Year: 2024
Agriculture needs affordable broadband access, CFRA says
The Center for Rural Affairs says access to high-speed internet continues to be a challenge in some agricultural areas. Jillian Linster, interim policy director, says the Biden administration’s ReConnect Program funding should help jumpstart projects [Read More…]
NEFB assessing ongoing ag labor situation
The president of Nebraska Farm Bureau says ag labor reform needs to be a priority this year. Mark McHargue tells Brownfield workers from other countries have provided crucial support to American agriculture. “You just can’t [Read More…]
NEFB assessing ongoing ag labor situation
The president of Nebraska Farm Bureau says ag labor reform needs to be a priority this year. Mark McHargue tells Brownfield workers from other countries have provided crucial support to American agriculture. “You just can’t [Read More…]
Governor Kristi Noem set to release her second book
Governor Kristi Noem will release her second book later this year. “No Going Back,” slated to come out in May – will offer Gov. Kristi Noem’s perspective on “what’s wrong with politics and how we [Read More…]
DOJ reaches $59M settlement with eBay over sales of thousands of pill presses
Marilyn Nieves/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The Justice Department announced a $59 million settlement with eBay on Wednesday to resolve allegations that the e-commerce company made it easy for thousands of pill presses to be [Read More…]
Family of deceased inmate whose body was returned without organs wants answers
fstop123/Getty Images [The full version of this article can be found on Andscape, a sports and culture website owned and operated by ESPN. The Walt Disney Co. is the parent company of ABC News and [Read More…]
Atmospheric river to bring two dangerous storms to California
Photography by Keith Getter (all rights reserved)/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A powerful Pacific jet stream is bringing two dangerous storms fueled by an atmospheric river to the West Coast, the first of which arrives [Read More…]
Trial begins for former Ohio sheriff’s deputy in 2020 shooting death of Casey Goodson Jr.
Family of Casey Goodson (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Opening statements began Wednesday in the trial of a former sheriff’s deputy charged in the 2020 fatal shooting of a 23-year-old Black man who was entering his grandmother’s [Read More…]
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg apologizes to families of children harmed online
boonchai wedmakawand/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The chief executives of the nation’s top social media companies are being grilled on Capitol Hill over child safety, with lawmakers accusing the tech leaders of failing to protect [Read More…]
‘We caused the problem’: Boeing CEO takes accountability for Alaska Airlines door plug incident
Image Source/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun took responsibility for a door plug getting blown out of an Alaska Airlines flight over Oregon earlier this month in the company’s fourth quarter earnings [Read More…]
Demi Moore shares update on Bruce Willis, talks new show ‘Feud’
Good Morning America Demi Moore stopped by Good Morning America on Wednesday to discuss her new show Feud: Capote vs. The Swans, and gave fans an update on how her ex-husband Bruce Willis is doing [Read More…]
The handmaid’s tale: Elisabeth Moss reveals she’s pregnant
Moss in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ – Hulu/Elly Dassas On Tuesday night’s installment of Jimmy Kimmel Live, The Handmaid’s Tale Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss revealed she’s pregnant with her first child. To be fair, her very [Read More…]
Learn from those who lived through it
Commentary. One of the best jobs I ever had was at Scott County Nursing Center when I was a senior at Winchester High School. Through the co-op class, I went to school the first half [Read More…]
Police searching for Oregon woman wanted for husband’s murder
Portland Police Bureau (PORTLAND, Ore.) — Portland, Oregon police are asking for the public’s help to find a woman wanted for her husband’s murder. On Friday morning, officers responded to a missing persons report and [Read More…]
Five asylum-seekers arrested for assault on police officers in Times Square
Tim Drivas Photography/GETTY Images (NEW YORK) — Five asylum-seekers have been arrested on charges they assaulted police officers in Midtown Manhattan, the New York City Police Department said. The assault occurred Saturday afternoon near Times [Read More…]
House to vote on bipartisan tax bill that would expand child tax credit
Michael Godek/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — After long negotiations, the House is set to vote Wednesday on a bipartisan tax bill that would enhance the popular Child Tax Credit to benefit millions of American families. The [Read More…]
Texas hasn’t repaid South Dakota for help at the border
Joshua Haiar and Seth Tupper, South Dakota Searchlight – Texas has not repaid South Dakota for assistance at the Texas-Mexico border even though similar mutual-aid agreements between South Dakota and other states have typically involved [Read More…]
State Senate Committee approves airport grant funding
South Dakota’s airports could get funding help for improving terminals and other infrastructure projects under a bill recommended for passage by a Senate committee Wednesday. SB114 would provide $90 million in state grants for new [Read More…]
Austin Butler offers to be Drew Barrymore’s blind date “get out of here free” call
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for TIME We can all use a friend like Austin Butler. During an appearance with his Masters of the Air co-star Callum Turner on The Drew Barrymore Show airing Wednesday, Butler offers [Read More…]
In Brief: Keke Palmer joining Keanu in ‘Good Fortune’, and more
Variety reports HBO is working on a limited series based on Gillian Flynn‘s novel Dark Places. The plot follows Libby Day, the only survivor of a massacre that killed her two sisters and mother. Her [Read More…]
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