Month: June 2024
Ag News
Tar spot confirmed in NW Missouri
An agronomist in northwest Missouri says tar spot has been confirmed this week. Erin Marlow with Cropwise Consulting says “we have a visual confirmation.” Marlow says the disease has been sparse so far; she expects [Read More…]
Ag News
COFCO and GROWMARK acquisition raises some questions
The director of the Quentin Burdick Center for Cooperatives says there are questions about China’s largest food and ag company becoming the sole owner of a grain facility along the Mississippi River. Frayne Olson tells [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Stranger Things’ star Joseph Quinn teases possible Eddie Munson return
Netflix Eddie Munson may have met an untimely fate at the end of Stranger Things season 4, but actor Joseph Quinn, who portrayed the fan-favorite leader of the Hellfire Club, is teasing he may not [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Baby Reindeer’ creator Richard Gadd announces next project with HBO
Ed Miller/Netflix Baby Reindeer creator Richard Gadd is getting ready for his next project. The comedian is teaming up with HBO and BBC for his next TV show, called Lions. It’ll be a six-episode drama [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lindsay Lohan talks ‘Freaky Friday 2,’ friendship with Jamie Lee Curtis
ABC News Lindsay Lohan is “thrilled” about Freaky Friday 2. The actress, who starred in the first film in 2003 alongside Jamie Lee Curtis, opened up to Good Morning America about the upcoming project, which [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
In Brief: ‘Interview with the Vampire’ renewed, ‘Downton Abbey 3’ premiere date, and more
Ahead of Interview with the Vampire‘s season 2 finale Sunday on AMC, the network announced it has picked up the critically acclaimed series, based on Anne Rice‘s 1976 novel, for a third season. The season 3 [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Lisa Kudrow says she’s rewatching ‘Friends’ for Matthew Perry
Donato Sardella/WireImage for Lollipop Theater Network via Getty Images Lisa Kudrow is going down memory lane. The actress, who starred as Phoebe Buffay on Friends for 10 seasons, never used to watch reruns of the [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Walgreens to close ‘significant’ number of struggling US stores, CEO says
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Walgreens plans to close a large share of its U.S. stores over the next three years, Chief Executive Tim Wentworth said on a conference call with industry analysts on [Read More…]
ABC Business News
NTSB sanctions Boeing for ‘blatantly’ violating agreement by sharing non-public investigation details
Signage outside a Boeing office building in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., on Thursday, May 5, 2022. (Eric Lee/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Boeing will be subject to sanctions for disclosing non-public information about an [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Smoked salmon sold at Kroger recalled across 15 states
Foppen Seafood (NEW YORK) — For American consumers who enjoy adding slices of smoked salmon to a bagel or other breakfast dishes, it’s time to check the refrigerator, because one producer of the famed Norwegian [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What to know about the Volkswagen-Rivian partnership
David Paul Morris/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Volkswagen on Tuesday said it would invest up to $5 billion in Rivian, an electric vehicle startup based in California. The move sets the stage for [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Food prices for Fourth of July favorites, experts share the best savings on burgers and more
Funwithfood/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — It’s almost Independence Day in the United States, and if you’re making a trip to the grocery store to prep for any Fourth of July food-related festivities, experts have shared [Read More…]
ABC Health News
White noise machines for infants can be dangerously loud, study says
Catherine Delahaye/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new study published in the journal Sleep Medicine analyzed existing data about sound levels of white noise machines and concluded that many devices can produce sounds louder than [Read More…]
ABC Health News
WHO report: 2.6 million people died from alcohol in 2019
Westend61/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A new report by the World Health Organization, which looked broadly at global substance use for people 15 years and older, shows over three million people died from substance use [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Daily multivitamin supplements don’t help you live longer, study shows
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Multivitamin supplements have become a routine addition to many Americans’ diets, with as many as 1 in 3 U.S. adults consuming them regularly, but are these daily doses [Read More…]
ABC Health News
Texas hospital is reportedly 1st in US to use holograms for doctor-patient visits
Getty Images – STOCK (LANCASTER, Texas) — A Texas hospital is reportedly the first in the United States to be using a technology that allows doctors to visit patients via hologram. Crescent Regional Hospital, located [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Alex Morgan shares disappointment after being left off Olympic women’s soccer team roster
Alex Morgan of the U.S. Women’s National Team looks on before the game against South Korea, on June 1, 2024, in Commerce City, Colorado. (C. Morgan Engel/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — U.S. women’s soccer star [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Gymnasts share fondest Olympic memories, competition day routine, one thing they’d pack for Paris
Sunisa Lee of the United States on the podium with her gold medal after winning the All-Around Final for Women at Ariake Gymnastics Centre during the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games, July 29, 2021, in [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
‘This is not a time for applause’: Advocates on both sides of abortion issue slam SCOTUS ruling
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — Despite the U.S. Supreme Court issuing a decision allowing emergency abortions in Idaho, many pro-abortion groups criticized Thursday’s ruling and said it was far from a win for abortion [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
How might the earliest presidential debate ever affect the election?
Getty Images – STOCK (WASHINGTON) — The first presidential debate of the 2024 election will be the first ever to feature two former presidents, but that isn’t the only thing that makes it unprecedented: It’s [Read More…]