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NC Ag Department confirm 55-hundred swine losses
The North Carolina Department of Agriculture says 55-hundred swine losses have been reported from Hurricane Florence damage. That’s about twice the number from Hurricane Matthew in 2016 but well under the 21-thousand pig deaths in [Read More…]

Elizabeth Smart’s captor Wanda Barzee has been released from prison
ABC News(DRAPER, Utah) — Wanda Barzee, one of Elizabeth Smart’s former captors, has been released from prison, much to Smart’s surprise and disappointment. Barzee was released from the Draper Prison in Draper, Utah, Wednesday morning, [Read More…]

Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts’ alleged killer set to appear in court
Poweshiek County Sheriffs Office(BROOKLYN, Iowa) — The accused killer of Iowa jogger Mollie Tibbetts is set to be arraigned Wednesday, one month after he was arrested for allegedly killing the 20-year-old college student. Tibbetts, a [Read More…]

3 injured when car drives into crowd near London mosque
iStock/Thinkstock(LONDON) — UK police are investigating an attack Wednesday morning near a Muslim community center that injured three men. A car drove into a crowd of people leaving the North London mosque, with the occupants [Read More…]

GMOs do not cause allergies
GMO foods do not cause allergies and are not associated with any increase in allergies. Lisa Katic, a Registered Dietitian and President of K Consulting, explains that, “No commercially available crops contain allergens that have been created [Read More…]

California man, teens arrested over alleged funeral donations scam
Victorville Police Department(SAN BERNADINO, Calif.) — Police in Southern California arrested a 20-year-old man and two teenage boys this week after they allegedly scammed people in a fake funeral scheme. Richard Navarrete, of San Bernardino, [Read More…]

Tesla confirms federal probe over Musk tweets, sending shares lower
ABC News(SAN FRANCISCO) — Tesla shares tumbled on Tuesday amid reports of a potential criminal probe over its chief executive officer’s statements about taking the company private. The electric carmaker said it agreed to hand [Read More…]

New birthday cake-flavored Oreos celebrate Mickey Mouse’s 90th birthday
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Mickey Mouse is turning 90 this year! For his big birthday, the chief mouse doesn’t just get a basic birthday cake. He gets his very own custom Oreos, of course! Disney [Read More…]

Exclusive: Jailed American makes desperate plea for help in letters to Trump, Pence
Kassem Family(CAIRO) — After five years in prison and facing 15 more, an American citizen jailed on trumped up charges in Egypt is pleading for his life to President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike [Read More…]

Kim Yo Jong, sister of North Korean leader, steps further into spotlight at inter-Korean summit
Korea Summit Press Pool/Getty Images(PYONGYANG, North Korea) — Behind the scenes of Pyongyang’s grand welcome ceremony for a South Korean delegation Tuesday was the mysterious Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korea’s leader Kim [Read More…]

Moon, Kim sign agreement for North Korea to take further steps to denuclearize
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — North and South Korea issued a joint statement Wednesday laying out more steps North Korea is prepared to take to denuclearize, but offering few details as to how they will get there. North [Read More…]

2 mental health patients chained in back of sheriff’s van drown as deputies rescued: Police
Google Maps(MULLINS, S.C.) — Two female mental patients chained in the back of a county sheriff’s van drowned when the vehicle in which they were traveling was overcome by floodwaters, police said. The deputies who [Read More…]

AEM says tariffs hurt market access
Association of Equipment Manufacturers President Dennis Slater says escalating trade tensions with China threaten many of the 1.3 million jobs supported by U.S. equipment manufacturing. Slater says tariffs on Chinese goods hurt U.S. access to [Read More…]

Bayer looks to the future of farming
Along with farmers and influencers, journalists from more than 35 countries are in Monheim, Germany for Bayer’s Future of Farming Dialogue 2018. Brownfield’s Cyndi Young is there. During the opening session, Bayer leaders outlined the [Read More…]

Southern MN Beet Sugar Coop expects smaller than normal crop
The vice president of agriculture for the Southern Minnesota Beet Sugar Cooperative is anticipating a smaller than normal crop. Todd Geselius says their harvest started about 10 days ago, and it’s common for growers to [Read More…]

Thompson Farm manager learns from drought
The manager of a beef research farm says dry weather generates valuable data for grazing management. In his 41st year at the University of Missouri’s Thompson Farm, manager Jon Schreffler learns from every drought. “Absolutely, [Read More…]

Harvest advancing in Minnesota
The harvest of small grains and other specialty crops is advancing in Minnesota. The latest USDA crop progress report shows the sugarbeet harvest, at nine percent, is slightly ahead of the five-year average. More than [Read More…]

Former ‘Sesame Street’ writer says Bert and Ernie are gay, but the show says otherwise
Peter Timmullstein bild via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Following an interview given by a former “Sesame Street” writer who said he wrote the beloved characters Bert and Ernie as if they were gay, the show [Read More…]

Florence flooding threat still real: ‘Do not try to return home yet,’ North Carolina governor pleads
@FayettevillePD/Twitter(WILMINGTON, N.C.) — North Carolina’s governor on Tuesday pleaded with residents to remain in shelters until flooding from Florence recedes. “I know it was hard to leave home, and it’s even harder to wait and [Read More…]

Freeland’s coming back to DC; Grassley says farmers still support Trump
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says she’s returning to Washington later this week to continue NAFTA negotiations. Freeland told reporters she will be meeting with her U.S. counterpart, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer. Meanwhile, [Read More…]