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Two teens arrested for terrorist plot targeting Virginia high school prom
Google Maps(VIRGINIA BEACH, Va.) — Police arrested two teens in Virginia who were planning a terrorist attack at a high school prom over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Michael Coleman, 18, and an unnamed 17-year-old [Read More…]
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Anniversary of Otto Warmbier’s release brings up harsh memories of North Korea
Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Nearly one year before President Donald Trump’s historic handshake with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un on Tuesday, the president painted a very different picture of the “brutality” of [Read More…]
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From ‘fire and fury’ to ‘rocket man,’ the various barbs traded between Trump and Kim Jong Un
ABC News(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is the latest step in what previously had been a tense and combustible public relationship between the two men. The [Read More…]
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Cops to suspected serial killer: ‘We know it’s you. Can you please tell us why?’
iStock/Thinkstock(TAMPA, Fla.) — While they didn’t get a confession, Florida cops got a suspect to give them all the evidence they said they needed, including the murder weapon, to link him to a series of [Read More…]
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Honduran immigrant arrested, separated from family died of ‘suicide in custody’: Officials
Starr County Sheriff’s Office(GRANJENO, Texas) — Texas officials are investigating the death of a Honduran man last month in an apparent suicide – after he was separated from his family following his arrest for crossing [Read More…]
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NYPD officers save blue-faced baby who’d stopped breathing
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York Police Department officers are being hailed as heroes after they saved a baby Saturday night out at Coney Island. Michael Pace, 26, and Joseph Doyle, 26, were waiting at a [Read More…]
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Another good week for Nebraska’s crops
It was another good week for Nebraska’s crops, even though some areas were impacted by damaging hail and high winds. Overall, the good to excellent ratings are 86 percent for corn, 87 percent for soybeans, [Read More…]
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Iowa’s crop ratings are good, but problems areas exist
Iowa’s overall crop ratings remain high—81 percent good to excellent on corn and 78 percent on soybeans—but there are some problem areas in the state. Parts of north-central and northeast Iowa, which were already behind [Read More…]
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Impressive initial crop condition ratings for Minnesota
It’s an impressive first crop condition rating for Minnesota corn and soybeans. The USDA says 90 percent of the state’s corn acreage and 86 percent of the soybean crop is in good to excellent condition. [Read More…]
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Perfect Storm brewing on trade front
A market analyst says as trade negotiations go south and the value of the dollar goes higher, U.S. agriculture faces monumental headwinds. Jamey Kohake with Paragon Ag Advisors tells Brownfield whether its crops or livestock, [Read More…]
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Wet spring leading to “weird” crop issues
An Integrated Pest Management specialist says growers dealing with persistent rains could start running into some weird issues. Bruce Potter with the University of Minnesota tells Brownfield damping off is occurring in both corn and [Read More…]
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Uber submits patent to detect drunken app users
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Uber has submitted a patent to add a feature to its app that will help identify drunken riders so drivers could better assist them. The new feature, at least in theory, would [Read More…]
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5th-grader to school board: ‘I am here to stand up for every kid that gets bullied’
Timberlake Regional School Board(PLAISTOW, N.H.) — Fighting back tears, a fifth-grader recently pleaded with her school board to help end bullying. At a June 7 Timberlane School Board meeting, Delanie Marcotte, who attends Pollard School [Read More…]
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Family of 5, including 3 children, killed in cabin explosion: Washington state police
KOMO(BRINNON, Wash.) — An explosion that decimated a cabin in Washington state also killed a family of five, including three children, authorities said Monday. On Sunday, around 1 a.m., fire personnel and deputies with the [Read More…]
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Hurricane Bud is weakening, could hit Mexico as tropical storm
iStock/Thinkstock(PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico) — The hurricane season is striking well ahead of schedule. The second Eastern North Pacific hurricane of the season is whipping up 120 mph winds but moving at a glacial pace of [Read More…]
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Can a tick really paralyze a person?
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — With a 5-year-old daughter she said was unable to walk and talk, a Mississippi mom urgently warned parents to check their children for ticks. Jessica Griffin wrote on Facebook that doctors in [Read More…]
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Two new explosions rock Hawaii’s Kilauea summit, more shelters in progress
Paradise Helicopters/ABC News(HONOLULU, HI.) — Two new steam explosions rocked the summit of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island Monday morning, the latest measuring a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and producing a minor ash [Read More…]
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Two new explosions rock Hawaii’s Kilauea summit, more shelters in progress
Paradise Helicopters/ABC News(HONOLULU, HI.) — Two new steam explosions rocked the summit of the Kilauea volcano on Hawaii’s Big Island Monday morning, the latest measuring a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 and producing a minor ash [Read More…]
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‘Fearless’ USA Today foreign affairs reporter who ‘thrived’ in war zones killed by car in DC
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A “fearless” USA Today foreign affairs reporter who “thrived” in war zones, according to a friend, was hit and killed by a car while he was riding his motorcycle in Washington, D.C., police [Read More…]
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‘Fearless’ USA Today foreign affairs reporter who ‘thrived’ in war zones killed by car in DC
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — A “fearless” USA Today foreign affairs reporter who “thrived” in war zones, according to a friend, was hit and killed by a car while he was riding his motorcycle in Washington, D.C., police [Read More…]