Month: August 2018
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Australian teacher finds prehistoric shark teeth
Museums Victoria(NEW YORK) — A teacher and fossil enthusiast found a giant set of prehistoric shark teeth estimated to be about 25 million years old at a beach in Australia. Philip Mullaly found the set [Read More…]
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Beneficial rains on the southern Plains
Showers and thunderstorms currently affecting portions of the southern and eastern U.S. will continue for the next several days. During the weekend, locally heavy rain will develop across the south-central U.S., where 5-day totals in [Read More…]
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Moms’ swimsuit design epically solves parent’s beach-day debacle
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Two moms whose genius idea was born beside a kiddie pool are now changing the game with an innovative swimsuit design that makes bathroom breaks a breeze. In 2014, Jill Slater and [Read More…]
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California governor declares state of emergency as fires threaten thousands of homes
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — California Gov. Jerry Brown on Thursday night declared a state of emergency for two counties near Los Angeles as a nearby fire spread to cover more than 10,000 acres. The Holy Fire, [Read More…]
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Heather Heyer’s mom warns against ceding ground to white nationalists
Andrew Shurtleff-Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A year after Heather Heyer was killed at a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, her mother, Susan Bro, has turned to activism instead of “dwelling in hate or anger.” [Read More…]
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1,600 people evacuated due to flash floods in the south of France
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Heavy rains in the southeast of France caused flash flooding and led to the evacuation of 1,600 people in the Ardèche, Gard and Drôme regions for precautionary measures Thursday. In the Gard [Read More…]
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Lean hogs higher on short covering
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day sharply lower ahead of widespread direct business. The drop in the limited cash business forced long liquidation selling. Lower midday box beef also contributed to [Read More…]
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Missouri State Fair Swine Barn, other facilities see improvements
There are improvements to the Missouri State Fairgrounds this year. The updates were possible through the generosity of long-time livestock exhibitors. The State Fair Swine Barn retains it’s 1927 architectural significance and historical appearance, but [Read More…]
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Reports: Court orders EPA to ban chlorpyrifos
The EPA reportedly has been ordered to ban a pesticide used in soybeans and specialty crops by a federal appeals court. Reports says the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, in a two to one decision, said [Read More…]
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Site of new Michigan dairy plant named
Glanbia, Select Milk Procurers Inc. and Dairy Farmers of America have announced construction of their new joint milk processing plant will start next month in St. Johns, Michigan. John Dardis with Glanbia tells Brownfield the [Read More…]
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St. Louis Fed survey: farm income slide
Ag bankers in the St. Louis Federal Reserve district expect farm incomes to go down next quarter, as they did in the second quarter. Some parts of the seven-state region, which includes Illinois, Indiana, and, [Read More…]
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Teen pushed from bridge speaks out from hospital
KATU(VANCOUVER), Wash) — The 16-year-old girl who said her friend pushed her off a bridge into a river spoke out Thursday from a hospital in Vancouver, Washington. Jordan Holgerson suffered five broken ribs and lung [Read More…]
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Stanford swimmer Brock Turner has appeal and request for new trial denied
ABC News(STANFORD, Calif.) — The Stanford swimmer whose light sentence after a sexual assault conviction had both his appeal and request for a new trial denied. The latest legal step in the controversial case of [Read More…]
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Investigators working to identify remains found at squalid New Mexico compound
Taos County Sheriffs Office(TAOS COUNTY, N.M.) — Investigators in New Mexico are working to identify remains that were found on the squalid campgrounds where police found 11 children living with five adults. “The remains are [Read More…]
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Saudi-led coalition airstrike kills dozens of children on bus in Yemen
ABC News(SAADA, Yemen) — An airstrike by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen on Thursday morning killed at least 50 people including dozens of children traveling on a bus in the country’s Saada Province, local health [Read More…]
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CME dairy prices up Thursday
Cash dairy prices were mostly higher and milk futures were sharply higher at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Thursday. August Class Three milk was up $.13 at $14.99. September was up $.29 to $15.99. October was [Read More…]
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Man behind fight for sharing 3-D printed gun blueprints on why he’s advocating for ‘the people’s right to keep and bear arms’
Cody Wilson has been called “one of the most dangerous people on the Internet.” For years, Wilson has fought to make sure anyone should be able to download the files to make a gun at [Read More…]
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NOAA forecasts less active Atlantic hurricane season due to El Nino, cooler water temperatures
NOAA(NEW YORK) — There’s a good chance that conditions in the sea and atmosphere will produce a less active Atlantic hurricane season this year, according to a new forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [Read More…]
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Ship carrying 87 rescued migrants finally docks in Spanish port
Paco Freire/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(ALGECIRAS, Spain) — The migrant rescue ship Open Arms arrived in the Spanish port of Algericas Thursday morning carrying 87 people who had been rescued off the coast of Libya [Read More…]
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Hate, white supremacist propaganda at high level since Charlottesville
ADL(NEW YORK) — Hate and white supremacist propaganda have been at a high level in the year since the streets of Charlottesville erupted in deadly violence, according to the Anti-Defamation League. On Thursday, the ADL [Read More…]