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Pig farmers getting beat up on trade
The president of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says pig farmers are getting beat up as the Trump Administration ushers in a new trade environment. Ohio hog farmer Jim Heimerl says he considered using [Read More…]

Pig farmers a casualty of trade disputes
The president of the National Pork Producers Council (NPPC) says pig farmers are getting beat up as the Trump Administration ushers in a new trade environment. Ohio hog farmer Jim Heimerl says he considered using [Read More…]

Warm weather favors crop growth, development
Across the Corn Belt, cool weather covers the Great Lakes region. Meanwhile, a cold front crossing the upper Midwest is producing locally heavy showers and thunderstorms. On June 3, soybean emergence ranged from 26 to [Read More…]

Anonymous tip prompts new search for woman who vanished in Georgia more than 20 years ago
Georgia Bureau of Investigation(FLAGLER BEACH, Fla.) — Thanks to a new tip, local and state authorities are combing a wooded area near Atlanta today in the hopes of finding the remains of a woman who [Read More…]

Children burned in Guatemala volcano eruption to be treated in US
Fabricio Alonzo/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Guatemalan children who were seriously burned in a deadly volcanic eruption in their home country will be brought to the United States for treatment, officials said. Shriners Hospitals for Children, [Read More…]

Massive fire breaks out at luxury London hotel, officials say
SkyNews via ABCNews.com(LONDON) — Dozens of firefighters are battling a massive blaze that broke out at a luxury hotel in West London on Wednesday, officials said. The London Fire Brigade said 120 firefighters and 20 [Read More…]

The first Gerber baby, now 91, met the current Gerber baby and the photo is adorable
@gerber/Instagram(NEW YORK) — The original Gerber baby and Gerber’s 2018 spokesbaby, Lucas Warren, recently posed in a photo that’s tugging at heart strings. Ann Turner Cook, 91, who’s still portrayed in the brand’s iconic trademark [Read More…]

Video of British bus driver fist-bumping goes viral
RoyalJordanian/YouTube(LONDON) — When a bus driver in London warned a moped driver about upcoming pedestrians in busy traffic, they had no idea their exchange would go viral. A motorcyclist enthusiast who goes by the internet [Read More…]

Woman punched by police officer at NJ beach shares her side of the story
ABC News(NEW YORK) — The woman who was captured on video being repeatedly punched by a police officer on a Jersey Shore beach over the Memorial Day weekend is still grappling with the emotional “trauma,” [Read More…]

Secret Service arrests contractor at White House for outstanding attempted murder charge
iStock/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. Secret Service arrested a government contractor on an outstanding attempted murder warrant issued in Maryland when he showed up for work at a White House checkpoint on Tuesday, according to authorities. [Read More…]

Qatar Airways CEO apologizes for suggesting a woman couldn’t do his job
Pier Marco Tacca/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The head of Qatar Airways apologized on Tuesday after suggesting that only a man is capable of doing his job as chief executive of the airline. Qatar Airways CEO [Read More…]

Singapore gears up to host Trump-Kim summit
ABCNews.com(SENSOTA ISLAND, Singapore) — The on-again, off-again and now on-again summit between President Donald Trump and North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is set for next week on a secluded island off the coast of [Read More…]

Heat on the Plains; scattered storms across the Heartland
Hot weather across the nation’s mid-section will continue to expand and intensify across the western and central U.S. During the next few days, temperatures will routinely exceed 100° across the southern half of the [Read More…]

An opportune time to sell farmland
Farmers National Company is reporting an uptick in landowners considering selling, and part of that is seasonal. But as we hear from a sales manager for Farmers National, there are a number of other factors [Read More…]

Bill Clinton says TV interview addressing Monica Lewinsky scandal wasn’t his ‘finest hour’
@ColbertLateShow/Twitter (NEW YORK) — Former President Bill Clinton said his recent interview with NBC’s Today Show addressing the Monica Lewinsky scandal wasn’t his “finest hour” in a conversation with Stephen Colbert on Tuesday. Clinton was [Read More…]

Virginia State Police chase stolen military vehicle down I-95
ABCNews.com(NOTTOWAY COUNTY, Va.) — Virginia State Police were involved in an unusual police chase Tuesday evening as a stolen military vehicle sped down Interstate 95 at 40 mph. Police received word of the stolen vehicle [Read More…]

Alleged hatchet murderer arrested after day on the run: Police
MNPDNashville/Twitter(NASHEVILLE) — The man police say murdered his ex-boss with a hatchet at a gym in Tennessee has been arrested after over 24 hours on the run, according to Nashville police. Domenic Micheli, 36, who [Read More…]

13-year-old who allegedly opened fire at Indiana school won’t be tried as adult
iStock/Thinkstock(NOBLESVILLE, Indiana) — The 13-year-old who allegedly shot a classmate and teacher at Noblesville West Middle School in Indiana on May 25 will not be charged as an adult, according to the Hamilton County prosecuting [Read More…]

Wisconsin Governor Walker orders dairy task force
Wisconsin’s Governor Scott Walker directed State Ag Secretary Sheila Harsdorf and University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross to create Dairy Task Force 2.0 to come up with recommendations to maintain a viable and profitable [Read More…]

Grassley & Ernst: President Trump rejects Ethanol blending deal
Both of Iowa’s U.S. Senators are applauding President Donald Trump’s apparent rejection of proposed changes to the Renewable Fuel Standard. Both Chuck Grassley and Joni Earnst posted Twitter messages Tuesday evening expressing their pleasure with [Read More…]