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Coach trapped with boys soccer team in Thai cave apologizes to parents in handwritten letter
Linh Pham/Getty Images(CHIANG RAI PROVINCE, Thailand) — The coach of a boys soccer team trapped inside a cave in northern Thailand has apologized to their parents in a handwritten letter and promised to take good [Read More…]
Thai cave rescuers at ‘war’ against water in race to evacuate boys’ soccer team
ABC News (CHIANG RAI PROVINCE, Thailand)– Decreasing water levels and relatively dry weather over the past few days have created more favorable conditions for evacuating the boys’ soccer team trapped inside a partly-flooded cave in [Read More…]
Two dead in New Jersey house explosion
WPVI(NEWFIELD, N.J) — Two people have died in a house explosion in New Jersey Saturday morning, officials said. The house at 329 Oakwood Drive in Newfield exploded just before 6:30 a.m., according to the Newfield [Read More…]
U.S. service member killed in Afghanistan insider attack
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — A U.S. military service member was killed and two others were wounded Saturday in an apparent insider attack in southern Afghanistan. The death is the third American military fatality in Afghanistan this [Read More…]
North Korea blasts ‘regrettable’ US attitude after talks with Pompeo
iStock/Thinkstock(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — North Korea blasted the U.S. on Saturday for making what it called “robber-like” demands in meetings between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Pyongyang officials, calling the attitude and stance of [Read More…]
Two dead in house explosion in New Jersey, officials say
WPVI-TV(NEWFIELD, N.J.) — Two people have died in a house explosion in New Jersey on Saturday morning, officials said. The house at 329 Oakwood Drive in Newfield exploded just before 6:30 a.m., according to the [Read More…]
Hurricane Beryl takes aim at eastern Caribbean, could miss Puerto Rico
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Hurricane Beryl is churning in the Atlantic on Saturday morning and taking aim at the small islands that make up the eastern Caribbean. It appears, based on the current track, the [Read More…]
Wildfires spring up across western US as dry heat continues
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Three dozen large fires continue to burn in 11 states across the West on Saturday as dry air and hot temperatures have settled in. Gusty northern winds of up to 45 [Read More…]
Facebook blocks, then restores Declaration of Independence post
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A newspaper serially publishing the Declaration of Independence on social media this week got an unexpected surprise: Facebook had blocked one of the posts. The Liberty County Vindicator, a newspaper in southeastern Texas, [Read More…]
Clothing company ASOS introduces ‘wheelchair-friendly’ jumpsuit
ASOS(NEW YORK) — ASOS is becoming more inclusive than ever before. Earlier this week, the clothing company released a fully waterproof jumpsuit that its website noted has been adapted to be “wheelchair-friendly.” Reporter and Paralympic [Read More…]
Germany’s Merkel and Hungary’s Orban get testy in public over how to handle refugees
Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(BERLIN) — The starkly contrasting approaches Germany and Hungary’s leaders have taken toward refugees were on public display Thursday when they clashed during a press conference. “The viewpoint of Hungary and Germany [Read More…]
Proposed ‘buddy dive’ plan to rescue boys trapped in Thai cave could launch this weekend
Linh Pham/Getty Images(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — A proposed plan to rescue the boys soccer team trapped in a partly flooded cave in northern Thailand could launch as soon as this weekend, ABC News has learned. [Read More…]
Canceled US-South Korea military exercise would have cost $14 million
Airman 1st Class Dillian Bamman/U.S. Air Force(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon says the joint U.S. military exercise with South Korea that was suspended after President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un last [Read More…]
Canadian man dies protecting his children from polar bear
iStock/Thinkstock(HUDSON BAY, Canada) — A Canadian man was hailed as a hero by his family after he died protecting his children from a polar bear. Aaron Gibbons, 31, was at a popular fishing and hunting [Read More…]
Germany’s Merkel and Hungary’s Orban get testy in public over how to handle refugees
Abdulhamid Hosbas/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(BERLIN) — The starkly contrasting approaches Germany and Hungary’s leaders have taken toward refugees were on public display Thursday when they clashed during a press conference. “The viewpoint of Hungary and Germany [Read More…]
Man killed when tire mysteriously crashes into his car on New York highway
WABC(NEW YORK) — Police are searching for information after a tire mysteriously crashed into a car on a New York highway, killing a 60-year-old man, authorities said. The victim, David Dorazio, was driving on Sunrise [Read More…]
Proposed ‘buddy dive’ plan to rescue boys trapped in Thai cave could launch this weekend
Linh Pham/Getty Images(CHIANG RAI, Thailand) — A proposed plan to rescue the boys soccer team trapped in a partly flooded cave in northern Thailand could launch as soon as this weekend, ABC News has learned. [Read More…]
Nutrient concerns in Missouri corn
Missouri’s extreme shift in weather from spring planting to summer has created some nutrient concerns. Winfield United agronomist Andy Schmidt tells Brownfield there’s concern for corn now that the silking and grain fill process has [Read More…]
Hog futures drop on trade uncertainties
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures ended the day lower on profit taking and lack of follow through buying, despite the strong direction from the cash trade. Feeder cattle were pressured by the move [Read More…]
Professor sees problems with food safety consolidation proposal
There might be problems with the proposal to move food safety oversight responsibilities to a single agency within the USDA, said Bryan Endres, a professor of agriculture law at the University of Illinois. Potential sticking [Read More…]