Month: April 2024

Javier Ghersi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Elected officials, investors, and everyday households await fresh inflation data on Wednesday that is set to reveal whether the fight to cool price increases remains mired in a rough [Read More…]

Dancing, music and mayhem: Joaquin Phoenix and Lady Gaga in the teaser to ‘Joker: Folie à Deux’

Warner Bros. Pictures The night of April 9, Warner Bros. released the teaser trailer for Joker: Folie à Deux. Starring Joaquin Phoenix — who won an Oscar for playing the title character, aka Arthur Fleck, in [Read More…]

Ag News

Milder to warmer days ahead for the Heartland; a near-seasonal distribution of precipitation

April 10, 2024 nedvedmedia

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or below-normal temperatures in the West, while warmer-than-normal weather will prevail from the Plains to the Atlantic Coast. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal [Read More…]

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Farmer urges Congress to preserve conservation funding

April 10, 2024 nedvedmedia

A Wisconsin farmer is speaking out in favor of keeping conservation program funding in the next farm bill. Jack Herricks milks about 600 cows and grows corn and an alfalfa-oats mixture in the very-hilly driftless [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Biden calls for cease-fire ‘now’ to get aid into Gaza

Omar El Qattaa/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Israeli attack in Gaza on a convoy of aid workers from World Central Kitchen, the relief organization providing desperately needed food to Palestinians, has generated [Read More…]

NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ attorney asks court to dismiss sexual assault case

Mayor Eric Adams holds a press availability at a news conference Jan. 08, 2024 in New York City. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — The sexual assault lawsuit against New York Mayor Eric Adams is [Read More…]

WWE says ‘WresteMania XL’ was the highest-grossing event in company history

WWE/Getty Images On Tuesday, TKO Group Holdings announced that WWE’s WrestleMania XL extravaganza was the “most successful and highest-grossing event in company history.” Tickets sold for the two-night event at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, were [Read More…]

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Grapes are more than just a sweet snack

If you check out the produce section of your grocery store, you might see more than just your typical red and green globe grapes offered. Tamara Baker with Bloom Fresh, the world’s largest table grape [Read More…]

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Minnesota farmer cuts where he can as margins tighten

A southwest Minnesota corn and soybean grower is finding areas to cut back as margins tighten. Bryan Biegler of Lake Wilson says he won’t be doing as many trials this year. “Trying some different trials [Read More…]

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New crop insurance legislation would update risk management in farm bill

Several Republicans on the Senate Agriculture Committee have introduced new legislation that would update crop insurance coverage in the new farm bill. U.S. Senator John Hoeven from North Dakota says the bill called the Federal [Read More…]

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Cattle futures higher waiting on cash business

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up waiting for the week’s direct business to develop and the lower move in corn. June live cattle closed $1.52 higher at $175.85 and August [Read More…]

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Iowa passes foreign ag land ownership law

The issue of foreign ag land ownership has resulted in new legislation for another Midwestern state. On Tuesday Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds signed into law a bill that gives the state attorney general subpoena power [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: Blinken gets emotional about Americans impacted by war

Omar El Qattaa/Anadolu via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — An Israeli attack in Gaza on a convoy of aid workers from World Central Kitchen, the relief organization providing desperately needed food to Palestinians, has generated [Read More…]

Woman from Mitchell sentenced for sexual contact

April 9, 2024 J.P. Skelly

A 50 year old woman from Mitchell was sentenced to 10 years in prison, with eight years suspended Tuesday after earlier pleading guilty to one count of Sexual Contact With a Person Incapable of Consent. [Read More…]

UK Foreign Secretary David Cameron defends meeting with Trump in trip to the US

Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — U.K. Foreign Secretary David Cameron on Tuesday defended his meeting with former President Donald Trump, describing engagements between foreign envoys and political opposition leaders or major opposition candidates [Read More…]

Foreign terrorists targeting US ‘increasingly concerning’: FBI director

Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Foreign adversaries and terrorist groups are sharpening their aim at the United States — targeting cyber operations, security and “mafia-like” tactics in an “increasingly concerning” way, FBI Director Christopher Wray [Read More…]

Cost of US effort to build humanitarian aid pier off Gaza expected to top $180M

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s plan to build a humanitarian pier floating off the coast of Gaza that could enable delivery of food, water and medicine into the devastated region is expect to [Read More…]

Mayorkas impeachment proceedings pushed to next week: Speaker Johnson

Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson’s office said Tuesday that it will delay the transmission of two articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas — pushing the process’ start until next [Read More…]

About one-third of socially vulnerable women missing recommended mammograms: CDC

SDI Productions/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Thousands of women between ages 50 and 74 are not receiving life-saving mammograms, according to new federal data. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention looked at [Read More…]

Doctor explains new study on salt substitutes, plus swaps to decrease sodium