Month: October 2025
Adam Driver to star in thriller series ‘Rabbit, Rabbit’ at Netflix
A headshot of Adam Driver. (Chad Kirkland) Adam Driver is making his return to TV. The actor is set to star in the hostage thriller series Rabbit, Rabbit for Netflix. The streaming service has given [Read More…]
University of Minnesota expert: lasers show promise, but data lacking for poultry use
Some in the poultry industry are using lasers to keep wild birds away from farm sites. University of Minnesota Extension Agricultural and Natural Resource Systems program leader Dr. Abby Schuft suggests all options are on [Read More…]
Soybeans mostly weak ahead of Trump-Xi talks
Soybeans were mostly modestly lower on spread trade and profit taking. Soybeans continued to get ready for Thursday’s face-to-face meeting between President Trump and President Xi on trade and tariffs. China reportedly bought 180,000 tons [Read More…]
Cattle futures close sharply higher, lean hogs were lower
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live and feeder cattle futures were sharply higher, buying back part of the recent losses, with help from the midday gains in boxed beef. However, this was just a part [Read More…]
Pritzker directs agencies to boost domestic markets and mental health support for Illinois ag
The governor of Illinois has issued an executive order declaring an agricultural export crisis. J.B. Pritzker signed an order on Wednesday directing state agencies to take immediate action to enhance domestic markets for agricultural commodities [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 29, 2025
Dec. corn $4.34, up 2 centsNov. soybeans $10.80 and 1/4, up 2 centsDec. soybean meal $308.70, up $2.20Dec. soybean oil 50.16, down 10 pointsDec. Chicago wheat $5.32 and 1/4, up 3 and 1/4 centsDec. live [Read More…]
Louvre heist suspects to be charged, jewels not recovered: Paris prosecutor
Jerome Gilles/NurPhoto via Getty Images (PARIS) — The Paris public prosecutor reported on Wednesday that investigators are making “major progress” in solving the brazen Oct. 19 Louvre Museum heist and said two suspects in custody [Read More…]
2 men sentenced to 25 years for failed murder-for-hire plot against Iranian dissident Masih Alinejad
Jemal Countess/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Two men hired by Iran in a failed plot to kill Masih Alinejad, an Iranian dissident, author and activist, at her New York City home in 2022 were sentenced [Read More…]
More beachfront homes in the Outer Banks have fallen into the Atlantic
A one-story beach cottage fell into the Atlantic Ocean on the Outer Banks March 13, 2023, the fourth home to collapse into the sea on Hatteras Island in the past year. (Daniel Pullen/The Virginian-Pilot/Tribune News [Read More…]
Hurricane Melissa tracker: Following storm’s path after historic landfall in Jamaica
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Hurricane Melissa made landfall in Jamaica as a Category 5 hurricane — one of the most powerful hurricane landfalls on record in the Atlantic basin — and is now continuing its [Read More…]
Pennsylvania man with multiple arrest warrants escapes police custody while handcuffed, search underway: Officials
Officials in Pennsylvania are searching for Jairo Eliazar Ramirez-Lima, a man with “multiple active arrest warrants, including federal ICE detainers” who escaped police custody while handcuffed, according to the East Pikeland Township Police Department. (East [Read More…]
Pentagon cuts troops in Eastern Europe, prompting rare pushback by GOP lawmakers
Senate Armed Service Committee Chairman Sen. Roger Wicker speaks to reporters following the Senate policy luncheon at the Capitol, Sept. 3, 2025. Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon’s decision to pull out as many [Read More…]
Progressive House candidate Kat Abughazaleh indicted for allegedly conspiring to injure officers during anti-ICE protests
Kat Abughazaleh, who has announced a campaign for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District, carries yard signs into her brand-new campaign office in the Rogers Park neighborhood on May 6, 2025. Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service [Read More…]
Elijah Wood crashes a ‘Lord of the Rings’-themed wedding in The Shire
Ian McKellen as Gandalf and Elijah Wood as Frodo in ‘The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring.’ (New Line/WireImage via Getty Images) You can stop making Lord of the Rings films about [Read More…]
Daniel Radcliffe to star in one-person Broadway play ‘Every Brilliant Thing’
Daniel Radcliffe in a promotional photo for ‘Every Brilliant Thing.’ (Mary Ellen Matthews) Daniel Radcliffe is making his way back to Broadway. The Tony Award winner is set to star in the Broadway premiere of [Read More…]
Disastrous images emerge from Jamaica following direct hit by Hurricane Melissa
In this handout satellite image provided by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Hurricane Melissa churns through the Caribbean Sea, captured at 15:20Z on October 28, 2025. NOAA via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — [Read More…]
DOJ places on leave 2 prosecutors who said ‘mob’ of ‘rioters’ carried out Jan. 6 attack
Tetra Images – Henryk Sadura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two federal prosecutors were informed Wednesday that they will be put on leave after filing a legal brief that described the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol [Read More…]
Davison County Regional Rail Authority applying for a loan to assist High Plains Processing with its rail project
The Davison County Regional Railroad Authority board voted unanimously Tuesday to seek an additional loan from the South Dakota Department of Transportation trust fund to pay for the balance of the $25-million dollar rail project [Read More…]
In brief: ‘Freakier Friday’ gets Disney+ release date and more
Freakier Friday is headed to Disney+. The sequel film will begin streaming on the platform on Nov. 12. Jamie Lee Curtis and Lindsay Lohan reprise their roles of Tess and Anna Coleman in the new [Read More…]
The National FFA Convention and Expo will stay in Indianapolis through 2040
Indianapolis will remain home to the National FFA Convention through 2040. Cheryl Zimmerman is the executive secretary for the National FFA Organization. “The city of Indianapolis has the venues capable of accommodating our guests and strategies [Read More…]