Steve Nedved
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Apr 20
Authorities refocus search of missing 5-year-old boy on family home near Chicago
ABC News(CHICAGO) — The search for a 5-year-old boy from Illinois who went missing on Wednesday continued into the weekend as police re-focused the investigation on the boy’s family home. Andrew “AJ” Freund, a blond boy who is approximately 3 feet, 5 inches tall, was last seen wearing a blue Mario sweatshirt and black sweatpants …
Apr 20
South Korea’s food waste reduction plans feature urban farming and modern garbage bins
ABC News(SEOUL, South Korea) — “Compost in my vegetable garden!” “No, mine first!” City farmers have been raising their voices to make sure their two-square-meter gardens are fertilized with compost made from food waste discarded from their homes. The Jugong apartment complex in Beondong, north of Seoul, began an eco-friendly urban farm last year August, …
Apr 20
Storm threat winds down ahead of pleasant Easter Sunday
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Three days of severe storms in the South and Southeast are about to give way to a nice holiday weekend for much of the country. There were 31 reported tornadoes in the South — from Texas to Virginia — since Wednesday, including 13 on Friday. The highest reported wind gust was …
Apr 20
2 arrests made in killing of journalist, 29, during riots in Northern Ireland
ABC News(DERRY, Ireland) — A pair of teenagers were arrested on Saturday after a journalist from Northern Ireland was shot and killed by what authorities called “terrorists” during rioting in the country ahead of this weekend’s religious holidays. Lyra McKee, 29, was fatally shot Thursday night in Derry/Londonderry near Creggan, a large housing complex in …
Apr 20
Flood Warning issued April 20 at 10:21AM MDT until April 21 at 9:30AM MDT by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Iowa and Minnesota… Rock River At Rock Rapids Redwood River Near Marshall …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Nebraksa…Iowa…and Minnesota…
Apr 20
Flood Warning issued April 20 at 10:21AM MDT until further notice by NWS
…The Flood Warning is cancelled for the following rivers in Iowa and Minnesota… Rock River At Rock Rapids Redwood River Near Marshall …The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South Dakota…Nebraksa…Iowa…and Minnesota…
Apr 20
Delphi murders investigation heading in ‘new direction,’ update planned for next week
iStock/Thinkstock(DEPLHI, Indiana) — One of the nation’s most recent infamous unsolved murder investigations is heading in a “new direction.” Indiana State Police said in a statement Friday that new information in their inquest into the murder of two teenage girls in Delphi, Indiana, in February 2017 will be shared at a press conference on Monday. …
Apr 20
2 teen girls are facing a raft of felony charges in alleged plot to kidnap and kill 9 people
WFTS(TAMPA, Fla.) — A pair of 14-year-old Florida middle school girls are facing felony charges for conspiracy to commit kidnapping and murder after being arrested this week in what authorities described as a plot to kidnap and kill 9 people. Court records reviewed by ABC News Tampa affiliate WFTS indicate that a teacher told police …
Apr 20
Nebraska Leopold Conservation Award winners recognized
From left to right, Cheyenne, Angela and Russ Sundstrom, winners of the 2019 Nebraska Leopold Conservation Award; Governor Pete Ricketts; Steve Martin with A-FAN; and Homer Buell with the Sand County Foundation Board. A ranch family from southwest Nebraska has received the 2019 Nebraska Leopold Conservation Award. Russ and Angela Sundstrom own and operate the …
Apr 19
Social media influencer convicted for violent plot to hijack website name
iStock/xijian(NEW YORK) — A social media influencer from Iowa is facing 20 years in prison for planning a violent home invasion to hijack an internet domain name for his company. Rossi Lorathio Adams II, 26, was convicted of conspiracy to interfere with commerce by force, threats and violence on Thursday, according to a statement released …