Month: June 2018

EPA will reportedly increase biofuel target by 3 percent
Bloomberg reports that the EPA is on track to propose requiring 19.88 billion gallons of biofuels to be used in 2019 under the RFS. That is up 3 percent from 2018 requirements. The proposal would [Read More…]

In a royal first, Prince William visiting Israel and ‘occupied Palestinian territories’
Arthur Edwards – Pool/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — The Duke of Cambridge will land in Israel Monday evening for the first official visit to the Holy Land by a member of the British royal family. During his [Read More…]

‘Shark Tank’ stars give their advice to land a promotion
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Asking for a raise or promotion at work doesn’t have to be an awkward or painful experience — a lot of it comes down to simply knowing how to put your best [Read More…]

The best way to ask for a promotion or a raise, according to these ‘Shark Tank’ stars
ABCNews.com(NEW YORK) — Asking for a raise or promotion at work doesn’t have to be an awkward or painful experience — a lot of it comes down to simply knowing how to put your best [Read More…]

Small plane crash kills 2 in Detroit as witnesses rescue pilot
ABCNews.com(DETROIT) — Two people died Sunday near Detroit Coleman A. Young International Airport when a Cessna 210 crashed and exploded. The third person on board, the pilot, appeared to have escaped the wreckage with help [Read More…]

‘He murdered my son in cold blood’: Mother of teenager fatally shot by Pennsylvania police officer
ABCNews.com(PITTSBURGH) — Michelle Kenney and Antwon Rose Sr. did something Sunday they never thought they would ever have to do: Go to a funeral home for the wake of their 17-year-old son, Antwon Rose II. [Read More…]

Increasing threats to Homeland Security include burned animal carcass left on staffer’s porch
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Department of Homeland Security employees are seeing violent threats with greater frequency because of the president’s immigration policy, according to an official with knowledge of a recent threat assessment. The department [Read More…]

Prince Harry makes emotional, ‘private visit’ to charity in South Africa
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry has returned to Lesotho — without his new wife, American Meghan Markle — for an emotional trip to his charity. The journey to the charity, Sentebale, which was set [Read More…]

Avoid mid-year balance sheet mistakes
When seeking a loan for the farm it’s important to provide accurate data on a mid-year balance sheet. Most farm businesses only have current balance sheets from the end of the year. Tommy Ayers of [Read More…]

Turkey heads to polls for 2nd time since Erdogan imposed emergency rule
iStock/Thinkstock(ANKARA, Turkey) — Turkey’s voters will go to the polls Sunday for the country’s second election since emergency rule was imposed after the 2016 attempted coup. President Recep Erdogan has since the attempted coup acted [Read More…]

Suspect dead, 2 officers hospitalized after San Diego shooting
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) — Two San Diego police officers were shot late Saturday and hospitalized responding to an incident they first thought may be an apartment fire. The suspect who allegedly shot the two officers was [Read More…]

Minneapolis police shoot, kill armed suspect
iStock/Thinkstock(MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota) — Officers on Saturday shot and killed a suspect in Minneapolis who allegedly was firing a gun into the air and into the ground while walking down the street. Minneapolis Police Department personnel [Read More…]

Navy pilot dies in ‘mishap’ at New Mexico base
iStock/Thinkstock(OTERO COUNTY, New Mexico) — A pilot “involved in a mishap” at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico died on Friday, the Navy said. Lt. Christopher Carey Short, from Canandaigua, New York, died in [Read More…]

Saudi women get behind the wheel of a car for the first time in history
iStock/Thinkstock(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — At the stroke of midnight on Sunday, women in Saudi Arabia got behind the wheels of their cars and drove in the streets of the conservative capital Riyadh, a daily mundane [Read More…]

Women will be allowed to drive in Saudi Arabia on June 24
iStock/Thinkstock(RIYADH, Saudi Arabia) — Women in Saudi Arabia will be able to drive for the first time on June 24, ending a long-standing rule in the country. King Salman declared last September that the country [Read More…]

Severe weather, flash flooding still a threat from Plains to mid-Atlantic
Culpeper County Sheriff’s Office(CULPEPER, Va.) — The weather will remain quite active this weekend one day after more than 200 reports of severe weather from the Plains to the South and mid-Atlantic. More summer thunderstorms [Read More…]

25 years later, looking back at the infamous Lorena Bobbitt case that captivated America
Consolidated News Pictures/Getty Images(MANASSAS, Va.) — Twenty-five years ago to the day, the name Lorena Bobbitt became notorious: on June 23, 1993, the young wife cut off her husband’s penis with a kitchen knife. Here’s [Read More…]

Koko, the famous gorilla who learned sign language, to be laid to rest at animal sanctuary
The Gorilla Foundation/Koko.org(NEW YORK) — Koko, the gorilla who mastered sign language and became a pop-culture phenomenon, will be laid to rest Saturday in a ceremony at an animal sanctuary in Northern California where she [Read More…]

Online fundraiser for separated migrant families has brought in over $19M, breaking records
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of thousands of people upset about the separation of immigrant families at the border are putting their money into the fight, and making history in the process. A Facebook fundraiser called [Read More…]

Dave Chappelle, Jon Stewart meet with survivors of Sante Fe school shooting
Kevin Mazur/Getty Images(SANTA FE, Texas) — Two of the biggest comedians of the past decade took time out from their tour to meet with survivors of the Santa Fe High School shooting on Friday. Dave [Read More…]