Month: July 2018
Missouri NRCS funding drought relief efforts
Missouri NRCS is providing two million dollars towards drought relief for livestock. “Of all the Midwest states, Missouri is suffering the most.” State Conservationist JR Flores tells Brownfield the emergency initiative offered through the EQIP [Read More…]
Some farmers are seeing long silks in corn
A corn specialist at Purdue University says many farmers are seeing unusually long silks in corn this year. Bob Nielsen says some farmers have reported silks that are 6-9 inches when they are typically about [Read More…]
U.S. sheep industry in a good spot
A U.S. sheep industry leader says the reopening of markets in Japan and Taiwan, plus the highest wool prices in history have stabilized the US sheep market. Executive Director of the American Sheep Industry Association [Read More…]
Angela Merkel criticizes US tariffs, says she doesn’t see US as a foe
Photo by Sean Gallup/Getty Images(BERLIN) — Speaking to reporters at her annual summer press conference, German Chancellor Angela Merkel opined on U.S. President Donald Trump, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and other newsworthy topics. Merkel addressed [Read More…]
Starbucks is opening a store where all the employees know American Sign Language
Photo by Stephen Chernin/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Starbucks is opening an All Signing Store that caters to deaf customers in Washington, D.C. The coffee shop will open in October and will be staffed only by people [Read More…]
Mom warns of Fortnite fraud after teen son’s account was taken over
Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Microsoft Stores & Kor Media Entertainment(NEW YORK) — A mother wants to help protect other families from scammers after her teenage son was allegedly duped while playing the competitive fighting game [Read More…]
Bus passengers injured in knife attack in Germany
iStock/Thinkstock(LUEBECK, Germany) — A man armed with a knife attacked passengers on a bus in northern Germany on Friday before being taken into custody, authorities said. An unknown number of passengers suffered injuries, including one [Read More…]
Missouri duck boat accident leaves 17 dead, including children
iStock/Thinkstock(BRANSON, Mo.) — A tourist duck boat capsized in a lake near Branson, Missouri, killing at least 17 people, including children, as severe thunderstorms struck the area Thursday night, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Seven [Read More…]
Twenty-seven reported tornadoes rip through Iowa, devastating towns
ABC News(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Iowa, which usually averages about seven tornadoes in the month of July, saw 27 reported twisters rip through the state Thursday night, damaging buildings, overturning cars and rupturing gas lines. [Read More…]
Using a new tool to identify an old pest
Grape Colaspis is a problem growers in Illinois haven’t had to face in over two decades. Until two years ago. In this Managing for Profit, Pioneer agronomist Matt Montgomery explains how growers used new technologies [Read More…]
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle plan trip to the US, sources say
Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have been working at a whirlwind pace since marrying on May 19. They just completed their first foreign tour to Ireland on behalf of Queen Elizabeth. [Read More…]
French president’s aide questioned by police for allegedly beating protester
Chesnot/Getty Images(PARIS) — Police questioned an aide to French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday after he was apparently caught on video impersonating a police officer while hitting and stomping a Paris demonstrator earlier this year. [Read More…]
At least 13 dead, including children, in Missouri duck boat accident
iStock/Thinkstock(BRANSON, Mo.) — A tourist duck boat capsized in a lake near Branson, Missouri, amid powerful storms, killing at least 13 people, including children, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. The Thursday-night accident also injured seven [Read More…]
Officials confirm shark attacked boy at Long Island beach
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The bites that a 13-year-old boy sustained in the waters around the barrier island off Long Island’s South Shore resulted from a shark attack, New York state officials confirmed on Friday. But [Read More…]
At least 11 dead, including children, in Missouri duck boat accident
iStock/Thinkstock(BRANSON, Mo.) — A tourist duck boat capsized in a lake near Branson, Missouri, during powerful storms, killing at least 11 people, including children, officials said. The Thursday-night accident also injured seven people and has [Read More…]
About 14 percent of children aged 5-17 reunited, US government says
Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government said late Thursday that it has reunited about 14 percent of the migrant children aged 5-17 separated from their families at the border, as a court-ordered deadline looms [Read More…]
Three-year-old dies after spending more than three hours in scorching bus
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — A 3-year-old boy left unattended in a blistering-hot daycare bus for more than three hours has died. The child was unresponsive when discovered inside the vehicle by police, who said the temperature inside [Read More…]
US citizen, believed to have been fighting for ISIS, detained in Syria
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. citizen, believed to have been fighting for ISIS, was captured in northern Syria this summer, according to a U.S. defense official. Ibraheem Musaibli, who is now at a holding facility, was [Read More…]
Tornadoes touch down in Iowa, causing several injuries and destruction
Gloria McAllister(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Tornadoes have touched down in central Iowa, displacing families and causing destruction across multiple counties. A number of people have been injured and sent to the hospital, Lt. Shane Cox [Read More…]
Florida, California among top sites for shark attacks in the US
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York may have been the site of two suspected shark attacks on Wednesday, but attacks by the creatures in these waters are so rare that there have been only 10 documented [Read More…]