Month: December 2018
Three law enforcement officers wounded in shooting while trying to serve warrant: Sheriff
KTRK-TV(HOUSTON) — A sheriff’s deputy and two officials from the Texas attorney general’s office were hurt in a shooting while trying to serve a felony warrant in Houston, authorities said. The “primary suspect” is “possibly [Read More…]
Syngenta $1.51 B corn settlement approved
A Kansas judge has given final approval of $1.51 Billion dollars in Syngenta’s corn class action settlement. Payments would likely go out in the second quarter of 2019. More than 650-thousand farmers are represented in [Read More…]
Nebraska Farm Bureau passes meat labeling resolution
Nebraska Farm Bureau delegates, at their recent annual meeting, supported a resolution to prevent plant-based and lab-produced protein makers from using the word “meat” or other meat-related terms to describe their products. Farm Bureau first [Read More…]
Grassley says he’ll vote against the farm bill–again
Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says he will vote against the 2018 farm bill because it expands the loopholes on farm subsidy payments. Grassley, a long-time proponent of tighter payment limitations, voted against the 2014 farm [Read More…]
Desperate search for 3 people missing in West Virginia mine; 1 survivor emerges
JodiJacobson/iStock(CLEAR CREEK, W.Va.) — Rescue teams were exploring an underground West Virginia coal mine on Tuesday in search of two women and a man, after the fourth person in the group emerged on Monday night [Read More…]
Google says it didn’t use resources to target Latino voters in 2016
tupungato/iStock(WASHINGTON) — In a testy exchange in front of the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai refuted allegations that the company targeted Latino voters during the 2016 U.S. elections. During a hearing [Read More…]
Jury recommends life in prison plus 419 years for Charlottesville car attacker
Michał Chodyra/iStock(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — A jury recommends that the man who rammed his car into a crowd of people during the ‘Unite the Right’ rally in Charlottesville in 2017 should spend life in prison plus [Read More…]
Grieving husband desperate for answers after New York woman’s mysterious death in Turks and Caicos
Kuhnla family(NEW YORK) — The grieving husband of a woman mysteriously killed in on vacation in Turks and Caicos is still desperate for answers two months after her death. Marie Kuhnla, 61, of Long Island, [Read More…]
Prosecutors mull death penalty for alleged Tree of Life synagogue shooter
BrianAJackson/iStock(PITTSBURGH) — Federal prosecutors in Pittsburgh are now deciding whether or not to seek the death penalty for alleged synagogue shooter Robert Bowers, according to a new court filing. The case against Bowers, who is [Read More…]
Three dead after massive, ‘unforgettable’ snowstorm pummels NC: Governor
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Three people have died in North Carolina after a massive, “unforgettable” snowstorm pummeled the state, the governor said Tuesday. A driver was trying to free his stuck car on Monday when [Read More…]
West Virginia mine rescue underway for three missing men
File photo: West Virginia Mining. Credit: ScottNodine/iStock(CLEAR CREEK, W.Va.) — Rescue teams were exploring an underground West Virginia coal mine on Tuesday in search of three missing men, after a fourth man with the group [Read More…]
Google Plus will shut down in April
Erikona/iStock(NEW YORK) — Google is planning a shutdown for Google Plus after revealing a new bug in the software compromised the data of more than 50 million users.Watch the video below for more: Copyright © [Read More…]
Russia buries legendary human rights activist Lyudmila Alexeyeva
Carsten Koall/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — Russia on Tuesday buried the legendary human rights activist, Lyudmila Alexeyeva, whose fearless efforts to force the Soviet Union and later Russia’s government to observe its citizens’ rights made her a [Read More…]
Options for improving cover crop establishment
University of Wisconsin Ag Agent Ken Schoeder talks about possible management changes to improve cover crops and he will explain how one farmer had good results when it was too wet to get traditional equipment [Read More…]
“Time” honors journalists as Person of the Year
MOHAMMED AL-SHAIKH/AFP/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Murdered journalist Jamal Khashoggi, the Capital Gazette newspaper of Maryland that endured a mass shooting, and three Reuters reporters persecuted for their reporting have all been chosen as Time magazine’s [Read More…]
Police arrest man outside British Parliament for trespassing
400tmax/iStock(LONDON) — A man was arrested by British armed police on Tuesday for entering the grounds of the British Houses of Parliament. Police have yet to rule out whether the incident is terror-related. “A man [Read More…]
Football player, 16, charged with murdering pregnant girl
St. Joseph County Prosecutors Office(MISHAWAKA, Ind.) — A 16-year-old has been charged with killing a pregnant classmate and her unborn child, of whom he was the father, authorities say. Aaron Romeo Trejo allegedly stabbed Breana [Read More…]
Delta bans emotional support animals on long-haul flights
Boarding1Now/iStock(NEW YORK) — Delta Airlines will soon enforce new restrictions for customers who are traveling with service and emotional support animals. Emotional support animals will no longer be allowed on flights that are longer than [Read More…]
Instagram gift guide pairs products with hashtags
bigtunaonline/iStock(NEW YORK) — This holiday season, Instagram is introducing something special — its first #InstaGiftGuide, which pairs six popular hashtag trends with gifts produced by more than 30 brands. You can get the purr-fect gift [Read More…]