Year: 2024
Iditarod race musher forced to fatally shoot ‘angry’ moose in wild encounter on the course
Lance King/Getty Images, FILE (SKWENTNA, Alaska) — Five-time Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race champ Dallas Seavey was forced to fatally shoot and gut what he described as an “angry moose” after the animal became entangled [Read More…]
Six charged for smuggling raw duck and goose intestines under packaged rattlesnakes: Prosecutors
USDA (NEW YORK) — Six people were arrested Tuesday in connection with a scheme to smuggle thousands of pounds of raw goose and duck intestines from China, through Los Angeles, and ultimately to New York [Read More…]
Sen. Bob Menendez and wife face new obstruction charges in bribery case
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., and his wife faced new obstruction allegations and charges Tuesday in a superseding indictment filed by federal prosecutors in Manhattan. The superseding indictment charges the [Read More…]
More human remains found in connection with severed body parts found in Long Island park
WABC-TV (NEW YORK) — More human remains were found in two locations in West Babylon, New York, on Tuesday a week after severed body parts belonging to two people were found in a Long Island [Read More…]
What to know about Louisiana’s new tough-on-crime laws
Fotosearch/Getty Images (BATON ROUGE, La.) — Louisiana on Tuesday became one of the toughest states in the nation on crime when Gov. Jeff Landry signed a series of bills that will keep criminals in prison [Read More…]
Sen. Kyrsten Sinema announces she won’t run for reelection
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Arizona’s Kyrsten Sinema announced Tuesday that she is not running for reelection and will leave the Senate at the end of the year. Sinema was elected in 2018 as a [Read More…]
Colorado secretary of state weighs in on Supreme Court’s Trump ballot decision
Nathan Howard/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — On Monday, the Supreme Court unanimously decided to reverse the decision by the Colorado courts that would have kicked former President Donald Trump off the GOP Primary ballot [Read More…]
Emily Blunt, America Ferrera, Ben Kingsley and more announced as final round of Oscar presenters
AMPAS On Tuesday, the producers of Sunday’s Oscars telecast announced the final round of presenters for this year’s 96th annual awards. Oppenheimer nominee Emily Blunt will join Barbie nominees America Ferrera and Ryan Gosling, as [Read More…]
Nicholas Hoult tells ‘Smallville”s Michael Rosenbaum his was the first Lex Luthor he’d ever watched
Jon Kopaloff/WireImage – Arnold Jerocki/Getty Images It was Lex Luthor x2 on a new edition of Michael Rosenbaum‘s Inside of You podcast when the Smallville veteran welcomed fellow actor Nicholas Hoult. Rosenbaum played Lex Luthor [Read More…]
Dakota Johnson says she’s “not surprised” ‘Madame Web’ was “ripped to shreds”
Sony Pictures Not that it will happen, considering its critical lambasting and commercial failure, but if there’s ever a sequel to Madame Web, don’t expect Dakota Johnson to be in it — or any other [Read More…]
Sofia Boutella says she was “really affected” when ‘Rebel Moon’ got “demolished” by critics
Netflix A lot of actors say they don’t read reviews, and Sofia Boutella may now know why. She explains to Vulture that watching her Zack Snyder-directed sci-fi epic, Rebel Moon – Part One: A Child of [Read More…]
Ernst questions USDA’s telework policies, Vilsack defends workers
A U.S. Senator is asking Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to review USDA’s telework policies. Iowa’s Joni Ernst tells Brownfield an increase in accountability is needed to help ensure USDA employees are serving farmers and ranchers. [Read More…]
Soybeans, corn, wheat give back some gains
Soybeans were modestly lower on profit taking and technical selling. Contracts held above the recent lows, but the trade seems reluctant to break overhead resistance due to fundamental factors. South American weather generally looks favorable, [Read More…]
CME milk futures, cash dairy down again Tuesday
Milk futures and the cash dairy markets were lower except for butter Tuesday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. March Class III milk was down $0.18 at $16.52. April was down $0.33 at $16.25. May was down [Read More…]
South American crop size updates out soon
A global strategist for grain and oilseeds with Rabobank says he’s keeping a close watch on South America’s crop production as harvest advances. Stephen Nicholson says Brazil’s first corn and soybean harvest are about halfway [Read More…]
Michigan shepherd bullish on future growth
The Michigan Sheep Producers Association president says he plans to expand this year as demand remains strong. Third-generation farmer Jason Scramlin raises purebred Polypay sheep in Hickory Corners. “We have kind of held back maybe [Read More…]
Israel-Hamas truce talks stall as war in Gaza grinds on
Mahmoud Issa/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — A second straight day of talks aimed at negotiating a cease-fire between Hamas and Israel concluded in Egypt on Tuesday with no breakthrough, a Hamas official told ABC [Read More…]
Cross-border humanitarian aid to Sudan halted
Omer Erdem/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Cross-border humanitarian aid deliveries from Chad into Western Sudan have been halted, according to multiple aid organizations. The halting of cross-border deliveries comes after Sudan’s ministry of foreign [Read More…]
Missouri teachers who support a minor’s social transition could face felony, be put on sex offender list under proposed bill
Leonardo Munoz/Getty Images (JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. ) — A new Missouri bill would make it a felony offense for school teachers or counselors to support or contribute to the social transitioning of a transgender minor. [Read More…]
What is DOJ’s ’60-day rule’ and what role might it play in a Trump trial before the 2024 election?
Alon Skuy/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith’s lead prosecutor in the classified documents case against former President Donald Trump made news last week when he told a federal judge that putting Trump on [Read More…]