Year: 2018
Ag News
Consumers want more butter
A dairy checkoff leader says the holidays help move a lot of butter. Katie Hepler with Dairy Farmers of Wisconsin tells Brownfield butter consumption is on the rise. “Since 1970, you know we’re really just [Read More…]
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Thanksgiving parade-goers brave record-low temperatures: How long the cold will last
ABC News(NEW YORK) — If you’re celebrating Thanksgiving in the Northeast, make sure to bundle up before you trek outside — the region is seeing record-low temperatures that feel more like the dead of winter [Read More…]
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Astronauts to celebrate Thanksgiving on the International Space Station
NASA(NEW YORK) — Some astronauts are taking the day off to celebrate Thanksgiving while they orbit Earth on the International Space Station. The three members of Expedition 57 from Russia, Germany and the U.S. will [Read More…]
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Video shows gunman shoot two men in front of Houston bus stop in broad daylight
KTRK(HOUSTON) — Newly released video footage shows a gunman shooting two men in front of a Metro bus stop in Houston, Texas, ABC News’ Houston affiliate KTRK-TV reported. The attack took place on Nov. 4 [Read More…]
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Family of Tennessee driver killed by concrete chunk hurled from overpass want justice
WRKN(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Loved ones of a Tennessee man killed when a slab of concrete tossed from an overpass crashed through his car windshield pleaded for any witnesses to contact police, saying they want justice. [Read More…]
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American’s doomed trip to remote island was a ‘misdirected adventure,’ police say
iStock/Thinkstock(ANDAMAN ISLANDS) — Authorities said Thursday the doomed trip taken by the American man who was killed by an isolated tribe in the Andaman Islands was a “misplaced, misdirected adventure.” John Chau, 27, was killed [Read More…]
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Dense Fog Advisory issued November 22 at 7:48AM MST until November 22 at 10:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 AM CST THIS MORNING… * VISIBILITY…Visibility of a quarter mile or less is likely through late morning. * IMPACTS…In addition to the dense fog reducing visibilities, fog [Read More…]
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Dense Fog Advisory issued November 22 at 3:24AM MST until November 22 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Dense Fog Advisory, which is in effect until 9 AM CST this morning. * [Read More…]
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More favorable weather, for now, across the Heartland
In the Corn Belt, seasonally cool, mostly dry weather is allowing some producers to complete corn and soybean harvest efforts. However, soils remain wet in much of the eastern Corn Belt, where Ohio’s topsoil [Read More…]
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Talking turkey
Steve Olson, executive director of the Minnesota Turkey Growers Association, says the state is recovering from the high path avian influenza outbreak in 2015. He also has some interesting insight on how trade impacts the [Read More…]
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IKEA store in Italy welcomes stray dogs this winter
ABC News(CATANIA, Italy) — An IKEA in Italy has set the internet alight by providing a home for stray dogs during the freezing winter months. Social media users praised the shop’s open-door policy for strays [Read More…]
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Arctic blast producing coldest Thanksgiving in decades
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Thursday will be the coldest Thanksgiving in decades for most of the Northeast, the result of an Arctic blast of air that’s pushing temperatures 15 to 25 degrees colder than a [Read More…]
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A more active pattern over the Holiday Weekend
A changing weather pattern will feature a pair of Pacific storms; each will traverse the West before crossing the central and eastern U.S. The first storm system will produce widespread, late-week precipitation across the [Read More…]
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US Navy treats more than 14K patients halfway through mission to help Venezuelan refugees
Scott Bigley/U.S. Navy(TURBO, Colombia) — Medical staff members from a U.S. Navy hospital ship have already seen about 14,500 patients during the first half of the ship’s mission to Central and South America to assist [Read More…]
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Dense Fog Advisory issued November 22 at 3:24AM MST until November 22 at 8:00AM MST by NWS
…DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CST THIS MORNING… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Dense Fog Advisory, which is in effect until 9 AM CST this morning. * [Read More…]
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Amtrak cars detach near Albany, stranding riders ahead of Thanksgiving
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Amtrak passengers were left in the cold on Wednesday night when a mechanical issue caused two train cars to detach, stranding riders on a dark railway ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday. Amtrak [Read More…]
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A hurricane-devastated community is coming together for Thanksgiving
ABC News(PANAMA CITY, Fla.) — A little over a month after Hurricane Michael made landfall in the Florida Panhandle as one of the strongest storms in U.S. history, members of one of the hardest-hit communities [Read More…]
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Inside the Supreme Economy: Streetwear, phones, bots and side hustles
Claudio Lavenia/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Every Thursday morning at 11:00 a.m., Marlon Smith watches his computer or his phone, waiting for the newest Supreme products to drop. This has been his Thursday routine since he [Read More…]
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Firefighter pilots on California peak rescue amid wildfire: ‘There was really nowhere to run, nowhere to go’
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — Two firefighter pilots who rescued three people and their dogs off a California peak told ABC News the fire roaring toward the ridge would likely have killed the stranded group within [Read More…]