Month: April 2024
ABC Entertainment News
John Mulaney to return to Netflix with six-episode special ‘Everybody’s In LA’
Netflix/Marcus Russell Price On Monday, John Mulaney announced he will return to Netflix for a live six-episode series called John Mulaney Presents: Everybody’s In LA. As part of the annual Netflix is a Joke Fest, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Oppenheimer’ Oscar winner Robert Downey Jr. reveals he’d “happily” reprise as Tony Stark in the MCU
Marvel Studios It appears Robert Downey Jr. has rethought coming back to his role as Iron Man. In a touching, wide-ranging interview with Esquire that began shortly after his nomination for the Academy Award-winning Oppenheimer, [Read More…]
Ag News
Cooler, wet weather stalls IL planting
Illinois farmers made very little progress in the fields last week. The USDA’s weekly crop progress and condition report shows two percent of both corn and soybeans have been planted in the state, only one [Read More…]
Ag News
Kentucky crops: corn and soybeans 5% planted
Planting progress continues in Kentucky despite above-normal rainfall throughout the state. Corn and soybeans are 5 percent planted. Tobacco transplants are 48 percent seeded. Winter wheat is 4 percent headed, with 89 percent of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Indiana wheat off to great start
Heavy rain across the Hoosier state last week set back fieldwork. The USDA says 73 percent of soils have adequate or surplus moisture. Winter wheat remains ahead of last year with 74 percent of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Recent rain and snow helped Wisconsin soils
A Wisconsin farmer says the rain and sloppy snow from about a week ago helped his dry topsoil. Tony Mellenthin raises corn and soybeans near Menomonee and tells Brownfield the unusual weather patterns brought welcome [Read More…]
Ag News
Live cattle futures mostly higher to start the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were mostly higher, and feeders were lower ahead of the week’s direct cash business. June live closed $1.27 higher at $173.32 and August lives closed $.92 higher at [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel withdraws ground troops from southern Gaza, IDF says
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…]
ABC National News
Solar eclipse live updates: FAA grounds some flights due to eclipse
JDawnInk/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A total solar eclipse is passing over North America on April 8, creating a path of totality that will cast some parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada in [Read More…]
ABC National News
Inflation alarm, ‘extraordinary’ AI: 4 takeaways from Jamie Dimon’s annual letter
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — A booming job market, softening inflation, robust growth — the economy has performed well by just any measure but the chief executive of the nation’s largest bank is [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Defying GOP threats of contempt, DOJ declines to hand over audio of Biden’s interview with Robert Hur
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department informed House Republicans on Monday it has no plans to hand over an audio recording of President Joe Biden’s interview with former special counsel Robert Hur, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas impeachment proceedings: What to expect
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After voting in February to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, impeachment proceedings will head to the next stage on Wednesday, when the articles of impeachment are expected to be [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump’s abortion position leaves key questions unanswered on major campaign issue
Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump on Monday celebrated his role in ending national guarantees to abortion access and indicated that he believes the issue, which political experts of both parties believe [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Harvard team makes solar eclipse accessible to visually impaired
Getty Images – STOCK (CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — As many turn their eyes to the skies to watch the solar eclipse, some with vision impairment are turning their ears to a new gadget. The LightSound is [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘9-1-1’ lead Oliver Stark blasts homophobic backlash to character’s same-sex storyline
L-R: Stark, Ferrigno – Disney/Chris Willard After Thursday night’s episode of ABC’s 9-1-1, in which Oliver Stark‘s fireman Buck and Lou Ferrigno Jr.‘s Tommy share a kiss, Stark told his Instagram followers he “couldn’t be prouder” [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jonathan Majors will receive no jail time for domestic violence conviction
ABC News Jonathan Majors was sentenced Monday to domestic violence programming after the judge decided “jail is not necessary.” Majors must complete a 52-week in-person batterers intervention program in Los Angeles, continue mental health counseling [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Matt Damon, Ryan Gosling and Jon Hamm steal some of Kristen Wiig’s ‘SNL’ “Five-Timers” shine
2024 NBCUniversal Media, LLC As is tradition, members of Saturday Night Live‘s Five-Timer’s Club, including Paul Rudd, wanted to welcome host Kristen Wiig to the fraternity on Saturday night. But like people do with any [Read More…]
Ag News
John Deere pledges nearly $4 million to FFA
John Deere has pledged nearly $4 million in grants to help support the National FFA Organization. Aaron Wetzel with the John Deere Foundation says the gift is focused on educational outreach. “To really lift up [Read More…]
ABC National News
Report: LGBTQ content drove book banning efforts in 2023
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — The American Library Association released its annual list of the top 10 most targeted books of 2023 on Monday, the majority of which were challenges because of their [Read More…]
ABC National News
Solar eclipse live updates: Millions prepare to watch from Texas to Maine
JDawnInk/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A total solar eclipse is passing over North America on April 8, creating a path of totality that will cast some parts of Mexico, the United States and Canada in [Read More…]