Month: July 2019
Canadian manhunt goes door-to-door amid sightings of teen murder suspects
The Royal Canadian Mounted Police(NEW YORK) — Canadian authorities have zeroed in on a remote, swampy area in their nationwide manhunt for two teenage boys suspected of killing three people. Officials with the Royal Canadian [Read More…]
A 73-year-old man and his 2 dogs survived 4 days lost in the Oregon desert
Tomas Quinones(PORTLAND, Ore.) — A 73-year-old man was rescued by a mountain biker after he was lost for four days with his two dogs in Oregon’s remote high desert, authorities said. After Gregory Randolph’s Jeep [Read More…]
Chicago schools had three complaints of sexual misconduct a day, inspector general says
iStock/Willowpix(CHICAGO) — During the last school year in Chicago, there were about three complaints of sexual misconduct a day, much of it “leering, creepy or other concerning behavior,” according to the inspector general for Chicago [Read More…]
Missouri’s Platte County Fair brings back livestock shows
Jack Habjen Among the many Upper Midwest county fairs that have been happening, a Northwest Missouri county fair has brought back an agriculture tradition. Missouri’s Platte County Fair, situated barely outside the perimeter of the [Read More…]
Peterson wins Friend of Farm Credit award
Minnesota Congressman Collin Peterson has been given the 2019 Friend of Farm Credit award. The AgriBank District Farm Credit Council says Peterson, the current chair of the House Agriculture Committee, has long supported the farm [Read More…]
Iowa Soybean official discusses latest trade mission to China
The recent news that the Chinese government would allow some private companies to buy U.S. soybeans, without paying the 25 percent tariff, raised hopes for increased soybean sales to China. But Iowa Soybean Association CEO [Read More…]
Hartzler hopes for USMCA vote after August recess
Republican Missouri Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler says there’s support for the USMCA among her Democrat colleagues, “I haven’t had a chance to talk to Speaker Pelosi but I have talked to some other Democrats, mainly ones [Read More…]
Questions remain following USDA unveiling of MFP2
Questions about the trade aid formula used by USDA to calculate payment rates continue despite the unveiling of the package. Farm management analyst Kent Thiesse with MinnStar Bank in south-central Minnesota says the second Market [Read More…]
US signs controversial deal with Guatemala on immigration
iStock/OlegAlbinsky(WASHINGTON) — The United States and Guatemala have signed an agreement to allow the U.S. to deport migrants seeking asylum if they reached the southern U.S. border by crossing through Guatemala, the Trump administration said [Read More…]
Judge signs protective order over materials feds to turn over to jailed financier Jeffrey Epstein
Christine Cornell(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York overseeing the case against millionaire Jeffrey Epstein are preparing to hand over highly-sensitive investigative material to the financier’s defense attorneys after a federal judge on Friday [Read More…]
Police searching for thieves who made off with over $30M worth of gold, precious metals at Brazil airport
iStock/daboost(SAO PAULO, Brazil) — Police in Brazil are poring over a surveillance video in hopes of identifying a group of thieves who stole gold and other precious metals from Sao Paulo’s airport. At least six [Read More…]
DC-area church offers mother of three from El Salvador sanctuary
iStock/ZekaG(WASHINGTON) — Rosa Gutierrez Lopez fled violence in her home country of El Salvador to come to the United States 13 years ago – but last December, she chose to take refuge inside a Maryland [Read More…]
Amazon Prime’s one-day shipping cuts into 2Q profits
iStock/jetcityimage(NEW YORK) — Amazon’s investment into one-day shipping for Prime customers cost the company its record-breaking profit streak. The retail leviathan said the investment into one-day shipping cost more than the $800 million it had [Read More…]
Infants twins found dead after father accidentally leaves them in car while at work: Police
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — Charges are pending against the father of infant twins after the pair was discovered dead inside a car in the Bronx Friday afternoon, New York City police say. Investigators said the father [Read More…]
Brothers reunite for first time in more than 20 years in heartfelt video
Isabel Godoy via Storyful(ANCHORAGE, AK) — After more than 20 years, two brothers reunited at an airport in Anchorage, Alaska. Isabel Godoy captured the emotional moment earlier this month when her father surprised his brother [Read More…]
Group objects to plans for a ‘straight pride’ parade in one California city
iStock/stock-eye(MODESTO, Calif.) — An LGBTQ+ organization in California is condemning a “Straight Pride Parade” that has been proposed to take place in the city of Modesto. Earlier this month, a flyer for the first-ever Straight [Read More…]
2 North Carolina bomb squad agents injured in explosion while conducting investigation
WTVD-TV(NEW YORK) — Two agents with the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigations bomb squad were injured in an explosion while conducting an investigation. The agents, Assistant Special Agent in Charge (ASAC) Timothy Luper and [Read More…]
Scars of #plant19 becoming visible
A sales rep for crop protection company Valent says the scars of a challenging spring are now visible across southern Minnesota. Trevor Dale works primarily with growers in the south-central and southwest region of the [Read More…]
Hog futures up on pork trend
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live cattle futures were narrowly mixed ahead of the week’s widespread direct business. August was unchanged at $108.65 and October was steady at $109.90. Feeder cattle were up on the modestly lower [Read More…]
Corn weak, watching weather
Soybeans were modestly higher on short covering and technical buying, but the most active months still lost about $.18 on the week. There was a little bit more cautious optimism ahead of the upcoming talks [Read More…]