Month: June 2024

Getty Images – STOCK (LOS ANGELES) — A University of Southern California student will not face charges for the fatal stabbing of a homeless man he said was done in self-defense. Ivan Gallegos, 19, was [Read More…]

Republican women are more motivated than Democratic women to vote in 2024: Survey

Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — A smaller number of the women voters who cast ballots for President Joe Biden in 2020 said they’d vote for him again in 2024 than the share of women [Read More…]

US bans Russian cybersecurity software amid threat of influence operation

Patrick Van Katwijk/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Biden administration is issuing a total ban on the use of a Russian-backed cybersecurity software in the United States due to the Russian government’s alleged influence operations over [Read More…]

Biden campaign picks right-side podium for CNN debate, Trump will have the last word

Drew Angerer/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden won the coin toss to secure a podium position on the right side of the stage during the CNN debate next week, but by doing so gave [Read More…]

On campaign trail, RFK Jr. pushes ‘bonkers’ theory about CIA’s ‘takeover of the American press’

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Independent presidential candidate Robert Kennedy Jr. has received intense public scrutiny for promoting an array of unconventional theories, from claiming that vaccines are behind an “epidemic” of diseases in America [Read More…]

Supreme Court upholds Trump-era tax on foreign earnings

Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday upheld a Trump-era tax on U.S. shareholders of some American-controlled foreign corporations, preserving a major source of government revenue while sidestepping the more [Read More…]

Bisexual, transgender adults nearly twice as likely to experience loneliness: CDC

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Bisexual and transgender adults are more likely to face loneliness than straight and cisgender adults, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention study published Thursday. [Read More…]

Bugatti unveils the $4.1M Tourbillon hybrid hypercar

Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Welcome to the new era of electrification. Bugatti, the 115-year-old French marque known for its powerful W16 engines, unveiled its first electrified hypercar, the Tourbillon, on Thursday at [Read More…]

AEM says some farmers are replacing older tractors

The Association of Equipment Manufacturers says the sales market for tractors remains generally soft. Curt Blades is their Senior Vice President. He tells Brownfield, “I wouldn’t say cause for concerns, but it sort of mimmicks [Read More…]

South Dakota State Faces McNeese St in Field of 68 Showcase in Sioux Falls

June 20, 2024 Travis Kriens

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. – The South Dakota State men’s basketball team will serve as the headliner for the inaugural Field of 68 Showcase that takes place on the opening day of the 2024-25 season. The Field [Read More…]

Netflix popping up with its own branded popcorn line

Netflix Netflix already has millions of people worldwide on their couches, so they might as well bring the snacks. That’s apparently the idea behind Netflix Now Popping, a new ready-to-eat collab with the company Popcorn [Read More…]

Ryan Reynolds, Hugh Jackman, RuPaul, Anthony Anderson to sub for Jimmy Kimmel this summer

ABC/Jeff Lipsky The weather is getting warmer, the days are getting longer and that means Jimmy Kimmel has rung up his celebrity pals to cover for him at Jimmy Kimmel Live. To that end, ABC [Read More…]

‘Yellowstone’ returns on Nov. 10

Paramount Network Paramount Network announced Thursday that Yellowstone will finally return to TV on Nov. 10 at 8 p.m. ET. The new episodes of the top-ranking TV drama will kick off the second half of [Read More…]

Soybeans, corn, wheat all lower heading into Friday

Soybeans were lower as traders continue to watch crop development weather. There are chances for rain for much of the Midwest in the extended forecast, while other areas remain heavily saturated. Both soybean oil and [Read More…]

Swine disease challenges in “hog-dense” southern Minnesota

Keeping pigs healthy has been challenging for some pork producers this spring. Wanda Patsche farms in Martin County in southern Minnesota and says it’s a “hog-dense” area. “And our issue with disease is PRRS and [Read More…]

Cattle futures mostly lower ahead of On Feed reaport

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mostly lower waiting for direct business to develop and Friday’s On Feed numbers. August lives closed $.45 higher at $182.55 and October lives closed $.05 [Read More…]

H5N1 continues to spread in Iowa

Another case of H5N1 Influenza A has been reported in Iowa. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship says the disease has been detected in a commercial turkey flock in Sac County. In a [Read More…]

The corn needs a drink of water

Dry conditions are worsening in parts of Missouri and a seed advisor with Beck’s Hybrids says it’s time to irrigate the corn. “We are ready for that drink.” Clarissa Cauthorn says adequate subsoil moisture is [Read More…]

Trial date set for man accused in the death of Moody County Chief Deputy

June 20, 2024 J.P. Skelly

Attorney General Marty Jackley says the First-Degree Murder trial of Joseph Gene Hoek of Sioux Falls will start April 21, 2025. Hoek is charged with First Degree Murder and Aggravated Eluding in the Feb. 2, [Read More…]

Donald Sutherland, star of ‘MASH’, ‘Klute’, ‘Hunger Games’, dead at 88