Month: June 2024

Columbia Pictures To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the release of Ghostbusters, Patton Oswalt and Kumail Nanjiani are toplining a special tribute to the franchise. The pair make their debut in the universe with the recent [Read More…]

Joy: ‘Inside Out 2’ presale numbers beating out original

Disney/Pixar According to online movie ticketing service Fandango, the advance ticket sales for Friday’s Inside Out 2 release have surpassed those for the hit 2015 original. In fact, the presales for a Disney/Pixar film haven’t [Read More…]

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Parson optimistic about growing trade for MO ag in Italy

Governor Mike Parson says he’s optimistic a recent trade trip to Italy will benefit Missouri agriculture in the future. “We’d like to expand some businesses and there will be more to talk about in the [Read More…]

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Profitability with Beck’s Bash

Beck’s Bash, hosted by Missouri Soybeans on June 20th, is a great way for farmers to learn how to become more profitable. Northeast Missouri Seed Advisor Clarissa Cauthorn says it is important for both the [Read More…]

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A good hay window in west-central MO

The timely rains this spring are helping hay ground and pasture grow. David Dick from Pettis County in west-central Missouri says his first cutting of hay hasn’t happened yet, but he could start this week. [Read More…]

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Roundup litigation payment cut significantly

A Pennsylvania judge recently cut a $2.25 billion verdict against Bayer to $400 million in a Roundup case. In January, a jury decided with the plaintiff who claimed using Roundup for several years caused his [Read More…]

Three juveniles injured in a rollover crash Sunday afternoon

June 10, 2024 J.P. Skelly

The South Dakota Highway Patrol says three juveniles were injured, one critically, Sunday afternoon when their vehicle rolled in a single-vehicle crash on Interstate 90 at mile marker 38 east of Sturgis, SD. Preliminary crash [Read More…]

Sioux Falls Man Charged with Triple Murder Following Chaotic Early Morning Shooting

A 30-year-old Sioux Falls man, Justin Cody Rackley, is in the Minnehaha County Jail facing three counts of first-degree murder in connection with an early morning shooting on Saturday in southwest Sioux Falls. The incident, [Read More…]

Hunter Biden gun trial updates: Closing arguments up next after Hunter Biden does not testify

Hunter Biden, son of U.S. President Joe Biden, departs the J. Caleb Boggs Federal Building and United States Courthouse on July 26, 2023 in Wilmington, Delaware. (Photo by Mark M (WILMINGTON, Del.) — President Joe [Read More…]

Heat dome returns to the West before spreading to East Coast: Latest maps

Record breaking heat this week. — ABC News (NEW YORK) — Life-threatening heat is returning to the West before spreading to the East Coast later this week. This weekend, record highs were tied and broken [Read More…]

Rodeo bull jumps over arena fence, injuring three people, including sheriff’s deputy

A bull escaped the arena at Sisters Rodeo in Oregon on Saturday, June 8 and ran loose through the event grounds. — Danielle Smithers (SISTERS, Ore.) — A rodeo in Sisters, Oregon, descended into chaos [Read More…]

Trump to undergo probation interview for NY hush money case Monday afternoon: Sources

Witthaya Prasongsin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is expected to attend a pre-sentencing interview on Monday afternoon ahead of his July 11 sentencing in his New York criminal case, according to sources [Read More…]

Trump endorses Sam Brown in Nevada Republican Senate primary

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Sam Brown campaigns at the Carson Valley Days parade on June 11, 2022 in Gardnerville, Nevada. (Photo by David Calvert/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump endorsed Sam Brown [Read More…]

Poll shows support for grocery tax repeal, but critics warn of budget crunch

Stu Whiney, South Dakota News Watch Two-thirds of South Dakotans support an initiated measure that would prohibit the state from collecting sales tax on “anything sold for human consumption, except alcoholic beverages and prepared food,” [Read More…]

Easing federal marijuana rules: There’s still a long way to go

Jacob Fischler/States Newsroom Nearly three weeks after the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration proposed loosening a federal prohibition on marijuana, the next phases of policy fights over the drug’s status are starting to take shape. Public [Read More…]

Election workers worry that federal threats task force isn’t enough to keep them safe

Zachary Roth/States Newsroom Aiming to send a message, the Biden administration recently spotlighted its indictments and convictions in cases involving threats to election officials or workers. But with no letup in reports of attacks, some [Read More…]

Internal combustion engines are far from over: ‘There was a bit of hype’ around EVs, industry watchers say

Lamborghini says the successor to the Huracan will have an electrified twin-turbo V8 engine. A Huracan STJ is shown here. — Lamborghini (NEW YORK) — It’s nearly impossible not to smile when you squeeze the [Read More…]

Matthew McConaughey posts sweet snap to celebrate 12th anniversary with wife Camila Alves

Rick Kern/Getty Images On Sunday, Matthew McConaughey posted a sweet snap on socials to thank wife Camila Alves McConaughey for 12 years of marriage. In the romantic photo, the couple have the setting sun behind [Read More…]

In Brief: Case closed for Max’s ‘Tokyo Vice’, and more

Max has canceled Tokyo Vice after two seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The series follows Ansel Elgort as an American journalist investigating the yakuza in Tokyo. The show was originally intended to run for [Read More…]

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BASF bringing “Nemasphere” SCN trait to market