Month: October 2018
Super-smart teen girls from India invented an app to deal with all of our iPhone waste
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Solving global problems isn’t on the to-do list for most teenagers. But this group of five teen girls from Delhi, India, is far from average. The team took on the challenge [Read More…]
Freeze Warning issued October 10 at 9:29PM MDT until October 11 at 8:00AM MDT by NWS
…FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT THURSDAY… * TEMPERATURE…Widespread low temperatures in the upper 20s to lower 30s. * IMPACTS…Sensitive vegetation can be killed if not covered.
Trump spoke to Saudis about journalist’s disappearance: ‘We’ll get to the bottom of it’
ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — More than a week after a prominent Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist went missing, President Donald Trump has spoken to Saudi officials “at the highest level” to press them on his disappearance, [Read More…]
Hearing set for American student detained by Israel
iStock/Thinkstock(JERUSALEM) — An American student detained in Israel for over a week was expected to appear in court Thursday to appeal authorities’ decision to block her entry to the country over her suspected political views, [Read More…]
Missouri’s “imAGine” sessions underway
Ideas shared at the “ImAGine Ag Business” forums across the state this week include better infrastructure and a more skilled and abundant work force to help move agriculture forward, “I’m really excited to see that [Read More…]
NCBA: livestock haulers need flexibility
The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says livestock haulers need flexibility when it comes to the hours-of-service rules. Allison Rivera, director of government affairs for NCBA, says the current rules are too restrictive, but a split [Read More…]
Hartzler says dairy win in USMCA is “huge”
Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler says Canada’s willingness to open its dairy markets to the U.S. is a big deal, “For them to eliminate the class 6 and 7 category, plus to increase the quotas for [Read More…]
Outside markets pressure hog, cattle futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day lower on lower cash trade and pressure from outside markets. Weak wholesale values were also a negative influencer. October live cattle closed $1.27 lower at [Read More…]
Hubbs curious about use projections and corn yields
Soybean exports so far this year are off by 13 percent, according to Todd Hubbs, an agriculture economist at the University of Illinois. “And that’s all China,” Hubbs told Brownfield Ag News Wednesday. “We’ve [Read More…]
Freeze Warning issued October 10 at 2:18PM MDT until October 11 at 8:00AM MDT by NWS
…FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 9 AM CDT THURSDAY… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Freeze Warning, which is in effect from 1 AM to 9 AM CDT [Read More…]
Woman removed from plane after boarding with ’emotional support’ squirrel
iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO, Fla.) — Flying squirrels are a species, not a job description — at least according to Frontier Airlines. The Orlando Police Department was forced to remove a woman from a Frontier Airlines plane Tuesday [Read More…]
Mega Millions jackpot climbs over $500 million with no winner on Tuesday
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot climbed north of half a billion dollars after no one won the big prize in in Tuesday night’s drawing. The winning numbers were 20-22-39-54-60 and a Mega Ball [Read More…]
Hurricane Michael: Most powerful storm to hit US in 50 years tears through Florida toward Georgia
National Hurricane Center(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael, a monstrous Category 3 storm with 125 mph winds, made landfall in the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon, becoming the strongest storm since Hurricane Camille in 1969 and [Read More…]
NY man arrested in alleged Election Day bomb plot
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Federal authorities have arrested a New York man on charges of unlawfully manufacturing an explosive device, after they say he constructed a 200-pound bomb which he intended to detonate on the National [Read More…]
Woman faces corruption charges after allegedly spending $21M at Harrods
Oli Scarff/Getty Images(LONDON) — A woman is battling corruption charges in London after allegedly racking up $21 million at Harrods department store using 35 credit cards during a decades-long spending spree. Zamira Hajiyeva, the wife [Read More…]
Dow Jones closes down more than 800 points
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 831.83 points on Wednesday to close at 25,598.74, losing 3.2 percent of its value. The stock market was dragged down by a sell-off in tech stocks, [Read More…]
Hurricane Michael makes landfall at 155 mph, worst storm to hit Florida Panhandle in over a century
National Hurricane Center(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — Hurricane Michael, a potentially catastrophic Category 4 storm with 155 mph winds, made landfall in the Florida Panhandle Wednesday afternoon, becoming the strongest storm to hit the U.S. since [Read More…]
Trump spoke to Saudis about journalist’s disappearance: ‘We’ll get to the bottom of it’
ABCNews.com(WASHINGTON) — More than one week after a prominent Saudi dissident and Washington Post columnist went missing, President Donald Trump has spoken to Saudi officials “at the highest level” to press them on his disappearance, [Read More…]
US arrests alleged Chinese national for targeting major aviation companies
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Federal authorities have charged a Chinese national for his alleged efforts to steal sensitive technology from major U.S. aerospace firms by recruiting employees at those firms. The Chinese Ministry of State Security [Read More…]
Mega Millions jackpot climbs over $500 million with no winner on Tuesday
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The Mega Millions jackpot climbed north of half a billion dollars after no one won the big prize in in Tuesday night’s drawing. The winning numbers were 20-22-39-54-60 and a Mega Ball [Read More…]