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One dead after car explodes in suburban Pennsylvania neighborhood
Rich Rolen via ABCNews.com(ALLENTOWN, Pa.) — A car explosion late Saturday in Allentown, Pennsylvania, has killed at least one person. The Allentown Police Department confirmed one person died in the blast that took place at [Read More…]
Catholic minister says he was fired over Facebook post about friends’ gay marriage
Google(CLEVELAND) — Keith Kozak says he was simply supporting his friends’ marriage, but now he’s out of a job with the Catholic Diocese of Cleveland. Kozak was a campus minister at Cleveland State University and [Read More…]
13-year-old boy attacked by shark near San Diego, airlifted to trauma center
iStock/Thinkstock(SAN DIEGO) — A teenage boy attacked by a shark near San Diego had to be airlifted to a hospital on Saturday morning, according to the City of Encinitas Marine Safety Department. The teen suffered [Read More…]
Yale researchers develop ‘robotic skins’ that bring objects to life
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A group of researchers at Yale University has developed “robotic skins” that can turn any inanimate object into a robot, the school announced. Led by Rebecca Kramer-Bottiglio, assistant professor of mechanical engineering [Read More…]
#WhyIDidntReport gives survivors old-school platform to share their stories
Bowook Yoon(NEW YORK) — The hashtag #WhyIDidntReport can be found on social media platforms like Twitter, Facebook and Instagram — and now it’s on pieces of paper around the streets of New York City. The [Read More…]
Half of killer whale populations in the world threatened by toxic chemicals: Study
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The future of more than half of the world’s killer whale population is under threat, in part, because of man-made chemicals produced throughout the mid-1900s leaching into the ocean, according to a [Read More…]
Two police officers shot dead in Mississippi; suspect in custody
iStock/Thinkstock(BROOKHAVEN, Miss.) — Two police officers were killed in a shootout early Saturday morning in Mississippi, according to police. Officers James White, 35, and Zack Moak, 31, were killed while responding to a call around [Read More…]
One missing after Boeing 737 lands in ocean near Micronesia
U.S. Navy(CHUUK, Micronesia) — Authorities say one person is unaccounted for after initially saying all 47 people onboard a flight to Micronesia that crash-landed in the ocean were safe. No serious injuries were reported among [Read More…]
A soybean harvest strategy for securing your MFP payment
Iowa State University Extension farm management specialist Steve Johnson says with many producers facing cash flow challenges this fall, the Market Facilitation Program payments from the federal government could be a great source of revenue [Read More…]
A variety of Autumn weather across the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, cool weather is slowing evaporation rates, delaying a return to full-scale harvest operations despite unusually early corn and soybean maturation. In fact, lowland flooding persists in parts of the upper Midwest, [Read More…]
Father charged with neglect after photo of baby crawling in street goes viral
iStock/Thinkstock(LAKEWOOD, N.J.) — A week after a passerby’s photo of a toddler crawling in the street went viral, a New Jersey man has been arrested and charged with neglect. Evgeniy Dorman, 41, surrendered to police [Read More…]
Pompeo cites ‘increasing and specific threats’ for closing US consulate in Iraq
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. is temporarily closing its consulate in Basra, Iraq, citing “increasing and specific threats and incitement to attack our personnel and facilities” by Iran, according to Secretary of State Mike Pompeo. He [Read More…]
Federal prosecutors seeking rare death penalty for New York City terror attack suspect
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Federal prosecutors in New York are seeking the death penalty for Sayfullo Saipov, the suspect in the New York City terror attack that killed eight people — a rare punishment that hasn’t [Read More…]
Downed corn yielding 220bpa in SE Minnesota
A Minnesota farmer says he’s harvesting downed corn that’s yielding well over 200 bushels per-acre. Several tornadoes and damaging winds stormed through southeast Minnesota last week, flattening buildings and crops. Kurt Schrader of Nerstrand tells [Read More…]
Palmer Amaranth confirmed in Redwood County
Palmer Amaranth has been found in a fifth Minnesota County. The Minnesota Department of Agriculture scouted a field in Redwood County, located in the southwestern part of the state, and found four plants in a [Read More…]
Milk futures lower, cash dairy mixed
Class III milk futures at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange closed lower Friday while the block premium over barrels in the cash market climbed to the second largest on record. September milk closed unchanged at $16.11. [Read More…]
U.S. farm leaders meet with Cuba’s president at U.N.
A group of U.S. ag leaders met with Cuba’s new president at the United Nations this week. Mark Albertson with the Illinois Soybean Association was one of them. He says they talked with Cuban President [Read More…]
Northey: Issues blocking farm bill passage are small
A USDA undersecretary says except for politics, the sticking points standing in the way of farm bill completion are small. Bill Northey says the farm bill is hung up primarily on partisan and regional differences, [Read More…]
Suspect in 2012 murder of NYC youth soccer coach arrested in Mexico, authorities say
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Mexican authorities have arrested the suspect in the 2012 stabbing murder of a youth soccer coach in New York City. Orlando Orea, 38, was captured in the Mexican state of [Read More…]
Tesla is heading into a ‘challenging period’: Experts
VCG/VCG via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — When the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission sued Tesla CEO and chairman Elon Musk for securities fraud on Thursday, it marked the beginning of a “challenging period” for the [Read More…]