Month: May 2024
Missouri attorney general race emerges as new front in GOP civil war
ilbusca/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo.) — The GOP civil war has reached a new beachhead: blood-red Missouri. The state’s Republican attorney general primary is pitting incumbent Andrew Bailey against Will Scharf, a lawyer for Donald [Read More…]
What Haley donors, voters think about her saying she’ll vote for Trump in November
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley’s supporters are still split after she said she will be voting for former President Donald Trump, some seeing it as a “greenlight” for them [Read More…]
Trump, RFK Jr. in split-screen showdown at Libertarian National Convention
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A split-screen showdown between the Republican Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, Donald Trump, and independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will occur this weekend at the Libertarian National Convention in Washington, [Read More…]
South Dakotans grow frustrated waiting for state to apply for $69 million in energy rebate funding
Joshua Haiar, South Dakota Searchlight Kelly Moore, of Piedmont, planned to leverage a federal rebate program to cover 30% of the cost of his new $10,000 energy-efficient heat pump. But he said Statewide Energy Manager [Read More…]
What to know about the blood test to detect colon cancer recommended by an FDA panel
Sarah Silbiger/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A blood test to screen for colorectal cancer is one step closer to receiving approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. An FDA advisory panel — the Medical Devices [Read More…]
Sterling K. Brown reveals how Ben Affleck gave J. Lo a boost behind the scenes of her new movie, ‘Atlas’
Netflix Critics were not kind to Jennifer Lopez‘s new Netflix sci-fi movie, Atlas, but her heart was in the right place while making it, co-star Sterling K. Brown reveals. Recent Oscar nominee Brown plays Col. [Read More…]
Third season teaser of ‘The Bear’ shows off a “dysfunctional kitchen”
FX FX has dropped an appetizer for the anticipated third season of its everything-winning smash The Bear. In the frenetic teaser highlighting the show’s three Emmy-winning stars, Jeremy Allen White‘s Carmy and Ayo Edebiri‘s Sydney get ready for showtime in [Read More…]
‘Furiosa’ reportedly revved up $3.5 million in Thursday sneak previews
Warber Bros. Pictures Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga revved up $3.5 million in Thursday night preview screenings, Deadline is reporting. The trade is projecting the George Miller film’s take to be $40 million when the checkered [Read More…]
Dairy producers group praises House farm bill
A cooperative leader says dairy producers got much of what they asked for in the House version of the farm bill. Alan Bjerga with the National Milk Producers Federation tells Brownfield the House bill, which [Read More…]
Building more support for the new farm bill
A former chairman of the House Agriculture Committee says getting bipartisan approval for the farm bill in committee will help lawmakers build widespread support the House. But Collin Peterson says to get more bipartisan votes [Read More…]
Soybeans, corn higher ahead of Memorial Day
Soybeans were higher on speculative and technical buying, closing solidly higher on the week. Beans were monitoring planting delays in the Midwest and Plains, with help from a higher move in soybean meal. That higher [Read More…]
Vilsack says double down on farm biosecurity to prevent H5N1
Photo: Wisconsin Ag Secretary Randy Romanski and USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack The Secretary of Agriculture urges farmers to double down on farm biosecurity. With another human case of the H5N1 virus in Michigan, Tom Vilsack [Read More…]
MO Farm Bureau says health plan to be addressed again next year
Legislation that would allow Missouri Farm Bureau to offer a health plan to its members didn’t make it across the finish line in the Missouri Legislature again this year. This is the second year the [Read More…]
Brandon Woman Sentenced On Grand Theft By Exploitation Charge
PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota Attorney General Marty Jackley announces that a Brandon woman has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, with all of that time is suspended, after earlier pleading guilty to one count [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: UN court rules Israel must stop Rafah operation
Palestinians look at the rubble of a family house that was hit overnight in Israeli bombardment in the Tal al-Sultan neighbourhood of Rafah in southern Gaza on May 20, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between [Read More…]
Memorial Day weekend weather: Tornadoes and record-high temperatures
ABC (NEW YORK) — It’s been a very active week for severe storms and tornadoes — and more rough weather is in the forecast for Memorial Day weekend. On Thursday, there were more than 2 [Read More…]
CDC preparing for ‘possibility of increased risk to human health’ from bird flu
Stefano Guidi/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in an alert on Friday that it is preparing for the “possibility of increased risk to human health” from bird flu [Read More…]
Missouri state representative says daughter, son-in-law killed in Haiti: ‘My heart is broken’
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — The daughter and son-in-law of Missouri state representative Ben Baker have been killed by a gang in Haiti, according to the lawmaker and officials in the country. Baker [Read More…]
How RFK Jr., Libertarian Party could team up to help his ballot access — if he reverses a previous refusal
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has previously ruled out joining the Libertarian Party — but as he prepares to speak at the party’s national convention on Friday, there’s [Read More…]
Jeffrey Wright reprising ‘The Last of Us’ video game role in HBO’s series
Photo: Sandro Baelber Oscar-nominated American Fiction actor Jeffrey Wright has joined HBO’s The Last of Us in a role he’s already quite familiar with. Wright played Isaac, a former Marine who became a leader in [Read More…]
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