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Missouri duck boat accident leaves 17 dead, including children
iStock/Thinkstock(BRANSON, Mo.) — A tourist duck boat capsized in a lake near Branson, Missouri, killing at least 17 people, including children, as severe thunderstorms struck the area Thursday night, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. Seven [Read More…]
Twenty-seven reported tornadoes rip through Iowa, devastating towns
ABC News(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Iowa, which usually averages about seven tornadoes in the month of July, saw 27 reported twisters rip through the state Thursday night, damaging buildings, overturning cars and rupturing gas lines. [Read More…]
Using a new tool to identify an old pest
Grape Colaspis is a problem growers in Illinois haven’t had to face in over two decades. Until two years ago. In this Managing for Profit, Pioneer agronomist Matt Montgomery explains how growers used new technologies [Read More…]
Prince Harry, Meghan Markle plan trip to the US, sources say
Samir Hussein/Samir Hussein/WireImage(LONDON) — Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan have been working at a whirlwind pace since marrying on May 19. They just completed their first foreign tour to Ireland on behalf of Queen Elizabeth. [Read More…]
French president’s aide questioned by police for allegedly beating protester
Chesnot/Getty Images(PARIS) — Police questioned an aide to French President Emmanuel Macron on Friday after he was apparently caught on video impersonating a police officer while hitting and stomping a Paris demonstrator earlier this year. [Read More…]
At least 13 dead, including children, in Missouri duck boat accident
iStock/Thinkstock(BRANSON, Mo.) — A tourist duck boat capsized in a lake near Branson, Missouri, amid powerful storms, killing at least 13 people, including children, the Missouri Highway Patrol said. The Thursday-night accident also injured seven [Read More…]
Officials confirm shark attacked boy at Long Island beach
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — The bites that a 13-year-old boy sustained in the waters around the barrier island off Long Island’s South Shore resulted from a shark attack, New York state officials confirmed on Friday. But [Read More…]
At least 11 dead, including children, in Missouri duck boat accident
iStock/Thinkstock(BRANSON, Mo.) — A tourist duck boat capsized in a lake near Branson, Missouri, during powerful storms, killing at least 11 people, including children, officials said. The Thursday-night accident also injured seven people and has [Read More…]
About 14 percent of children aged 5-17 reunited, US government says
Tamir Kalifa/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. government said late Thursday that it has reunited about 14 percent of the migrant children aged 5-17 separated from their families at the border, as a court-ordered deadline looms [Read More…]
Three-year-old dies after spending more than three hours in scorching bus
iStock/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — A 3-year-old boy left unattended in a blistering-hot daycare bus for more than three hours has died. The child was unresponsive when discovered inside the vehicle by police, who said the temperature inside [Read More…]
US citizen, believed to have been fighting for ISIS, detained in Syria
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A U.S. citizen, believed to have been fighting for ISIS, was captured in northern Syria this summer, according to a U.S. defense official. Ibraheem Musaibli, who is now at a holding facility, was [Read More…]
Tornadoes touch down in Iowa, causing several injuries and destruction
Gloria McAllister(DES MOINES, Iowa) — Tornadoes have touched down in central Iowa, displacing families and causing destruction across multiple counties. A number of people have been injured and sent to the hospital, Lt. Shane Cox [Read More…]
Florida, California among top sites for shark attacks in the US
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York may have been the site of two suspected shark attacks on Wednesday, but attacks by the creatures in these waters are so rare that there have been only 10 documented [Read More…]
Aphid populations worst in central Minnesota
Soybean aphid populations are on the rise in Minnesota. University of Minnesota Extension entomologist Bob Koch says the largest numbers are in the central part of the state. “Stearns County area westward towards Willmar, and [Read More…]
Disease pressure builds in wet areas of the Corn Belt
Disease pressure continues to build in parts of the Corn Belt under stress from too much moisture. Carolyn Zierke is an innovation specialist for BASF in southern Minnesota. She says rain, heat, and humidity has [Read More…]
Minnesota farmers adapting to herbicide resistance
A soybean researcher says farmers in his state are adapting to the herbicide-resistant weed epidemic. David Kee with the Minnesota Soybean Research and Promotion Council tells Brownfield growers are mixing up chemistries and making more [Read More…]
Tumbling soybean prices could trigger indemnity payments
A farm management analyst predicts the tumble in soybean prices will result in substantial crop insurance payments for some farmers. Kent Thiesse with MinnStar Bank in south-central Minnesota says revenue protection policies based on optional [Read More…]
Crop disease common across Midwest this year
Many farmers across the Midwest are seeing a variety of crop diseases because of increasingly hot and moist conditions. Mike Meyer is a technical expert with Corteva. “Frogeye leaf spot, mostly gray leaf spot, and [Read More…]
‘I pray for our cops every day’: Law enforcement deaths spiking, guns No. 1 cause
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — When New York State Police trooper Nicholas Clark responded to a reported suicidal person barricaded in a home this month, the suspect gunned him down before taking his own life. “A 29-year-old [Read More…]
Harvey Weinstein asks court to dismiss Ashley Judd lawsuit, says they had a ‘bargain’
Spencer Platt/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein’s legal team said in new court documents that Ashley Judd struck “a bargain” with him in which she would allow him to touch her “if [Read More…]