Month: October 2021

Thomas Roche/GettyImages (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden has restored the original boundaries of three U.S. national monuments that had their size drastically reduced by former President Donald Trump, saying Friday that Americans must protect the [Read More…]

Biden signs law to expand health care for ‘Havana syndrome’ victims

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden signed into law a bill that provides financial assistance and better health care to victims of “Havana syndrome,” the mysterious health incidents affecting dozens of U.S. personnel [Read More…]

Senate votes to raise debt limit after 11 Republicans join Democrats to break filibuster

uschools/iStock (WASHINGTON) — After weeks of brinkmanship, the Senate voted Thursday night to raise the debt limit by $480 billion until Dec. 3. The procedural move to break the GOP filibuster, which required 60 votes, [Read More…]

Officer who shot Jacob Blake won’t face civil rights charges, DOJ says

Samuel Corum/Bloomberg via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Civil rights charges will not be pursued against the Wisconsin police officer who shot Jacob Blake last year, partially paralyzing him, the Department of Justice announced Friday. Kenosha Police [Read More…]

Illinois woman headed to jail for photographing grizzly bears at Yellowstone

NicolasMcComber/iStock (CODY, Wyo.) — After a video of her trying to photograph grizzly bears went viral, a woman from Illinois has been sentenced to four days in jail and banned from Yellowstone National Park for [Read More…]

COVID-19 live updates: CDC committee to meet on Moderna, J&J boosters

Pekic/iStock (NEW YORK) — The United States has been facing a COVID-19 surge as the more contagious delta variant continues to spread. More than 710,000 Americans have died from COVID-19 while over 4.8 million people [Read More…]

Guilty verdict reached in trial of 2 parents in college admissions scandal

Kuzma/iStock (BOSTON) — A guilty verdict was reached Friday afternoon in the trial of John Wilson and Gamal Abdelaziz, two wealthy fathers charged with paying bribes to secure prestigious college spots for their kids under false [Read More…]

Maryland man allegedly kills pharmacist brother, citing his administration of COVID vaccine

Allegany County Sheriff’s Office (ELLICOTT CITY, Md.) — A Maryland man has been charged with allegedly killing his brother, a pharmacist, after going to confront him about “the government poisoning people with COVID vaccines,” according [Read More…]

Afghanistan updates: ISIS-K claims responsibility for suicide bombing at mosque

KeithBinns/iStock (WASHINGTON) — It’s been nearly one month since the U.S. withdrew all U.S. troops from Afghanistan on President Joe Biden’s order to leave by Aug. 31, ending a chaotic evacuation operation after the Afghan [Read More…]

Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov win 2021 Nobel Peace Prize

ISAAC LAWRENCE,YURI KADOBNOV/AFP via Getty Images (OSLO, Norway) — Journalists Maria Ressa and Dmitry Muratov won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday. The Norwegian Nobel Committee, which is responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize [Read More…]

Ag News

Live cattle, hog futures end the week mixed

At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, live cattle ended the day mixed adjusting spreads. Feeder cattle were lower on profit-taking. October live cattle closed $.30 higher at $125.57 and December live cattle closed $.15 higher at [Read More…]

Ag News

Farmland prices hitting unprecedented levels

Top-end farmland is selling at prices never seen before. Iowa State University Extension economist Chad Hart says a 76-acre parcel in east-central Iowa sold earlier this month for $26,000 an acre. “I won’t necessarily call [Read More…]

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Senator Grassley testifies for mandatory price reporting

Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley says meat producers still need more market transparency. He says, “The reauthorization of the Mandatory Price Reporting is the vehicle available where we can add additional price transparency and price discovery [Read More…]

Ag News

Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: October 8, 2021

Dec. corn closed at $5.30 and 1/2, down 3 and 1/2 centsNov. soybeans closed at $12.43, down 4 and 1/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $318.70, down 60 centsDec. soybean oil closed at 61.51, down [Read More…]

Ag News

SCN Action Month underway

The SCN Coalition and BASF have joined forces as part of SCN Action month. Jeremiah Mullock is seed treatment product manager with BASF tells Brownfield Ag News, “We’re bringing information to growers around making agronomic [Read More…]

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio accused of misusing NYPD resources in DOI report

iStock/Juliana Vilas Boas (NEW YORK) — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio treated his New York Police Department-provided security detail like a “concierge service” that drove around his son, staff members and guests even [Read More…]

US Marshals find, clear LA Dodgers fan who resembled fugitive John Ruffo

iStock/Candice Estep (NEW YORK) — The U.S. Marshals have located and fingerprinted the Los Angeles Dodgers fan seen on camera during a televised 2016 home game who they said closely resembled a long-missing and most [Read More…]

Maskless and unvaccinated, millions of pupils have returned to English schools

eiStock/Favor_of_God (LONDON) — As the debate on masking in classrooms rages in the U.S, England, as with its risky move to fully reopen society in July, is chartering its own course. Despite competing scientific advice, [Read More…]

Biden and China’s Xi plan to meet virtually this year after aides’ ‘meaningful,’ substantive’ talks