Year: 2025
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Hamas to release 6 more hostages, bodies of 4 others
Mostafa Alkharouf/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — Hamas will release six more hostages on Saturday and the bodies of four deceased hostages on Thursday, Hamas and Israel confirmed. Four more dead hostages are expected to be released [Read More…]
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‘The Brutalist’ director Brady Corbet claims Oscar-nominated filmmakers ‘can’t pay their rent’
A24 Brady Corbet is opening up about the grueling process of promoting a film and the financial realities many filmmakers face. In the Feb. 17 episode of Marc Maron‘s WTF podcast, the director — a [Read More…]
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Lady Gaga to host & perform on ‘Saturday Night Live’ in March
Noam Galai/NBC Universal Lady Gaga performed on the Saturday Night Live 50th Anniversary concert on Peacock Friday, but on March 8 she’ll be on NBC, hosting and performing on an episode of the show. The [Read More…]
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Meghan Markle’s daughter Lilibet featured alongside her in launch of new brand
Lukas Schulze/Getty Images for Invictus Games Düsseldorf 2023 Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex, is sharing new details about her lifestyle brand, including a new name, and debuting it alongside a photo with her daughter, Lilibet. [Read More…]
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Succession plans curb farmland loss
A land transfer navigator says having a succession plan in place is key to reducing farmland loss. Becky Huttenga tells Brownfield, “That’s one of the best tools we can use to protect farmland.” “It’s never [Read More…]
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Lower egg production in 2024
U.S. egg production declined in 2024. The USDA says 108.515 billion eggs were produced last year, falling 1% from the year before, with table eggs also down 1% to 93.1 billion and hatching eggs seeing [Read More…]
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Iowa farmer gives update on planting season plans
Pictured: Iowa farmer Lance Lillibridge scouts fields during the 2024 growing season (Photo by Brent Barnett/Brownfield) An eastern Iowa farmer says he’s making some of his final preparations for the 2025 growing season. Lance Lillibridge [Read More…]
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Another push for year-round E-15
A bill has been reintroduced in the U.S. Congress that would allow year-round E-15. Kenneth Hartmann, an Illinois farmer and president of the National Corn Growers Association says the goal is to get that bill [Read More…]
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Estate tax relief eyed in Illinois
Farmers in Illinois could soon see estate tax relief. Chris Davis, director of state legislation with Illinois Farm Bureau, says the re-introduced Family Farm Preservation Act would significantly change how estate taxes are calculated on [Read More…]
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Pope Francis has pneumonia but remains in ‘good spirits,’ Vatican says
FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON and ROME) — Pope Francis remained hospitalized on Tuesday as he continues to recover from a respiratory tract infection and now the “onset of bilateral pneumonia,” the Vatican said. [Read More…]
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Judge to consider temporarily blocking Trump administration from carrying out mass layoffs
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A judge on Tuesday will consider whether to temporarily block the Trump administration from carrying out mass layoffs across the federal government, in one of several lawsuits challenging Elon Musk [Read More…]
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Dramatic video shows moment Delta plane flipped after landing in Toronto
Mert Alper Dervis /Anadolu via Getty Images (TORONTO) — New, dramatic video shows the moment Delta Flight 4819 caught fire and rolled over upon landing at Toronto Pearson International Airport Monday afternoon. This video — which was [Read More…]
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Despite Trump’s comments on Gaza, some Arab Americans still support him
Francis Chung/Politico/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While President Donald Trump’s comments about wanting to “clean out” Gaza and forcibly displace its nearly 2 million Palestinians have stirred outrage and accusations of ethnic cleansing among U.S. [Read More…]
ABC Health News
States with abortion bans see more births but also more infant deaths, studies show
Mostafa Bassim/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — New research shows the far-reaching effects of the abortion bans that have proliferated the United States since the Supreme Court struck down Roe v. Wade in 2022. Three [Read More…]
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‘Peaky Blinders’ creator teases story will continue beyond upcoming Netflix film
Netflix Peaky Blinders fans may have even more reasons to celebrate. A Netflix movie version of the Cillian Murphy-led series is already in the works, but creator Steven Knight has now hinted there are plans to [Read More…]
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Nebraska Cattlemen concerned about layoffs at US Meat Animal Research Center
Recent layoffs at the USDA’s U.S. Meat Animal Research Center (USMARC) are raising concerns from the Nebraska Cattlemen Association. Executive Vice President Laura Field tells Brownfield the move was the result of the Department of Government [Read More…]
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Native American activist Leonard Peltier released from prison and headed home
SUMTERVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Native American activist Leonard Peltier was released from a Florida prison on Tuesday, weeks after then-President Joe Biden angered law enforcement officials by commuting his life sentence to home confinement in [Read More…]
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Delta plane crash investigators piece together Toronto Airport incident
Katherine Ky Cheng/Getty Images (TORONTO) –Investigators probing Monday afternoon’s Delta Flight 4819 plane crash at Toronto Pearson International Airport are piecing together what caused the dramatic incident, sources told ABC News. The Delta regional jet [Read More…]
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‘Hanging…like bats’: Toronto plane crash survivor speaks out after aircraft flips on runway
Katherine KY Cheng/Getty Images (TORONTO) — New video has emerged on Tuesday of the chaotic moments after Delta flight 4819 flipped over on the runway at Toronto Pearson International Airport. In the video — obtained [Read More…]
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US and Russia agree to try to end war without Ukraine at the table
Russian Foreign Ministry / Handout/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — High-level delegations from the U.S. and Russia held talks in Saudi Arabia on Tuesday over the fate of Ukraine, the negotiations taking place without Kyiv’s [Read More…]