Month: August 2019
2 arrested after child found dead inside car
deepblule4you/iStock(WALTERBORO, S.C.) — Two people were arrested after a child was found dead inside a vehicle in South Carolina, authorities said. First responders determined that the unidentified child, who had been left in a car [Read More…]
Temps to vary; rain to focus on parts of the Plains
Extreme heat will return for much of the week on the southern Plains, but a surge of cool air will trail a cold front across the northern and central Plains and the Midwest. Scattered showers [Read More…]
Canadian police send divers into river as nationwide manhunt
iStock(MONTREAL) — Canadian police sent divers into a river over the weekend to search for signs of two teenage boys who are suspected of killing three people, as a nationwide manhunt enters its third week. [Read More…]
Storms bashing Upper Midwest as Southwest roasts again
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Softball-sized hail was reported Monday in the Upper Midwest and western Great Lakes — car windows in Minnesota were smashed — in addition to torrents of rain that lead to flooding. [Read More…]
Banana Republic’s line of hijabs receives mixed reactions
anouchka/iStock(NEW YORK) — Banana Republic is now offering a selection of hijabs, and while some people are excited about the new launch, others aren’t so sure. The headscarves are sold exclusively on the brand’s website, [Read More…]
Disturbing audio of deadly Chicago shooting released after violent weekend leaves 7 dead, 52 wounded
kali9/iStock(CHICAGO) — The sound of seemingly unending gunfire can be heard over the course of 51 seconds in an audio recording released by the Chicago Police Department on Monday after a slew of shootings throughout [Read More…]
Valentina Sampaio announces modeling for Victoria’s Secret, the first trans model to do so
anouchka/iStock(NEW YORK) — Valentina Sampaio has announced that she is working with Victoria’s Secret as its first transgender model. The Brazilian star, who has been featured in campaigns by L’Oréal and in Vogue editorials, posted [Read More…]
Death toll rises to 22 in El Paso shooting as 2 more victims die in hospital: Police
cmannphoto/iStock(EL PASO, Texas) — The death toll from a mass shooting at an El Paso, Texas, Walmart, increased to 22 after two more victims died in the hospital, police said. David Shimp, chief executive officer [Read More…]
Bus driver arrested for intentionally locking woman in luggage compartment, police say
Connecticut State Police(NEW YORK) — A bus driver was arrested in Connecticut over the weekend after being accused of deliberately locking a passenger inside of one of the vehicle’s luggage compartments and driving off, according [Read More…]
Deferred hog futures drop again
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle were oversold and due for a bounce. Feeder cattle ended the day higher on the same factors. Both were able to move higher after hog futures came off [Read More…]
Tariffs Hurt the Heartland urge U.S., China negotiators back to table
The group Tariffs Hurt the Heartland is urging the U.S. and China to immediately resume trade negotiations. Jonathan Gold, a spokesman for the coalition, says it’s never been more clear that tariffs are a failing [Read More…]
Texas grandma heroically foils grandson’s mass shooting plot by bringing him to hospital
Lubbock County Jail(LUBBOCK, Texas) — A Texas grandmother was hailed as a hero by federal authorities after she foiled a potential mass shooting by taking her grandson to a hospital after he allegedly made threats. [Read More…]
Families of victims in El Paso Walmart massacre will not have to pay for funerals
ABC News(EL PASO, Texas) — As the El Paso, Texas, community grapples with the massacre at a Walmart that took the lives of at least 22 people and families mourn the loss of their loved [Read More…]
North Korea fires unidentified projectiles, marking the 4th launch in the last 2 weeks, report says
Oleksii Liskonih/iStock(SEOUL) — For the fourth time in less than 2 weeks, North Korea has fired unidentified projectiles on Tuesday local time, the South Korea military told Yonhap news agency. This is a developing story. [Read More…]
Wall Street sees worst drop of 2019 amid intensifying trade war between Trump, China
lucky-photographer/iStock(NEW YORK) — Stocks plunged on Monday amid renewed worries over President Donald Trump’s intensifying trade war with China, the world’s second-largest economy behind the U.S. Major U.S. indexes logged their biggest declines of the [Read More…]
Missouri good-to-excellent crop rating improves slightly
Missouri’s corn and soybean conditions improved slightly last week, but progress remains behind last year. The USDA says there were almost six days suitable for fieldwork with less than an inch of rain on average [Read More…]
Minnesota soybean development catching up
A respite from rain helped dry hay and speed up small grain harvest in Minnesota last week. The USDA says there were more than five days suitable for fieldwork, which also allowed crop development to [Read More…]
Nebraska good-to-excellent crop ratings: Soybeans 70%, Corn 71%
The USDA’s latest good to excellent ratings for Nebraska crops are 71% for corn and 70% for soybeans. Corn silking reached 85% compared to the five-year-average of 95%. Twenty-seven percent of Nebraska corn is in [Read More…]
Iowa good-to-excellent corn and soybean ratings in mid- sixties
The USDA’s latest good to excellent ratings for Iowa crops are 66% for corn and 65% for soybeans. Corn silking reached 84% and 20% of the crop is in the dough stage. Soybeans blooming reached [Read More…]
Arkansas rice 58% and 83% cotton called good to excellent
Warm weather continues to advance Arkansas crops. According to the latest crop report from the USDA, 58 percent of the rice crop is rated good to excellent with 55 percent of the crop headed and [Read More…]