Year: 2019
Send your lover a Valentine’s Day card from Lover
ABC News(LOVER, England) — Lover, a small village in southern England’s New Forest, is pronounced “Loaver” — like Dover. The first thing you notice upon arriving is all of the hearts. They hang from trees [Read More…]
Deteriorating conditions in private military housing, survey shows
franckreporter/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Mold. Lead paint. Vermin. These are among the conditions described by the families of U.S. service members in a new survey released Tuesday about privatized military housing. On Wednesday, military families head to [Read More…]
Everything you need to know about Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s baby
Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, are expecting their first child this spring. Meghan, 37, and Harry, 34, announced the pregnancy in October, just as they [Read More…]
West bracing for more bad weather as East Coast storm moves along
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Multiple storms are bearing down on the West Coast, while the system that delivered snow and rain up and down the East Coast on Tuesday is finally moving out. The highest [Read More…]
IRS struggling with shutdown backlog, new laws, ‘antiquated’ technology
Pgiam/iStock(WASHINGTON) — In the wake of a massive tax code overhaul and an unprecedented government shutdown, taxpayers are asking why long-expected refunds seem to be shrinking or disappearing and whether they’ll owe a surprise bill [Read More…]
NYPD nabs suspected burglar using ‘bait package’ full of magazines
tzahiV/iStock(NEW YORK) — The New York Police Department arrested a 52-year-old man suspected of burglarizing the same Manhattan apartment building three times by leaving a package for him as bait. Between Jan. 30 and Feb. [Read More…]
Caged tiger discovered in abandoned Houston home by marijuana smoker
City of Houston(HOUSTON) — A person attempting to smoke marijuana in an abandoned house ended up finding a tiger instead, according to the Houston Police Department. A woman called the Houston’s city information line on [Read More…]
Bill Gates says he wants to raise taxes on the wealthy and that ‘there’s a lot to admire’ about Jeff Bezos
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Bill Gates said on Tuesday he favored raising taxes — especially on the wealthy — and dodged a question about fellow billionaire Jeff Bezos and his fight with The National Enquirer. [Read More…]
NYPD detective killed, another wounded responding to armed robbery in Queens
kali9/iStock(NEW YORK) — An NYPD detective was killed and a sergeant was wounded as they responded to an armed robbery in the Richmond Hill section of Queens, multiple police sources told ABC News. The officers [Read More…]
Pork biosecurity: Keep it clean and identifiable
Foreign animal diseases can be kept out of the U.S. if attention is given to biosecurity and the means to trace infected animals. Dr. Dave Pyburn with the National Pork Board tells Brownfield the biggest [Read More…]
Settlement in case against Missouri “meat” law
A tentative settlement has been reached in the lawsuit filed against Missouri’s artificial meat labeling law by the Missouri ACLU, Animal Legal Defense Fund, The Good Food Institute and Tofurkey. The terms of the deal [Read More…]
Chefs show versatility of pork at Taste of Elegance
Alan Sternberg, chef at Cerulean, Field Brewery, and Common House, showed off his skills when he won the Chef Par Excellence Award at the 2019 Taste of Elegance cooking competition by Indiana Pork. “I kind [Read More…]
Ethanol outlook “touch and go” first half of 2019
An ethanol market outlook suggests the next six months will be “touch and go” for many in the industry. Raymond James and Associates research analyst Pavel Molchanov says the crush spread is bottoming out, causing [Read More…]
Higher midday pork supports hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle futures closed lower ahead of widespread direct cash business, position squaring, and the less than stellar performance of wholesale values during the session, and technical pressure. February live [Read More…]
Arizona man shot with stun gun 11 times in traffic stop sues city and officers involved
welcomia/iStock(NEW YORK) — The family of a man who was shot 11 times with a stun gun, allegedly including on his testicles, is suing the city of Glendale, Arizona, and the three officers they say [Read More…]
Gruesome details revealed after ex-boyfriend arrested in death of woman left in suitcase
Released by Greenwich Police Dept.(GREENWICH, Conn.) — An ex-boyfriend has been arrested in connection to the death of 24-year-old Valerie Reyes, whose body was discovered bound in a suitcase on the side of the road, [Read More…]
Abducted college student, suspect killed while fleeing from troopers: Police
Dept. of Public Safety/Ohio State University(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — After an Ohio State University student was abducted, the suspect allegedly led police on a chase, which ended in the deaths of both the victim and her [Read More…]
Man arrested amid allegations of having three wives in three different states
Pattanaphong Khuankaew/iStock(NEW YORK) — A Maine man was arrested in Columbus, Ohio, on Feb. 8 amid allegations that he has been simultaneously married to three different women in three different states. The Franklin County Sheriff’s [Read More…]
‘It just smells like something doesn’t make sense’: Canadian crypto world questions CEO’s death
jpgfactory/iStock(NEW YORK) — The CEO of what has been noted as Canada’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, whose death is mired in controversy and whose widow says went to his grave with the sole password to access [Read More…]
Abducted college student, suspect killed while fleeing from troopers: Police
Dept. of Public Safety/Ohio State University(COLUMBUS, Ohio) — After an Ohio State University student was abducted, the suspect allegedly led police on a chase, which ended in the deaths of both the victim and her [Read More…]