Month: January 2019
Heavy snow buries Midwest with up to a foot possible in Mid-Atlantic
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The winter storm that dumped 10 to 20 inches of snow on parts of Missouri, Iowa and Illinois from Friday into Saturday is hitting the East Coast on Sunday. The storm [Read More…]
Jayme Closs spends first restful night back with family
Courtesy Jennifer Smith(BARRON, Wis.) — New photos released Saturday of Jayme Closs, the 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who spent 88 days in captivity after being abducted by her parent’s alleged killer, show her smiling and cuddling [Read More…]
One dead, twleve hospitalized in mass fentanyl overdose in California
iStock/Darwin Brandis(CHICO, Calif.) — One person is dead and a dozen others were rushed to the hospital after an apparent mass fentanyl overdose in Chico, California, on Saturday morning. Four of those taken to the [Read More…]
Two police officers shot, one killed responding to report of cars being broken into in Alabama
iStock(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Two police officers were shot and one has died while responding to a report that cars were being broken into in Birmingham, Alabama. The shooting happened at about 2 a.m. on Sunday, [Read More…]
‘Jayme is safe and we will make sure forever,’ family of Wisconsin girl who escaped man who allegedly killed her parents
Jennifer Smith(NEW YORK) — New photos released Saturday of Jayme Closs, the 13-year-old Wisconsin girl who spent 88 days in captivity after being abducted by her parent’s alleged killer, show her smiling and cuddling with [Read More…]
Lack of paid family leave, support at work partly to blame for 30-year low in fertility rates: Experts
ABC News(NEW YORK) — When sociology professor Caitlyn Collins set out to interview 135 middle-class women in Sweden, Germany, Italy and the U.S. about how they make motherhood work with their careers, she was surprised [Read More…]
88 days in captivity: The saga of 13-year-old Jayme Closs from horrific kidnapping to remarkable escape
Jennifer Smith(NEW YORK) — The search for her started with a mysterious 911 call from the cellphone of her mother, who was found shot to death with her father in their Wisconsin home. Despite fears [Read More…]
DNA tests prompt a family reunion 52 years in the making
slavemotion/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — In September, 2017, an Ohio woman named Erin Chatterton who never knew her biological parents received a birthday gift from her daughter and husband — an AncestryDNA kit – and took the [Read More…]
Correctional officers at supermax prisons guard the most dangerous inmates and aren’t getting paid
Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images(FLORENCE, Colo.) — When you walk into the federal “supermax” — or supermaximum security — prison just outside Florence, Colorado, there are bright artificial lights, no windows, thick concrete [Read More…]
Indiana police release body cam footage of officer accidentally shooting partner
Lafayette Police Department (LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — A police department in Indiana released shocking footage of an officer accidentally shooting his partner in the back while searching for a fugitive earlier this week. Lane Butler, who [Read More…]
Veteran’s border wall fundraiser falls apart as GoFundMe says $20M will be refunded
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Turns out an Air Force veteran is having just as much trouble funding a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico as President Donald Trump. GoFundMe said on Friday it [Read More…]
Megyn Kelly, NBC come to agreement on exit after controversial tenure
John Lamparski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Megyn Kelly’s rocky tenure at NBC is over. Kelly, a former Fox News host, joined the network in 2017 on a large deal and in three marquee roles. She hosted [Read More…]
Florida sheriff suspended over handling of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — Florida’s new governor Ron DeSantis has suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel over his department’s much-maligned response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last February — which took [Read More…]
Equipment manufacturers report uptick in 2018 machinery sales
A combine on display at the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Illinois An equipment manufacturers group says despite the down economy, farmers are investing in more new equipment. Curt Blades with the Association of Equipment [Read More…]
Supply concerns pressure hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed steady ahead of widespread direct cash business. The market is optimistic cash business will end the week strong. Feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s firm move [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 11, 2019
Mar. corn closed at $3.78 and 1/4, up 2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $8.99 and 1/4, up 3 and 3/4 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $310.40, down $2.20Jan. soybean oil closed at 28.17, up 23 pointsMar. wheat closed [Read More…]
Soybeans, corn recover some losses
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, recovering a small part of Thursday’s drop. The trade is watching weather in South America, with concerns in parts of Argentina and Brazil. Weather forecasts [Read More…]
Tornillo, the Texas tent camp that housed thousands of migrant children, will close: HH
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A massive tent camp in Texas that at one point housed some 2,800 migrant teenagers who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone will close, the Trump administration announced Friday. By this [Read More…]
Family of federal worker struggling because of the government shutdown begs Trump to meet with them
Allie McKinney(NEW YORK) — A stay-at-home mom whose family is struggling to make ends meet as the government shutdown stretches into one of the longest in U.S. history has a message for President Donald Trump: [Read More…]
Teacher in South Africa suspended after controversial photo of students goes viral
hudiemm/iStock(NEW YORK) — A teacher in South Africa has been suspended and allegations of racism are being investigated in a small town in the country’s North West province after a photograph showing black and white [Read More…]