Year: 2018
Pittsburgh synagogue massacre: Oldest victim, Rose Mallinger, 97, laid to rest
Courtesy Mallinger Family(PITTSBURGH) — The oldest victim of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre — who left behind three children, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild — was laid to rest Friday. Rose Mallinger, 97, was among the [Read More…]
Mail bomb suspect Cesar Sayoc to be transferred to New York for trial
iStock/Thinkstock (NEW YORK) — The 56-year-old man accused of mailing more than a dozen pipe bombs throughout the country to top Democrats, other high-profile liberal figures and CNN will be transferred from Florida to New [Read More…]
Alec Baldwin to be charged with assault after allegedly punching someone in NY
Andrew Burton/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Actor Alec Baldwin is in custody and expected to be charged with assault after punching someone after what officials described as a dispute near his East 10th Street home in [Read More…]
US to impose ‘far tougher’ sanctions on Iran Monday
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is set to reimpose sanctions on Iran on Monday that it said are “far tougher than have ever been imposed on the Islamic Republic of Iran,” according to Secretary of [Read More…]
Americans say they enjoy values and sense of community found in rural areas
There is a lot of optimism in the future of rural America, according to a new study by NPR, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, and the Harvard School of Public Health. Survey respondents say although opioid abuse [Read More…]
Farm inputs will likely trend higher in 2019
Farmers will likely experience higher inputs costs in 2019, at a time when they are already facing a down farm economy. Barry Ward is the leader of production business management with OSU Extension. “It’s going to [Read More…]
USDA says blockchain might be solution to disease traceability
U.S. Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue says new advancements in technology will allow for faster disease traceability. “You’ve got a lot of new things out there called blockchain technology that we think will really help.” He [Read More…]
Wheeler: Expect WOTUS proposal by end of month
The head of the EPA tells Brownfield they intend to have their Waters of the U.S. proposed regulation by the end of November, “And I think that’s going to be good news for farmers across [Read More…]
How DNA, genetic genealogy led to arrest in 1997 cold case killing of 28-year-old Georgia woman: Police
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — Twenty-one years after a 28-year-old woman was found dead in her Georgia bedroom, DNA and genetic genealogy have led to a suspect’s arrest, authorities said. Jerry Lee is accused of killing 28-year-old marketing [Read More…]
At least 7 Coptic Christians killed in bus attack in Egypt
iStock/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — At least seven people were killed and multiple others were injured in an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians to a monastery in Egypt on Friday, a spokesman for Egypt’s Coptic Church [Read More…]
At least 10 Coptic Christians killed in bus attack in Egypt
iStock/Thinkstock(CAIRO) — At least 10 people were killed in an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Christians in Egypt on Friday, according to Egypt’s Coptic Church. The bus was traveling between the Egyptian city of [Read More…]
Bayer officials say additional state restrictions on dicamba are unnecessary
Bayer Crop Science officials say the new restrictions imposed on dicamba use by the EPA make additional state restrictions unnecessary. “We still feel that additional restrictions beyond what’s identified on the federal EPA level are [Read More…]
Protecting the bottom line in 2019
Farmers are projected to harvest big corn and soybean crops this year. While those big yields give farmers more grain to market, they also add more pressure to prices. In this Managing For Profit Sam [Read More…]
Pittsburgh synagogue massacre: Oldest victim to be laid to rest
Courtesy Mallinger Family(PITTSBURGH) — The oldest victim of the Pittsburgh synagogue massacre — who left behind three children, five grandchildren and a great-grandchild — will be laid to rest Friday. Rose Mallinger was among the [Read More…]
Italy proposes controversial plan to help boost birth rate
iStock/Thinkstock(ROME) — Italy wants to revive its shrinking birth rate by helping families put down roots. The country’s populist far-right government has presented a controversial plan to give free farmland for 20 years to married parents [Read More…]
Unemployment rate stays at 3.7% as 250K jobs added in October
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 250,000 jobs to their payrolls in October, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, exceeding economists’ expectations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said most of the jobs occurred in health care, [Read More…]
Tennessee whiskey makers moody over Trump tariff tiff
iStock/Thinkstock(PIGEON FORGE, Tenn.) — President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum have left Tennessee whiskey and other moonshine makers feeling moody as they cope with the international backlash and higher import costs. The [Read More…]
France launches nationwide investigation after dozens born with malformed arms
iStock/Thinkstock(PARIS) — France has launched a national inquiry into why babies in some regions over the last 15 years have been born with missing or malformed arms. Public Health France announced in a statement on [Read More…]
Still have leftover candy? Do something good with it
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — If by chance there’s still Halloween candy in your house, there are some options that can prevent you from hoovering it up yourself. The Halloween Candy Buy Back website lets you find [Read More…]
Meghan Markle fan on meeting the duchess: ‘I’m still so blown away’
Pool/Samir Hussein/WireImage(AUCKLAND, New Zealand) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s 16-day, four-country tour is over, but one fan is still recovering from the encounter she had with Meghan. The fan, Hannah Sergel, is a 20-year-old [Read More…]