Month: August 2018
Hurricane Lane churns toward Hawaii, Big Island has already seen over 31 inches of rain
Mario Tama/Getty Images(HONOLULU) — As Hurricane Lane lurches north, the Category 3 storm has already dumped more than 31 inches of rain on Hawaii’s Big Island, bringing catastrophic flooding. The life-threatening flooding could even lead [Read More…]
Using Satellite Imagery to amp up your scouting game
Scouting crops is one of the most effective ways farmers can manage and control problems in the field. And while nothing will replace the accuracy of walking each field, Cassie Misch with Encirca Services by [Read More…]
Mother says call to authorities ‘should have never gotten that far’ after letting her 8-year-old daughter walk alone
GMA/ABC News(WILMETTE, Ill.) — A mother in Illinois said she felt “shock, anger and fear” after being investigated by state child services when a neighbor called authorities to report her 8-year-old daughter walking the family [Read More…]
Don’t take it for granted’: Family who lost home in Hurricane Harvey reflects 1 year later
Janet Weinstein/ABC News(CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas) — On the same South Texas beach pummeled by Hurricane Harvey this time last year, the Weeks family stretched out in the sand. Daughter Annabella, now 6, built sand castles [Read More…]
Family staged ‘escape room-style kidnapping’ hoax in Washington park: Authorities
iStock/Thinkstock(OLYMPIA, Wash.) — When witnesses told authorities they saw several men in white plastic jumpsuits grab and restrain three children in an Olympia park and put them in the back of a red truck, they [Read More…]
Extreme flooding reported as Hurricane Lane nears Hawaii
ABC News(HONOLULU) — Parts of Hawaii’s Big Island have already reported receiving more than 2 feet of rain as Hurricane Lane lurches northward at about 6 mph. The biggest threat from the Category 3 hurricane [Read More…]
Man who allegedly fired gun at New York City high-rise turns himself in
Google(NEW YORK) — A 22-year-old man accused of firing a handgun at a high-rise building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side has turned himself in to police. Farris Koroma has been charged with two counts each [Read More…]
State attorney general contacts Chicago Archdiocese after 7 priests in Pennsylvania report connected to Illinois
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(CHICAGO) — With “at least seven priests with connections to Illinois” identified in the recent grand jury report in Pennsylvania that revealed more than 300 priests allegedly assaulted more than 1,000 children, the [Read More…]
Bayer AG CEO says they will fight glyphosate lawsuits
The CEO of Bayer AG, which now includes Monsanto, says they will continue to defend glyphosate herbicide. Werner Baumann says they believe the California jury verdict, that glyphosate use was the cause of a former [Read More…]
Monster Hurricane Lane pummeling Hawaii with torrential rains, winds
(HONOLULU) — Hurricane Lane is bearing down on Hawaii, dumping up to a foot of rain on the Big Island and lashing the state with rough winds. The Category 3 storm may bring over 30 [Read More…]
Viral #TipTheBill challenge helps servers make ends meet
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — #TipTheBill is the latest challenge to explode on social media, and is showing how generosity and kindness can be contagious, as well as helping some lucky servers make ends meet. The origins [Read More…]
Police identify man, woman wanted in connection with mystery shooting on NYC apartment building
Google(NEW YORK) — New York City authorities have identified a man and women believed to be the snipers taking shots at a high-rise Upper East Side apartment building from across the East River, an NYPD [Read More…]
Hybrid snakes with the ability to live in various environments discovered in Florida: Study
iStock/Thinkstock(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) — While examining the invasive python population in Florida, researchers stumbled across the unexpected: a kind of hybrid super snake. A small number of the invasive pythons were found to be a crossbreed [Read More…]
GMO foods are not “new”
A common myth surrounding GMOs is that the technology is so new that it’s not safe. But a consultant with the Center for Food Integrity says that simply isn’t true. Continue reading GMO foods are [Read More…]
Southern Illinois farmland values fall
A mid-year farm real estate survey indicates southern Illinois farmland values are down 3.53 percent, “which isn’t a big surprise,” said Aaron Johnson, the chief operating officer at Farm Credit Illinois. Lesser quality farmland saw [Read More…]
R-CALF convention focuses on trade, meat labeling
The head of R-CALF USA says Trump administration trade policy is on the right track. Instead of trade discussion only being about exports, it’s now about balanced trade, according to Bill Bullard. “We’re calculating the [Read More…]
Missouri producer’s grazing system standing up to drought
A southwest Missouri grass-fed cattle operator says the drought has not been a problem for him. Adam Boman rotated his 22 cattle between 13 paddocks every day, starting in the spring, then switched to every-other-day in [Read More…]
Weather sends soybeans, corn lower
Soybeans were lower on commercial and technical selling, closing at or just above the session lows. Crop weather through the end of the month is expected to be generally non-threatening in most of the Midwest [Read More…]
As midterms approach, new tool helps track political advertising on Facebook
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — In the 2016 presidential election Facebook and other social media platforms were utilized by political campaigns and interest groups to run advertisements with very few rules regulating their disclosure and little public information [Read More…]
With new special envoy, Pompeo heading to N Korea amid ‘deadlock’ over denuclearization
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Amid what North Korea calls a “deadlock” in denuclearization talks, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will travel to Pyongyang next week, with the new Special Representative for North Korea, Steve Biegun, in tow. [Read More…]