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Grains mixed and Livestock higher

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

Wheat for May rose 10.25 cents at $6.2450 a bushel; May corn was up .75 cent at $6.3325 a bushel, May oats was unchanged at 3.2825 a bushel; while May soybeans fell 8.25 cents at $14.35 a bushel.Beef and pork were higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Jun. live cattle gained 1.45 cents at $1.6440 a pound; May. feeder cattle rose 1.35 cents at $2.0547 a pound; while Jun. lean hogs was up .02 cent at $.7662 a pound.Source

Don’t miss next week: Jack Harlow on screen, Kesha, Anna Nicole Smith doc and Scott brothers on HGTV

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

Here’s a collection curated by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists of what’s arriving on TV, streaming services and music and video game platforms this week.NEW MOVIES TO STREAM— Three decades after Wesley Snipes and Woody Harrelson mixed it up on the black top, a new “White Men Can’t Jump” has next. A remake of that 1992 film teams Sinqua Walls and rapper Jack Harlow as a pair of basketball players who hustle hoops for money and compete in a lucrative three-on-three tournament. The film, which debuts Friday, May 19, on Hulu, is directed by Calmatic and co-written by Kenya Barris (“black-ish”). In it, Harlow makes his acting debut.— Anna Nicole Smith gets the Netflix documentary treatment in “Anna Nicole Smith: You Don’t Know Me.” The film, debuting Tuesday, chronicles Smith’s life as a model, Playboy playmate and reality star. Smith died in 2007 at the age of 39 from an accidental overdose. “You Don’t Know Me” includes home video of Smith, whose birth name was Vickie Ly...

Police: 4 shot across DC within an hour Friday

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

Police in D.C. said four people were shot in the span of an hour Friday afternoon.Officers responded to the first shooting around 11:30 a.m. in the 600 block of 46th Place Southeast, where they found a man with a gunshot wound. Police said they’re looking for a Black Jeep Compass last seen traveling toward Benning Road Southeast.Fifteen minutes later, police responded to another shooting in the 3700 block of Jay Street Northeast, where they found another man shot. Police said they’re looking for two men who were last seen running southbound from near the scene. One of the men had a slim build and was wearing an all-white jacket.D.C. police said they responded to the third shooting, shortly after noon, near 15th Street and Good Hope Road Southeast and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound. Officers are looking for a black vehicle occupied by four men wearing ski masks that was last seen near Green and Galen streets in Southeast.The fourth shooting happened around 12:...

Biden commends Spanish PM Pedro Sánchez for collaboration on migration

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden commended Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez for his country’s collaboration with the United States and Canada to establish migration hubs in Latin America where asylum seekers fleeing poverty and violence in their home countries can apply for protection.The two leaders sat down at the White House on Friday for wide-ranging talks on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, climate change and other issues. But efforts by the U.S. and Spain to cooperate on asylum processing loomed large over the discussion as the Biden administration rolls out new immigration measures now that COVID-19 immigration restrictions have ended. The new efforts are designed to crack down on illegal border crossings while opening legal pathways to give migrants incentives to apply for asylum online where they are, instead of making the dangerous journey to the border.Migrants caught illegally crossing the southern U.S. border cannot return for five years, and they face crimi...

More than 100K fentanyl pills confiscated in traffic stop

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

MESA COUNTY, Colo. (KDVR) -- A traffic stop turned into a drug bust and arrest on Wednesday, the Grand Junction Police Department said in a release. The Western Colorado Drug Task Force and Colorado State Patrol pulled over 25-year-old Ramon Cesena-Valdez, of Grand Junction, on Interstate 70 west of Debeque. The stop resulted in the confiscation of more than 100,000 fentanyl pills and about 75 pounds of methamphetamine, the release said. UCHealth doctors find marijuana users require more anesthesia  Cesena-Valdez is facing these charges:Special circumstances pattern of manufacture/sale/dispense/distributeSpecial circumstances conspiracy to distribute/manufacture/sellDistribute/manufacture/possession with intent - methControlled sub-distribute fentanylChild abuse knowingly or recklessly without injuryHe is being held at the Mesa County Detention Facility.   

Police investigating deadly shooting and fire in Fort Lauderdale home involving barricaded subject

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

Fort Lauderdale Police are investigating a shooting and fire at a home that involved a barricaded subject. The incident occurred in the area of Northwest 27th Terrace and 18th Court, just before 8:25 p.m. on Thursday.According to police, they initially responded to a call about a shooting.“The suspect is still inside the building,” said an officer over Broadcastify police scanner.The caller at the end of the that 911 call told dispatchers that his mom was shot and lying in a pool of blood. Police identified the suspect as 71-year-old Richard Kenneth McDonald.The woman has been identified as 71-year-old Gwendolyn Bass-Kemp. She was a long-time employee of the City of Fort Lauderdale Fire Rescue, where she worked in the billing department. She is also related to Dr. James Bass, the city’s first Black dentist. “She was nice, she come home and ain’t bother nobody, just like me, just to come and hang out, nah,” said a friend of the victim.Negotiators f...

Police investigate bomb threat reported at 4 Broward schools

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

Students at several Broward County schools were evacuated due to a threat. Hollywood Police arrived at South Broward High School, located at 1901 N. Federal Highway, Friday morning. According to the Broward Sheriff’s Office, a bomb threat was called in to law enforcement . Hollywood Police do not believe the threat was credible. Students were evacuated from the school to the campus baseball field as a precaution. Other schools that received similar bomb threats include the following: Coral Glades High SchoolAttucks Middle SchoolBlanche Ely High Schoolhttps://twitter.com/CoralSpringsPD/status/1657065002975600640Police believe that the same person called in all four bomb threats. An investigation is underway as some of the schools have since cleared students to reenter. However, many parents opted to pick up their children.

BSO, DCF investigating incident in North Lauderdale home that sent 10 children to hospital

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

A day after nearly a dozen children from a home in North Lauderdale were taken to the hospital, an investigation into what prompted their transport is still underway.The Broward Sheriff’s Office and the Florida Department of Children and Families are among the agencies investigating what was described as a possible domestic disturbance in the area of Southwest 66th Avenue and 15th Court, Thursday morning.First responders transported 10 children who were inside the residence to Joe DiMaggio Children’s Hospital in Hollywood as a precaution, officials said.Radio transmissions captured the moment when, BSO said, a 911 call came in from inside the home, at around 7:30 a.m.“Caller is advising her daughter hit her. She’s requesting rescue, her mouth is bleeding,” said a dispatcher over Broadcastify.“Call is showing PDs on scene. They are requesting rescue for a medical neglect,” said another dispatcher.When investigators showed up at the home, they took a woman in f...

Alleged victim steps forward after news of former PE coach’s arrest for battery of teen

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

Alleged victim steps forward after news of former PE coach’s arrest for battery of teenA former PE coach was back in court to face even more serious charges after another alleged victim saw earlier reports of him on TV.Thirty-seven-year old Joseph Tolliver appeared before a judge Friday morning.This latest accuser came forward after seeing a news report.She said she was just 10 years old when Tolliver allegedly made sexual advances toward her at an un-named South Florida school.Tolliver once worked at Cambell Drive K-8 Center in Homestead.He was arrested in February accused of sexual battery on a 14-year-old.In addition, police said another victim had been sexually abused by Tolliver as well.He faces 37 charges and remains behind bars with no bond.

Jamie Foxx has been ‘out of the hospital for weeks,’ according to his daughter

Published Sun, 23 Feb 2025 12:53:01 GMT

(CNN) — Jamie Foxx’s daughter announced in a new social media post that the actor has been “out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating.”Foxx was first hospitalized in Atlanta, Georgia on April 11 after he experienced a “medical complication,” according to his daughter, Corinne Foxx. No further information about the incident was provided.On Friday, Foxx’s daughter, with whom he co-hosts the game show “Beat Shazam,” shared an “update from the family” on her Instagram story after multiple media reports cited friends who were seeking prayers for the Oscar-winning actor’s ongoing recovery.“Sad to see how the media runs wild,” Corinne Foxx wrote. “My dad has been out of the hospital for weeks, recuperating. In fact, he was playing pickleball yesterday! Thanks for everyone’s prayers and support! We have an exciting work announcement coming next week too!”Last week, Jamie Foxx sh...