Month: September 2018
17-year-old boy suffers ‘life-threatening injuries’ after being shot at Florida bus stop: Police
WJXX(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — A high school student in Florida was shot on his way to the bus stop Wednesday morning and is now in the hospital undergoing surgery for life-threatening injuries, the Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office [Read More…]
Florence is a ‘storm like no other’ with a ‘long road ahead,’ North Carolina’s governor tells Trump
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW BERN, N.C.) — Florence is a “storm like no other” and its deadly flooding means “a long road ahead” for North Carolina, Gov. Roy Cooper said at a joint news conference with President Donald [Read More…]
Celebrity chef Salt Bae under fire for serving Venezuela’s president one of his famous steaks
Tristar Media/Getty Images(ISTANBUL) — Celebrity chef Nusret Gokce, better known as “Salt Bae,” was torched online after videos of him serving steak to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in Turkey went viral on Monday. Gokce posted [Read More…]
A more active pattern ahead
Above-normal temperatures will cover much of the country during the next few days, although cool air will be lurking across the nation’s northern tier. In addition, clouds and rainfall will suppress temperatures in parts [Read More…]
Be safe on the farm
Commentary. Most reading this column are farming, ranching or involved to some degree in production agriculture or agribusiness. As such, you are exposed to what many would consider a unique workplace. Unfortunately, it is also [Read More…]
NC Ag Department confirm 55-hundred swine losses
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture says 55-hundred swine losses have been reported from Hurricane Florence damage. That’s about twice the number from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 but well under the 21-thousand pig deaths in [Read More…]
Flash Flood Watch issued September 19 at 9:31AM MDT until September 20 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS
.Thunderstorms are expected to develop Wednesday evening and continue through Thursday morning. This thunderstorm activity will have the potential to produce high rainfall rates, and rapid accumulation of rainfall in a short period of time. [Read More…]
Elizabeth Smart’s captor Wanda Barzee has been released from prison
ABC News(DRAPER, Utah) — Wanda Barzee, one of Elizabeth Smart’s former captors, has been released from prison, much to Smart’s surprise and disappointment. Barzee was released from the Draper Prison in Draper, Utah, Wednesday morning, [Read More…]
Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts’ alleged killer set to appear in court
Poweshiek County Sheriffs Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — The accused killer of Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts is set to be arraigned Wednesday, one month after he was arrested for allegedly killing the 20-year-old college student. Tibbetts, a [Read More…]
3 injured when car drives into crowd near London mosque
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — UK police are investigating an attack Wednesday morning near a Muslim community center that injured three men. A car drove into a crowd of people leaving the North London mosque, with the occupants [Read More…]
GMOs do not cause allergies
GMO foods do not cause allergies and are not associated with any increase in allergies. Lisa Katic, a Registered Dietitian and President of K Consulting, explains that, “No commercially available crops contain allergens that have been created [Read More…]
California man, teens arrested over alleged funeral donations scam
Victorville Police Department(SAN BERNADINO, Calif.) — Police in Southern California arrested a 20-year-old man and two teenage boys this week after they allegedly scammed people in a fake funeral scheme. Richard Navarrete, of San Bernardino, [Read More…]
Tesla confirms federal probe over Musk tweets, sending shares lower
ABC News(SAN FRANCISCO) — Tesla shares tumbled on Tuesday amid reports of a potential criminal probe over its chief executive officer’s statements about taking the company private. The electric carmaker said it agreed to hand [Read More…]
New birthday cake-flavored Oreos celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Mickey Mouse is turning 90 this year! For his big birthday, the chief mouse doesn’t just get a basic birthday cake. He gets his very own custom Oreos, of course! Disney [Read More…]
Exclusive: Jailed American makes desperate plea for help in letters to Trump, Pence
Kassem Family(CAIRO) — After five years in prison and facing 15 more, an American citizen jailed on trumped up charges in Egypt is pleading for his life to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike [Read More…]
Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader, steps further into spotlight at inter-Korean summit
Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — Behind the scenes of Pyongyang’s grand welcome ceremony for a South Korean delegation Tuesday was the mysterious Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim [Read More…]
Moon, Kim sign agreement for North Korea to take further steps to denuclearize
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — North and South Korea issued a joint statement Wednesday laying out more steps North Korea is prepared to take to denuclearize, but offering few details as to how they will get there. North [Read More…]
2 mental health patients chained in back of sheriff’s van drown as deputies rescued: Police
Google Maps(MULLINS, S.C.) — Two female mental patients chained in the back of a county sheriff’s van drowned when the vehicle in which they were traveling was overcome by floodwaters, police said. The deputies who [Read More…]
AEM says tariffs hurt market access
Association of Equipment Manufacturers President Dennis Slater says escalating trade tensions with China threaten many of the 1.3 million jobs supported by U.S. equipment manufacturing. Slater says tariffs on Chinese goods hurt U.S. access to [Read More…]
Bayer looks to the future of farming
Along with farmers and influencers, journalists from more than 35 countries are in Monheim, Germany for Bayer’s Future of Farming Dialogue 2018. Brownfield’s Cyndi Young is there. During the opening session, Bayer leaders outlined the [Read More…]