Year: 2024

Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms is the latest public official to fall victim to a swatting incident, according to law enforcement sources. Steven Dettelbach was [Read More…]

Former Oath Keeper Ray Epps sentenced to one year of probation for Jan. 6

SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former Oath Keeper Ray Epps was sentenced to one year of probation on Tuesday for his role during the attack at the Capitol on Jan. 6. In addition to the year [Read More…]

Republicans to hold first hearing in move to impeach DHS Secretary Mayorkas

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station on Jan. 8, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — House Republicans are moving [Read More…]

House Republicans push vote on holding Hunter Biden in contempt for defying subpoena

President Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden talks to reporters outside the U.S. Capitol, Dec.13, 2023 in Washington. (Drew Angerer/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — A House panel will vote Wednesday on whether to hold Hunter Biden in [Read More…]

Mayorkas impeachment effort criticized, called ‘policy dispute’ by group of Democrats

U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas holds a press conference at a U.S. Border Patrol station on Jan. 08, 2024 in Eagle Pass, Texas. (John Moore/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Democratic members of the [Read More…]

Badabing: ‘The Sopranos’ turns 25

Bobby Bank/WireImage HBO’s Emmy-winning mafia series The Sopranos launched on the premium cable network on this date back in 1999. The winner of 21 Primetime Emmy Awards, the David Chase-created show starred the late Emmy [Read More…]

Polls show Haley closing the gap on Trump in New Hampshire ahead of Jan. 23 primary

Win McNamee/Getty Images (Sioux City, Iowa) — Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley is working feverishly to close the gap between her and former President Donald Trump in the 2024 Republican primary, with new polling [Read More…]

What to know about CNN’s Republican presidential debate ahead of Iowa caucuses

Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (DES MOINES, Iowa) — CNN is set to host the next debate in the 2024 Republican presidential primary, just days ahead of the first-in-the-nation Iowa caucuses on Monday. The debate, the first of [Read More…]

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Reasons vary for declining dairy farm numbers

The Executive Director of Minnesota Milk says economic stress is not the only reason dairy farmers are exiting the business. Lucas Sjostrom tells Brownfield both Minnesota and Wisconsin lost 7.4% of their dairy farms in [Read More…]

Tom Cruise signs massive deal with Warner Bros.

ABC/Randy Holmes Tom Cruise‘s Mission: Impossible and Top Gun franchises live at Paramount Pictures, but the global superstar has just inked a huge deal with rival Warner Bros. Pictures. The “excited” star took to Instagram [Read More…]

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314-bushel corn on seven inches of rain

The National Corn Growers Association yield contest winner for Minnesota achieved 314-bushel corn despite receiving a third of normal precipitation during the growing season. “We feel truly blessed to have a bountiful year and thank [Read More…]

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Grassley urges action on EATS Act with Prop 12 fully in place

A U.S. Senator is urging Congress to act fast with Proposition 12 now fully in effect. Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley says California’s “terrible” law will result in higher prices for pork producers and consumers, and [Read More…]

Barry Keoghan survived life-threatening infection right before ‘The Banshees of Inisherin’

Dave Benett/Getty Images for Burberry Right before he shot the part that earned him his first Oscar nomination, Barry Keoghan survived a life-threatening infection. In a recent cover story for GQ, Keoghan revealed that he had a case [Read More…]

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Cattle futures mostly higher heading into midweek

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle were mostly higher, waiting for the week’s direct business to develop. February live cattle closed $.82 higher at $170.77 and April lives closed $.57 higher at [Read More…]

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Wisconsin, Minnesota lost 7.4% of dairy farms in 2023

The number of dairy farms continues to fall. Wisconsin lost 455 dairy farms in 2023 according to statistics from the state’s Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection. Minnesota lost 146 dairy farms between January [Read More…]

Documents name alleged Jeffrey Epstein associates previously identified by accuser

Stephanie Keith/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Another batch of documents pertaining to the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein was unsealed Tuesday. The seven documents unsealed Tuesday total 1,482 pages. Over 215 documents have been released since [Read More…]

Trump civil fraud trial: Trump intends to deliver part of closing himself, say sources

ftwitty/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump is on trial in New York in a $250 million civil lawsuit that could alter the personal fortune and real estate empire that helped propel Trump [Read More…]

Bail set at $750,000 for Tupac Shakur murder suspect Duane Davis

Steve Marcus-Pool/Getty Images (LAS VEGAS) — A judge set bail at $750,000 for the one-time gang member charged in connection with the murder of Tupac Shakur. Judge Carli Kierny also ruled that the suspect — Duane [Read More…]

NASA announces delay of its Artemis moon missions until 2025, 2026

Hauke-Christian Dittrich/picture alliance via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — NASA announced Tuesday it is delaying its first-crewed missions to the moon in decades, delaying a moon flyby until September 2025 and an attempted landing on the moon [Read More…]

Winter storm: Tornadoes, flooding rain threaten East Coast