Month: September 2018
Bill Cosby’s day of reckoning as he arrives in court for sentencing on sexual assault conviction
Gilbert Carrasquillo/Getty Images(NORRISTOWN, Pennsylvania) — Anticipation inside and outside a Pennsylvania courthouse was growing Monday morning as Bill Cosby arrived for sentencing as the first major celebrity convicted in the #MeToo era for sexually abusing [Read More…]
Managing crop residue to help boost yields
For some farmers, actively managing crop residue can help to improve yields for the next growing season. In this Managing for Profit, Beck’s Hybrids field agronomist Luke Schulte will share how it can help farmers [Read More…]
Forbes AgTech tour/field demo day
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Amie Sites will be on the ground for the Forbes AgTech tour/field demo day on Wednesday, September 26 in Indianapolis, IN. Stops include Corteva Agriscience, Elanco, and Beck’s Hybrids. Continue reading Forbes AgTech [Read More…]
Vladimir Putin’s most prominent critic, Alexey Navalny, is let out of a Russian jail, then arrested again
iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Russia’s most prominent opposition leader, Alexey Navalny, was released from jail and then immediately arrested again on charges of calling for unsanctioned protests. Navalny was met by police officers at the door of [Read More…]
FBI joins massive search for 6-year-old North Carolina boy with autism
Gastonia Police Department(GASTONIA, N.C.) — A massive search effort is underway in southwest North Carolina where a young boy with autism vanished over the weekend after going to a local park with his father. The [Read More…]
American tourist severely injured in shark attack while spearfishing in the Bahamas
Abaco Fire Chief Colin Albury(ABACO ISLAND, Bahamas) — An American tourist suffered a severe injury when she was attacked by a shark while spearfishing in the Bahamas Sunday afternoon, according to authorities. The unnamed Massachusetts [Read More…]
Steel tariffs impacting food processors
A food processor says the Trump administration’s tariff on steel is raising costs for them and consumers. Paul Palmby is Chief Operating Officer for Seneca Foods. He says, “Anybody that’s putting food in a can is [Read More…]
3D gunmaker extradited back to Texas to face charges of sexual assault of 16-year-old girl
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Cody Wilson, the controversial 3D gunmaker, was extradited to the United States from Taiwan and appeared in a Texas courtroom Sunday on felony charges of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl. The U.S. Marshals [Read More…]
Pumpkin is a healthy food
You can tell pumpkin is good for you by its color. Pumpkins are vegetables and their orange color indicates they are loaded with beta-carotene which converts to Vitamin A in the body. Vitamin A is [Read More…]
Art exhibition in Sicily highlights human side of European migration
iStock/Thinkstock(PALMERO, Sicily) — In a small room in a former fortress in the port town of Palermo, Sicily, a video displayed across one of the walls depicts a nondescript stretch of highway. A closer look [Read More…]
Friends, family gather for memorial service for slain jogger Wendy Martinez
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Friends and family gathered on Saturday to remember Wendy Martinez, the woman who was stabbed to death in Washington, D.C., while out for a jog in an apparently random attack. The service was [Read More…]
Heavy rain stretches from mid-Atlantic to Southern Plains
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Heavy rain stretches from eastern Texas all the way to New Jersey early Sunday as moisture interacts with a stationary front lingering in the southern U.S. Heavy rain dropped nearly 5 inches [Read More…]
‘Tribe’ of good Samaritans with electrical power offer food, showers and chargers after tornado blacks out Ottawa
Twitter/@ErinBlaskie(OTTAWA, Canada) — In the wake of a powerful tornado that wreaked havoc in the Canadian capital of Ottawa and surrounding areas, an army of Good Samaritans came to the rescue of their neighbors by [Read More…]
Indiana burglar robs man in his home, uses Bird scooter to get away
iStock/Thinkstock(INDIANAPOLIS) — Indianapolis police are searching for a burglar suspected of stealing items from inside a home and using a Bird electric scooter to leave the scene of the crime. Michael Leppert said he was [Read More…]
Woman who allegedly stabbed 5 people in birthing center charged with attempted murder
moodboard/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The woman who allegedly stabbed five people, including three babies, in a birthing center has been charged with attempted murder, the NYPD said Saturday. Yu Fen Wang, 52, was hit with five [Read More…]
UN General Assembly to convene this week
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — President Trump joins dozens of world leaders in New York this week for the United Nations General Assembly, a jam-packed series of diplomatic meetings and speeches. It’s no longer Trump’s first time [Read More…]
Investigators seek security footage to track Dallas police officer the night she killed her neighbor
Kaufman County Jail(DALLAS) — Investigators are looking to trace the movements of a Dallas police officer leading up to the night she shot and killed an unarmed man in his own apartment after, according to [Read More…]
Ahead of #MeToo anniversary, early Weinstein accuser reemerges from ‘exile’
Steven Ferdman/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The last time we heard Ambra Gutierrez’s voice was on a recording she made at the behest of the New York City Police Department during an encounter with Harvey Weinstein. [Read More…]
Airport worker who stopped alleged plane theft: ‘This isn’t going to happen again’
WFTV(MELBOURNE, Fla.) — The airport worker who hauled a suspected thief off an empty American Airlines plane at 2 a.m. Thursday in Melbourne, Florida, said he knew right away something wasn’t right about the 22-year-old. [Read More…]
Alleged serial rapist caught after 27 years using genealogy search
KGO(BERKELEY, Calif.) — An alleged serial rapist suspected in at least 10 attacks in Northern California — some dating back almost three decades — was arrested on Thursday after genetic genealogy led authorities to the [Read More…]