ftwitty/Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The judge overseeing the Georgia election interference case against Donald Trump and his co-defendants is expected to issue a decision Friday on whether Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis will be [Read More…]
James Crumbley convicted of involuntary manslaughter over son’s school shooting
James Crumbley, father of Ethan Crumbley, waits for the jury to enter the courtroom after they reached a verdict, on March 14, 2023, in Oxford, Michigan. — Pool via ABC News (OXFORD, Mich.) — A [Read More…]
LIV Golf’s controversial growth raises questions over Saudi ‘sportswashing’
Bubba Watson was one of the first pro golfers to join LIV Golf. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — For the past three years, LIV Golf has taken the world of professional golf by storm. [Read More…]
‘Bee invasion’ leads to suspended tennis match at BNP Paribas Open
A swarm of bees cover the spider cam after suddenly invading the court while Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Alexander Zverev of Germany were playing in their Quarterfinal match during the BNP Paribas Open at [Read More…]
Helena Bonham Carter on the significance of her new film, ‘One Life’
Bleeker Street The new film One Life is all about how much one person can do when they’re determined to save others. It tells the true story of Nicholas Winton, a stockbroker in London in the 1930s who [Read More…]
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