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Man behind fight for sharing 3-D printed gun blueprints on why he’s advocating for ‘the people’s right to keep and bear arms’
Cody Wilson has been called “one of the most dangerous people on the Internet.” For years, Wilson has fought to make sure anyone should be able to download the files to make a gun at [Read More…]
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NOAA forecasts less active Atlantic hurricane season due to El Nino, cooler water temperatures
NOAA(NEW YORK) — There’s a good chance that conditions in the sea and atmosphere will produce a less active Atlantic hurricane season this year, according to a new forecast from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric [Read More…]
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Ship carrying 87 rescued migrants finally docks in Spanish port
Paco Freire/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(ALGECIRAS, Spain) — The migrant rescue ship Open Arms arrived in the Spanish port of Algericas Thursday morning carrying 87 people who had been rescued off the coast of Libya [Read More…]
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Hate, white supremacist propaganda at high level since Charlottesville
ADL(NEW YORK) — Hate and white supremacist propaganda have been at a high level in the year since the streets of Charlottesville erupted in deadly violence, according to the Anti-Defamation League. On Thursday, the ADL [Read More…]
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Family of black man shot by Nashville police calls for justice after surveillance video released
Nashville District Attorney’s Office (NASHVILLE) — Surveillance video released Wednesday by the Nashville District Attorney’s Office shows the last moments of 25-year-old Daniel Hambrick’s life: He’s running away from the officer who fatally shot him [Read More…]
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Hoosier farmer named to National Corn Board
A central Indiana farmer has been elected to the National Corn Growers Association Corn Board. Denny Maple raises corn, soybeans, wheat, and hogs in Howard County. “It’s been a long time since Indiana had any [Read More…]
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Soybean, corn export sales up sharply on week
The USDA reports old crop soybean export sales for the week ending August 2nd topped most pre-report expectations. The 2017/18 marketing year runs through the end of August for beans, corn, and sorghum, and through [Read More…]
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Farmers For Free Trade continues to push back against tariffs
Farmers for Free Trade continues to push back against the Trump administration’s tariffs in a new campaign. The group says it plans to advertise in states that will be hit the hardest by Chinese retaliatory [Read More…]
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Market Facilitation program details expected 1st week of September
USDA leadership expects more details on the Market Facilitation Program to be announced the week of Labor Day. Farm Service Agency Administrator Richard Fordyce tells Brownfield his staff will be helping farmers sign up for [Read More…]
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Airbnb warns that it may expel ‘Unite the Right’ rally participants
Airbnb(WASHINGTON) — Protesters planning to participate in the “Unite the Right” rally in Washington, D.C., this weekend may have some trouble finding a place to stay. Airbnb is warning users that if they are found [Read More…]
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Virginia governor declares state of emergency for anniversary of Charlottesville protests
Barcroft Media via Getty Images(CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va.) — Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam and the city of Charlottesville have declared a state of emergency ahead of the anniversary of the violent Unite the Right rally. The first [Read More…]
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Dog DNA used to track down owners who don’t clean up after their pets
iStock/Thinkstock(MALNATE, Italy) — Officials in the small Italian town of Malnate have a novel approach to finding out which dog owners don’t clean up after their pets: use the dog’s DNA. Earlier this year Malnate’s [Read More…]
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Soybean trade patterns unclear
The USDA says U.S. soybean exports for the first nine months of the fiscal year are down 10 percent in value and 6 percent in volume. But, USDA Outlook Board chairman Seth Meyer says [Read More…]
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Transitioning to organic, on a large-scale basis
Much of the organic farming in the U.S. is still being done on a fairly small-scale basis. But that’s not the case for the Rhea Brothers farm of Arlington, Nebraska. “We farm 11,000 acres and [Read More…]
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Kremlin calls new Trump sanctions ‘unacceptable’
Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images(MOSCOW) — The Kremlin has condemned as “unacceptable” new sanctions imposed by the Trump administration on Russia over Moscow’s alleged involvement in the poisoning of a former Russian double agent. The Kremlin’s spokesman, [Read More…]
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Converse and Hello Kitty collaborate on new sneakers
Converse(BOSTON) — Converse and Hello Kitty are collaborating on a footwear and apparel collection and all of our childhood dreams are coming true. Sneakers have been the go-to shoe style this summer and everyone knows [Read More…]
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Police arrest suspect linked to raging wildfire in California
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — Police on Wednesday arrested a man suspected of sparking one the massive wildfires raging across California as firefighters fight to contain the largest fire in state history. Officers arrested 51-year-old [Read More…]
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Iowa man says ‘maybe I was the last person to see’ Mollie Tibbetts
Facebook(POWOSHIEK COUNTY, Iowa) — An Iowa man said police officers searched his home in connection to the case of Mollie Tibbetts, the University of Iowa student who vanished last month after going for an evening [Read More…]
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Surveys look at farmer/rural support for Trump
Many people are wondering if President Trump’s support among farmers and other rural Americans is slipping because of his trade policies. Recent polls offer slightly different answers to that question. A new Farm Futures survey [Read More…]
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Sons of missing Korean War soldier receive his dog tag
ABC News/Luis Martinez(INDIANAPOLIS) — The sons of a missing Korean War soldier received some closure today as they were presented with their father’s dog tag that was included among the 55 boxes of human remains [Read More…]