Month: August 2024
Ag News
Cattle research to begin at Nebraska Feedlot Innovation Center
Doug Zalesky, director of the Klosterman Feedlot Innovation Center at the Eastern Nebraska Research, Extension and Education Center, discusses the various housing and feeding systems, cattle handling facilities and research planned at the new facility. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Colin Farrell opens up about son James’ life with Angelman syndrome
Axelle/bauer-griffin/FilmMagic/Getty Images Colin Farrell is opening up about his son James‘ Angelman syndrome diagnosis and what he’s doing to help others with intellectual disabilities. “I want the world to be kind to James,” Farrell told [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag cycles point to long stretch of depressed prices
The cyclical nature of agriculture can help project how long grain markets might remain in a slump. Northstar Commodity senior market analyst Mark Schultz says commodity prices are coming off a big runup similar to [Read More…]
ABC World News
Taylor Swift shows in Vienna canceled after 2 arrested for planning terror plot
Thomas Niedermueller/TAS24/Getty Images for TAS Rights Management (VIENNA, Austria) — Taylor Swift’s three concerts in Vienna this week have been canceled after two suspects were arrested for allegedly plotting a terror attack, authorities said. “We [Read More…]
ABC World News
What sparked the recent violent protests in the United Kingdom?
Christopher Furlong/Getty Images (LONDON) — A man wrapped in a red-and-white English flag raised his hand in a Nazi salute in the town center of Leicester, England, as a line of police officers looked on [Read More…]
ABC National News
Georgia school chief says state will restore public funding for AP African American studies course
PixelsEffect/Getty Images Georgia Schools Superintendent Richard Woods announced on Wednesday that the state will restore public funding for Advanced Placement (AP) African American studies to be taught in public schools after seeking “guidance and clarity” [Read More…]
ABC National News
Man accused of poisoning child with eyedrops after allegedly killing wife same way
Gaston County Sheriff’s Office (GASTONIA, N.C.) — A North Carolina man accused of fatally poisoning his wife with eyedrops is now being accused of attempting to poison their 11-year-old daughter with the same substance, resulting [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dog starts house fire by chewing portable phone battery, officials say
Tulsa Fire Department/Facebook (TULSA, Okla.) — A dog in Tulsa, Oklahoma, started a house fire after biting into a lithium ion battery, fire officials said. The Tulsa Fire Department recently released dramatic footage of the [Read More…]
ABC National News
NASA says Boeing’s Starliner astronauts may have to come home on different spacecraft
Joe Raedle/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The two astronauts who went up to the International Space Station (ISS) on Boeing’s Starliner may have to come home on a different spacecraft, NASA officials said during a [Read More…]
ABC Business News
What could the economic slowdown mean for the election?
Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Stock market gyrations this week came after a disappointing jobs report stoked concerns about an economic slowdown. The uncertainty drew heightened attention as the U.S. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Whoopi Goldberg joins cast of ‘Annie’ musical
MSG Entertainment Whoopi Goldberg is heading to the stage as part of the world-renowned musical Annie. Goldberg, a co-host on The View, will play the role of Miss Hannigan in the New York City performances of Annie, which [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Steven Soderbergh’s ‘Presence’ drops haunting teaser
Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images After haunting audiences at the Sundance Film Festival earlier this year, director Steven Soderbergh‘s movie Presence let its presence be known with a creepy teaser on Wednesday. The teaser doesn’t give away [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Flea recalls snowboarding “stark naked” with Woody Harrelson: “I have footage”
Axelle/Bauer-Griffin/FilmMagic (NOTE LANGUAGE) Playing concerts isn’t the only thing Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea does naked. During an episode of the Where Everybody Knows Your Name podcast, hosted by Cheers costars Woody Harrelson and Ted Danson, the [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
”Vanity Fair’ gets first look at ‘SNL’ “thriller comedy” ‘Saturday Night’
Reitman on set with Finn Wolfhard – Jose Perez/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images Vanity Fair has just published a feature piece on Saturday Night, the comedy that depicts the goings on at Studio 8H before the very first [Read More…]
Ag News
Iraq resumes purchases of U.S. rice
An international trade policy director with USA Rice says the fourth largest market for U.S. rice can now resume its purchases of the commodity. Karah Janevicius says “it’s a win-win for farmers, millers, merchants and [Read More…]
Ag News
Rice harvest starts strong in Arkansas
Rice harvest is underway in Arkansas and extension specialist Jarrod Hardke says it’s earlier than normal. “There’s a lot more rice scattered around up and down the state, all the way up to the Missouri [Read More…]
Ag News
Fertilizer prices not lowest, but better than previous years
The senior director of plant foods for MFA Incorporated, an ag cooperative based in Missouri and adjacent states, says most fertilizer values heading into fall aren’t at their lowest, but the outlook is better than [Read More…]
Ag News
Bringing healthier, local foods to schools
The USDA has issued more than $14 million in farm-to-school grants that will support 154 projects in 43 states. Fiona Munro, who is based in central Illinois, says the grants build on a program that’s [Read More…]
Ag News
Forage production ideal in Michigan
A Michigan dairy farmer says weaker feed prices and good supplies have boosted optimism for the year ahead. Doug Chapin is the chairman of the Michigan Milk Producers Association. “We’re feeling very comfortable on our [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Pamela Anderson on returning to her roots, literally and figuratively, in ‘Better Homes & Gardens’
Better Homes & Gardens/Ditte Isager In a cover story in Better Homes & Gardens, Pamela Anderson shows off a different side of herself: She could give Martha Stewart a run for her money. The former [Read More…]