Month: May 2024
NCBA says they’re watching implementation of EID rule closely
The USDA has finalized a rule requiring certain cattle to have electronic identification if they’re moving across state lines. Ethan Lane with the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says USDA wants information in case there’s a [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Warnings issued to 100,000 as Israel weighs Rafah invasion
People walk in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the border with Egypt on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group [Read More…]
Trump trial live updates: Hush money trial begins third week of testimony
Flanked by attorneys, former U.S. President Donald Trump appears in the courtroom for his arraignment proceeding at Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4, 2023, in New York City. (Photo by Seth Wenig-Pool/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) [Read More…]
Ex-Fulton County prosecutor Nathan Wade says ‘day of reckoning’ coming in Trump case
Nathan Wade, Fulton County prosecutor, at the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, US, on Friday, March 1, 2024. — Alex Slitz/AP/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — Nathan Wade, the former Fulton County, Georgia, special [Read More…]
For the jury in Trump’s hush money trial, evidence of a criminal conspiracy comes in bits and pieces
In the days ahead of the 2016 election, Michael Cohen wired Stormy Daniels’ lawyer $130,000 and entered into a confidential settlement agreement to kill the story, according to prosecutors. — Manhattan District Attorney’s Office (NEW [Read More…]
Body found in home of man who allegedly attempted to shoot pastor during sermon, police say
Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (NORTH BRADDOCK, Pa.) — A church service in Pennsylvania came to a terrifying halt on Sunday when authorities say a man pulled a gun on the pastor and allegedly attempted to shoot [Read More…]
‘The Fall Guy’ tops domestic box office with lackluster $28.5 million debut
Universal Pictures The Fall Guy topped the North American box office with an estimated $28.5 million in its opening weekend. The action comedy, starring Ryan Gosling and Emily Blunt, was expected to grab between $30 [Read More…]
Halei Heinzel named Wisconsin’s 77th Alice in Dairyland
A woman who grew up off the farm but became very active in FFA has been chosen as the 77th Alice in Dairyland. Halei Heinzel was selected from the six top candidates. She tells Brownfield [Read More…]
Brazil flooding: At least 75 people have died and 103 are missing, authorities say
Ramiro Sanches/Getty Images (PORTO ALEGRE, Brazil) — Severe flooding in Brazil has left 75 people dead, 103 individuals unaccounted for and multiple families standing on their rooftops hoping to be rescued, authorities said Sunday. The [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Kerem Shalom crossing closed to aid after rockets fired from Rafah, IDF says
People walk in a camp for displaced people in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip by the border with Egypt on April 28, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Palestinian militant group [Read More…]
224 people rescued amid Texas flood watch: ‘We’re not out of the woods yet’
Edith Polverini/Getty Images (HOUSTON, Texas) — More than 20 million people remain under a flood watch in Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas on Sunday. Harris County, Texas, Judge Lina Hidalgo said Sunday that 224 people and [Read More…]
College protests updates: Police clear protest encampment at USC
Thinkstock Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Protests have broken out at colleges and universities across the country in connection with the war in Gaza. Many pro-Palestinian protesters are calling for their colleges to divest of [Read More…]
14-year-old girl killed, 5 other teens hurt in Buffalo shooting: Police
WKBW (BUFFALO, N.Y.) — Saturday night outside a house party in Buffalo, New York, several blocks from the supermarket where a 2022 mass shooting occurred, according to police. The shooting unfolded just after 11 p.m. [Read More…]
Several injured in shooting in Long Beach, California, police say
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (LONG BEACH, Calif.) — About seven people were injured in a shooting in Long Beach, California, late Saturday, police said. Officers responded at about 11:15 p.m. to the area near the intersection [Read More…]
Vehicle crashes into White House gate, killing driver; Secret Service says ‘no threat’
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A vehicle traveling “at a high rate of speed” crashed into a gate at the White House complex late Saturday, killing the driver, a U.S. Secret Service spokesperson [Read More…]
Mayor Eric Adams defends NYPD response to campus protests
ABC News (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday defended the police crackdown on campus protests there, which have become the epicenter of demonstrations around the country against the Israel-Hamas war. [Read More…]
Tom Cotton attacks campus protests, argues police should have gone in ‘on the very first day’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Arkansas Republican Sen. Tom Cotton on Sunday pushed for an even stronger police response to pro-Palestinian protests on college campuses across the country as both arrests and controversy grow around the [Read More…]
FTC is ‘just getting started’ as it takes on Amazon, Meta and more, Chair Lina Khan says
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — In the nearly three years since President Joe Biden appointed Lina Khan as chair of the Federal Trade Commission, the government agency has taken on some of America’s largest corporations, filing [Read More…]
6 months out, a tight presidential race with battle between issues and attributes: POLL
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Locked in a tight race for the presidency, Donald Trump prevails in trust to handle most issues in a new ABC News/Ipsos poll, yet President Joe Biden scores competitively on [Read More…]
DWU student economists prepare regional reports
Recently, Dr. Tracy Dice’s students in Dakota Wesleyan University’s Principles of Macroeconomics course undertook the creation of a business and economic data analysis summary report, leveraging the expertise of local professionals, data from the South [Read More…]
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