Month: September 2024
ABC Business News
Federal Reserve cuts interest rates for 1st time since 2020
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Federal Reserve cut its benchmark interest rate a half of a percentage point on Wednesday in a landmark decision that dials back its years-long fight against inflation and [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Jean Smart kicks off ‘SNL”s 50th season with Jelly Roll; Ariana Granda, Michael Keaton coming back, too
Disney/Frank Micelotta Saturday Night Live has revealed that Jean Smart will be the first guest host of the show’s 50th season on Sept. 28. It will mark her debut on the stage of Studio 8H. [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
See Robert Pattinson, Robert Pattinson and Robert Pattinson in the sci-fi action-comedy ‘Mickey 17’
Disney/Randy Holmes The trailer has dropped for Mickey 17, director Bong Joon-ho‘s follow-up to his Best Picture Oscar winner Parasite, and it stars Robert Pattinson. Or, more accurately, Pattinsons. An adaptation of Edward Ashton‘s novel [Read More…]
Ag News
Crop specialist says Southern Rust in Nebraska “like I’ve never seen before”
A crop seed specialist says disease has been a challenge for farmers in the western Corn Belt. Mike Gruener with Wyffels Hybrids tells Brownfield… “With all the early rainfall, we’re seeing a lot of crown [Read More…]
Ag News
Senate Ag Committee pushed to buy American food for schools
A representative of the food processing industry is encouraging lawmakers to source food for schools domestically. Kay Rentzel, Executive Director of the Southeastern Food Processors Association, National Peach Council, and U.S. Sweet Potato Council, testified [Read More…]
Ag News
IRFA asks Congress to prioritize E15 fix in early 2025
The executive director of the Iowa Renewable Fuels Association says he’s hopeful a federal solution for year-round E15 will be prioritized in early 2025. Monte Shaw tells Brownfield legislation has stalled in Congress. “It’s being [Read More…]
Ag News
Scout corn pre-harvest for standability concerns
A group of Illinois agronomists say farmers should be scouting their corn fields this harvest season for stalk quality issues. Lance Tarochione, field agronomist in northwest Illinois with Bayer, says physics are not on the [Read More…]
ABC World News
14 more dead, 450 injured as new round of explosions rocks Lebanon: Health officials
Ambulances rush wounded people to a hospital in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon on September 17, 2024. (MAHMOUD ZAYYAT/AFP via Getty Images) (LONDON) — At least 14 more people were killed and 450 injured [Read More…]
ABC World News
Israel-Gaza live updates: Israel moves troops to Lebanon border after pager attack
pawel.gaul/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to Egypt on Wednesday for fresh talks on an Israel-Hamas cease-fire, and as tension with Hezbollah persists at the Israel-Lebanon border. Here’s how [Read More…]
ABC World News
Kate Middleton returns to work with meeting at Windsor Castle
Catherine, Princess of Wales attends day fourteen of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships at the All England Lawn Tennis and Croquet Club on July 14, 2024 in London. (Karwai Tang/WireImage via Getty Images, FILE) (LONDON) — [Read More…]
ABC World News
What we know about the pagers that exploded in Lebanon and Syria
Ambulances are being dispatched to the area in Beirut, Lebanon while security forces take precautions after at least eight people, including a child, were killed in a mass explosion of wireless communication devices known as [Read More…]
ABC National News
Dozens injured in accident involving wagons at apple orchard: Authorities
Richard T. Nowitz/Getty Images (CHIPPEWA FALLS, Wis.) — More than two dozen people were injured in a tractor accident at an apple orchard in Wisconsin, authorities said. The incident was reported Wednesday morning at Bushel [Read More…]
ABC National News
Family members found shot to death at their Vermont home in triple homicide: Police
Tetra Images/Getty Images (PAWLET, Ver.) — A man, his wife and her 13-year-old son were found shot to death at their Vermont home, state police said, with authorities looking for a suspect. Officers responded to [Read More…]
ABC National News
Kilauea volcano erupting in remote area of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
M. Zoeller/US Geological Survey / Handout/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (HILO, Hawaii) — Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano, one of the most active in the world, is erupting again, prompting a volcano watch alert in surrounding areas, [Read More…]
ABC National News
2 wanted, one wearing pink shower cap, in stolen New York City subway crash
Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A search is underway in New York City for two suspects, including one dressed all in pink, who allegedly crashed an empty subway train after brazenly walking [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump blames Democrats for heated environment despite his own inflammatory rhetoric
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When former President Donald Trump was shot in the ear at a campaign rally in July, he made an initial pitch for unity. It didn’t last long. And he’s taken [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Brendan Fraser, Peter Dinklage, Glenn Close, Marisa Tomei break bad in trailer to caper comedy ‘Brothers’
© AMAZON CONTENT SERVICES LLC For a streaming movie about two bickering burglars, the upcoming Prime Video movie Brothers boasts some A-list names. Game of Thrones Emmy winner Peter Dinklage joins Oscar nominees Josh Brolin and Glenn Close, [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Halle Berry holds “special wig screenings” of new thriller ‘Never Let Go’
StarPix/Marion Curtis for Lionsgate Halle Berry knows how to laugh at herself — after all, she’s the only Oscar winner to personally pick up a Razzie Award — and she just proved that again with [Read More…]
Ag News
Ethanol production falls to three month low
U.S. ethanol production hit a 12-week low last week. The U.S. Energy Information Administration says production averaged 1.049 million barrels a day, down 31,000 on the week, partially due to seasonal maintenance, but up 69,000 [Read More…]
Ag News
RFA calls for more inclusive SAF tax credit
The Renewable Fuels Association continues to advocate for a broader suite of ag practices as the Treasury Department develops guidance for sustainable aviation fuel tax credits. CEO Geoff Cooper tells Brownfield current requirements bundle no-till, [Read More…]