Steve Nedved
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Feb 02
Police seize $2M in drugs after trucks tried to avoid border checkpoint
Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office(GILA BEND, Ariz.) — Authorities in Arizona announced on Friday the seizure of two massive truckloads of marijuana and methamphetamine worth $2 million and the arrests of three suspects in the case. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office said on Wednesday night that detectives saw two trucks avoid a U.S. Border Patrol checkpoint …
Feb 02
Putin orders Russia to develop new missiles after US leaves treaty
iStock(MOSCOW) — President Vladimir Putin has ordered Russia’s military to begin developing new medium-range missiles in response to President Donald Trump’s announcement that the United States is leaving a key Cold War nuclear arms treaty. Putin announced that Russia was also suspending the Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces, or INF treaty, a day after the U.S. said …
Feb 02
Major storm could bring flash flooding, mudslides to Southern California
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major Pacific storm moving onshore in California on Saturday morning will bring numerous hazards, including a high risk for flash flooding along the Southern California coast. Heavy rain will move into parts of the Los Angeles and San Francisco metropolitan regions Saturday morning. Rainfall rates over 1 inch per hour …
Feb 02
Is it meat or isn’t it?
Beef producers say making sure labels are clear is again a priority for 2019. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue says the USDA and the Food and Drug Administration are close to signing a memorandum of understanding (MOU) regarding regulatory authority of laboratory-produced cultured protein. David Dick, a cow/calf producer from Sedalia, Missouri says the issue …
Feb 02
Arctic air to return; a stormy pattern
Cold air will continue to erode across the Midwest, with above-normal temperatures expected by Saturday. Weekend temperatures will briefly top 70° as far north as the central Plains, but cold weather will be slow to depart New England. Late in the weekend and early next week, a new surge of Arctic air will engulf northern …
Feb 01
‘SIM swapping’ indictment in Manhattan spotlights tech-savvy fraud targeting crypto-currency owners
Bronek Kaminski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — A tech-savvy bank robber wore no mask and carried no gun — but used the little chip inside a smartphone to steal untold thousands of dollars in what is becoming an increasing popular strain of e-fraud, according to the Manhattan District Attorney’s office. A grand jury in New York returned …
Feb 01
Burglars take off with $300K in cash and jewelry after ransacking LA mansion
Jack Berman/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — It appeared to be a well-planned heist. Burglars smashed their way into a multi-million dollar Los Angeles mansion, ransacked the home, and somehow managed to take a 1,000-pound safe with $300,000 worth of money and jewelry inside. Records show the home belongs to inventor Ronald Katz, the brother of Broadway …
Feb 01
DC ‘mansion murderer’ gets four life sentences with no chance of parole
Metropolitan Police Department(WASHINGTON) — A judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday ordered that a man convicted for the gruesome murders of a child, his parents and their housekeeper in a local mansion in 2015 never be released from prison. The judge sentenced Daron Wint to four life sentences after prosecutors and the victims’ family members …
Feb 01
Michael Avenatti won’t be charged for alleged domestic violence at this time
Drew Angerer/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — High-profile lawyer Michael Avenatti, best known as a critic of President Donald Trump and for representing pornstar Stormy Daniels, will not be charged for alleged domestic violence at this time. The Los Angeles City Attorney announced Friday that, after reviewing all of the investigative reports and considering all of the …
Feb 01
The Nature Conservancy: Bridging the gap between landowners, farmers, and soil health
The Nature Conservancy helped found and continues to be a major partner of the Soil Health Partnership for a variety of reasons. At the top is that it supports TNC’s vision of “a future world in which both nature and people thrive,” according to Pipa Elias, the soil health strategy manager for TNC. “Soil health …