Month: April 2019
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Severe storms pose threat to Northeast, Mid-Atlantic
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The same storm system that brought 11 confirmed tornadoes to the South will move east Friday and bring severe thunderstorms from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic while heavy rain arrives in [Read More…]
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Severe storms pose threat to Northeast, Mid-Atlantic
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The same storm system that brought 11 confirmed tornadoes to the South will move east Friday and bring severe thunderstorms from the Carolinas to the Mid-Atlantic while heavy rain arrives in [Read More…]
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‘Hero’ girl kept baby brother alive after parents’ apparent murder-suicide
aijohn784/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles police are praising a little girl for keeping her baby brother alive after the apparent murder-suicide of their parents. Officers found the two young children unharmed inside their home in [Read More…]
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Multiple people killed, several injured after fiery highway pileup
MattGush/iStock(LAKEWOOD, Colo.) — Multiple people died and at least 10 others were injured in a fiery crash on a Colorado highway that involved at least 15 cars and semi trucks. Officials did not specify the [Read More…]
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Hundreds under quarantine at UCLA and Cal State University after measles scare
mattjsosa/iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Students and staff at two Los Angeles universities were under quarantine on Thursday amid fears that they may have been exposed to measles. More than 300 students, faculty and staff at UCLA [Read More…]
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Europe’s privacy watchdog opens 11th investigation into Facebook
David Tran/iStock(NEW YORK) — European regulators on Thursday said they are investigating whether Facebook violated the European Union’s privacy laws, which are much stricter than those in the U.S. “The Data Protection Commission was notified [Read More…]
Ag News
Dairy’s take on EAT-Lancet report
Greg Miller, president of the Dairy Research Institute, says he was frustrated by the EAT-Lancet report as a scientist. Continue reading Dairy’s take on EAT-Lancet report at Brownfield Ag News.
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National officer joined FFA ‘chasing a girl’
A young man who is now a National FFA officer began his FFA career in search of romance. Shea Booster has reached the top of the FFA leadership ladder, selected to be the organization’s Western [Read More…]
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Kinze fears tariff “taxes” could be new normal
An ag equipment maker says tariffs have been passed on to them and fears those “taxes” will become the new normal. Richard Dix, with Kinze Manufacturing, says hard decisions are being made, “I know that [Read More…]
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China’s cancellation of pork drives prices lower
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed lower on the weaker cash trade and supply concerns. Feeder cattle futures were lower on technical pressure and the day’s firm moves in corn. April live [Read More…]
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Biodiesel advocates planning rally for tax extension credit
Biodiesel advocates will participate in a rally on Capitol Hill next Wednesday in support of biodiesel tax credit extension legislation. Paul Winters, director of public affairs and federal communications with the National Biodiesel Board, says [Read More…]
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Andrew ‘AJ’ Freund, 5-year-old allegedly killed by parents, died from multiple blunt force injuries: Coroner
Kuzma/iStock(CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill.) — Andrew “AJ” Freund, the 5-year-old Illinois boy allegedly killed by his parents, died from head trauma due to multiple blunt force injuries, according to the McHenry County coroner’s office. AJ’s parents, [Read More…]
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Coalition strikes killed 1,600 civilians in Raqqa says new report
AbdukadirSavas/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Amnesty International and Airwars claim that their research shows that 1,600 civilians were killed by the four-month airstrike campaign and artillery strikes carried out by the U.S.-led coalition against the former Islamic State-held [Read More…]
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Economist: Walmart’s beef announcement is part of an industry trend
Walmart’s announcement that it’s setting up its own Angus beef supply chain is raising some eyebrows in the industry. But Iowa State University livestock economist Lee Schulz sees it as the continuation of a trend [Read More…]
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Soybeans, corn bounce off recent lows
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying. Contracts saw a light bounce and while China did buy U.S. beans last week, it was a relatively small amount, just over 200,000 tons. Cumulative [Read More…]
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Northern Michigan beef herd confirmed with Bovine TB
A small beef herd in Northern Michigan has been confirmed positive for bovine tuberculosis after routine testing. Assistant state veterinarian Nancy Barr says the Michigan Department of Agriculture has confirmed a herd in Alpena County [Read More…]
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Michigan Carrot Checkoff increases assessments
Michigan carrot growers have voted to increase assessments collected on processed carrots. The Michigan Department of Agriculture reports five producers representing 95 percent of voting production, voted for the checkoff to continue. Growers will now [Read More…]
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Farmer: Corps won’t allow local levee control amid floods
A farmer in Northwest Missouri whose lower fields are too flooded to plant says he supports making flood control the TOP priority of the Corps of Engineers Missouri River management plan, “One of the reasons [Read More…]
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FBI agents search homes and office of Baltimore’s embattled mayor Catherine Pugh
Paul Marotta/Getty Images(BALTIMORE) — FBI agents are searching the office and homes of Baltimore’s embattled mayor, ABC News has learned. Dave Fitz, a spokesman for the FBI’s Baltimore field office, confirmed that search warrants were [Read More…]
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Venmo now has over 40 million active users as payments skyrocket
Omar Marques/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Venmo now has over 40 million active customers, parent company PayPal revealed in its earnings report. The mobile payment app, which is popular with millennials and encourages [Read More…]