Month: July 2019
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Twins conjoined at the head successfully separated after 55 hours of surgery
iStock(LONDON) — A pair of extremely rare conjoined twins were successfully separated after a total of 55 hours of surgery during a months-long endeavor to help them each live independent lives. The odds were stacked [Read More…]
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Police: Man arrested in murder of Louisiana African-American museum founder Sadie Roberts-Joseph
iStock(BATON ROUGE, La.) — A Louisiana man has been arrested in the murder of a beloved 75-year-old community activist whose body was discovered asphyxiated in the trunk of her car, police said at a news [Read More…]
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Bayer announces move to St. Louis
Missouri Governor Mike Parson announced today Bayer’s North American Crop Science Division is moving 500 jobs to Creve Coeur, Missouri, a suburb of St. Louis. The announcement comes after Parson’s trip to Europe where he [Read More…]
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Outside markets pressure cattle futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures were lower on profit-taking ahead of widespread direct cash business. Feeder cattle futures were lower on the same factors with additional pressure from the outside markets. August [Read More…]
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Moniteau County, Missouri takes CAFO-related health ordinance back to drawing board
The Moniteau County Health Board Monday withdrew its motion for a health ordinance that would effectively regulate concentrated animal feeding operations, or CAFOs. The issue will be reconsidered after discussion by a study group that [Read More…]
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Police: Dad dies trying to save kids swept away by wave at North Carolina beach
iStock(WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C.) — A North Carolina father died while trying to rescue his children from rough waters at the state’s Wrightsville Beach, according to police. Two of Johnny Lee Vann Jr.’s kids were walking [Read More…]
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Cyberbullying is on the rise among middle and high school students, report finds
iStock(NEW YORK) — While overall rates of bullying in schools across the country have not changed, a new federal report released Tuesday revealed that online bullying has increased among middle and high school students. Among [Read More…]
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Puerto Rico governor says he will not resign despite protests over scandal involving controversial texts
iStock(NEW YORK) — A day after protesters clashed with police outside the governor’s mansion, Puerto Rico Governor Ricardo Rossello insisted that he would not resign his post. Rossello said he understood that Monday night’s protests [Read More…]
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Lawyer: Financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly had ‘improper sexual conduct’ with young women while in ‘jail’
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Wealthy financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein continued to have visits from young women that allegedly resulted in sexual liaisons while he was in ‘jail’ in Florida, a lawyer [Read More…]
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South Korean sisters adopted separately learn they grew up 30 minutes apart
Courtesy Ashley Enright(LANSING, Mich.) — Two women who were born in South Korea have developed a close bond after learning they’re actually sisters and share the same biological mother. Ashley Enright, 31, and Trisha Thompson, [Read More…]
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Couple married 71 years die on same day, just 12 hours apart
iStock(WAYNESBORO, Ga.) — Georgia couple who were married for 71 years have died just hours apart. Marilyn DeLaigle, 88, and her husband, Herbert DeLaigle, 94, both died on Friday, July 12, according to an online [Read More…]
Ag News
A stunted soybean crop in 2019
An extension crops educator says soybeans planted late will be shorter and struggle to achieve canopy closure. Dave Nicolai with the University of Minnesota says in many places the crop is hitting the critical blooming [Read More…]
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Agronomist says corn yields might ‘surprise farmers’
A Burrus Seeds field agronomist says Missouri and Illinois farmers need to hold off on fungicide applications as close to tasseling as possible. Dana Harder says earlier applications don’t bring fungicide resources to the ear, [Read More…]
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Soybeans, corn lower on higher crop ratings
Soybeans were lower on commercial and technical selling. The USDA’s crop condition rating improved last week, when most had been expecting at least some decline because of drier than normal conditions in some areas and [Read More…]
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Ag tech helps Illinois farmer improve yields
A central Illinois farmer says ag tech has helped improve yields on his corn and soybean operation. “There is no question that ag tech has improved profitability on my farm.” Jacob Wade, farms in McLean [Read More…]
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Farmer says plant 19 has been unlike any other year
West Central Indiana Farmer Brent Bible says the 2019 planting season has been unlike anything he’s experienced. “I don’t know any other way to say it other than 2019 has been a dumpster fire of [Read More…]
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Spontaneous combustion of tempura flakes blamed for sushi restaurant fires
iStock(MADISON, Wis.) — A popular sushi ingredient is believed to be the cause of seven restaurant fires across the country, after officials discovered the product could self-heat and spontaneously combust. The fires, five of which [Read More…]
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2-year-old Gabriella Vitale found alive and healthy after she was missing overnight in northern Michigan woods
iStock(MONROE, Mich.) — A missing 2-year-old girl was found alive and healthy Tuesday morning after she spent the night lost in the woods while on a family camping trip in northern Michigan, authorities said. Gabriella [Read More…]
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10,000 evacuated after massive fire disrupts Croatian music festival
STR/AFP/Getty Images(LONDON) — An estimated 10,000 people have been evacuated from a hip-hop festival on the Croatian island of Pag after a fire broke out in a nearby pine forest on Monday night. Video posted [Read More…]
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Neil Armstrong’s spacesuit on display for first time in more than a decade
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — Exactly 50 years since the launch of Apollo 11, the spacesuit astronaut Neil Armstrong wore during his ‘giant leap for mankind’ went on display Tuesday morning for the first time in over [Read More…]