Month: September 2024
Murders down 11.6% in US as crime remains key election issue
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Murders in the United States were down 11.6% in 2023, according to statistics released by the FBI Monday morning. The murder rate went down from 6.2 per 100,000 people in [Read More…]
2024 election updates: Trump heads to Pennsylvania with boost in new Sun Belt poll
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — With about six weeks until Election Day, former President Donald Trump is back on the campaign trail with stops in battleground Pennsylvania on Monday. Vice President Kamala Harris is in Washington [Read More…]
Trump doesn’t mention embattled GOP candidate Mark Robinson at North Carolina rally
In this April 9, 2022, file photo, Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson joins the stage with former President Donald Trump during a rally in Selma, North Carolina. — Allison Joyce/Getty Images, FILE (WILMINGTON, N.C.) — Former [Read More…]
James Cameron says his new “kick a**” ‘Terminator’ films will “jettison” old history
20th Century Studios James Cameron is shedding a little more light on his upgrade to the Terminator franchise, which he launched as an upstart director with his smash 1984 original. To Empire magazine, Cameron says you shouldn’t [Read More…]
In brief: ‘Pretty Little Liars’ canceled and more
Max has canceled its Pretty Little Liars reboot after two seasons, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin starred Good Witch‘s Bailee Madison as Imogen, described as “a true survivor” and the “final [Read More…]
Beneficial, late-season rains from the southeastern Plains to the Midwest Corn Belt
Across the Corn Belt, a Frost Advisory was in effect early Monday in the upper Great Lakes region, mainly across northern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota. Major Midwestern corn and soybean production areas are experiencing cooler [Read More…]
A mild/warm start to October for the Heartland; a few showers for parts of the eastern Corn Belt
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…]
Monday Sports, September 23, 2024
MONDAY SPORTS, SEPTEMBER 23, 2024 MITCHELL KERNELS — Mitchell Kernels football lost its third straight game on Friday with a 47-14 loss at No. 1 Watertown. The Kernels had a 14-7 lead halfway through the [Read More…]
FEMA Offers Free Repair and Rebuilding Advice in Davison and Union Counties
Whether you were affected by this summer’s severe storms and flooding or are simply seeking ways to enhance your home’s safety and resilience, FEMA will be providing free mitigation, repair, and rebuilding advice coming up [Read More…]
The “wiener” and new champion!
A signature event during Mitchell’s Octoberfest is the Wiener Dog Races. The dashing Dachshunds are always a crowd favorite, and this year was no exception. This year’s winning wiener-dog was a seven-year-old black and cream, [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: 100 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. Here’s how the news is developing: Hundreds killed and [Read More…]
Israel hits 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…]
Alleged would-be Trump assassin expected back in court
Law enforcement officials work at the crime scene outside the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 16, 2024, following Sunday’s attempted assassination on former President and Republican presidential candidate Donald [Read More…]
‘Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’ holds off ‘Transformers One,’ tops box office again with $26 million weekend
Parisa Taghizadeh Beetlejuice Beetlejuice topped the domestic box office for the third straight week, earning an estimated $26 million and bringing its total up to $226 million. The sequel added an estimated $17.2 million overseas [Read More…]
Signing on to the Mitchell High School construction project
Retired long-time Mitchell School District Business Manager Steve Culhane was on hand for last Friday’s “beam-signing” at the Mitchell High School construction site. “I think everybody’s going to be very surprised when they get to [Read More…]
Olivia Munn and John Mulaney welcome second child
Dave Benett/Getty Images Olivia Munn and John Mulaney are welcoming their second child. Munn posted a collection of photos on Sunday including a shot alongside Mulaney holding their newborn, Méi June Mulaney. The couple welcomed [Read More…]
Trump says he won’t run again if he loses in November
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump said Sunday that he doesn’t see himself running for president again if he loses in November. “No, I don’t. No, I don’t,” Trump responded to Sinclair [Read More…]
John Kirby says U.S. working to prevent ‘all-out war’ in Middle East amid rising tensions
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Amid rising tensions in the Middle East, White House National Security Communications Adviser John Kirby said Sunday that the Biden administration is doing “everything we can to try to prevent this [Read More…]
White Sox lose 120th game to tie post-1900 record by the 1962 expansion New York Mets
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox tied the post-1900 MLB record of 120 losses by the 1962 expansion New York Mets on Sunday when the San Diego Padres won 4-2 by rallying for [Read More…]
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