Month: July 2025

Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A federal judge in New Hampshire has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing its executive order on birthright citizenship. U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante certified a challenge on Thursday by the American [Read More…]

How Trump’s megabill affects student loans, school choice

Samuel Corum/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s signature tax and spending megabill could alter aspects of K-12 and higher education in the coming years, according to education advocates on both sides of the aisle. After a [Read More…]

Rubio, Lavrov meet after Russian barrage on Kyiv

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (2nd R) and United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio (2nd L) meet on the margins of the ASEAN Foreign Ministers Meeting in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on July 10, 2025/ [Read More…]

US tennis star Amanda Anisimova defeats No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka, advances to Wimbledon final

Ezra Shaw/Getty Images (LONDON) — American tennis star Amanda Anisimova has advanced to The Wimbledon Championships final after defeating world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka. The 23-year-old New Jersey native won 6-4, 4-6, 6-4 in 2 hours and [Read More…]

House Democrats demand answers from CDC over recent changes to vaccine advisory panel

Thomas Fuller/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — House Democrats on the Oversight Committee are calling for an urgent briefing with staff from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), demanding answers over [Read More…]

Olivia Munn reveals mom was diagnosed with breast cancer after her own 2023 diagnosis

Phillip Faraone/Getty Images Olivia Munn is opening up about her mom’s breast cancer diagnosis. The Your Friends and Neighbors star, 45, took to Instagram on Wednesday and revealed that her mom was diagnosed with Stage 1 HER2 breast cancer after [Read More…]

In brief: Max officially changes name back to HBO Max and more

The streaming service formerly known as HBO Max officially reinstated that name on Wednesday. Warner Bros. Discovery has announced the name change from Max back to the former name of HBO Max has gone into [Read More…]

Ag News

Drone vs. plane – which is better to apply fungicides?

Researchers at the University of Missouri are evaluating the effectiveness of using drones to apply fungicides. Plant Pathologist Mandy Bish says the first year of data shows a drone performs similar or slightly better compared [Read More…]

Ag News

Ag groups meet with MAHA Commission

The president of South Dakota Farm Bureau says the Make America Health Again Commission has been meeting with ag groups as they develop policy recommendations for child nutrition. Scott VanderWal says the American Farm Bureau [Read More…]

Ag News

USDA shuts down southern border ports again to livestock imports from Mexico

U.S. Ag Secretary Brooke Rollins has again closed southern border ports to livestock imports from Mexico following a new detection of New World screwworm. Colin Woodall, CEO of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association, says the [Read More…]

Ag News

Farmers expected to hold onto grain

An ag economist with University of Missouri Extension says there are incentives for farmers to hold onto grain ahead of the fall harvest. Ben Brown tells Brownfield “there’s always this theory of at some point [Read More…]

Ag News

Kelly signs bill establishing water task force

Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has signed a bill into law that addresses the state’s water crisis for future for the ag industry. Senate Substitute for House Bill 2172 creates 16-member taskforce that will develop a [Read More…]

State lawmaker files statement of candidacy to run for U.S. House

Joshua Haiar/South Dakota Searchlight A Republican state legislator from Madison filed his statement of candidacy Wednesday to run for South Dakota’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Casey Crabtree is the second Republican to take [Read More…]

Milo Manheim, Meg Donnelly say ‘Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires’ is ‘bigger and better’

Disney/Matt Klitscher Zed and Addison are back in the new film Zombies 4: Dawn of the Vampires. The movie, which premieres Thursday on Disney Channel and streams the next day on Disney+, stars Milo Manheim [Read More…]

Thursday Sports: July 10, 2025

WEDNESDAY SPORTS, JULY 9, 2025 AMATEUR BASEBALL Dimock-Emery vs. Alexandria – Thursday Platte vs. Mt. Vernon (9-7) – Thursday Winner/Colome (14-1) vs. Corsica – Thursday Renner vs. Mitchell Aces – Sunday Corsica vs. Parkston Rays [Read More…]

Minnesota Twins beat Chicago Cubs 4-2, but Buxton injures hand

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Ryan Jeffers and Carlos Correa each had an RBI as the Minnesota Twins scored a pair of first-inning runs for the second straight game in a 4-2 win over the Chicago Cubs [Read More…]

Wednesday Sports: July 9, 2025