Month: January 2025

Eagles rookie Will Shipley calls 1st NFL touchdown ‘a dream come true’ ahead of 1st Super Bowl
Kathryn Riley/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia Eagles rookie running back Will Shipley shined on Championship Sunday, forcing an impressive fumble for the birds on a kickoff, followed by his first career touchdown in the final [Read More…]

Heart disease remains leading cause of death in US, new report finds
ATU Images/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Heart disease remains the leading cause of death in the United States, according to a new report. The American Heart Association (AHA) report, published Monday in the journal Circulation, found that 941,652 [Read More…]

Nvidia, Microsoft shares tumble as China-based AI app DeepSeek hammers tech giants
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang/ Photo Credit: PATRICK T. FALLON/AFP via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The emergence of China-based AI app DeepSeek sent shares plummeting on Monday for many U.S. tech giants, including chipmaker Nvidia [Read More…]

Alec Baldwin gets emotional about ‘Rust’ shooting in trailer for ‘The Baldwins’
Rou Shoots The trailer and premiere date for The Baldwins has arrived. On Monday, TLC released the first trailer for the documentary series about Alec Baldwin, his wife, Hilaria, and their children. The new series [Read More…]

Generally slow week for U.S. export inspections
The USDA says corn, soybean, and wheat export inspections as of the week ending January 23rd remain ahead of the respective paces needed to meet projections for the current marketing year. The 2024/25 marketing year [Read More…]

Minnesota Farm Bureau brings 9 policy recommendations to AFBF Convention
Minnesota Farm Bureau vice president Carolyn Olson says during the American Farm Bureau delegate session Tuesday, her organization will have the opportunity to debate nine policy recommendations. “We submitted 22, nine were accepted into the [Read More…]

Kansas Farm Bureau concerned about mandatory animal ID
Kansas Farm Bureau president Joe Newland says the biggest concern his organization is bringing to the American Farm Bureau Convention in San Antonio is animal ID. “And where we go from there.” He tells Brownfield [Read More…]

Wisconsin Farm Bureau wins Pinnacle, New Horizon awards at AFBF Convention
Wisconsin Farm Bureau president Brad Olson says his organization is being recognized during the American Farm Bureau Convention in San Antonio. “We took both awards today at the event, and so a good day for [Read More…]

Nebraska Farm Bureau wants to capitalize on SAF potential
Nebraska Farm Bureau president Mark McHargue says his state has an opportunity to capitalize on the sustainable aviation fuel market. Speaking to Brownfield at the American Farm Bureau Convention in San Antonio, Texas, he said [Read More…]

Former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee pleads guilty and is sentenced
A former South Dakota Department of Social Services employee was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to using a DSS grocery voucher, intended for families in need, for personal use. 28 year old Amalia Escalante Barrientos [Read More…]

‘Violent rampage’: 1 pedestrian killed, several hurt in hit-and-run spree in Florida
Douglas Sacha/Getty Images (TAMPA, Fla.) — One pedestrian was killed and several pedestrians and officers were hurt by a driver who allegedly drove into people in multiple intentional hit-and-runs in Tampa, Florida, Sunday night, police [Read More…]

3.8 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of New England
(YORK HARBOR, MAINE) — A 3.8 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of New England on Monday morning with shaking felt in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and an hour away in Boston. The quake was centered [Read More…]

Trump 2nd term live updates: Hegseth vows to remove DEI at Pentagon, support border
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is carrying out his immigration crackdown nationwide, with nearly 1,000 arrests reported by ICE on Sunday alone. The actions prompted a tense standoff between the U.S. and [Read More…]

How some Jan. 6 defendants are reacting to Trump’s pardons
Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes was released early from prison after President Trump commuted his 18-year sentence. (ABC News) (WASHINGTON) — Protesters endured freezing temperatures to attend a vigil outside the Washington, D.C., jail this [Read More…]

Hugh Jackman opens ‘From New York, With Love’ concert series at Radio City Music Hall
Kevin Mazur/Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Hugh Jackman Hugh Jackman’s From New York, With Love concert series opened at Radio City Music Hall on Jan. 24. The star celebrated the milestone with an Instagram post the following day, [Read More…]

In brief: Sofia Carson, Noah Centineo named Screen Actors Guild Awards ambassadors and more
Bradley Whitford is reuniting with Allison Janney at the White House. The former The West Wing costars will come together for another political drama series as Whitford joins the cast of The Diplomat for season [Read More…]

Governor Kehoe’s Agriculture Focus
The Missouri Soybean Association is confident that the incoming Governor Mike Kehoe will maintain a focus on agriculture despite budget challenges. Kehoe’s regulatory approach and transportation infrastructure spending are seen as farmer-friendly by Missouri farmers. [Read More…]

Take a hard look at phosphate
Many farmers are examining input costs to see if there are ways to improve margins. University of Minnesota Extension nutrient management specialist Daniel Kaiser says when it comes to nutrient management, phosphate is often the [Read More…]

After Trump’s tariff threats, Colombia agrees to accept repatriates from US
Mandel Ngan via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following a tense standoff between the nations’ respective presidents, an agreement was reached on Sunday night regarding the return of repatriating citizens to Colombia from the United States. [Read More…]

Middle East live updates: Crowds trek into northern Gaza amid fragile ceasefire
Stringer/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Many residents of northern Gaza and southern Lebanon are expected to return to their homes in the coming days and weeks, with most of the fighting in both areas [Read More…]