Month: April 2019
News
Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg tells ABC News he’s ‘confident’ about 2020 election
(Peter Dasilva/ABC)(MENLO PARK, Calif.) — Just over a year after the Cambridge Analytica scandal threw Facebook at the center of a global controversy, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg told George Stephanopoulos he was proud of the [Read More…]
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Estranged husband of vanished New York City teacher arrested for assault; wife remains missing
(NYPD) Jeanine Cammarata, 37, a substitute teacher and mother of three, has been missing on Staten Island since Saturday, March 30, 2019. (NEW YORK) — New York City police have charged the estranged husband of [Read More…]
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Washington man who raped woman while impersonating ride-share driver arrested, police say
(King County Sheriff’s Office) Police released images of a suspect who allegedly raped a woman in Seattle in December 2018. (SEATTLE) — Police arrested a Washington state man who they believe raped a woman while [Read More…]
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Ethiopian Airlines 737 Max crew ‘repeatedly’ followed recommended procedures but couldn’t regain control, investigators say
Jemal Countess/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The Ethiopian Airlines crew commanding the Boeing 737 Max 8, which crashed last month and killed all 157 people on board, followed all recommended procedures but couldn’t regain control of [Read More…]
Ag News
Governors emphasize flood control and more state involvement in meeting with Corps
From left to right, Missouri Governor Mike Parson, Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds and Nebraska Governor Pete Ricketts The governors of Iowa, Nebraska and Missouri met with officials of the Army Corps of Engineers Wednesday afternoon [Read More…]
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Actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin face judge in massive ‘Varsity Blues’ college entrance scam
YinYang/iStock(BOSTON) — Hollywood actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Loughlin made their first formal appearances Wednesday in Boston federal court along with ten other parents charged in the massive college entrance scandal in which prosecutors say [Read More…]
Weather
Flood Warning issued April 03 at 7:42PM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Minnesota… West Fork Des Moines River at Jackson …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Nebraska…Iowa…Minnesota… James River At Huron
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Teen claims to be Timmothy Pitzen, the Illinois 6-year-old who went missing in 2011: Police report
Aurora Police Department via Center for Missing and Exploited Children(NEW YORK) — A teen has told authorities that he is Timmothy Pitzen, the 6-year-old boy who went missing in 2011 after his mother died by [Read More…]
Ag News
Video tours demystify pork production
Photo: SDSU Extension People everywhere can tour a state-of-the-art swine research unit thanks to video live-streaming. South Dakota State University swine specialist Bob Thaler says after a new swine unit was opened near the campus, [Read More…]
Ag News
Market economist surprised by small spring wheat intentions
An extension grain market economist was surprised by the low spring wheat number in last week’s USDA Prospective Planting report. “I’ve been looking for a big shift in the Dakotas away from soybeans and more [Read More…]
Ag News
Hog futures continue to push higher
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day lower on technical pressure and weakness in cash and wholesale beef. Feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s firm move in corn. April live cattle [Read More…]
Ag News
FSA authorizes emergency loans in Wisconsin, parts of Minnesota and Michigan
Farmers in most of Wisconsin now qualify for USDA low-interest loans because of winter storm damage. Producers with property or livestock losses in twenty-four primary counties and 32 contiguous Wisconsin counties can apply for the [Read More…]
Ag News
Advocating for the next generation of ag leaders
Ag Secretary Sonny Perdue is a strong advocate for the next generation of agricultural leaders. Speaking at the National FFA Headquarters on Tuesday, he told FFA members he was inspired by them. “I’m a [Read More…]
News
One dead in single vehicle crash near the James River
The South Dakota Department of Public Safety says a 28 year old man died in a single-vehicle crash that occurred two miles northeast of Mitchell. A 2008 Chrysler Town and County Van was eastbound on [Read More…]
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25-year-old woman buys out Payless store to donate shoes to Nebraska flooding victims
Courtesy Addy Tritt(NEW YORK) — Addy Tritt had an idea while browsing in a Payless shoe store that was closing and selling its remaining shoes for $1. “I was just walking around and looking and [Read More…]
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17-year-old Ohio boy charged with 73 counts of delinquency in a nationwide ‘swatting’ spree that left police scrambling to phony 911 calls
Evgen_Prozhyrko/iStock(NEW YORK) — A 17-year-old Ohio boy was charged with 140 counts of delinquency — stemming from what authorities said is the latest in the dangerous trend of “swatting” in which prank 911 calls are [Read More…]
Ag News
Soybeans down, corn up, waiting for more China news
Soybeans were modestly lower on fund and technical selling. Trade negotiations between the U.S. and China have resumed and while there have been signs of progress, nothing’s official. Big sticking points for the U.S. continue [Read More…]
Ag News
MOU will mean more U.S. DDGS going to Mexico
The Missouri Corn Merchandising Council, the U.S. Grains Council and the Regional Livestock Pork Producers Union of Sonora, Mexico signed a memorandum of understanding that will result in more U.S. distiller’s dried grains with solubles [Read More…]
Ag News
Milk futures mostly lower, cash dairy mixed
Milk futures on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower at midweek ahead of a slightly bullish dairy products report as traders bought back oversold positions. Weekly dairy prices in the EU are higher for butter, [Read More…]
Ag News
Study shows ethanol exceeded greenhouse gas expectations
A new USDA study shows today’s ethanol is more environmentally friendly than previously thought. USDA’s Jan Lewandrowski says, “The ethanol that we’re producing today is much more greenhouse gas friendly than the ethanol we produced [Read More…]
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