Month: April 2019
Authorities foil domestic terror plot for multiple targets in Southern California
Fedorovekb/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Federal authorities have foiled a domestic terror plot for multiple targets in Southern California, two federal sources confirmed to ABC News. The case involves the FBI, Los Angeles Police Department and the [Read More…]
San Diego synagogue shooting victim laid to rest as suspect’s family calls his actions ‘evil’
SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO) — Grieving family and friends will gather Monday at the funeral for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, a 60-year-old woman shot dead Saturday at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in San Diego County. Meanwhile, [Read More…]
Farm Bureau urging passage of rural electric co-op bill
American Farm Bureau is asking Congress to quickly pass a bill that would help electric cooperatives with projects like expanding broadband. The Revitalizing Under-Developed Rural Areas and Lands Act bill would allow electric co-ops to [Read More…]
MFP certification deadline extended
USDA extended the deadline to certify 2018 crop production for Market Facilitation Program payments. The Farm Service Agency extended the deadline from May first to May 17th because rain and snow in many parts of [Read More…]
Forest that inspired Winnie the Pooh’s Hundred Acre Wood hit by fire
Andrew Mepham/iStock(LONDON) — Firefighters in England battled a blaze that broke out in the forest that inspired the Hundred Acre Wood, the setting for the Winnie the Pooh books. Fire crews from several departments worked [Read More…]
Burger King to roll out meat-free ‘Impossible’ Whopper nationwide by end of year
ilbusca/iStock(NEW YORK) — Burger King is planning to extend testing of its meatless “Impossible” Whopper and will roll out the vegetarian option nationwide by the end of the year. Burger King announced its collaboration with [Read More…]
Flood Warning issued April 29 at 8:50AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Iowa… Rock River At Rock Rapids …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Nebraska…Iowa…Minnesota… Big Sioux River Near Brookings Big Sioux River [Read More…]
Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Communications Workgroup meeting
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Nicole Heslip will be on the ground in East Lansing on May 21 for Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Communications Workgroup meeting. Continue reading Michigan Agricultural Environmental Assurance Communications Workgroup meeting at Brownfield Ag [Read More…]
Protecting pollinators, wildlife, and the environment
Following product labels and using seed-flow lubricants at planting help to avoid harmful exposures to people, wildlife, and the environment. In this Managing for Profit – Jane DeMarchi with the American Seed Trade Association talks [Read More…]
Woman killed in San Diego synagogue shooting to be laid to rest
SANDY HUFFAKER/AFP/Getty Images(SAN DIEGO) — Grieving family and friends will gather Monday at the funeral for Lori Gilbert-Kaye, a 60-year-old woman shot dead Saturday at the Chabad of Poway synagogue in San Diego County. Three [Read More…]
Sri Lanka bans face coverings after Easter bombings that killed over 250
Carl Court/Getty Images(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) — Sri Lanka has barred face veils in the wake of the Easter bombings that killed hundreds of people at churches and high-end hotels. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said [Read More…]
Prince Harry, Meghan planning tour of Africa with baby Sussex in tow: Report
DOMINIC LIPINSKI/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — Prince Harry was spotted at the London Marathon Sunday, another sign that the wait continues for the birth of his first child with Meghan, the Duchess of Sussex. Meghan is due [Read More…]
Women’s groups condemn policy that gives police access to sexual assault victims’ phones
darrensp/iStock(LONDON) — A new policy intended to get victims of crime in the United Kingdom to hand over their mobile phones has been met with condemnation from digital privacy and women’s groups. Victims of crime [Read More…]
Man who ‘rushed’ San Diego synagogue shooter away tells his story
carlballou/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — San Diego authorities are praising the courage of a 51-year-old man they say went after the suspected shooter at a synagogue over the weekend. A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle opened fire [Read More…]
Man who ‘rushed’ San Diego synagogue shooter away tells his story
carlballou/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — San Diego authorities are praising the courage of a 51-year-old man they say went after the suspected shooter at a synagogue over the weekend. A gunman wielding an assault-style rifle opened fire [Read More…]
Early soybean planting can pay off
University of Wisconsin soybean specialist Shawn Conley talks about why many growers are changing their habits and planting their soybeans before their corn. Continue reading Early soybean planting can pay off at Brownfield Ag News. [Read More…]
Missouri soybean acreage has grown
Missouri’s soybean acreage is growing. Tom Steever spoke to Bob Garino, State Statistician, National Agricultural Statistics Service, who says the latest Ag Census indicates a million more acres in the last 20 years. To find [Read More…]
For a mother and her two daughters at Delta, piloting is a family business
ABC News(NEW YORK) — On a warm Los Angeles afternoon, Kelly Jacobson is inspecting nearly every external inch of her 200,000-pound aircraft through the thick aviator sunglasses she fuses with her Delta Air Lines uniform. [Read More…]
Sri Lanka bans face coverings after Easter bombings that killed over 250
Carl Court/Getty Images(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka) — Sri Lanka has barred face veils in the wake of the Easter bombings that killed hundreds of people at churches and high-end hotels. Sri Lankan President Maithripala Sirisena said [Read More…]
Commander of prison at Guantanamo is fired
zudin/iStock(NEW YORK) — The Navy admiral in charge of the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay has been fired for an unspecified “loss of confidence in his ability to command.” “Commander, U.S. Southern Command, U.S. Navy [Read More…]