Month: August 2018
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Monsanto will appeal California court ruling on Roundup
Monsanto plans to vigorously defend its Roundup herbicide and will appeal a California court decision linking the product to cancer. A jury in San Francisco Superior Court has awarded a former school groundskeeper who has [Read More…]
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Inside the global manhunt for a father accused of dumping his infant in New York’s East River
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — The crime was extreme, even by New York City’s already extreme standards: a 7-month-old found by a tourist floating lifelessly in the murky water of the East River. Though it didn’t take [Read More…]
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Hours after domestic violence arrest, husband crashes stolen plane into his own home where wife was staying
iStock/Thinkstock(PAYSON, Utah) — Just hours after being arrested and released on bail for allegedly assaulting his wife, a Utah man stole a plane and crashed it into his own home where his wife was staying, [Read More…]
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Farmer reaction to latest WASDE report, record corn yield forecast
Some farmers might be skeptical of the USDA projecting record corn yields given some of the challenges this growing season. But, Minnesota Farm Bureau president Kevin Paap says many parts of the Corn Belt have [Read More…]
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Milk futures lower, cash dairy mostly higher
Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower Monday to take back Friday’s gains. August milk closed down two cents at $15.02. September milk down 11 cents at $16.02. October down 17 [Read More…]
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Proposed relief package could cause more trade problems
An ag economics professor at Purdue University says the proposed trade relief package could cause even more problems for farmers. Wally Tyner says other countries, like Canada, are trying to bring a World Trade Organization [Read More…]
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Branstad: Trump is justified in challenging China
U.S. ambassador to China and former Iowa governor Terry Branstad says President Trump is justified in challenging China on the issue of free trade. “China has not treated us or other countries fairly for a [Read More…]
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Iowa farmers says their crops look good
Two Iowa farmers say they’re looking forward to a good harvest this fall. Josh Nelson farms with family near Belmond in north-central Iowa. He says they’ve probably lost about ten percent of their corn and [Read More…]
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‘Golden State Killer’ suspect allegedly killed his first victim in 1975, while he was a police officer
Sacramento Police Department(SACRAMENTO) — The suspected “Golden State Killer” is now facing charges for his 13th alleged murder, and the earliest one yet — the killing of a college professor in central California in 1975. [Read More…]
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US general pushing Saudis to investigate deadly Yemen strike: Pentagon
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The three-star American general dispatched by Defense Secretary James Mattis to look into last week’s deadly Saudi airstrike in Yemen is pushing Riyadh to conduct a “timely and transparent investigation” into the incident, [Read More…]
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Florida ‘stand your ground’ shooter Michael Drejka charged with manslaughter
ABCNews.com(CLEARWATER, Fla.) — The Florida man who invoked the “stand your ground” self-defense after shooting a black man in a dispute over a parking space was charged Monday with manslaughter, officials said. Michael Drejka, 47, [Read More…]
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Missouri cattleman says drought is worst he’s ever seen
Severe to extreme drought conditions continue across much of Missouri. Northwest Missouri cattleman Don Fischer says, in his 40 years of farming, he’s never seen it so dry. “Ponds are drying up. The hay crop [Read More…]
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Monsanto ordered to pay $289 million in Roundup cancer verdict
A California jury has ordered Monsanto to pay 289 million dollars in damages in the first of possibly thousands of U.S. lawsuits over alleged links between its glyphosate-based Roundup herbicide and cancer. The case of [Read More…]
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Soybean inspections stay on track
The USDA reports soybean export inspections remain on pace to meet projections for the 2017/18 marketing year. The current marketing year for beans, corn, and sorghum runs through the end of August. Wheat came out [Read More…]
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Parents to sue after 10-year-old boy with autism repeatedly pinned to ground, handcuffed by officer
WFAA(DENTON, Texas) — The parents of a 10-year-old boy with autism in Denton, Texas, say they are planning to take legal action after they received a video that showed their son being repeatedly held to [Read More…]
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Orca whale who carried her dead calf 17 days lets it go, ending ‘tour of grief’
KOMO via ABCNews.com(FRIDAY HARBOR, Wash.) — Grieving Orca whale who hold on to her dead calf for more than 2 weeks, has let go of the dead body of her offspring. The 30-year-old southern resident [Read More…]
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Shooter in Florida ‘stand your ground’ case charged with manslaughter
iStock/Thinkstock(CLEARWATER, Fla.) — The Florida man who invoked the “stand your ground” self-defense law after shooting a black man over a parking dispute was charged Monday with manslaughter, officials said. Michael Drejka Monday morning was [Read More…]
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Wisconsin’s Dairy Task Force begins work
Monday is the first day of work for Wisconsin’s Dairy Task Force 2.0, a task force requested by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker to look into the issues causing low prices, large supplies, and financial stress [Read More…]
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Fifty thousand passengers across Europe expected to be affected by employee strike against Ryanair
iStock/Thinkstock(DUBLIN) — Around 50,000 passengers across Europe are expected to be affected this weekend as Ryanair is forced to cancel almost 400 flights due to a 24-hour walkout by staff in five European countries over [Read More…]
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Family searching for 19-year-old Phoenix woman who vanished over a week ago
ABC News(PHOENIX) — Police are searching for a 19-year-old Phoenix woman who disappeared after leaving work more than a week ago. Kiersten Bragg said her daughter, Kiera Bergman, left her job on the morning of [Read More…]