Steve Nedved
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Jan 21
Oxfam: Billionaire fortunes grew 12% in 2018 as world’s poorest got 11% poorer
SARINYAPINNGAM/iStock(NEW YORK) — In 2018, billionaire fortunes grew by 12 percent — about $2.5 billion every day — as the world’s 3.8 billion poorest people lost about 11 percent of their wealth, according to a report by Oxfam launched to coincide with this year’s World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. The number of billionaires has …
Jan 21
United Airlines passengers stranded for hours after plane diversion to Canada
Eitan Magid(NEW YORK) — Passengers on a United Airlines flight were stranded for more than 16 hours, and many had to sleep on the plane, after the jet made an emergency landing to aid a sick passenger. Flight 179 was traveling from Newark to Hong Kong on Saturday when it was diverted in Canada due …
Jan 21
Teen accused of taunting Native Americans in viral video breaks silence
Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call(PARK HILLS, Ky.) — A Kentucky high school student spoke out on Sunday after video appeared to show him taunting a group of Native American protesters in Washington, D.C., over the weekend. Nick Sandmann, a junior at Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Kentucky, was accused of taunting and mocking a …
Jan 20
Marathon negotiations prompt hope of breakthrough in Los Angeles teachers’ strike
David McNew/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — More than 30,000 teachers on strike in Los Angeles are hoping they’ll soon be back in the classroom as marathon negotiations continue behind closed doors over the holiday weekend to break a contract stalemate. “I hope they get this figured out soon. It’s exhausting,” Melissa Berlant, a striking sixth-grade English …
Jan 20
Missouri Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference.
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Tom Steever will be on the ground at Osage Beach, Missouri on February 8 – 10, 2019 at the Missouri Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference. Continue reading Missouri Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Leadership Conference. at Brownfield Ag News.
Jan 20
Missouri Soybean Association Legislative visits
Brownfield Anchor/Reporter Tom Steever will be on the ground in Jefferson City for Missouri Soybean Association Legislative visits January 29th at the State Capitol. Continue reading Missouri Soybean Association Legislative visits at Brownfield Ag News.
Jan 20
Missouri Soybean Association Annual Meeting
Brownfield’s Tom Steever will cover the Missouri Soybean Association Annual Meeting on January 28th, 2019 in Jefferson City, MO. Continue reading Missouri Soybean Association Annual Meeting at Brownfield Ag News.
Jan 20
Who is interpreter Marina Gross and will her notes of Trump’s Putin meeting be useful?
Chris McGrath/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Marina Gross, a State Department interpreter, was the only other American in the room during President Donald Trump’s one-on-one meeting with Russian President Putin in Helsinki last summer. ABC News has learned new details about the 64-year-old interpreter with the State Department’s Office of Language Services who is at the center …
Jan 20
High school student told she was ‘too dark’ to perform with dance team, lawsuit claims
liangpv/iStock(NEW YORK) — A young woman is suing a school district in Kansas for discrimination and retaliation, claiming she was told she couldn’t perform with the dance team because her skin was “too dark,” according to a lawsuit. Camille Sturdivant was one of two African-American members on the 14-person “Dazzlers” dance team at Blue Valley …
Jan 20
Infant, 3 adults killed in ‘horrific’ domestic violence incident in Oregon: Officials
Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office(NEW YORK) — An infant and three adults were killed in a “horrific” incident at an Oregon home in which sheriff’s deputies shot and killed the suspect as he was about to take the life of another child, officials said Sunday. The eruption of domestic violence occurred Saturday night in the Portland …