Month: March 2019
Family recalls moment fast-moving avalanche swept over their truck
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The Goleman family was driving home from a Sunday ski trip in Colorado when they saw an avalanche barreling down the surrounding mountains toward them. Shaune Goleman said he considered hitting [Read More…]
After a slow start and surprised taxpayers, refunds are up
agshotime/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The average 2018 refund is up, according to the latest IRS accounting, after a sharp decrease at the start of tax season surprised taxpayers expecting to see more benefits from the Trump tax [Read More…]
T-Mobile spent $195,000 at Trump’s DC Hotel since announcing Sprint merger
raksyBH/iStock(WASHINGTON) — T-Mobile has spent $195,000 at the Trump International Hotel in Washington since April of 2018, according to a letter the company sent to two Democratic lawmakers, a sharp increase matched by spending at [Read More…]
Top automakers bring the sizzle to glitzy Geneva car show
Mustafa Yalcin/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(GENEVA) — Every March, the biggest names in the auto industry descend on Geneva, the Swiss city celebrated for its cosmopolitan vibe, decadent chocolate and spectacular views of Lake Geneva and the [Read More…]
The easiest way to save money in 2019: Online savings accounts
malerapaso/iStock(NEW YORK) — We are well into 2019 and if your New Year’s resolution was to save more of your hard-earned money, there’s one really easy way to do just that. With the stock market [Read More…]
Target releases line of $10 wines
Target(NEW YORK) — Target is out with a brand new collection of “premium wine” — and they are all under $10. “The Collection,” a selection of five California wines that are just $9.99 a bottle, [Read More…]
Lawyers: 24 parents separated from children report they are being detained
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Twenty-four migrant parents who returned to the United States on Saturday after they said they were separated and deported without their children are now being detained by the U.S. government, according [Read More…]
Baltimore officers allegedly planted gun on man after running him over
Baltimore Police Department(BALTIMORE) — A retired Baltimore police sergeant was indicted for allegedly planting a pellet gun on a suspect after another officer intentionally ran him over, prosecutors said. Former Baltimore Police Department Sgt. Keith [Read More…]
Tristan O’Tierney, co-founder of Square app, dead at 35
Dom Sagolla(OCALA, Fla.) — Tristan O’Tierney, co-founder of the mobile payment app Square, died last week while undergoing rehab for addiction in Florida. O’Tierney, who was 35, died on Feb. 23 at a rehab facility [Read More…] [Read More…]
Tristan O’Tierney, co-founder of Square app, dead at 35
Dom Sagolla(OCALA, Fla.) — Tristan O’Tierney, co-founder of the mobile payment app Square, died last week while undergoing rehab for addiction in Florida. O’Tierney, who was 35, died on Feb. 23 at a rehab facility [Read More…]
Track cancels horse racing indefinitely after 21st fatality in the less than three months
winhorse/iStock(ARCADIA, Calif.) — A Southern California horse racing track canceled races indefinitely on Tuesday after another horse died this week, marking the 21st fatality since the track opened for the winter season. Santa Anita Park [Read More…]
Georgia mom arrested in $200,000 trust fund scam; disabled son goes missing
hynci/iStock(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.) — A Georgia mother was arrested for trying to scam her disabled son out of $200,000 in trust fund money, police said Tuesday. Yvonne Longmire, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was arrested last week on [Read More…]
Three river otters stolen from animal sanctuary in North Carolina
pixonaut/iStock(COATS, N.C.) — Police are looking for three river otters apparently stolen from their habitat at a North Carolina animal sanctuary. Caretakers at Animal Edventures Sanctuary in Coats, North Carolina, about 30 miles south of [Read More…]
National Farmers Union delegates pass eight special orders of business
National Farmers Union delegates strongly supported efforts to stop climate change during their national convention, but they were split on whether to support The Green New Deal recently proposed in Washington. President Roger Johnson says, [Read More…]
Iowa producer says farmers need changes to survive
An Iowa hog producer says farmers need more control and some reforms to bring farm prices and the rural economy up. Chris Peterson from Clear Lake, Iowa is semi-retired, but he is still raising hogs. [Read More…]
Biodiesel has also resulted in $4.8 billion savings for livestock feed
Biodiesel has added to soybean growers’ bottom lines since its development from checkoff dollars and University of Missouri research. Tom Steever spoke to Casey Wasser, Policy Director, Missouri Soybean Association, who says biodiesel has also [Read More…]
Man whose sister’s murder in Baltimore was falsely blamed on a panhandler says he’s not surprised by brother-in-law’s arrest
Courtesy Keith Smith(BALTIMORE) — While his sister’s slaying in Baltimore left his brother-in-law, who blamed the killing on a panhandler, in custody on murder charges along with his daughter, Marcel Trisvan says he “wasn’t surprised” [Read More…] [Read More…]
Man whose sister’s murder in Baltimore was falsely blamed on a panhandler says he’s not surprised by brother-in-law’s arrest
Courtesy Keith Smith(BALTIMORE) — While his sister’s slaying in Baltimore left his brother-in-law, who blamed the killing on a panhandler, in custody on murder charges along with his daughter, Marcel Trisvan says he “wasn’t surprised” [Read More…]
Satellite photos show North Korea rebuilding missile launch facility
ANNECORDON/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Commercial satellite imagery released by a Washington think tank showed that North Korea has begun a rapid rebuilding of a missile launch site that has been inactive since last summer. The development comes [Read More…]
Packer: quality grades increasing
A Kansas packer says the quality grades of cattle are increasing. “We went from grading probably 45 percent to almost 85 percent Choice now,” said Chad Barker, referring to the 12 years he has been [Read More…]