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Man armed with multiple guns including rifles takes hostage
iStock/Thinkstock(TACOMA, Wash.) — A man armed with multiple guns including long rifles and wearing body armor allegedly took a hostage inside an auto repair business, prompting a standoff with police in Tacoma, Washington, according to [Read More…]

Midwest, mid-Atlantic still getting soaked from Gordon
ABC News(JACKSON, Miss.) — Remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon are continuing to soak the South and Midwest. On Thursday, north of Jackson, Mississippi, more than 10 inches of rain fell, flooding streets and neighborhoods. Near [Read More…]

Midwest, mid-Atlantic still getting soaked from Gordon
ABC News(JACKSON, Miss.) — Remnants of Tropical Storm Gordon are continuing to soak the South and Midwest. On Thursday, north of Jackson, Mississippi, more than 10 inches of rain fell, flooding streets and neighborhoods. Near [Read More…]

Officer fatally shoots man after entering wrong apartment
iStock/Thinkstock(DALLAS) — Dallas police and the county district attorney’s office are investigating after police said one of their officers shot and killed a 26-year-old man Thursday night upon returning home from her shift and entering [Read More…]

Man armed with multiple guns including rifles takes hostage in Tacoma, Washington
Pierce County Sheriff’s Department(TACOMA, Wash.) — A man armed with multiple guns including long rifles and wearing body armor allegedly took a hostage inside an auto repair business, prompting a standoff with police in Tacoma, [Read More…]

Family of Stephon Clark to sue Sacramento for more than $15 million
iStock/Thinkstock(SACRAMENTO, Calif.) — The family of Stephon Clark, an unarmed black man who died from multiple gunshot wounds when police fired on him 20 times as he stood in his grandmother’s yard, is planning to [Read More…]

Refugee calamity feared as battle for Syria’s Idlib looms large
iStock/Thinkstock(DAMASCUS, Syria) — The battle for Syria’s Idlib province looms large in what could prove to be the bloodiest conflict yet in this long and painful civil war. Located in the northwest corner of Syria, [Read More…]

Far-right candidate Jair Bolsonaro stabbed at campaign event in Brazil
iStock/Thinkstock(RIO DE JANEIRO) — Jair Bolsonaro, a far-right candidate in Brazil’s presidential election, was stabbed at a campaign event on Thursday. Federal police confirmed to ABC News that a 40-year-old suspect in the attack that [Read More…]

Lyft enters the scooter race by launching in Denver
Lyft(DENVER) — Ride share company Lyft is entering the scooter arms race, marked by launching its scooter rental program in Denver on Thursday. The company, which tries to differentiate itself from its competitors by stressing [Read More…]

Gunman in Cincinnati bank shooting that killed 3 identified as 29-year-old Ohio resident
iStock/Thinkstock(CINCINNATI) — Authorities have identified the gunman who allegedly killed three people and wounded two others at a bank in downtown Cincinnati as a 29-year-old Ohio resident. Omar Perez, 29, acted alone when he opened [Read More…]

India’s top court legalizes gay sex in historic verdict
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW DELHI) — The world’s largest democracy just struck down a ban on gay sex. On Thursday, India’s top court declared parts of Section 377 unconstitutional, in a historic decision that finally brings to end [Read More…]

Hog futures surge on technical support
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed mixed ahead of widespread direct cash business. The indecisive cash trade didn’t help contracts find any direction. October live cattle closed $.15 lower at $108.90 and December [Read More…]

INFB vice president part of group to meet, discuss trade with Trump
The vice president of Indiana Farm Bureau was among a small group of ag leaders who discussed trade with President Trump, Vice President Pence, and Ag Secretary Perdue at the White House this week. Kendell [Read More…]

Hubbs: Corn yield may not hold up to USDA projection
An ag economist is not confident in the latest corn yield estimate from the USDA. “It still will be a good crop,” said Todd Hubbs at the University of Illinois, in an interview with Brownfield [Read More…]

Farmers get credit for fewer off-target dicamba complaints
The vice president for U.S. crop protection at BASF credits farmers for fewer off-target dicamba complaints this year. Scott Kay tells Brownfield there was good participation as BASF hosted a series of training sessions across [Read More…]


And the Oscar for ‘popular film’ goes to… no one in 2019, Academy says
Carlo Allegri/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced Thursday that it will not present the Oscar for its proposed “popular film” category during February’s ceremony after all. One reason [Read More…]

How public school teachers are crowdfunding for supplies and ‘dream’ school projects
Courtesy Donors Choose(NEW YORK) — Many public school teachers across the country are looking to go above and beyond to educate the next generation, and they’re turning to DonorsChoose to raise money for school supplies [Read More…]

NY Attorney General subpoenas every Catholic diocese in the state
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood has issued subpoenas to every catholic diocese in the state as part of an investigation into how the church reviewed and possibly covered up allegations of [Read More…]

Food insecurity declining
A new report from USDA’s Economic Research Service says food insecurity declined slightly last year. Research economist Alisha Coleman-Jensen says food insecurity dropped by a half of a percent in 2017, the sixth straight year [Read More…]