Month: November 2022
Rapid City police officer shoots, kills knife-wielding man
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — A Rapid City police officer shot and killed a man who charged at the officer while holding a large, butcher-type knife, authorities said Friday. Police said the incident happened in [Read More…]
South Dakota Rep. Johnson touts policy over ‘angry tweets’
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Republicans will hold a House majority for the first time since Rep. Dusty Johnson entered Congress in 2018, yet that’s unlikely to change the South Dakota Republican’s political style of [Read More…]
Jefferson soaring for Vikings with Cowboys set to visit
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Without even a split-second of hesitation, Kirk Cousins can hone in on the exact moment when he knew the Minnesota Vikings had their latest game-changing wide receiver in Justin Jefferson. The lanky [Read More…]
Western Nebraska rancher tabbed as new state ag director
Nebraska Governor-elect Jim Pillen has selected rancher Sherry Vinton to be the state’s next ag director. Vinton, the first Vice-President with the Nebraska Farm Bureau, owns and operates a large cow/calf herd near the western [Read More…]
Cattle futures up, encouraged by steady to higher cash
Chicago Mercantile Exchange live and feeder cattle futures were higher, with feeders in the lead on the mostly lower trade in corn and losses in other feed commodities. Additionally, boxed beef was higher at midday [Read More…]
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: November 17, 2022
Dec. corn closed at $6.67 and 1/2, up 2 and 1/4 centsJan. soybeans closed at $14.17, down 12 and 1/4 centsDec. soybean meal closed at $405.70, down 90 centsDec. soybean oil closed at 72.13, down [Read More…]
CME milk futures and dairy markets mostly down Thursday
Milk futures and cash dairy prices were mostly down Thursday on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. December Class III milk was down $0.20 at $21.72. January was down $0.10 at $20.76. February was down $0.10 at [Read More…]
Wheat falls on Ukraine grain export deal extension
Soybeans were lower on fund and technical selling. Global vegetable oils were down on demand concerns linked to China’s zero-COVID policy. Outside markets were mostly bearish during the session, with the dollar up and crude [Read More…]
North Korea launches test missile with range to hit United States
Anthony Wallace/AFP via Getty Images (LONDON) — North Korea has fired one of the most power intercontinental ballistic missiles it has ever launched with the latest having the potential trajectory to strike the mainland of [Read More…]
Ukrainians endure power outages amid Russian strikes on infrastructure
Halfpoint Images/Getty Images (KYIV, Ukraine) — As darkness descends on the Ukrainian capital, the consequences of the waves of Russian missile strikes against critical energy infrastructure become apparent. There’s no street lighting in many places [Read More…]
WNBA star Brittney Griner moved to penal colony in Russian region of Mordovia
EVGENIA NOVOZHENINA/POOL/AFP via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — WNBA star Brittney Griner has been taken to penal colony IK-2 in the Russian region of Mordovia, her lawyers said in a statement Thursday. Griner is nearing her [Read More…]
American woman’s death in Mexico investigated as femicide
chrispecoraro/Getty Images (SAN JOSE DEL CABO, Mexico) — An American woman’s death in Mexico is being investigated as a femicide, a form of gender-based violence, according to the Baja California Sur Attorney General’s Office. The [Read More…]
Ukrainian investigators allowed on site of missile strike in Poland as investigation continues
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Polish officials granted Ukrainian investigators access on Thursday to the site of the missile strike that hit a Polish village and killed two people earlier in the week. Ukrainian President [Read More…]
Up to five feet of lake-effect snow forecast for Buffalo, New York
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Western New York state is bracing for an “extreme” lake-effect snowstorm that could dump up to 5 feet of snow in the Buffalo region over the coming days. A state [Read More…]
Wrong-way driver released after crashing into 25 police recruits out for a run
KABC (LOS ANGELES) — A man who was arrested after plowing his car into dozens of police recruits who were out for a run in Los Angeles County early Wednesday has now been released as [Read More…]
Federal agent killed in shootout with suspected smuggling boat off Puerto Rico
Oliver Helbig/Getty Images (CABO ROJO, Puerto Rico) — A federal marine agent with U.S. Customs and Border Protection was fatally shot while approaching a suspected smuggling boat off the coast of Puerto Rico on Thursday [Read More…]
Your Thanksgiving travel guide: Forecasts from airlines and best times to hit the road
Terraxplorer/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Millions are expected to fly during the Thanksgiving holiday and airlines say they’re prepared for the travel rush. Airlines this fall boasted the most full-time employees in 20 years, and [Read More…]
Idaho college murders: Surviving roommates could be ‘key’
Kaylee Goncalves/Instagram (MOSCOW, Idaho) — Two surviving roommates of four University of Idaho students who were found dead in a house near the Moscow, Idaho, campus, could be “key” to the case, according to the [Read More…]
Why Philadelphia’s district attorney was impeached by Pennsylvania’s Republican-led House
Mark Makela/Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — Pennsylvania’s Republican-led State House voted overwhelmingly to impeach Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner over what they allege is his lax approach to crime, leniency toward criminal offenders and other allegations. [Read More…]
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