Year: 2024
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South Dakota joins multi-state lawsuit seeking to halt federal nursing home staffing rule
Whitney Downard, Indiana Capital Chronicle A lawsuit filed Tuesday by 20 states, including South Dakota, challenges a federal rule mandating higher staffing levels in nursing homes and alleges that facilities will be forced to close. [Read More…]
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St. Petersburg woman who lives across from Tropicana Field recounts Hurricane Milton: ‘It was horrifying’
ABC News (ST.PETERSBURG, Fla.) — As Hurricane Milton pummeled the St. Petersburg area, with winds strong enough to shred the roof of Tropicana Field, Kristy Austin said it sounded like a “freight train” was coming [Read More…]
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Hurricane Milton damage emerges after storm passes into Atlantic Ocean
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — The fiberglass roof of Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg, Florida, was left in tatters, a 10,000-square-foot sheriff’s facility was demolished and several people were killed at a senior living [Read More…]
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Biden joins growing calls for Congress to return to pass certain hurricane relief
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday joined growing calls from Democrats and even one Republican to bring Congress back to pass certain additional disaster aid funding in the wake of the [Read More…]
ABC Health News
St. Petersburg officials turn off water after main breaks during Milton landfall. Here are the health risks
Paul Hennessy/Anadolu via Getty Images (ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) — Residents of St. Petersburg — on Florida’s central-west coast — were temporarily left without clean drinking water after a water main break occurred during Hurricane Milton. [Read More…]
ABC Business News
Gas shortages caused by Hurricane Milton will take days to address, experts say
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — Hurricane Milton left widespread gasoline shortages across Florida after it made landfall on Wednesday night and cut across the state. The damage exacerbated fuel outages that began before the [Read More…]
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‘Bridgerton’ star Nicola Coughlan dishes on season 4 and its “different types of love stories”
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIME Bridgerton star Nicola Coughlan is teasing what to expect during the popular series’ upcoming fourth season. In an interview Wednesday with Good Morning America at the 2024 Time 100 Next [Read More…]
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‘Nobody Wants This’ renewed for season 2
Stefania Rosini/Netflix The hit series Nobody Wants This is getting a second season. Netflix announced Thursday that the romantic comedy about a podcast host named Joanne (Kristen Bell) and Noah (Adam Brody), an unconventional rabbi, [Read More…]
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William Shatner introduces Julien’s Auctions’ “Bid Long and Prosper” event
Julien’s Auctions William Shatner, the man who is synonymous with Star Trek, appears in a new video from Julien’s Auctions to promote its forthcoming “Bid Long and Prosper” event. The spot has Shatner reunited with the very [Read More…]
Ag News
Farmers look to weeding robots as herbicide resistance solution
A new survey by the Illinois Center for Digital Agriculture finds more than half of corn farmers would adopt weeding robots. Ag economist Shadi Attallah says the prevalence of herbicide resistance weeds is a major [Read More…]
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Hurricanes deliver one-two punch to Florida phosphate production
Hurricanes Helene and Milton have delivered a one-two punch to fertilizer production in the southern U.S. Stone X vice president of fertilizer Josh Linville says the phosphate market has been hit back-to-back. “If Helene was [Read More…]
ABC National News
When will airports in Tampa and Orlando areas reopen post-Hurricane Milton?
Saul Martinez/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — Cleanup and damage assessments are underway at airports in Florida after Hurricane Milton barreled into the state’s western coast as a Category 3 storm. Multiple airports in the Tampa, [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Biden tells Trump ‘get a life’ over hurricane misinformation
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the federal government’s hurricane response. Speaking on Hurricane Milton at the White House on [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Abbott Elementary’ sweepstakes giving away $100,000 worth of prizes to educators
ABC The folks at ABC’s Abbott Elementary have teamed up with education company Lakeshore Learning for a sweepstakes benefiting teachers nationwide. Four educators will score a grand prize of a full classroom makeover courtesy of the [Read More…]
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‘Variety’ writers rank the scariest movies of all time
LMPC via Getty Images Just in time for Halloween, Variety‘s resident critics have come up with their definitive ranking of the 100 scariest movies of all time. 1974’s The Texas Chainsaw Massacre slayed the competition at [Read More…]
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Andrew Garfield talks onscreen chemistry with Florence Pugh in ‘We Live in Time’
A24 Andrew Garfield is opening up about his onscreen chemistry with Florence Pugh on their new film We Live in Time. The Amazing Spider-Man actor praised the Black Widow actress for being “so un-judgmental” while [Read More…]
Ag News
Combine cleanout important for preventing weed spread
An Enlist field specialist encourages farmers to properly clean harvest equipment between fields to help prevent the spread of weeds. Tony Goede covers Illinois, Indiana and Wisconsin and says a typical combine will store up [Read More…]
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New day, new name for a longtime manufacturer in Mitchell
Two major forces in the world of office business technology officially combined Thursday in Mitcheill. Toshiba America Business Solutions has transitioned into a manufacturing joint venture named ETRIA. It’s the largest joint venture company between [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
‘Golden Bachelorette’ recap: Chippendales dancers teach the men some moves
Gilles Mingasson/Disney After a challenging week, things heated up on The Golden Bachelorette. Joan Vassos had a hilarious group date that allowed some of the men to show off their moves while she also began [Read More…]
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Lisa Ann Walter pitches her dream ‘Abbott Elementary’ season 4 plotline
Disney/Pamela Littky School is officially back in session. Abbott Elementary has returned for its fourth season, with the premiere episode available to stream on Hulu. Lisa Ann Walter, who plays second-grade teacher Melissa Schemmenti, told [Read More…]