Month: October 2019

Panel discussion on food security at World Food Prize in Des Moines The leaders of three major agribusiness companies say feeding an anticipated nine to ten billion people by 2050 will be a major challenge.  [Read More…]

Ismailciydem/iStock(RUINERWOLD, Netherlands) — After a family of seven was found to be living mysteriously, and with no one’s knowledge, in a farmhouse on the outskirts of a small Dutch town, a court ordered on Thursday [Read More…]

eccolo74/iStock(NEW ORLEANS) — Multiple victims injured in the Hard Rock Hotel collapse in New Orleans filed a lawsuit on Thursday against five companies involved in the construction of the building. The lawsuit alleges that cost-cutting [Read More…]

ronniechua/iStock(MOSCOW) — Russia’s foreign ministry on Thursday said three American diplomats who were briefly detained in northern Russia had approached a closed military test site where a radioactive blast occurred in August. The U.S. diplomats [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Turkey has agreed an agreement on Thursday to halt Turkish operations against Syrian Kurdish forces the U.S. once backed in what President Donald Trump heralded as a “great day for civilization,” but critics [Read More…]

Caboodles(NEW YORK) — Caboodles were popular beauty organization cases from the ’80s and ’90s. As soon as Caboodles hit the scene, women and girls became obsessed. For a generation of women, the Caboodle was the [Read More…]

Airbnb(MALIBU, Calif.) — It’s the grown-up, real-life fantasy vacation of every child who ever owned a Barbie Dreamhouse. Located in the heart of Malibu, California, with panoramic Pacific Ocean views and beach-y decor, there is [Read More…]

TennesseePhotographer/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Federal Communications Commission may have voted to approve a merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, and the Justice Department also appears on board, but the telecommunication leviathans still must persuade a coalition of [Read More…]

omersukrugoksu/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Turkey has agreed to a ceasefire in northern Syria between its forces and their allied rebels and U.S.-backed Syrian Kurds, Vice President Mike Pence announced. Pence met with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan [Read More…]

Vac1/iStock(SYDNEY) — Sightings of the Tasmanian tiger, a large carnivorous marsupial thought to be extinct since 1936, have been reported as recently as three months ago, according to the Australian government. The details of eight [Read More…]

Vac1/iStock(SYDNEY) — Sightings of the Tasmanian tiger, a large carnivorous marsupial thought to be extinct since 1936, have been reported as recently as three months ago, according to the Australian government. The details of eight [Read More…]

Tomsmith585/iStock(NEW YORK) — Juul is suspending sales of its fruit flavors, including mango, creme and cucumber, while the Food and Drug Administration reviews the products, the company announced Thursday. In the meantime, the company will [Read More…]

Tomsmith585/iStock(NEW YORK) — Juul is suspending sales of its fruit flavors, including mango, creme and cucumber, while the Food and Drug Administration reviews the products, the company announced Thursday. In the meantime, the company will [Read More…]

North Carolina Department of Public Safety(FAYETTEVILLE, N.C.) — An Amber Alert has been issued for a 15-year-old girl in North Carolina. The North Carolina Department of Public Safety sent out an Amber Alert for Nevia [Read More…]

iStock(LOS ANGELES) — Earthquakes have proven extremely hard to predict, but a new warning system in California may still help save lives the next time a big one strikes. The Governor’s Office of Emergency Services [Read More…]