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Auction for collection of Albert Einstein’s letters and postcards ends next week
Hulton Deutsch/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Attention Albert Einstein fans: The chance to own a piece of the famous physicist’s early life is coming to a close next week. Online bidding for a collection of Einstein’s [Read More…]
Hundreds arrested at anti-Putin demonstrations in Russia
iStock/Thinkstock(MOSCOW) — Police have arrested hundreds of demonstrators at opposition rallies across Russia on Saturday that are aimed at protesting Vladimir Putin, two days ahead of his inauguration as president for a fourth term. Thousands [Read More…]
With severe weather outbreak over, seasonable trend develops in Midwest, Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A five-day spate of severe weather that brought 38 reported tornadoes in six states wrapped up on Friday with more than 100 reports of severe winds across the Northeast. Hundreds of [Read More…]
Parkland students release music video honoring seventeen killed in shooting
Giles Clarke/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — A group of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School students released a music video for their song Shine on Friday. The video was filmed entirely at the high school, where a [Read More…]
Water line break floods fifty rooms on Carnival cruise ship
Carnival Cruises(NEW ORLEANS) — Cruise ship passengers likely prefer to do their swimming once they’re off the boat. But one group of passengers got an unwelcome surprise on Thursday when a water line break on [Read More…]
Police officer killed in Indiana; suspect also dies in shootout
iStock/Thinkstock(TERRE HAUTE, Ind.) — A police officer was shot and killed in a shootout with a homicide suspect in Indiana Friday evening. The suspect was also killed in the exchange, police said. The shooting occurred [Read More…]
South Korean president to visit US ahead of Trump’s North Korea visit
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — South Korean President Moon Jae-in will be visiting the White House later this month ahead of the historic summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. The White House [Read More…]
Trump administration ends protected status for 86,000 Hondurans in US
Zehbrauskas/UNICEF(WASHINGTON) — After nearly two decades, the Trump administration is ending special immigration status for around 86,000 Hondurans who live in the U.S. – status granted following Hurricane Mitch in 1998. Critics called the decision [Read More…]
Woman who kidnapped infant apologizes to biological parents: ‘I know I wronged you, and I’m so sorry’
iStock/Thinkstock(JACKSONVILLE, Fla.) — The Florida woman who pleaded guilty to kidnapping a baby hours after birth apologized to the child’s biological family for the first time at a sentencing hearing Friday. Gloria Williams, who faces [Read More…]
Trump’s Syria aid freeze hits ‘White Helmets’ rescue workers
Ahmed Al Jarban /Anadolu Agency/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — The U.S. has suspended aid to the Syrian humanitarian group known as the White Helmets, the State Department confirmed to ABC News. The money is part of a [Read More…]
Missouri Farm Bureau on ag bills’ advancement
Missouri’s largest farm group is pleased to see legislation moving forward that is helpful to the state’s farmers. B.J. Tanksley is director of state legislation for Missouri Farm Bureau, tells Brownfield two omnibus ag bills [Read More…]
Higher gas prices expected to continue through the summer
Drivers in the Midwest are seeing higher prices at the pump and an ag economist with Purdue University says the prices will likely continue through the summer. Wally Tyner says there has been a steady [Read More…]
Bank leader says crop insurance critical in the next farm bill
A leader with the American Bankers Association says it’s critical that Congress maintains a strong commodity title in the next Farm Bill. Ed Elfmann, the senior vice president of agricultural and rural banking policy, says [Read More…]
Roundtable focuses on beef sustainability
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef has begun a 60-day public comment period on its Sustainability Framework. Roundtable chairperson Kim Stackhouse-Lawson of JBS USA says the framework focuses on, among other things, succession planning from [Read More…]
IL Farm Bureau hopeful solar bill will get through
The Illinois Farm Bureau is pleased to see several bills working their way through the state legislature dealing with solar construction on farmland. Farm Bureau’s state legislation director Kevin Semlow tells Brownfield Ag News the [Read More…]
Police searching desperately for persons who fired on undercover ATF agents, injuring 1
iStock/Thinkstock(CHICAGO) — More than 100 local and federal officials are combing parts of Chicago as authorities try to track down the people responsible for shooting at undercover agents, injuring one, in the early morning hours [Read More…]
North Korea leader Kim Jong Un scores surprising favorability among South Koreans after summit
iStock/Thinkstock(SEOUL) — The well-choreographed production of last week’s promising summit between North and South Korea appears to have given a boost to public approval ratings for the countries’ two leaders among South Koreans. South Korean [Read More…]
Data usage, insurance and family plans? Tips on saving on your cellphone bill
iStock/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — With T-Mobile and Sprint opting to merge and promising lower prices, wireless wars are starting to heat up — but consumers don’t have to wait to start saving on their wireless bills, [Read More…]
InSight, NASA’s latest mission, hopes to dig deep into Mars’ surface
NASA(NEW YORK) — InSight will do more than light up the skies over California when it launches Saturday morning — it will launch on a daring mission to find out if Mars has quakes and [Read More…]
Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference
On June 13-14, 2018 Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Larry Lee will be on the ground for the Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference in Dubuque, IA. Continue reading Four States Dairy Nutrition Conference at Brownfield Ag News.