Year: 2018
At least 7 Coptic Christians killed in attack on buses in Egypt
iStock/Thinkstoc(NEW YORK) — At least seven people were killed and at least 19 others were injured in an attack on several buses carrying Coptic Christians near a monastery in Egypt on Friday, according to a [Read More…]
Archaeologists start on Europe’s largest dig ever, spanning 10,000 years of history: The beginning of High Speed 2
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — Before they break ground or lay a single rail for the new High Speed 2 railway connecting London to other parts of the UK, archaeologists need to dig. Over the next two years, [Read More…]
Father speaks at vigil for three siblings fatally struck at school bus stop
Courtesy Elgin Ingle(NEW YORK) — A grief-stricken community in northern Indiana held a vigil Friday night for the three young siblings who were struck and killed while crossing the street to their school bus earlier [Read More…]
US service member killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
iStock/Thinkstock(KABUL, Afghanistan) — A member of the U.S. armed forces was killed and another was wounded in an apparent insider attack on Saturday in the Afghan capital of Kabul, according to Resolute Support, the NATO [Read More…]
Marines join largest NATO exercise since end of the Cold War
iStock/Thinkstock(OSLO, Norway) — NATO has held its largest military exercises since the end of the Cold War. Called Trident Juncture, the war games are being held over two weeks in Norway and involve 50,000 troops, [Read More…]
Thousands of Koreans make kimchi together at annual festival
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — More than 2,000 people in Seoul, dressed in red aprons and pink rubber gloves, were on hand Friday to make the traditional Korean dish kimchi. The hundreds of cabbages and radishes thrown into [Read More…]
Three dead, including shooter, after gunman opens fire on yoga studio in Tallahassee
WTXL-TV(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) — Three people are dead, including the shooter, after a gunman opened fire on a yoga class in Tallahassee, Florida, on Friday evening. The shooting took place at Hot Yoga Tallahassee in the [Read More…]
Strong storm brings flash flooding, tornadoes, damaging winds to East Coast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A strong storm brought torrential rain, gusty winds and severe weather to parts of the East Coast on Friday. There were six reported tornadoes — five in Florida and one in [Read More…]
UK to introduce UN resolution to spur Yemen peace push
Mohammed Hamoud/Getty Images(LONDON) — Amid a new push to finally end the war in Yemen, the United Kingdom is planning to introduce a United Nations Security Council resolution to support that effort, according to a [Read More…]
Loyal customers to doughnut shop buy dozens every day to help store owner see his sick wife
ABCNews.com(LOS ANGELES) — Loyal customers to a doughnut shop in California have been buying the delectable treats by the dozens ever since they discovered that the store-owner’s wife had fallen ill, all in an effort [Read More…]
Sisters found dead in Hudson River preferred suicide over returning to Saudi Arabia: Police
New York Police Department(NEW YORK) — Tala and Rotana Farea, the sisters from Saudi Arabia whose bodies were found taped together in New York City’s Hudson River last week, were said to have preferred suicide [Read More…]
Beekeepers concerned about effect of combined chemicals
Beekeepers would like to have more information about various chemical combinations and how they affect bees. The President of the Wisconsin Honey Producer’s Association says keeping honeybees healthy and productive remains his biggest challenge. Kent Pegorsch [Read More…]
Minnesota has second case of low-pathogenic avian flu
A low-pathogenic strain of avian flu has been found in another Minnesota turkey flock. The Minnesota Board of Animal Health confirms the infected flock of 13-week-old hens is located in Stearns County in central Minnesota. [Read More…]
National Dairy Board leaders chosen
A Wisconsin and a Minnesota farmer were selected as new officers on the National Dairy Board. Along with new Chairman Brad Scott from California, Vice Chair Connie Seefeldt from Coleman, Wisconsin and Secretary Deb Vander [Read More…]
Keep the Stubble: Benefits of reducing tillage and leaving residue in the field
Brian Ryberg has been turning heads in southcentral Minnesota ever since he reduced his tillage and began interseeding ryegrass cover crops in corn. While neighbors tend to begin with a black, heavily tilled seedbed, Ryberg [Read More…]
Cattle futures pressured by lower wholesale values
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed weak ahead of widespread direct cash business and steady to sharply lower wholesale values. Feeder cattle futures were pressured by the day’s higher move in corn. [Read More…]
Debate continues over off-target movement of dicamba
The debate over off-target movement of dicamba herbicides has heated up again following EPA’s decision to re-register those products. But Bayer spokesman Ryan Rubischko tells Brownfield if applicators follow the label, volatility and drift should not be [Read More…]
California to vote on tougher animal housing rules
California voters will decide next week on an initiative that would mandate larger, cage-free spaces for pigs, veal calves and egg-laying hens. Proposition 12 builds on the Prop 2 initiative passed in 2008, which animal [Read More…]
NMPF says milk labels are not equal
The National Milk Producers Federation says nutrition confusion by consumers is one of the reasons they want to see the FDA enforce labeling restrictions. NMPF’s Alan Bjerga tells Brownfield a survey commissioned by Dairy Management [Read More…]
It’s all about voter turnout November 6
As I type this, there’s just a handful of days of bloviating, smoke and mirrors and truly obnoxious TV ads until the November 6 midterm election. I, for one, will be glad to see the [Read More…]