Month: March 2025

(DIGICOMPHOTO/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Measles is continuing to spread across the United States, as outbreaks grow in western Texas and New Mexico. Between the two states, 256 cases have been confirmed as of [Read More…]

Brian Tyree Henry says taking on ‘Dope Thief’ was ‘the most cathartic thing’ he’s ever done

Apple TV+ Brian Tyree Henry stars in the just-released Apple TV+ series Dope Thief, in which his character, Ray, poses as a DEA agent to steal money and drugs from small-time drug dealers. It’s different than the characters [Read More…]

Alaska’s Mount Spurr getting even closer to eruption as unrest escalates, volcanologists say

(Don Grall/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Alaska’s Mount Spurr, an active volcano near the most populated region in the state, is getting even closer to an eruption, according to volcanologists. Scientists at the Alaska Volcano [Read More…]

6 American prisoners in Kuwait released, land back in US, representative says

(SimpleImages/Getty Images) (NEW YORK) — Six Americans who were imprisoned in Kuwait have been released in an agreement with the United States, a representative for their families confirmed to ABC News. The Americans, many of [Read More…]

Ag News

Farm data might be going to unintended recipients

March 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

A University of Wisconsin researcher says farm data might be going to people that shouldn’t have it. Bill Oehmichan tells Brownfield a lot of farm data is being gathered by combines, milkers, drones, and other [Read More…]

Class AA Girls Basketball State Tournament Results

Class AA Girls State Tournament, Thursday, March 13th in Rapid City No. 1 O’Gorman 69, No. 9 Sioux Falls Jefferson 42 O’Gorman wins their 48th game in a row, led by Sydney Terveen’s 17 points, [Read More…]

Class A Girls Basketball State Tournament Results

March 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

Class A Girls State Tournament, Thursday, March 13th in Spearfish No. 1 Sioux Falls Christian 58, No. 8 Mt. Vernon/Plankinton 39 Sioux Falls Christian had four players in double figures, led by Avery Reitz with [Read More…]

Class B Girls Basketball State Tournament Results

March 13, 2025 Travis Kriens

Class B Girls State Tournament, Thursday, March 13th in Huron No. 1 Centerville 51, No. 8 Deubrook Area 46 Izzie Eide had a game-high 22 points for Centerville, while Emma Marshall added 15 points and [Read More…]

Ag News

Watch for red crown rot in soybeans

A field agronomist in eastern Missouri says farmers should be monitoring soybeans for red crown rot, a new soil-borne fungal disease in the state. “About the time you’re spraying fungicide is probably when you’ll start [Read More…]

Ag News

Hoeven says CCC funds will get replenished

Some in the ag industry have expressed concern that funds for the USDA’s Commodity Credit Corporation weren’t replenished in U.S. House-passed continuing resolution. But John Hoeven, chairman of the Senate Ag Appropriations Subcommittee, says he’s [Read More…]

Ag News

Be cautious with ag burning this spring

Un-controlled brush and grass fires have been reported across Missouri this spring. Missouri Fire Marshal Tim Bean says there have been more than 300 fires across the state in the first few months this year [Read More…]

Trump stands firm on tariff plans after threat against EU: ‘I’m not going to bend at all’

Makoto Honda / 500px/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump on Thursday stood firm on his tariff policy, hours after threatening to escalate a global trade war with a 200% tariff on champagne and other [Read More…]

‘Highly unusual’: White House halts FBI background checks for senior staff, shifts them to Pentagon: Sources

Photo by Celal Gunes/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House has quietly directed the FBI to halt the background check process for dozens of President Donald Trump’s top staffers, and has transferred the process [Read More…]

Dakota Johnson filmed on set of Colleen Hoover’s ‘Verity’ film adaption

Jason Howard/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images via Getty Images Dakota Johnson was spotted on the streets of New York City filming for the upcoming movie Verity. Johnson was spotted on the streets of Manhattan on March 12 surrounded [Read More…]

‘Black Mirror’ season 7 trailer shows off ‘USS Callister’ sequel

Netflix Black Mirror is coming back for more. Netflix has released the trailer for season 7 of the sci-fi anthology series. The show returns to the streamer on April 10. Notably, season 7 finds Black [Read More…]

Republicans use legislative sneak play to tie Democrats’ hands on tariffs

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a sneaky legislative maneuver tied into the effort to pass a funding bill and avert a government shutdown, House Republicans earlier this week successfully blocked Democrats from forcing votes [Read More…]

Trump expected to invoke wartime Alien Enemies Act to carry out mass deportations: Sources

Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images, FILE (WASHINGTON) — As early as Friday, President Donald Trump is expected to invoke the Alien Enemies Act — a wartime law that allows the president to detain or deport [Read More…]

Tornadoes, flash flooding, damaging winds headed to Midwest, South, East Coast

ABC News (NEW YORK) — A multiday severe weather outbreak is set to bring tornadoes, flash flooding and damaging winds from the Midwest to the South and the East Coast. The severe weather begins in [Read More…]

Experts say Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil can’t be deported without due process

Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The detaining of Mahmoud Khalil, the Columbia University student and Palestinian activist who possessed a green card, has raised questions about the deportation risks faced by lawful permanent residents amid [Read More…]

Dad gunned down in Southern California home invasion, 13-year-old son calls 911