Year: 2024
Man in custody for punching actor Steve Buscemi in Manhattan: Authorities
amphotora/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A 50-year-old man has been taken into custody for allegedly assaulting actor Steve Buscemi on a New York City street earlier this month, authorities said. Buscemi was walking down the [Read More…]
Houston storm: At least five killed, more than 600,000 without power
Getty Images – STOCK (HOUSTON) — At least five people were killed when a powerful storm tore through Houston on Thursday night, officials said. Fallen trees appeared to cause at least two of the deaths, [Read More…]
Alabama State University receives Wall Street firm’s historic endowment assistance
Courtesy of Kayleigh Dunn (MONTGOMERY, Ala.) — Alabama State University is partnering with private equity firm Neuberger Berman to manage the school’s $125 million endowment – making it the largest such partnership between a Wall [Read More…]
Democrats look to band together after Maryland’s bruising Senate primary
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Angela Alsobrooks emerged as the victor in a bruising Democratic Senate primary in Maryland — and now the state’s Democratic Party faces the challenge of reuniting to take on a [Read More…]
Trump attends son Barron’s high school graduation on day off from court
FILE, Steven Hirsch-Pool/Getty Images (WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) — Former President Donald Trump attended his son Barron’s high school graduation at Oxbridge Academy in West Palm Beach on Friday, after the judge overseeing his hush [Read More…]
Biden announces new grants to further desegregate schools on Brown v. Board anniversary
Caroline Purser/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday announced new grants aimed at further desegregating magnet schools, as he marked the 70th anniversary of the Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling [Read More…]
Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama vote against joining UAW, a blow to union’s expansion in the South
Beata Zawrzel/NurPhoto via Getty Images (TUSCALOOSA, Ala.) — Thousands of Mercedes-Benz workers in Alabama voted against joining the United Auto Workers (UAW) on Friday, delivering a significant defeat for the union one month after it [Read More…]
Laura Dern, Margaret Qualley to star in series adaptation of ‘Forever, Interrupted’
Stuart C. Wilson/Getty Images, Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images Laura Dern and Margaret Qualley are joining forces to star in a limited series adaptation of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s bestselling novel Forever, Interrupted. Both actresses will executive [Read More…]
‘Young Sheldon’ goes out with a big bang: series finale hits four-year audience high
Robert Voets/2024 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. It’s no theory – Young Sheldon went out with a big bang. The Big Bang Theory spin-off show finished its seven-season run on Thursday with a two-episode finale that [Read More…]
Chris Pratt mourns the death of his stunt double Tony McFarr
Jason Merritt/Getty Images Chris Pratt took to Instagram to mourn the death of his longtime stunt double Tony McFarr in a Story shared on Friday. McFarr, a professional stuntman best known for doubling Pratt in [Read More…]
Fischbach looks for trade boost in next farm bill
A member of the House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Trade wants to ensure more resources for trade promotion programs are included in the next farm bill. Minnesota Republican Michelle Fischbach tells Brownfield access to [Read More…]
A closer look at the farm bill updates on interstate commerce
The chairman of the House Ag Committee says the new farm bill includes language meant to remove barriers in the livestock industry caused by California’s Proposition 12 law. Glenn “GT” Thompson says it’s a new [Read More…]
Historic floods in southern Brazil washing out soybeans
Historic flooding in parts of Brazil is expected to have short and long-term impacts on South American crop production. Michael Cordonnier with Soybean and Corn Advisor says torrential rains are decimating the southern state of [Read More…]
Trade brings value to beef production
A Kentucky cattleman says he’s often asked by beef producers why the U.S. exports beef if it has to import it. Andy Bishop, chairman of the Cattlemen’s Beef Board tells Brownfield, “We can certainly add [Read More…]
Cattle futures higher to finish the week
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were up, supported by cash and wholesale business. June live cattle closed $2.02 higher at $181.05 and August lives closed $1.67 higher at $179.05. August feeders [Read More…]
Paul Pelosi attacker David DePape sentenced to 30 years on federal charges
In this screen grab from police body cam footage released by the San Francisco Police Department, Paul Pelosi, the husband of Democratic Rep. Nancy Pelosi, is shown with his assailant, David DePape, at the Pelosi [Read More…]
Menopause, women’s health focus of new book by Dr. Sharon Malone
Getty Images – STOCK (NEW YORK) — Dr. Sharon Malone, a board-certified OB/GYN, is on a mission to help women understand the importance of critical thinking when it comes to health products. She advises readers [Read More…]
Johnson disappointed that House committee meeting devolved into chaos over Greene’s ‘fake eyelash’ comments
ABC (WASHINGTON) — Speaker Mike Johnson on Friday said he is disappointed in the chaos and name-calling that happened during a raucous House Oversight Committee markup on Thursday night when Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and [Read More…]
Francis Ford Coppola slams studio system at ‘Megalopolis’ press conference
Lionel Hahn/Getty Images One day after premiering his passion project Megalopolis at the Cannes Film Festival, director Francis Ford Coppola gave his thoughts on the state of the current studio system. During a press conference [Read More…]
Farmers take advantage of drier conditions for forage cutting
A central Missouri farmer says the consistent rains have delayed cutting triticale and the crop has declined in quality. But Nathan Alpers says there will be more tonnage compared to last year. “It’s a lot [Read More…]