Month: October 2019
Asylum-seeker details eight-month odyssey in immigration detention system
Courtesy Miguel Martinez(WASHINGTON) — For asylum-seeker Miguel Angel Giron Martinez, getting to the U.S. border was the easy part. It was the eight months afterward that he says was a nightmare. In an interview with [Read More…]
School district reverses transgender-friendly bathroom policy amid death threats
mrtom-uk/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Georgia school district backtracked on its progressive transgender bathroom policy on Wednesday after staff members said they received death threats over the issue. Pickens County Superintendent Carlton Wilson reversed a decision [Read More…]
State trooper rescues man from tracks just seconds before train collision
Utah Highway Patrol via Twitter(CENTERVILLE, Utah) — An officer with the Utah Highway Patrol said he was still trying to “process” the terrifying moment when he pulled a man out of the path of an [Read More…]
After fire erupts at California energy facility, investigators look for answers
JSABBOTT/iStock(CROCKETT, Calif.) — California officials are investigating the cause of a fire this week at an energy facility that brought a major interstate highway to a halt and forced thousands of residents to shelter in [Read More…]
‘Don’t be a tough guy’: President Trump sent threatening letter to Turkish President Erdogan on day of invasion
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump admonished the president of Turkey in a surreal personal letter sent last week in which he threatened to be “responsible for destroying the Turkish economy” and said his fellow [Read More…]
NMPF points to studies showing real dairy benefits
The National Milk Producers Federation is pointing towards multiple science-based studies that say real dairy products are better for human health and the environment. NMPF’s Alan Bjerga says a University of St. Andrews in Scotland [Read More…]
Dakotas blizzard runoff could impact Missouri
Missouri could see effects of the blizzard that hit North and South Dakota late last week. If weather in the Dakotas warms it will melt the snow and send it down the Missouri River, according [Read More…]
Cattle futures waiting for cash business
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day firm to higher ahead of widespread direct cash business with additional support from higher wholesale values during the session. Feeder cattle were mostly higher on [Read More…]
Ethanol producer questions if Trump administration shares Midwest concerns
A Wisconsin ethanol producer says the EPA’s new biofuels blending plan is not what he was expecting. Neal Kemmet from ACE Ethanol in Stanley, Wisconsin tells Brownfield the industry had a deal to help make [Read More…]
Delegation makes stops along Minnesota’s ethanol value chain
International visitors who attended this week’s Global Ethanol Summit in Washington D.C. are now embarking on tours that highlight the U.S. ethanol value chain. The U.S. Grains Council is helping lead the delegations, which USGC [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 17, 2019
Dec. corn closed at $3.91 and 3/4, down 1 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $9.28, down 6 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $304.80, down $3.00Dec. soybean oil closed at 30.40, up 1 pointDec. wheat [Read More…]
$500 cash reward offered for arrest of man with outstanding warrant for forgery
The Mitchell Police Department is currently attempting to locate 24 year old Robert Lewis Martin. Martin currently has an outstanding Davison County arrest warrant for Forgery and has been evading arrest since the warrant was [Read More…]
Tracking the nor’easter: Where the heavy rain, gusty winds are heading
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Heavy rain, gusty winds and possibly flash flooding are headed to the Northeast as a nor’easter strengthens off the coast. The heavy rain is pushing across Virginia, Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia [Read More…]
Virgin Galactic and Under Armour unveil spacesuits ‘for the masses’
Credit: Steven Counts via Virgin Galactic(NEW YORK) — Virgin Galactic and Under Armour unveiled the first spacesuits “for the masses” on Wednesday, as companies work to capitalize on the new frontier of commercial space tourism. [Read More…]
NYPD death by suicide is 2nd US officer within 24 hours
tillsonburg/iStock(NEW YORK) — The death by suicide suffered on Tuesday by the New York Police Department was the second in the U.S. within 24 hours, continuing a worrying trend among law enforcement. It was the [Read More…]
Protests continue for supporters of Catalan Independence
donfiore/iStock(BARCELONA, Spain) — Violent protests have been underway in Catalonia after Spain’s Supreme Court sentenced nine Catalan leaders to long prison sentences. Many people in Catalonia have long sought independence from Spain to form a [Read More…]
Wisconsin man ordered to pay $450K to Sandy Hook father for saying son’s death was a hoax
Chris Ryan/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Wisconsin man who claimed that the 2012 Sandy Hook school shooting never happened was ordered to pay $450,000 to the father of a boy killed in the massacre. Lenny Pozner, [Read More…]
American prosecutor gunned down in Micronesia had ‘most dangerous job’ on the tiny island
Simon Hammerling speaks to ABC News in a Skype interview, Oct. 15, 2019. (ABC News)(LONDON) — Simon Hammerling was at home on Monday evening baking brownies with a child he and his wife were helping [Read More…]
‘I’m not gonna stop ’til I find this baby’: Why 1 woman refuses to give up search for 3-year-old Kamille McKinney
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency(BIRMINGHAM, Ala.) — Days into the desperate search for an abducted 3-year-old Alabama girl, the head of a local missing persons group is refusing to stop — because she said she’s been [Read More…]
General Motors and United Auto Workers union reach tentative deal
iStock(NEW YORK) — More than a month after nearly 50,000 workers walked off their jobs, General Motors and the United Auto Workers union have reached a tentative deal to end the nationwide strike against the [Read More…]