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Rail board sends $12.6 million to Mitchell area to support $500 million soy processing plant
South Dakota Search Light: John Hult The South Dakota Railroad Board voted Wednesday to send $12.6 million to the Davison Regional Rail Authority for upgrades to service the state’s largest soybean processing facility. The $504 [Read More…]
Pamela Hayden, the voice of Milhouse and others on ‘The Simpsons’, saying goodbye to Springfield
FOX – Noam Galai/Getty Images “Is this the untimely end of Milhouse?” Pamela Hayden, a 35-year veteran of The Simpsons, will have her last performance on the long-running animated series on Sunday. Hayden, who famously voices [Read More…]
Anne Hathaway to star in film adaptation of Colleen Hoover’s ‘Verity’
Cindy Ord/Getty Images Anne Hathaway is taking on Colleen Hoover‘s latest film adaptation. The popular author’s novel Verity is becoming a film for Amazon MGM Studios, and Hathaway has been tapped to star. The actress [Read More…]
Viola Davis to receive Cecil B. DeMille Award at 2025 Golden Globe Award
Disney/Stewart Cook Viola Davis has been named the recipient of the Golden Globes’ Cecil B. DeMille Award, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association announced Wednesday. She’ll be recognized at the annual show for her outstanding contributions to the [Read More…]
Denzel Washington opens up to ‘Esquire’ about his faith and sobriety
Stephane Cardinale – Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images Denzel Washington is one of the most famous people on the planet, but he shows a new side of himself in a first-person feature in Esquire. Denzel looks back [Read More…]
In brief: ‘Suits LA,’ ‘SNL 50th Anniversary’ get premiere dates, and more
Suits LA, has an official premiere date, as does Saturday Night Live‘s 50th anniversary special. NBC has announced that the Suits spinoff will air Sundays at 9 p.m. ET starting Feb. 23. The show, starring Stephen [Read More…]
What to know about Dr. Oz as Trump picks him to lead Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Tuesday that heart surgeon-turned-TV-host Dr. Mehmet Oz would lead the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). “America is facing a Healthcare Crisis, and there may be [Read More…]
Scoreboard roundup — 11/19/24
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Tuesday’s sports events: NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATIONCavaliers 117, Celtics 120Hornets 115, Nets 116Nuggets 122, Grizzlies 110Pelicans 91, Mavericks 132Thunder 104, Spurs 110Jazz 118, Lakers 124 NATIONAL HOCKEY [Read More…]
Gaetz, Vance meet with GOP senators ahead of House Ethics Committee meeting
Hannah Beier/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHNGTON) — Former Rep. Matt Gaetz, President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to be attorney general, met with Republican senators on Capitol Hill Wednesday morning alongside Vice President-elect JD Vance, making his [Read More…]
Speaker Johnson says transgender women won’t be allowed to use women’s restrooms in Capitol
Tierney L. Cross/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said transgender women cannot use women’s restrooms in the Capitol and House office buildings. This also applies to changing rooms and locker rooms, [Read More…]
Trump transition live updates: Former WWE exec Linda McMahon picked for DOE job
Official White House Photo by Shealah Craighead via Flickr (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump continues to announce his picks for top jobs inside his administration, most recently naming nominees for energy secretary and to helm [Read More…]
Laken Riley case: Suspect found guilty by judge in campus killing, sentenced to life
ABC News (ATHENS, Ga.) — The suspect accused of murdering Laken Riley on the University of Georgia’s campus was found guilty by a judge on all charges Wednesday, including malice murder and felony murder. He [Read More…]
4 University of Rochester students arrested over antisemitic ‘Wanted’ posters
Libby March/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ROCHESTER, N.Y.) — Four University of Rochester students were arrested and another is under investigation for allegedly being involved with the antisemitic “Wanted” posters found on campus. The posters were discovered last [Read More…]
Bomb cyclone impacts West Coast, 2 dead in Washington state
ABC News (BELLEVUE, Wash.) — Two people have been killed by falling trees in Washington state as a powerful storm hits the Pacific Northwest. In Bellevue, a tree fell into a home, hitting and killing [Read More…]
Questions loom about TikTok as Trump’s cabinet comes into shape
CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As President-elect Donald Trump prepares to take office, one of his first orders of business will be to decide about the fate of TikTok in the United States — and [Read More…]
Texas land commissioner offers 1,402 acres to Trump for ‘deportation facilities’
Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images (AUSTIN, Texas) — Texas Land Commissioner Dawn Buckingham is offering the incoming Trump administration 1,402 acres it purchased along the Texas-Mexico border to be used in a mass deportation operation. [Read More…]
Climate and environment updates: Dangerous hurricanes made worse by climate change
SimpleImages/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The climate crisis is not a distant threat; it’s happening right now and affecting what matters most to us. Hurricanes intensified by a warming planet and drought-fueled wildfires are destroying [Read More…]
Israel-Gaza-Lebanon live updates: US vetos UN cease-fire resolution
Houssam Shbaro/Anadolu via Getty Images (LONDON) — The Israel Defense Forces continued its intense airstrike and ground campaigns in Gaza — particularly in the north of the strip — and in Lebanon, with Israeli attacks [Read More…]
Wheat sees another round of modest gains
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Soybeans continued to follow the lead of bean oil, which followed the lead of global palm oil, while watching conditions in South America. ABIOVE estimates Brazil’s 2025 [Read More…]
CLAAS apprenticeship program aims to grow pipeline of engineers
An agricultural machinery manufacturer is looking to grow its pipeline of engineers through an apprenticeship program in Omaha, Nebraska. John Schofield, with CLAAS tells Brownfield… “They have a a split role. They’re working at [Read More…]