Month: September 2024

Thinkstock/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The attorney for two Black men whose racially motivated torture led to the conviction of six white former Mississippi law enforcement officers called for justice amid a new U.S. Department [Read More…]

Wars weigh on Biden effort to burnish his foreign policy legacy at UNGA

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the 77th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, Wednesday, September 21, 2022, at the United Nations Headquarters in New York. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]

Obesity prevalence among US adults falls slightly to 40%, remains higher than 10 years ago: CDC

bymuratdeniz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The prevalence of obesity among adults has slightly decreased in the United States but remains higher than 10 years ago, new federal data shows. Among adults aged 20 and older, [Read More…]

Unemployment is low but rising quickly. Is it reason to worry?

Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Inflation bedeviled the U.S. economy for years, but a cooldown in price increases has shifted concern toward a different foe: Unemployment. Hiring remains solid but has slowed dramatically from [Read More…]

The one where ‘Friends’ fanatics put their fandom to the test

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HBO Max The TV sitcom Friends is celebrating its 30th anniversary, and Max is marking the occasion with a four-part competition series, titled Fast Friends. “From racing through Rachel and Monica’s apartment to darting across Joey and [Read More…]

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A range of weather ahead: dry & warmer on the Plains; wetter from the Midwest to the Southeast

Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of warmer-than-normal weather nationwide, except for near- or below-normal temperatures in the Pacific Northwest. Meanwhile, near- or below-normal precipitation across most of the country [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: IDF, Hezbollah begin new day of cross-border fire

Smoke billows after an Israeli strike near the southern Lebanese village of Al-Mahmoudiye on September 24, 2024. (RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in [Read More…]

As Banned Books Week begins, report finds over 10,000 books removed in last school year

Diyosa Carter/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than 10,000 books were removed from school library shelves over the 2023-2024 school year, free expression advocacy group PEN America said in a new report released Monday at [Read More…]

Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans make unlikely Christmas-saving duo in new ‘Red One’ trailer

Amazon MGM Studios Dwayne Johnson and Chris Evans are on a mission to save Christmas. In Amazon MGM Studios’ new action-packed trailer for Red One, a bounty hunter, played by Chris Evans, is kidnapped and brought to the North Pole, where [Read More…]

US schools still struggle with segregation 70 years after Brown v. Board of Education

Credit: ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — Schools in the U.S. remain deeply divided along racial, ethnic and economic lines, even as studies show that the K-12 public school population is becoming more diverse. More than a [Read More…]

Israel-Gaza live updates: 492 killed in Israeli airstrikes, Lebanon says

pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Israel and Hezbollah are exchanging hundreds of cross-border strikes in the wake of the shocking explosions of wireless devices across Lebanon last week. Here’s how the news is developing: At [Read More…]

Israel hits 1,300 targets in expanded Lebanon strike campaign against Hezbollah

Smoke billows from the site of an Israeli airstrike on the outskirts of the southern village of Habbouch on September 23, 2024. (Photo by RABIH DAHER/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — The Israeli military expanded [Read More…]

South Korea threatens military response to North Korean ‘trash balloons’

omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (LONDON) — South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said Monday that Seoul may respond militarily to any casualties caused by North Korea’s launching of so-called “trash balloons” across the shared border, the state [Read More…]

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A variable harvest across Corn Belt

Harvest is variable across portions of the Corn Belt, with many farmers noting the dry conditions. “We’ve had to irrigate a lot. We were pretty dry mid-season.” But Nebraska farmer Mark McHargue says he’s expecting [Read More…]

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Disease pressure showing as Nebraska corn harvest begins

An eastern Nebraska farmer says his fields have shown signs of disease pressure as harvest gets underway. Matt Bailey tells Brownfield… “Southern Rust and tar spot are both showing their face. All the fungicides that [Read More…]

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Rice harvest remains ahead of average in AR

Rice harvest made good progress in Arkansas in the last week. USDA says the crop is 75% harvested, ahead of last year and the five-year average. USDA says most of the cotton bolls in Arkansas [Read More…]

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Corn harvest begins in South Dakota