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Rescuers weigh options for extracting soccer team from flooded cave
Linh Pham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Rescuers and authorities are considering their options for evacuating the soccer team — 12 boys and their coach — discovered alive after they’d gone missing for 10 days. Authorities are [Read More…]
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Exclusive: Survivors of fatal Bahamas boat explosion speak out for the first time
ABCNews.com (NEW YORK) — Passengers who survived the fatal Bahamas boat explosion on Saturday are speaking about their experience for the first time. Sheila Jones, her son Haiden Jones and John Inman spoke exclusively to [Read More…]
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Mom dials 911 screaming her daughter’s trapped in tree, surrounded by alligators
iStock/Thinkstock(ORLANDO) — A Florida mom made a frantic cry for help while on a call with a 911 dispatcher because her teen daughter was trapped in a tree for a half an hour with hissing [Read More…]
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Heat Advisory issued July 03 at 2:43AM MDT until July 03 at 7:00PM MDT by NWS
…HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING… The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls has issued a Heat Advisory, which is in effect from 2 PM this [Read More…]
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Pompeo heading to North Korea as regime shows little progress towards denuclearization
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Three weeks after the historic meeting between President Trump and North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo will return to North Korea on Thursday at a time the regime [Read More…]
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Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition saved after row over migration comes to an end
iStock/Thinkstock(BERLIN) — Those concerned about the future of Germany’s ruling coalition and the possibility of a snap election can now breathe a sigh of relief. The coalition will remain in place after a lengthy row [Read More…]
Ag News
Illinois crops progressing much faster than average
Illinois crops are progressing much faster than the 5-year-average. As of Sunday, corn silking was at 40 percent compared to the average 11 percent. The crop is 84 percent good to excellent. Soybean blooming has [Read More…]
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Hot weather slows Michigan’s crop progress
Hot weather is stressing crops and livestock in Michigan. The USDA says corn is now 96 percent emerged with condition rated 71 percent good to excellent. Soybeans are 11 percent in bloom and 72 percent [Read More…]
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Southeastern South Dakota rain causes some stunting
In the last two weeks, some southeastern South Dakota farmers have had too much rain. Dave Poppens tells Brownfield it’s unusual to be wishing for less rain in the first week of July. “The low [Read More…]
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Nebraska’s crop ratings stay strong
Nebraska’s crop ratings continue to run at very high levels. Corn and soybeans are both rated 86 percent good to excellent this week. Corn silking was eight percent and soybeans blooming was 35 percent, both [Read More…]
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Iowa’s crop ratings show some slippage this week
Iowa’s crop ratings are showing some slippage this week, with damaging winds and heavy precipitation taking their toll on the crops. Corn is rated 78 percent good to excellent, with soybeans at 76 percent, both [Read More…]
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Trump administration ramps up pressure on Iran’s economy
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The Trump administration is claiming some early success in its quest to cripple Iran with sanctions in order to drag it back to negotiations and change its behavior, even as it softens its [Read More…]
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3-year-old girl stabbed in Boise, Idaho birthday party rampage dies: Police
Google Maps(BOISE, Idaho) — A 3-year-old girl attacked at her birthday party by a knife-wielding man who stabbed five other children and three adults in Boise, Idaho, has died from her injuries, police said Monday. [Read More…]
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Harvey Weinstein could face life sentence for new alleged sex crimes
Kevin Hagen/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A Manhattan grand jury has returned a superseding indictment that charges disgraced film mogul Harvey Weinstein with additional sex crimes, including one that could land him in prison for life. [Read More…]
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CDC retracts farmer suicide data
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says its numbers on farmer suicides are wrong. The CDC has retracted its report based on 2016 data that said farmers had the highest suicide rate in the [Read More…]
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Husker Harvest Days
Brownfield’s Ken Anderson will be on the ground in Grand Island, NE September 11-12 for Husker Harvest Days. Continue reading Husker Harvest Days at Brownfield Ag News.
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CME milk futures mostly lower, cash dairy mixed Monday
Milk futures were mostly down and cash dairy prices mixed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange Monday. July Class Three July milk was up $.08 at $14.68. August was down $.01 to $15.33. September was down [Read More…]
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U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange and Midwest Specialty Grain Conference and Trade Show.
Brownfield’s Julie Harker will be in Kansas City, Missouri on August 29 & 30 for the U.S. Soy Global Trade Exchange and Midwest Specialty Grain Conference and Trade Show. Continue reading U.S. Soy Global Trade [Read More…]
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Fruit crop quality concerns developing in Southwest Michigan
An extension educator says fruit production in Michigan’s southwest is expected to be about average with larger than normal fruit this year. “We expect the fruit that we get, whether they be apples, blueberries or [Read More…]
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Twelve boys and their soccer coach found alive in cave
Linh Pham/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Twelve boys and their soccer coach, lost for 10 days in a cave in Thailand, have been found alive, officials announced Monday. “Thai Navy SEALs have found all 13 with [Read More…]