Month: May 2024

XiXinXing/Getty Images (HOUSTON) — A 6-month-old girl born with a life-threatening lung disorder is now breathing on her own thanks to a rare double lung transplant. Kylie Overfield was placed on a ventilator immediately after [Read More…]

Reality Roundup: Clay from ‘LIB’ has a new lady, ‘RHOA’ reveals new cast and more

Have no fear, your reality roundup is here! Here’s a look at what happened in the world of reality television this week: Love Is Blind (Netflix) Clay from Love Is Blind season 6 has moved on [Read More…]

Ag News

Cookies cut cow feed costs

A Wisconsin dairy farmer is lowering his cost of production with an unusual feed ingredient. Dave Daniels and his multi-family dairy partnership are using cookie waste to replace some of the corn silage and more [Read More…]

Ag News

Rep. Bost: House farm bill checks the boxes

A member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee is optimistic heading into next week’s scheduled farm bill mark up. “I wish it had been done several months ago, but hey, we’re going where we need [Read More…]

Ag News

Deere Precision

Central Iowa farmer Corey Hillebo says he didn’t always use John Deere for precision agriculture technology, but in the last few years he tells Brownfield the company has made tremendous strides. Hillebo says he’s having [Read More…]

Ag News

A few showers linger eastern, southern-most Corn Belt; warm & largely dry points westward

Across the Corn Belt, a brief respite between storm systems is underway, although showers Friday morning linger across the Ohio Valley. Dry weather is providing a short-lived window for fieldwork over the western Corn Belt [Read More…]

Timberwolves force Game 7 by blowing out Nuggets 115-70 behind 27 points from Anthony Edwards

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Anthony Edwards flashed seven fingers to the roaring crowd as he walked off for a fourth-quarter timeout during a blowout by the Minnesota Timberwolves. He had that tenacious look of a superstar player refusing to [Read More…]

Uber and Lyft drivers remain as divided as lawmakers over minimum pay rates in Minnesota

Max Nesterak/Minnesota Reformer If you want to understand what’s fueling the drive at the state Legislature to enact minimum pay rates for Uber and Lyft drivers, hang out for a while at the airport waiting [Read More…]

Where Thune, Rounds and Johnson rank on list of most bipartisan members of Congress

WASHINGTON — Maine Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick were the most bipartisan members of Congress last year, according to a newly released analysis from the Lugar Center and the McCourt [Read More…]

Florida Prisoner Charlie Adelson Transferred to South Dakota Prison

Charlie Adelson, serving a life sentence for orchestrating the 2014 murder of Florida State law professor Dan Markel, has been relocated to South Dakota, over 1,800 miles from the crime scene. Records from the Florida [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: US CENTCOM says trucks carrying aid to Gaza have moved ashore

Palestinians who fled Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip ride with their belongings in the back of a truck, as they arrive to take shelter in Deir el-Balah in the central part of the Palestinian [Read More…]

Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape to be sentenced on federal charges

In this screen grab from police body cam footage released by the San Francisco Police Department, Paul Pelosi, the husband of Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, is shown with his assailant, David DePape, at the Pelosi [Read More…]

At least four dead in Houston after ‘exceptionally’ strong storm hits Texas: Mayor

ABC News (HOUSTON) — At least four people have died Thursday after an “exceptionally” strong storm hit Texas, according to Houston Mayor John Whitmire. Preliminary investigations indicate falling trees caused two deaths and a fallen [Read More…]

Whistleblower claims EPA wasted critical time after devastating Ohio train derailment

Robert Alexander/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — An Environmental Protection Agency whistleblower told ABC News the United States EPA wasted critical time gathering data in the days immediately following the catastrophic derailment of a Norfolk Southern train [Read More…]

Four daycare workers arrested for lacing children’s food with melatonin: Police

Facebook/Manchester NH Police (MANCHESTER, N.H.) — A daycare owner and three of her employees have been arrested after allegedly sprinkling melatonin on children’s food, police say. The incident began in Nov. 2023 when police in [Read More…]

Authorities continue hunt for two people who committed ‘archeological theft’ at US national park

Authorities are looking for two people who they say committed “archeological theft” at a U.S national park in Moab, Utah. — National Park Service (MOAB, Utah) — Law enforcement officers are still looking for two [Read More…]

Pentagon’s temporary pier off Gaza is ready to begin delivering aid

U.S. Army Soldiers assigned to the 7th Transportation Brigade (Expeditionary), U.S. Navy Sailors assigned to Amphibious Construction Battalion 1, and Israel Defense Forces emplace the Trident Pier on the Gaza coast, May 16, 2024. — [Read More…]

Biden asserts executive privilege over audio of interview with special counsel Hur

Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department on Thursday informed House Republicans that President Joe Biden has formally asserted executive privilege over the audio of his interview with special counsel Robert Hur, who investigated Biden’s [Read More…]

Number 1 golfer in the world, Scottie Scheffler, arrested prior to start of PGA Championship’s second round: Report

Scottie Scheffler of the United States waves on the 13th green during the first round of the 2024 PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club on May 16, 2024 in Louisville, Kentucky. — Patrick Smith/Getty Images [Read More…]

Nebraska medical marijuana advocates surpass one of two key signature hurdles