Month: October 2018
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Why Jewish hospital president checked on injured synagogue shooting suspect
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — Dr. Jeff Cohen, President of Allegheny General Hospital, lives down the street from Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue, and heard the gunshots and chaos that unfolded when a gunman carried out [Read More…]
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Shooting at Kentucky grocery store raises questions about hate crime
Google Maps Street View(JEFFERSONTOWN, Ky.) — Two recent shootings in the U.S. — one in Kentucky, one in Pennsylvania — are both being investigated as possible hate crimes, authorities said. The suspect who fatally shot [Read More…]
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Trump congratulates Brazil’s new far-right president
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — President Trump called Brazil’s new conservative president to congratulate the controversial leader who has praised the country’s former military dictatorship and made disparaging remarks about women, Afro-Brazilians, and the LGBT community. Jair Bolsonaro, [Read More…]
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Slater: Steel and aluminum tariffs cost farmers, risk jobs
The President of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers says the steel and aluminum tariffs President Trump placed on imported materials are affecting more than just the cost of machinery in the U.S. Dennis Slater says, [Read More…]
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Ethanol group asks EPA to remove barriers to blending more renewable fuel
The American Coalition for Ethanol has told the EPA it should remove regulatory barriers that prevent higher octane ethanol fuel blends from reaching the market. In a letter sent Friday, ACE President Brian Jennings says [Read More…]
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Jakob Gmur – Diversified Horticulture – Entrepreneurship/Placement Proficiency
Jakob Gmur, a member of the Whitewater FFA Chapter in Wisconsin, owns a lawn care and property service business. He provides weekly lawn mowing, spring and fall cleanups, landscaping, hardscaping, and snow removal. He has [Read More…]
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Logan Paul – Agricultural Mechanics Repair and Maintenance –Placement Proficiency
Logan Paul is a member of the Randolph-Cambria-Friesland FFA Chapter in Wisconsin. He works for his father’s repair and metal fabrication business. He says most of his customers are dairy farmers needing equipment repaired. Advice [Read More…]
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Amelia Hayden – Agricultural Education – Entrepreneurship/Placement Proficiency
Amelia Hayden, with the Big Foot FFA Chapter in Wisconsin, began her supervised agricultural experience program by helping with an ag literacy event. Since then, she has worked with her county extension program to provide [Read More…]
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: What we know about alleged mass shooter Robert Bowers
Aaron Jackendoff/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — The man who allegedly opened fire on worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue “made statements regarding genocide and his desire to kill Jewish people” during the 20-minute attack, prosecutors [Read More…]
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Pittsburgh synagogue-shooting suspect wounded in gunfight leaves hospital, appears in court in wheelchair
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — The man accused of gunning down 11 worshippers at a Pittsburgh synagogue appeared in a federal court Monday afternoon in a wheelchair. Robert Bowers, 46, appeared before U.S. Magistrate Judge Robert [Read More…]
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Equipment Manufacturing Roundtable
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Ken Anderson will be at the CLAAS headquarters in Omaha, Nebraska October 30 to cover an Equipment Manufacturing Roundtable. Continue reading Equipment Manufacturing Roundtable at Brownfield Ag News.
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A more active pattern set to return
Tranquil weather will prevail in most areas of the country during the next several days. By mid-week, however, a developing storm system and its trailing cold front will help to focus rainfall across the [Read More…]
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Corn export inspections stay ahead of expectations
The USDA says corn export inspections as of the week ending October 25th remain ahead of the anticipated pace for the current marketing year. Wheat came out at 393,255 tons, up 6,294 from the week [Read More…]
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Tariffs remain a sticking point as USMCA signing approaches
A senior Mexican trade official says steel and aluminum tariffs must be lifted before the country will sign the U.S. Mexico Canada Agreement. Juan Carlos Baker told reporters the countries need to solve the tariff [Read More…]
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Looking for real leaders
In the wake of the unimaginably tragic synagogue attack in Pittsburgh and the apprehension of an individual who mailed pipe bombs to at least 14 targets last week – most of them White House critics [Read More…]
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Pittsburgh synagogue shooting: Portraits of the 11 victims
Jeff Swensen/Getty Images(PITTSBURGH) — Eleven worshipers, including a 97-year-old woman, were gunned down inside the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh’s Squirrel Hill neighborhood Saturday morning. “Words escape me of what you can say,” said [Read More…]
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‘Screw the optics, I’m going in’: Alleged shooter posts on social media before attack
ABC News(PITTSBURGH) — The man who allegedly gunned down 11 worshipers at a Pittsburgh synagogue used three handguns and an AR-15 assault rifle in the 20-minute rampage and screamed to SWAT officers who wounded him [Read More…]
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Ninth child dies in New Jersey facility suffering adenovirus outbreak
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A ninth child has died in a New Jersey rehabilitation facility that is currently suffering an adenovirus outbreak, according to officials. The child, whose name has not been released, died late Saturday [Read More…]
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Suspicious package found in Atlanta, addressed to CNN
John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images(ATLANTA) — The FBI was notified of a suspicious package at an Atlanta postal facility on Monday. CNN released a statement from its president, Jeff Zucker, saying that the package was [Read More…]
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Meghan Markle’s royal tour style: Duchess wears ‘ethically made’ blazer dress by New Zealand designer
Dominic Lipinski – Pool/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — All eyes are on Meghan Markle as she and her husband, Prince Harry, undertake a 16-day tour of Australia, New Zealand, Fiji and Tonga. The couple will attend [Read More…]