Month: July 2018
Nitrogen timing affects plant performance
It’s not only if nitrogen is applied to the corn crop, it’s also a matter of when. Golden Harvest agronomist Scott Gard is doing research on the timing of nitrogen fertilizer applications to corn. Gard [Read More…]
Victim’s girlfriend says Florida gunman provoked fatal ‘stand your ground’ shooting
Pinellas County Sheriff/ABC News(PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla.) — Britany Jacobs, the girlfriend of the man shot and killed in a Florida parking lot last week, says her boyfriend was just coming to her defense and the [Read More…]
Woman impaled in chest by umbrella on Maryland beach
ABC News(BALTIMORE) — A woman enjoying a day at the beach in Maryland was impaled in the chest by a flying beach umbrella on Sunday. The umbrella had to be cut in half in order [Read More…]
Longest total lunar eclipse of 21st century coming Friday
japatino/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — The longest total lunar eclipse of the century is coming Friday, and it will transform the moon into a reddish orange color for more than 100 minutes, according to NASA. The eclipse [Read More…]
Uber, Lyft driver livestreamed video of hundreds of passengers, but was it illegal?
Jason Gargac/Twitch(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of Uber and Lyft passengers in Missouri were reportedly livestreamed without their knowledge over the past four months, and one media privacy expert says it was probably legal. Dr. Daxton [Read More…]
Shooting on Toronto streets leaves 13 injured, 2 dead
iStock/Thinkstock(TORONTO) — One person is dead and 13 people are injured after a gunman opened fire in the middle of the street late Sunday in Toronto. The shooter is also dead, gunned down following the [Read More…]
Last photo shows happy family before duck boat horror left 9 of them dead
Family handout via WRTV(BRANSON, Mo.) — In the last photo they took together, 11 members of the Coleman family are shown smiling and posing with a life preserver just before they boarded a duck boat [Read More…]
Suspected gunman in deadly LA Trader Joe’s standoff identified
carlballou/iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — The suspected gunman who burst into a Trader Joe’s in Los Angeles on Saturday, took hostages and got into a shootout with police that left a woman dead was identified Sunday. Police [Read More…]
US commander in Middle East hesitant to cooperate with Russians in Syria on refugees
Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The commander of U.S. military forces in the Middle East has expressed reservations about America possibly working with Russia in Syria to help Syrian refugees return to their war-torn nation, a [Read More…]
Susan Rice: ‘Historic mistake’ to allow US president to meet with Putin
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A former national security adviser to President Barack Obama said Donald Trump’s “national security team needs to know everything” about the lengthy one-on-one meeting he had with Vladimir Putin, calling [Read More…]
Search continues for Iowa college student who went missing while jogging
Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Authorities have very few answers after a college student from Iowa went missing on Wednesday night while going out for an evening jog. Mollie Tibbetts, 20, left for an [Read More…]
More heavy rain expected in eastern US for week ahead
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A coastal storm that developed late Saturday brought an onslaught of rain and wind to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast overnight. Unfortunately, the rain shows little sign of slowing down heading into [Read More…]
Three people drown in rip currents at North Carolina beaches
TongRo Images(RALEIGH, N.C.) — Dangerous rip currents proved deadly on Saturday as three people drowned at beaches in North Carolina. Two of the deaths happened at different beaches in Brunswick County, while a third happened [Read More…]
Fiat Chrysler CEO leaving company due to health issues
Photo by Bill Pugliano/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Fiat Chrysler CEO Sergio Marchionne is leaving the company sooner than expected due to worsening health issues, the automotive company said Saturday. According to a press release, Marchionne [Read More…]
One dead, man in custody after standoff with police at Los Angeles Trader Joe’s
carlballou/iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A standoff involving dozens of heavily armed officers at a Trader Joe’s where a suspect was barricaded inside has ended with one person dead and the man in custody, the Los Angeles [Read More…]
Los Angeles police open fire in apparent standoff at Trader Joe’s
carlballou/iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A standoff involving dozens of heavily armed officers at a Trader Joe’s where a suspect was barricaded inside has ended with police opening fire, the Los Angeles Police Department said. Dozens of [Read More…]
Los Angeles police report ‘active’ incident at Trader Joe’s
carlballou/iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — Police are responding to an active incident involving a person barricaded at a Trader Joe’s store in Silver Lake, California on Saturday. The Los Angeles Police Department says that they had engaged [Read More…]
EXCLUSIVE: Under World Cup spotlight, Qataris crack down on LGBT news coverage
Photo by Nadine Rupp/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The New York Times’ recent coverage of gay and transgender rights has been censored in Qatar, stoking dual concerns about press freedoms and human rights in the tiny [Read More…]
Father of two Parkland school shooting survivors killed in armed robbery, suspect in custody
Fedorovekb/iStock/Thinkstock(NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Police have a 19-year-old man in custody in connection with the death of a Florida business owner. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says Tyrone Fields Jr. turned himself in on Friday, [Read More…]
Father of two Parkland school shooting survivors killed in armed robbery, suspect in custody
Fedorovekb/iStock/Thinkstock(NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla.) — Police have a 19-year-old man in custody in connection with the death of a Florida business owner. The Broward County Sheriff’s Office says Tyrone Fields Jr. turned himself in on Friday, [Read More…]