Steve Nedved
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Mar 06
Lawyers: 24 parents separated from children report they are being detained
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Twenty-four migrant parents who returned to the United States on Saturday after they said they were separated and deported without their children are now being detained by the U.S. government, according to Erika Pinheiro, a lawyer for the families and the litigation and policy director of Al Otro Lado. Of the …
Mar 06
Baltimore officers allegedly planted gun on man after running him over
Baltimore Police Department(BALTIMORE) — A retired Baltimore police sergeant was indicted for allegedly planting a pellet gun on a suspect after another officer intentionally ran him over, prosecutors said. Former Baltimore Police Department Sgt. Keith Gladstone pleaded not guilty to federal civil rights and witness tampering charges on Tuesday in connection with a 2014 incident …
Mar 06
Track cancels horse racing indefinitely after 21st fatality in the less than three months
winhorse/iStock(ARCADIA, Calif.) — A Southern California horse racing track canceled races indefinitely on Tuesday after another horse died this week, marking the 21st fatality since the track opened for the winter season. Santa Anita Park canceled races through the weekend with no timetable on when they would resume, just hours after a female equine suffered …
Mar 06
Georgia mom arrested in $200,000 trust fund scam; disabled son goes missing
hynci/iStock(LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga.) — A Georgia mother was arrested for trying to scam her disabled son out of $200,000 in trust fund money, police said Tuesday. Yvonne Longmire, of Lawrenceville, Georgia, was arrested last week on charges of false swearing, forgery and identity theft for allegedly lying in court to gain control of her missing son’s …
Mar 06
Three river otters stolen from animal sanctuary in North Carolina
pixonaut/iStock(COATS, N.C.) — Police are looking for three river otters apparently stolen from their habitat at a North Carolina animal sanctuary. Caretakers at Animal Edventures Sanctuary in Coats, North Carolina, about 30 miles south of Raleigh, awoke Monday morning to find the door to its otter enclosure wide open and its three inhabitants missing. The …
Mar 06
National Farmers Union delegates pass eight special orders of business
National Farmers Union delegates strongly supported efforts to stop climate change during their national convention, but they were split on whether to support The Green New Deal recently proposed in Washington. President Roger Johnson says, “The big debate there was there was an attempt to merge some talk about the Green New Deal. That was …
Mar 06
Iowa producer says farmers need changes to survive
An Iowa hog producer says farmers need more control and some reforms to bring farm prices and the rural economy up. Chris Peterson from Clear Lake, Iowa is semi-retired, but he is still raising hogs. He says, “The farm bankruptcies, the bankers are having the jitters and everything else, (and) the margins being so narrow, …
Mar 05
Biodiesel has also resulted in $4.8 billion savings for livestock feed
Biodiesel has added to soybean growers’ bottom lines since its development from checkoff dollars and University of Missouri research. Tom Steever spoke to Casey Wasser, Policy Director, Missouri Soybean Association, who says biodiesel has also resulted in $4.8 billion savings for livestock feed over the past five years. Find out more in this week’s Spotlight …
Mar 05
Man whose sister’s murder in Baltimore was falsely blamed on a panhandler says he’s not surprised by brother-in-law’s arrest
Courtesy Keith Smith(BALTIMORE) — While his sister’s slaying in Baltimore left his brother-in-law, who blamed the killing on a panhandler, in custody on murder charges along with his daughter, Marcel Trisvan says he “wasn’t surprised” by the stunning twist in the homicide investigation. “I always thought that they were involved,” Trisvan told ABC News of …
Mar 05
Satellite photos show North Korea rebuilding missile launch facility
ANNECORDON/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Commercial satellite imagery released by a Washington think tank showed that North Korea has begun a rapid rebuilding of a missile launch site that has been inactive since last summer. The development comes days after President Donald Trump’s summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that did not result in a denuclearlization …