Steve Nedved
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Apr 23
With FAA certification, Google’s drone company set to start deliveries in Virginia
Interim Archives/Getty Images(BLACKSBURG, Va.) — With the Federal Aviation Administration’s historic certification, Wing Aviation’s drone deliveries are set to arrive in Virginia. U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao announced Tuesday that the FAA awarded air carrier certification to Google’s Wing Aviation, the first drone delivery company to be awarded one, according to a FAA …
Apr 23
Baby girl dies after being left in family car for hours in possible hot car case: Police
KNXV-TV(GLENDALE, Ariz.) — An 18-month-old girl died after she was left in her family’s car for several hours, Arizona authorities said. The child’s death is being investigated as a possible hot car case, said police in Glendale, where the temperature reached 88 degrees Monday. When the baby’s father found the girl inside the car at …
Apr 23
Amal Clooney, Angelina Jolie speak out as US weighed vetoing UN resolution on rape as weapon of war
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Angelina Jolie and Amal Clooney added their voices in the calls to support a new United Nations Security Council resolution that included a mechanism to investigate sexual violence as a weapon of war. The resolution also called for full services for victims, including sexual and reproductive health care. But the …
Apr 23
“Tour wife” Nicole Kidman invites “Vanity Fair” inside her traditional Nashville life with Keith Urban
ABC/Image Group LANicole Kidman loves being a “tour wife” and can memorize Keith Urban’s concert schedule in one glance, she reveals in Vanity Fair’s May cover story. In fact, she’d just returned from the European leg of the Aussie superstar’s Graffiti U World Tour when she did the interview with the magazine. “[It’s] extremely simple with what we …
Apr 23
More than 12,000 Boy Scout members were victims of sexual abuse, expert says
AmyKerk/iStock(NEW YORK) — An expert who has been working with the Boy Scouts revealed that there may have been as many as 7,819 sexually abusive troop leaders and volunteers in the storied organization, according to newly released court documents. More than 7,800 individuals allegedly abused 12,254 victims, according to the court testimony. These figures were …
Apr 23
24-year-old Wisconsin man Manuel Franco is winner of $768 million Powerball jackpot: ‘It feels like a dream’
LPETTET/iStock (NEW BERLIN, Wis.) — Wisconsin resident Manuel Franco is the winner of last month’s $768.4 million Powerball jackpot — the third-largest lottery amount in U.S. history. “It feels like a dream,” Franco, 24, said at a press conference Tuesday. “It was amazing, my heart started racing, blood pumping,” he said. “I screamed for about …
Apr 23
Trump lawyer, Supreme Court justices clash over citizenship question on 2020 census
liveslow/iStock(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump’s top administration lawyer clashed with liberal justices of the Supreme Court on Tuesday over the government’s plan to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census. “I’m sorry. It’s not been a part of the survey since 1960,” Justice Sonia Sotomayor protested, interrupting Solicitor General Noel Francisco as oral arguments …
Apr 23
African Swine Fever footprint expands
The number of cases of African Swine Fever in China, Asia, and Europe is growing. The Pork Checkoff says ASF has now spread to all provinces of China after the island province of Hainan was confirmed to have the disease last week. Rabobank estimates 150 to 200 million pigs in China have been affected by …
Apr 23
MFP Content Partnership with Verdesian
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Apr 23
UMB Podcast: Today, Tomorrow & the Long View
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