Steve Nedved
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Dec 19
Mitchell hunger tree edges closer to a second goal
The James Valley Community Center’s Hunger Tree is feeling the Christmas spirit. Director Jessica Pickett says the annual drive reached its goal of providing a month’s worth of meal tickets to 51 seniors earlier this month. And now a final push to double it is almost there. “All we need is $1,236 more dollars to …
Dec 19
Storm that spawned tornado in Washington state now moving toward eastern US
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major storm is now moving out of the Northwest, but not before spinning up a tornado west of Seattle, delivering damaging winds of nearly 90 mph in Oregon and feet of snow in the Cascades. The major storm is weakening Wednesday morning as it moves into the Rockies with lots …
Dec 19
Unconscious man pulled from burning car, thrown in puddle by quick-thinking officers
Chambers County Sheriffs Office(ANAHUAC, Texas) — Authorities in Texas shared body camera footage on Tuesday that showed officers pulling an unconscious man from a burning vehicle after a crash. The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office shared the footage on its Facebook page, documenting two officers as they tossed the man into a puddle of water in …
Dec 19
NY Mom yanks carjacker out of SUV, pins him down until police arrive
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A single mother in New York didn’t let a would-be carjacker ruin the busy day ahead of her when he tried to drive away with her SUV on Tuesday morning. After 49-year-old Tihisha Jones of the Bronx auto-started her 2005 Honda Pilot to warm it before she took her son to school …
Dec 19
Elon Musk unveils The Boring Company’s test tunnel in California
Robyn Beck-Pool/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — It started as a joke. Two years ago, Elon Musk tweeted complaints about Los Angeles traffic, declaring that he was “going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.” On Tuesday, The Boring Company unveiled its first underground tunnel, built for the future use of autonomous cars and …
Dec 19
Some women are attacked on Twitter every 30 seconds: Amnesty International
hocus-focus/iStock(NEW YORK) — A study of tweets received last year by 778 female U.S. and U.K. journalists and politicians revealed that they were attacked on Twitter approximately every 30 seconds. The “Troll Patrol” project, a joint effort by Amnesty International and Element AI, a software product company, revealed that about 7 percent of 1.1 million …
Dec 19
With nearly 15K migrant kids in custody, Trump to loosen rules for sponsorship
wingedwolf/iStock(WASHINGTON) — With the number of migrant children in U.S. custody nearing 15,000, the Trump administration said Tuesday it will rollback its requirement that everyone in a sponsor’s household undergo fingerprinting and an extensive criminal background check. The move is expected to provide much-needed relief at holding facilities like Tornillo in Texas, which has seen …
Dec 19
Caroling, caroling now we go: Russell Dickerson, Thomas Rhett and FGL’s Tyler Hubbard may be coming to a doorstep near you
ABC/Image Group LA Last Christmas, one of the most famous groups of carolers ever to hit a doorstep set out to serenade Nashville, complete with Dickens-era costumes. Pals Thomas Rhett, Russell Dickerson and Florida Georgia Line‘s Tyler Hubbard were among the A-list carolers, along with their wives. So is there any chance they’ll again be spreading a little Christmas cheer in …
Dec 18
Reports: China buys more soybeans
Various media outlets are reporting that China returned to the U.S. soybean market on Tuesday for another round of buying, although the exact purchase amounts are not known. Last week, Chinese state-run companies booked about one-and-a-half million tons of U.S. beans, the country’s first major U.S. soy purchases in six months. Talk of the renewed …
Dec 18
Todd Gibson retires from United Soybean Board
Todd Gibson, Retired United Soybean Board Director, says he’s grateful for the nine years that he’s spent as a director on the United Soybean Board. Gibson says his impression of checkoff investments was only strengthened by his time as one of the decision makers. To learn more, visit mosoy.org. Brought to you by Missouri’s soybean farmers …
