Month: March 2025

Trump insults federal judge amid legal battle over deportation flights
Carolyn Van Houten/The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump hurled insults at the federal judge who conducted a “fact-finding” hearing on Monday over whether the Trump administration knowingly violated a court [Read More…]

Trump speaks with Putin on Ukraine ceasefire proposal
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is holding a high-stakes call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as he tries to win his approval of a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine. Trump began the call with [Read More…]

Trump is ending Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden
Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump is ending U.S. Secret Service protection for former President Joe Biden’s adult children. Trump made the announcement on his conservative social media platform on Monday [Read More…]

Tracy Morgan appears to have medical incident during Knicks-Heat game
Mike Coppola/Getty Images for Bob Woodruff Foundation Tracy Morgan appeared to experience a medical incident at the New York Knicks vs. Miami Heat game at New York City’s Madison Square Garden Monday night. The actor [Read More…]

In brief: Colin Farrell joins ‘Sgt. Rock’ film and more
It looks like Colin Farrell is sticking with DC Comics. The actor is in talks to star in the title role of Luca Guadagnino‘s upcoming film, Sgt. Rock. Deadline first reported the casting news for [Read More…]

County ARC payments likely in 2025
Many producers are likely to see federal farm program payments this year. “ARC payments are likely in ‘25.” Paul Mitchell, director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute at the University of Wisconsin-Madison says many farmers were [Read More…]

Eating Michigan Soybeans
Michigan’s climate is ideal for growing higher protein food-grade soybeans. In this Pods for Profit, we’ll meet an edible soybean marketer with Star of the West Milling Company who will help explain more about the [Read More…]

Investing in Consumer Trust
Research shows Missouri beef consumers feel more strongly about animal welfare and management practices than the national average. In this episode, Dr. Craig Payne with the University of Missouri Extension shares how the Beef Quality Assurance [Read More…]

How rising retail prices for proteins could shift the make-up of consumer grocery baskets
Retail prices for beef in the U.S. have already exceeded the record highs hit in 2024. With the costs of other proteins, like eggs, could that impact what consumers are putting in their grocery carts. [Read More…]

Legislature approves several new restrictions on citizen ballot measures
Joshua Haiar-South Dakota Searchlight Proposals to restrict citizen-initiated ballot measures have cleared the South Dakota Legislature, and some are awaiting the governor’s consideration. The measures — carried by Republican lawmakers — would shorten petition signature [Read More…]

Parents of missing Pittsburgh student ask Dominican police to declare her dead
Sudiksha Konanki is seen in this undated photo shared to Meta. (Sudiksha Konanki via Meta) (PUNTA CANA, DR) — The family of University of Pittsburgh student Sudiksha Konanki has sent a formal request to Dominican [Read More…]

Trump says talks with Putin on Ukraine ceasefire have ‘very good chance’ of success
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will hold a high-stakes call with Russia’s Vladimir Putin on Tuesday as he tries to win his approval of a 30-day ceasefire with Ukraine. “It’s a bad [Read More…]

Trump-Putin call poses choice of sanctions or ‘escalation,’ analysts say
Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Presidents Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin are expected to speak on Tuesday as the White House continues its campaign for a ceasefire and eventual peace deal to end Russia’s devastating [Read More…]

Plane crashes into sea with 17 people aboard in Honduras
(ROATÁN, HONDURAS) — An aircraft crashed into the sea with 17 people on board in Roatán, Honduras, on Monday, according to local officials. Honduras Civil Aviation confirmed that the accident occurred at 6:18 p.m. at [Read More…]

Families of migrants who believe their relatives were deported by ICE say they weren’t gang members
Salvadoran Government via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Last month, Jose Franco Caraballo Tiapa, a 26-year old Venezuelan migrant who was seeking asylum in the U.S., showed up to his routine check-in with Immigration and Customs [Read More…]

Blizzard conditions and chances for severe storms expected in the Heartland
Jiojio via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Blizzard warnings are in place for parts of Kansas and Nebraska, with winter storm watches — which could turn to blizzard warnings — stretching northeast into Iowa, Minnesota, [Read More…]

NASA Starliner astronauts begin 17-hour journey to splashdown off Florida coast after delays
Manuel Mazzanti/NurPhoto via Getty Images (CAPE CANAVERAL, FL) — The two NASA astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed for months are on their way home. Sunita “Suni” Williams and Barry “Butch” Wilmore left the [Read More…]

Cop dies when police car split in 2 by light pole while in pursuit of suspect during chase
San Bernardino Sheriff’s Office (LOS ANGELES) — A sheriff’s deputy died in a police chase after his patrol car crashed into a bystander’s car and then slammed into a light pole, splitting the vehicle in [Read More…]

‘Hero’ father dies while saving his young son in wildfire
Allen Ferguson in a family photo. (Courtesy of family) (OKLAHOMA CITY)– An Oklahoma father is being remembered as a hero after officials say he died while trying to save his son in wildfires that ravaged [Read More…]

Trump silencing VOA threatens free media in repressive countries, advocates say
Muhammed Abdullah Kurtar/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s order to cut off funding to Voice of America (VOA) and several other affiliated pro-democracy media outlets has drawn widespread criticism from press freedom [Read More…]