Month: July 2023
Ag News
Cooler air ahead for northern areas this weekend, heat elsewhere for the Heartland; severe storms
A continental-scale heat wave will remain in place for the next few days, boosting maximum temperatures to 100°F or higher as far north as the northern Plains and as far east as the Mississippi Valley. The [Read More…]
Ag News
Heat wave conditions intensifying, expanding across the Nation’s mid-section
Across the Corn Belt, degraded air quality due to smoke from Canadian forest fires is common across the Great Lakes region. Elsewhere in the Midwest, mostly dry weather accompanies building heat. In parts of the [Read More…]
Ag News
Crop insurance: Advice for now and next year
Andrew Shulenburg with Compeer Financial discusses some damage claim basics and he encourages farmers to plan now for 2024. …
Ag News
Pushing for proper labels of cell-cultured proteins
As cell-cultured proteins continue to advance, cattle producers want to make sure there is truth in packaging. Mark Eisele, a Wyoming rancher and president-elect of NCBA, says members will set policy on labeling this week. [Read More…]
Ag News
A gradual return to more seasonal temps, rainfall ahead for much of the Heartland
Looking ahead, the 6- to 10-day outlook calls for the likelihood of near- or above-normal temperatures and rainfall across most of the country. Cooler-than-normal conditions will be confined to New York and New England, Meanwhile, [Read More…]
Latest News
Aberdeen City Manager provides context for water notice
Aberdeen City Manager Joe Gaa spoke towards the end of the Aberdeen City Council meeting Monday night and addressed the water notice released last week by the city. Gaa tried to provide context for the [Read More…]
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South Dakota PUC Holds Hearings on Carbon Capture Pipelines Amid Controversy Over Private Property Rights
The South Dakota Public Utilities Commission started hearings this week on the Navigator Carbon Capture Pipeline. Later this fall, hearings will be held on another CO2 pipeline proposed by Summit Carbon Solutions. There have been [Read More…]
ABC World News
Russian fighter jet damages US Reaper drone with flare over Syria: Officials
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — A Russian fighter jet fired flares directly at an American MQ-9 Reaper drone over Syria on Sunday, damaging its propeller, according to U.S. Air Forces Central — the latest in [Read More…]
ABC World News
Dozens dead, hundreds evacuated as wildfires rage in Algeria
Billel Bensalem/APP/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — At least 34 people have died and thousands more have been forced to evacuate as authorities battle raging wildfires in Northern Algeria, Algeria’s Interior Ministry announced. At [Read More…]
ABC World News
Weather off the coast of Acapulco hinders efforts to find missing Baltimore man
omersukrugoksu/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Weather conditions are keeping the Mexican Navy from approaching the capsized sailboat of a U.S. citizen who was reported missing on July 21, officials told ABC News Tuesday. Donald Lawson, [Read More…]
ABC National News
US heat wave stretches into Midwest, heading for Northeast: Latest forecast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — A relentless heat wave that has had a swath of the southwestern United States in its chokehold is stretching into the Midwest on its way to the Northeast this week. [Read More…]
ABC National News
Heat waves currently happening in North America, Europe ‘virtually impossible’ without climate change: Report
Tim Grist Photography/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — The dangerous heat waves currently plaguing North America and Europe would be “virtually impossible” without anthropogenic, or human-caused, climate change, according to a new report. Intense weeks-long heat [Read More…]
ABC National News
Human remains found in three separate suitcases in Florida, police say
Sheila Paras/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Human remains were found inside three separate suitcases on Friday in Florida, according to law enforcement officials seeking information related to the gruesome discovery. The Delray Beach Police Department [Read More…]
ABC National News
Seaside North Carolina town overrun with hundreds of non-native ducks
Chef Cue / 500px/Getty Images (SWANSBORO, N.C.) — Make way for the ducks of Swansboro, North Carolina. The town’s population of Muscovy ducks has “exponentially multiplied” since last year, and hundreds have taken up residence [Read More…]
ABC Politics News
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff makes historic visit to Samoa
Harold Cunningham/FIFA via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Second gentleman Doug Emhoff became the highest-profile U.S. official to visit Samoa Monday, looking to underscore the Biden administration’s commitment to Pacific island nations in an effort to [Read More…]
ABC Sports News
Scoreboard roundup — 7/24/23
iStock (NEW YORK) — Here are the scores from Monday’s sports events: MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL INTERLEAGUE Toronto 6, LA Dodgers 3 (11) Detroit 5, San Francisco 1 Baltimore 3, Philadelphia 2 AMERICAN LEAGUE Kansas City [Read More…]
ABC Health News
White House to push private insurance companies to cover mental health care
xijian/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden’s administration plans to try to force private insurance companies to offer the same coverage for mental health services as they do for physical health services, improving upon a [Read More…]
Latest News
Texas Man and Nebraska Woman Sentenced to Prison for 2nd Degree Murder and Assault in Wagner, S.D. Killing
A Texas man, Alexis Delarosa, and a Nebraska woman, Justina Tuttle, have been sentenced to federal prison after pleading guilty to 2nd Degree Murder and Assault charges in connection with the death of George Cournoyer [Read More…]
ABC Business News
School supply sales tax holidays starting in several states
Stella/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Books, binders, pens and pencils are just a few of the necessities students across the country will need as the upcoming school year awaits. But a lengthy list of school [Read More…]
ABC Business News
TikTok adds text-only posts as social media landscape shifts with Facebook, Twitter
Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto via Getty Images (NEW YORK) — TikTok has added a new feature that allows users to create text-only posts with the change coming just a day after Twitter rebranded itself and less than [Read More…]
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