Month: March 2024
Republican Senators ask admin to pursue new trade deals
A group of U.S. Senators have sent a letter to the Biden administration asking them to start negotiating new trade agreements. Senate Ag Committee Ranking Member John Boozman from Arkansas says agriculture has more exports [Read More…]
6 eighth graders face criminal charges over ‘hateful and racist’ online chat: DA
Google Maps Street View (SOUTHWICK, Mass.) — Six Massachusetts eighth graders face criminal charges in connection with “hateful and racist comments” in a group chat that allegedly included threats and a mock slave auction, officials [Read More…]
A closer look at RFK’s 2024 campaign as he teases running mate: Eclectic donors, attacks from Dems
John Nacion/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s independent presidential campaign is approaching several key milestones as Democratic scrutiny of him ramps up. He will soon select a running mate, after teasing names [Read More…]
Jenny from the ‘bot: Jennifer Lopez fights to survive in teaser to Netflix sci-fi flick ‘Atlas’
Netflix Jennifer Lopez heads to space and back in the new sci-fi flick Atlas. In the official teaser for the futuristic film, Lopez is seen in a spacecraft in distress. Bloodied, she asks repeatedly, “Do you copy?!” According to a [Read More…]
After Oscar win, ‘The Boy and the Heron’ migrating back to theaters
Studio Ghibli After the acclaimed film’s Academy Award win for Best Animated Feature, Hayao Miyazaki and Studio Ghibli’s The Boy and the Heron is flying back into theaters. Starting March 22, the new screenings will showcase exclusive bonus content [Read More…]
Weather perfect for field maintenance
The unusually mild winter and early spring have given many farmers a chance to do some field maintenance. Jack Herricks raises corn and alfalfa for his 600-cow dairy farm in the driftless area east of [Read More…]
GREET model, year-round E15 focus of ACE Washington DC visits
Ethanol leaders are in Washington DC urging the EPA to move forward on the updated GREET model and year-round E15. Brian Jennings with the American Coalition for Ethanol says the industry needs the updated Greenhouse [Read More…]
Judge declines to dismiss charges against Sen. Bob Menendez in bribery case
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A federal judge in New York declined to dismiss bribery charges against Sen. Bob Menendez, ruling his conduct is not protected by the nature of his job as a [Read More…]
80-year-old man pleads guilty to genetically engineering giant hybrid sheep in ‘audacious scheme,’ DOJ announces
Dennis Fast/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images (GREAT FALLS, Mont.) — A Montana man pleaded guilty before a federal judge to two felony wildlife crimes for an almost decade-long effort to create giant sheep hybrids [Read More…]
Biggest winter storm of the year hits Denver metro area
Daniela Simona Temneanu / EyeEm/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A major snowstorm slamming the Rockies on Thursday has become the Denver metro area’s biggest snowstorm of the year. All Denver Public Schools are closed Thursday [Read More…]
Judge denies one of Trump’s motions to dismiss documents case
Creativeye99/Getty Images (FORT PIERCE, Fla.) — A U.S. district judge denied former President Donald Trump’s motion to dismiss his federal classified documents case based on unconstitutional vagueness, one of the two motions — the other [Read More…]
Attorney General Marty Jackley says a murder investigation is underway in Mitchell
Attorney General Marty Jackley and Mitchell law enforcement announce that a person has been arrested in the investigation of a female body that was found this week in Mitchell. The deceased has been identified as [Read More…]
Small business owners weigh in on how they are coping with current economy
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Market reports show the U.S. economy is seeing strong job numbers and a waning inflation rate, but some small business owners tell ABC News they are still feeling the pinch. [Read More…]
‘Stranger Things’ star Joseph Quinn to receive “breakthrough” award
‘A Quiet Place: Day One’ – Paramount Pictures At this year’s annual CinemaCon confab in April, Stranger Things‘ Joseph Quinn will receive 2024’s Breakthrough Performer of the Year Award. The annual convention of the National [Read More…]
‘Snowpiercer’ switches tracks from TNT to AMC, will roll on for season 4
Tomorrow Studios On Thursday, AMC announced it has acquired Snowpiercer, the post-apocalyptic sci-fi series that had been canceled after three seasons on TNT. Its new network will not only air a fourth season of the show, [Read More…]
Emma Stone’s next collab with ‘Poor Things’ director gets June 2025 release date
Disney/Scott Kirkland After Poor Things took home four Oscars, including a Best Actress trophy for its producer Emma Stone, she’s lining up her next projects with director Yorgos Lanthimos. The pair’s next collab, Kinds of [Read More…]
Legislation to boost IL local food movement advances
Legislation intended to increase access to locally grown food has advanced in the Illinois State Senate. Senator Dave Koehler, of Peoria, says the Local Food Infrastructure Grant Act would build on an effort started last [Read More…]
Mitchell Death Investigation at the I-90 Truck Stop of a Detroit Woman
South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announced a death investigation in Mitchell on Thursday afternoon at City Hall. The case started on Monday, March 11th at 10:54 pm at the Mitchell I-90 truck stop. When [Read More…]
Higher credits for private school scholarships, campus obscenity ban: More bills signed into law
South Dakota Searchlight Gov. Kristi Noem has signed numerous bills into law this week, including one that will increase the yearly cap on private school scholarships funded by state tax credits. The credits are available [Read More…]
Consumer advocacy group sues Noem over her Texas tooth promo video
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight A consumer advocacy group said it filed a lawsuit Wednesday in Washington, D.C., against South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem for allegedly engaging in misleading advertising practices in her five-minute promotional video for [Read More…]
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