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Tom Holland on working with Zendaya: ‘Best thing that’s ever happened to me’
Karwai Tang/WireImage via Getty Images Tom Holland and Zendaya have made three films together, and they recently signed on for a fourth one. Holland, who is in a relationship with Zendaya, opened up about the [Read More…]
Ag News
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: December 19, 2024
Mar. corn closed at $4.40 and 3/4, up 3 and 1/2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $9.63, up 11 and 1/4 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $284.10, up $4.60Jan. soybean oil closed at 40.01, up 46 [Read More…]
Ag News
Additional cash cattle business develops Thursday afternoon
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were down sharply ahead of the USDA’s Cattle on Feed numbers, out Friday afternoon. Ahead of the report, on average, analysts expect all major categories to be [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans, corn both bounce off recent lows
Soybeans were higher on fund and technical buying. Contracts found some new interest near the recent mutli-year lows, helped out by good weekly sales and unknown destinations buying U.S. beans Thursday morning. The weekly total [Read More…]
Ag News
November milk production down slightly
USDA says milk production in the 24 major producing states was down 0.8% from a year ago. The November production totaled 17.2 billion pounds. Nationwide, production was down 1% at 17.9 billion pounds. The number [Read More…]
Ag News
Ag banker predicting a credit culture shift for farm businesses
An ag banker says he expects a credit culture shift for farm businesses looking at renewals. Barry Benson, Vice President of Agribusiness Banking with Nebraska-based First National Bank of Omaha, tells Brownfield lower commodity [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Potential government shutdown impacts: Millions of federal workers at risk of furlough
Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — If Congress fails to pass the continuing resolution to fund the government by Saturday, millions of federal workers could head into the holidays without paychecks. They could be [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Trump threatens government shutdown unless debt limit demand met, blames Biden if it happens
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday took credit for killing the House Republican-proposed government funding bill, telling ABC News there will be a government shutdown unless Congress eliminates or extends the limit on [Read More…]
ABC National News
UnitedHealthcare CEO killing latest: Luigi Mangione faces federal charges including stalking, murder
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Luigi Mangione, the suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is charged in a four-count federal criminal complaint with stalking, murder through the use of a firearm and [Read More…]
ABC National News
FAA temporarily bans drones in parts of New Jersey, notice threatens ‘deadly force’ for ‘imminent security threat’
Obtained by ABC News (NEW YORK) — The Federal Aviation Administration issued a ban on drone operations in several areas of New Jersey until Jan. 17, unless operators are granted special permission from the government [Read More…]
ABC National News
Ingrid Lewis-Martin, NYC Mayor Eric Adams’ former chief adviser, surrenders on criminal charges
Yuki Iwamura/Bloomberg via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Ingrid Lewis-Martin, the former chief adviser to New York City Mayor Eric Adams, surrendered at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office on Thursday morning to face criminal charges. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Court disqualifies Fani Willis from Georgia election case against Trump, but indictment still stands
Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA) — The Georgia Court of Appeals on Thursday disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in their election interference case. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Abandoned oil and gas wells in US bring fears of leak dangers, ABC News investigation finds
This illustration shows the locations where ABC News tested abandoned oil and gas wells for leaks; ABC News (WEST TEXAS, Texas) — Rancher Laura Briggs rises early to care for the livestock scattered across her [Read More…]
ABC Entertainment News
Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan smile in new look from ‘Peaky Blinders’ set
ROBERT VIGLASKY/Netflix Cillian Murphy and Barry Keoghan are all smiles in a new photo from the Peaky Blinders film set. The pair, co-starring in the upcoming Peaky Blinders movie, grinned together while dressed in the [Read More…]
Ag News
Grain surplus overshadows year of strong demand
A market analyst sees a surplus of corn and soybeans overshadowing a year of strong demand. Naomi Blohm is senior market advisor with Total Farm Marketing. “The theme has been bigger production, bigger supply. Demand [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn, soybean export sales up on week, below average
The USDA says corn and soybean export sales were up during the week ending December 12th. The week-to-week increases for beans, corn, and a few other key commodities were due to some buyers trying to [Read More…]
Ag News
ODA announces $6 million in farmland preservation
The director of Ohio’s Department of Agriculture says the agency is committed to preserving the state’s farmland. Brian Baldridge says an additional $6 million was recently allocated to 42 groups across the state. “As far [Read More…]
Ag News
Corn stunt disease expanded U.S. presence in 2024
An extension specialist with the University of Missouri says corn stunt disease expanded its presence in the U.S. in 2024. Mandy Bish says the disease is carried by the corn leaf hopper. “We’ve been able [Read More…]
Ag News
A dynamic feature impacts the northeastern U.S.; a more active pattern ahead in the West, South
A dynamic storm system currently crossing the upper Midwest will race southeastward, reaching the middle Atlantic Coast late Friday. Thereafter, most of the atmospheric energy will remain offshore, although snowy, breezy weather may graze the [Read More…]
ABC National News
Court disqualifies Willis from Georgia election case against Trump, but indictment still stands
Nathan Laine/Bloomberg via Getty Images (ATLANTA, Ga.) — The Georgia Court of Appeals has disqualified Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis from her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump and his co-defendants in their election interference case. [Read More…]