Year: 2024
The one who got away doesn’t in Lindsay Lohan’s romcom ‘Irish Wish’
Netflix/Patrick Redmond Netflix has released the trailer to Irish Wish, the forthcoming romantic comedy starring Lindsay Lohan, her second movie for the streamer following the holiday hit Falling for Christmas. In the movie, LiLo plays [Read More…]
2023 U.S. egg production below 2022
U.S. egg production declined from 2022 to 2023. The USDA says that for the year ending November 30th, 2023, production totaled 109.526 billion eggs, slightly lower than the previous year, with a larger number of [Read More…]
Low commodity prices contribute to negative Mainstreet economy
The latest Rural Mainstreet Index has sunk below growth neutral for a sixth straight month. Creighton University economist Ernie Goss says lower agricultural commodity prices has been the biggest factor. “It’s the top risk at [Read More…]
IL farmers take legislative concerns to Springfield
A range of concerns are on the table as farmers from across Illinois gathered with legislators in Springfield Tuesday. Illinois Farm Bureau president, Brian Duncan, says the organization is closely watching numerous legislative proposals this [Read More…]
Vilsack: year-round E15 expected in 2025
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says he’s confident year-round E15 is coming in 2025 and waivers should be granted to allow E15 for the upcoming summer driving season. Vilsack told reporters it will take time for [Read More…]
Unseasonably mild, spring-like temperatures ahead; a wetter pattern for most
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of below-normal temperatures west of the Rockies, while warmer-than-normal conditions will cover the eastern two-thirds of the U.S. Meanwhile, below-normal precipitation across the Deep [Read More…]
Raskin blasts GOP’s top Biden impeachment witness Tony Bobulinski over interview with Oversight panel
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The top Democrat on the House Oversight Committee, Rep. Jamie Raskin, slammed Tony Bobulinski, one of House Republicans’ top witnesses in their impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, in [Read More…]
White House to target Russia with ‘major sanctions’ in response to Navalny’s death
belterz/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The White House will announce a new “major sanctions” package on Friday “to hold Russia accountable” in response to Alexei Navalny’s death, said National Security Communications Advisor John Kirby. This [Read More…]
Supreme Court allows elite high school to adopt admissions plan aimed at boosting racial diversity
www.fuchieh.com/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Supreme Court will allow one of the nation’s top public schools to move forward with a new admissions policy that critics say has “racial balancing” at its core. [Read More…]
‘Aquaman’ sequel set to dive onto Max February 27
Warber Bros. Pictures Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will dive onto streaming for Max subscribers on Tuesday, February 27. The sequel to the highest-grossing DC Comics-based film of all time had a higher audience score [Read More…]
Forgotten Harrison Ford ‘Star Wars’ script fetches more than $13K at auction
Sunset Boulevard/Corbis via Getty Images A draft script from the original Star Wars that Harrison Ford left behind in a rented English apartment in 1976 fetched more than $13,000 when the hammer fell, U.K.-based Excalibur [Read More…]
Sam Mendes to direct four films about The Beatles, one for each band member
ABC The story of The Beatles is about to be told on the big screen in a big way. Sony Pictures just announced that Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes is on board to direct not one, [Read More…]
Governor Kristi Noem orders South Dakota National Guard soldiers to the southern border
Governor Kristi Noem announced Tuesday she’ll deploy South Dakota National Guard troops to the southern border later this spring. This will be the fifth time that the South Dakota National Guard has deployed to the [Read More…]
‘Gwyneth Goes Skiing’ musical to bow in the US with help from Emmy winner Darren Criss
Awkward Productions Gwyneth Goes Skiing, the absurdist U.K. musical about the lawsuit that followed a skiing accident involving Gwyneth Paltrow, is schussing to The States, with Glee veteran Darren Criss lending his voice. On its [Read More…]
‘Oppenheimer’ was the big winner at the BAFTAs, and more
Oppenheimer was the big winner at Sunday’s BAFTAs, taking home seven trophies, including best director and actor for Christopher Nolan and Cillian Murphy, respectively, as well as the prize for best film. Robert Downey Jr. [Read More…]
Implementing Yield-Maximizing Techniques and Preserving Soil Health
Planting season is just around the corner and many farmers are taking the opportunity this winter to brush up on techniques to help them maximize their yield potential. In this Managing for Profit, Brady Holst, [Read More…]
Republican State House Majority Leader pleased with session thus far
Workflow is moving efficiently through the legislative process, and Republican legislators are having a good relationship with Gov. Kristi Noem this session. That’s according to Republican House Majority Leader Will Mortenson from Fort Pierre. “She [Read More…]
Kremlin rejects call for independent postmortem on opposition leader Alexei Navalny
Flowers are seen placed around portraits of late Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who died in a Russian Arctic prison, at a makeshift memorial in front of the former Russian consulate in Frankfurt am Main, [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza live updates: Aid groups warn of potential ‘explosion in preventable child deaths’ in Gaza
Luis Diaz Devesa/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — More than four months since Hamas terrorists invaded Israel on Oct. 7, the Israeli military continues its bombardment of the neighboring Gaza Strip. The conflict, now the deadliest [Read More…]
Unmanned Houthi submarines pose new threat to US warships in Red Sea
KeithBinns/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The U.S. conducted what it called self-defense strikes on five targets in the Houthi-controlled area of Yemen after the Houthis employed an unmanned submarine for the first time since attacks in [Read More…]
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