Month: November 2024

Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy will head to Capitol Hill next week to meet with House Republicans on their plan to slash regulations and other parts of the [Read More…]

President Biden and first lady to debut AIDS Memorial Quilt on the White House South Lawn

Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will mark World AIDS Day on Sunday by debuting the AIDS Memorial Quilt at the White House. It [Read More…]

FAA reports record numbers for Thanksgiving travel so far

Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Airlines are seeing record travel numbers for Thanksgiving this year, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. There were over 232,000 flights across the U.S. between Nov. 24 and [Read More…]

Canyon Crest Fire, east of Los Angeles, prompts evacuations in Riverside, San Bernardino

San Bernardino County Fire/X (LOS ANGELES) — The Canyon Crest Fire, which began Thanksgiving evening to the east of Los Angeles, has now reached 250 acres and has sparked evacuation warnings for residents living in [Read More…]

Missing for over five weeks, man miraculously found alive deep in Canadian wilderness

Jeremy Hogan/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A man who went missing for more than five weeks deep in the Canadian wilderness has been found alive, authorities have confirmed. Sam Benastick was reported missing on Oct. [Read More…]

Optimism for a turnaround in ag equipment sales

The ag division president for Great Plains Manufacturing says there is some hope for a turnaround for ag equipment sales in 2025. James Shurts tells Brownfield more orders are starting to come in and are [Read More…]

Iowa farmer continues to share cover crop success stories

Pictured: Brownfield’s Brent Barnett (left) with southwest Iowa farmer Mark Peterson at the 2024 NAFB Convention in Kansas City A southwest Iowa farmer says he continues to adopt conservation practices that help improve soil health [Read More…]

Southern Illinois land market holding steady

Owners of a southern Illinois reality firm say the region’s land market is holding steady. Brad Chandler, with Property Peddler, Inc., which has four locations across the area, tells Brownfield, “I kind of thought 2023 [Read More…]

Farmland market softening continues

Pictured: David Widmar with Agricultural Economic Insights at the 2024 NAFB Convention in Kansas City (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An ag economist says a few factors have caused the farmland market to show signs of [Read More…]

Minnesota Farm Bureau cautiously optimistic about sustainable aviation fuel

Sustainable aviation fuel is generating a lot of interest as an emerging market for crops. But Minnesota Farm Bureau vice president Carolyn Olson says a lot of uncertainty remains. “Surrounding some of the tax credits [Read More…]

Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs denied bail

Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Judge Arun Subramanian ruled to deny bail for Sean “Diddy” Combs on Friday. Both federal prosecutors and Combs’ attorneys submitted their final letters about whether the music mogul should be allowed out [Read More…]

‘Moana’ star says people should stop making fun of Ariana Grande & Cynthia Erivo’s teary ‘Wicked’ press tour

Theo Wargo/Getty Images The Wicked promotional run has become the press tour that has spawned a thousand memes, as stars Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo were seen constantly tearing up, full-out crying and being dramatic [Read More…]

Margot Robbie hopes ‘Babylon’ will be this generation’s ‘The Shawshank Redemption’

Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic Margot Robbie is waiting for the world to catch up on Babylon. On a recent episode of the Talking Pictures podcast, host Ben Mankiewicz told Robbie he kept wondering, “Why don’t people like [Read More…]

What to know about the Amazon strike planned for Black Friday

Krisztian Bocsi/Bloomberg via Getty Images (BERLIN) — Workers for the largest online retailer in the world are planning to go on strike during one of the busiest shopping weekends of the holiday season. Amazon employees [Read More…]

Sites of 2026 FIFA World Cup pose heat stress threats for players at various North American locations

SasinT Gallery/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Extreme heat could pose a significant threat to players and spectators at the next World Cup, according to climate and medical experts. The 2026 FIFA Men’s World Cup will [Read More…]

Biden says he hopes Trump rethinks tariffs, is thankful for ‘peaceful transition’

US President Joe Biden speaks to reporters as he visits the Nantucket Fire Department in Nantucket, Massachusetts on November 28, 2024. Biden and family are in Nantucket, Massachusetts for the Thanksgiving holiday. (Photo by Mandel [Read More…]

Mexico’s president says its ‘position is not to close borders’ in response to Trump’s claim

Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, President of Mexico, speaks during the National Agreement for the Human Right to Water and Sustainability, held at the Ecological Park of Xochimilco. on November 25, 2024 in Mexico City, Mexico. (Photo [Read More…]

Northern lights could be visible from New York City, other US locations over Thanksgiving weekend

Andrew Chin/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Once millions of Americans living in the Northern U.S. have had their fill of turkey, sides and pie, they could be treated with a dazzling event that could light [Read More…]

Democratic members of Congress get bomb threats on Thanksgiving

Daniel SLIM / AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The homes of multiple Democratic members of Congress in Connecticut were targeted by bomb threats on Thanksgiving Day. Reps. Joe Courtney, Jahana Hayes, Jim Himes, and [Read More…]

California Cybertruck crash results in fatalities and an injury