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Boston names 1st black police commissioner: ‘Be the change’
Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images(BOSTON) — For the first time a person of color is leading the Boston Police Department. Boston Mayor Marty Walsh on Monday appointed Chief William Gross to be the [Read More…]

Corn, soybean export inspections up on week
The USDA reports that as of the week ending July 19, 2018, corn export inspections will likely fall short of projections for the 2017/18 marketing year, which runs through the end of August for corn, [Read More…]

Northern Missouri farmer compares drought to 2012
A northern Missouri farmer says current drought conditions are as bad as 2012. Sean Cornelius of Caldwell County says conditions are taking their toll on his dairy herd and 1200 acres of row crops. “Boy, [Read More…]

A cool, mid-Summer pattern ahead
As the week progresses, cool conditions will become more deeply entrenched across the central and eastern U.S., but hot, humid weather will linger across the Deep South. However, very hot weather will persist in [Read More…]

Author responds perfectly to interview question on juggling work and family
Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images(CAMBRIDGE, Mass.) — If you haven’t read Lauren Groff, her rad interview response on work-life balance will make you want to start. In an article published July 17, the [Read More…]

Suspect in violent Trader Joe’s standoff due in court
ABC News(LOS ANGELES) — A man who allegedly barricaded himself inside a Trader Joe’s, killing a store manager and holding dozens of people hostage for three hours, is set to appear in a Los Angeles [Read More…]

Shooting on Toronto streets leaves 2 dead, 12 injured; motive unclear
ABCNews.com(TORONTO) — A shooting that erupted in the middle of a Toronto street Sunday night left two people dead and 12 others injured, authorities said. Police killed the shooter, a 29-year-old man, during a gunfight, [Read More…]

Nitrogen timing affects plant performance
It’s not only if nitrogen is applied to the corn crop, it’s also a matter of when. Golden Harvest agronomist Scott Gard is doing research on the timing of nitrogen fertilizer applications to corn. Gard [Read More…]

Victim’s girlfriend says Florida gunman provoked fatal ‘stand your ground’ shooting
Pinellas County Sheriff/ABC News(PINELLAS COUNTY, Fla.) — Britany Jacobs, the girlfriend of the man shot and killed in a Florida parking lot last week, says her boyfriend was just coming to her defense and the [Read More…]

Woman impaled in chest by umbrella on Maryland beach
ABC News(BALTIMORE) — A woman enjoying a day at the beach in Maryland was impaled in the chest by a flying beach umbrella on Sunday. The umbrella had to be cut in half in order [Read More…]

Longest total lunar eclipse of 21st century coming Friday
japatino/Getty Images(HOUSTON) — The longest total lunar eclipse of the century is coming Friday, and it will transform the moon into a reddish orange color for more than 100 minutes, according to NASA. The eclipse [Read More…]

Uber, Lyft driver livestreamed video of hundreds of passengers, but was it illegal?
Jason Gargac/Twitch(NEW YORK) — Hundreds of Uber and Lyft passengers in Missouri were reportedly livestreamed without their knowledge over the past four months, and one media privacy expert says it was probably legal. Dr. Daxton [Read More…]

Shooting on Toronto streets leaves 13 injured, 2 dead
iStock/Thinkstock(TORONTO) — One person is dead and 13 people are injured after a gunman opened fire in the middle of the street late Sunday in Toronto. The shooter is also dead, gunned down following the [Read More…]

Last photo shows happy family before duck boat horror left 9 of them dead
Family handout via WRTV(BRANSON, Mo.) — In the last photo they took together, 11 members of the Coleman family are shown smiling and posing with a life preserver just before they boarded a duck boat [Read More…]

Suspected gunman in deadly LA Trader Joe’s standoff identified
carlballou/iStock/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — The suspected gunman who burst into a Trader Joe’s in Los Angeles on Saturday, took hostages and got into a shootout with police that left a woman dead was identified Sunday. Police [Read More…]

US commander in Middle East hesitant to cooperate with Russians in Syria on refugees
Aurelien Meunier/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The commander of U.S. military forces in the Middle East has expressed reservations about America possibly working with Russia in Syria to help Syrian refugees return to their war-torn nation, a [Read More…]

Susan Rice: ‘Historic mistake’ to allow US president to meet with Putin
Alex Wong/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A former national security adviser to President Barack Obama said Donald Trump’s “national security team needs to know everything” about the lengthy one-on-one meeting he had with Vladimir Putin, calling [Read More…]

Search continues for Iowa college student who went missing while jogging
Poweshiek County Sheriff’s Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — Authorities have very few answers after a college student from Iowa went missing on Wednesday night while going out for an evening jog. Mollie Tibbetts, 20, left for an [Read More…]

More heavy rain expected in eastern US for week ahead
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A coastal storm that developed late Saturday brought an onslaught of rain and wind to the mid-Atlantic and Northeast overnight. Unfortunately, the rain shows little sign of slowing down heading into [Read More…]

Three people drown in rip currents at North Carolina beaches
TongRo Images(RALEIGH, N.C.) — Dangerous rip currents proved deadly on Saturday as three people drowned at beaches in North Carolina. Two of the deaths happened at different beaches in Brunswick County, while a third happened [Read More…]