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Florida man dies from exploding electronic cigarette: Autopsy
iStock/Thinkstock(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. ) — An exploding electronic cigarette caused the death of a Florida man earlier this month, an autopsy determined. Tallmadge D’Elia, 38, died on May 5 from parts of an electronic cigarette [Read More…]
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Prince George, Princess Charlotte will be among the page boys and bridesmaids in Prince Harry, Meghan Markle’s wedding
Chris Jackson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Meghan Markle and Prince Harry will be surrounded by the young children of their closest friends and family when they get married this Saturday. Harry’s niece and nephew, Princess Charlotte [Read More…]
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North Korea blames US-South Korea military drill for postponement of talks
Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images(SEOUL, South Korea) — In a sudden turn, North Korea early today bombarded both the United States and South Korea with criticism linked to comments by President Donald Trump and ongoing [Read More…]
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East Coast bracing for more heavy rain, flooding
WABC(NEW YORK) — At least five people, including an 11-year-old girl, were killed by falling trees resulting from severe weather on Tuesday. As of 8 p.m. ET, 496,777 customers in Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey [Read More…]
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Corn planting delays shadow importance of high-yielding soybean crop
While overall U.S. corn planting progress is close to normal, parts of the Upper Midwest are more than two weeks behind because of late April snow and frequent rains the first half of May. [Read More…]
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Tulsa mom arrested after allegedly stabbing 11-year-old daughter, torching home
Tulsa Police Department(TULSA, Okla.) — Oklahoma police arrested a mother on Tuesday who allegedly set her home on fire, stabbed her 11-year-old daughter and fled the scene with her 7-year-old daughter in tow. Police said [Read More…]
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Shoeless 13-year-old fled alleged kidnappers: Police
ABCNews.com(HOUSTON) — A 13-year-old found shoeless and with torn clothing fled potential kidnappers who were motivated by racial animus, the boy’s mother said. Zavion Parker was abducted from a bus stop and later found without [Read More…]
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Indiana police release surveillance video from deadly ambush
The Evansville Police Department(EVANSVILLE, Ind.) — Police in Indiana on Tuesday released surveillance video from a dramatic ambush that captured the moment a gunman suddenly opened fire on officers with an assault rifle. The Evansville [Read More…]
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Uber says nixing forced arbitration for assault, harassment victims won’t apply to class-action suits
Thomas Trutschel/Photothek via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The rideshare company Uber announced Tuesday that it is doing away with a rule that forced arbitration on passengers and drivers who come forward claiming they’ve been sexually [Read More…]
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More than 1 million students to miss school as teacher revolt sweeping nation heads to new state
iStock/Thinkstock(CHARLOTTE, N.C.) — A wave of teacher revolts sweeping the nation is set to hit North Carolina on Wednesday as thousands of educators are expected to swarm the state’s capital in a quest for higher [Read More…]
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North Korea threatens to withdraw from summit with Trump
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — North Korea is threatening to cancel its upcoming summit between leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump over South Korea-U.S.military drills. North Korea has also canceled high-level talks with South Korea that [Read More…]
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11-year-old girl killed by falling tree as severe thunderstorms batter Northeast
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Two people are dead and nearly half a million customers in the Northeast are without power due to severe weather that includes thunderstorms, flash flooding, hail, winds up to 80 [Read More…]
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Some planting progress over parts of the Heartland
Across the Corn Belt, a broken line of showers stretches from Michigan to Missouri. The rain is slowing a previously rapid fieldwork pace, but is benefiting recently emerged corn and soybeans. In Illinois, soybeans were [Read More…]
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Cash rents up slightly in Iowa
Rental rates for Iowa farmland increased this year for the first time since 2013, according to an Iowa State University Extension survey. Rental rates increased by an average of 1.4 percent to 222 dollars per [Read More…]
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Democratic and GOP senators warn Trump against lifting sanctions on Chinese company ZTE
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Senators on both sides of the aisle are urging President Donald Trump not to go easy on Chinese telecom company ZTE after friendly tweets over the past few days suggested he’s willing to [Read More…]
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Amazon customer says she was charged over $7K to ship toilet paper
iStock/Thinkstock(ATLANTA) — Two Amazon customers are complaining that they were charged outrageous prices to ship everyday household paper products. Georgia resident Barabara Carroll told ABC Atlanta affiliate WSB-TV that she was charged $7,000 after placing [Read More…]
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Foundation for Soy Innovation begun in Missouri
The Missouri Soybean Association has started its Foundation for Soy Innovation. Missouri Soybean CEO Gary Wheeler says priorities for the Foundation are research, business development and marketing, and to educate current and future generations working [Read More…]
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NW Illinois farmer on pace with planting
An Illinois farmer says he got lucky with some much-needed rain last week, “We were very, very dry going into last week and we got some rain and hail about a week or 10 days [Read More…]
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Cattle futures pressured by lack of direction from cash market
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed sharply lower for the second consecutive day pressured by fundamentals. The lack of direction from the cash trade, mixed wholesale markets, and a stronger US dollar all [Read More…]
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EPA biofuel volume mandates delivered to White House
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has sent its 2019 ethanol volume mandates and 2020 biodiesel volume mandates to the White House. The news service Platts reports the notice, from the Office of Management and Budget, [Read More…]