Steve Nedved
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Jan 12
Veteran’s border wall fundraiser falls apart as GoFundMe says $20M will be refunded
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Turns out an Air Force veteran is having just as much trouble funding a border wall between the U.S. and Mexico as President Donald Trump. GoFundMe said on Friday it will refund over $20 million in donations to a campaign started by veteran Brian Kolfage last year after he changed …
Jan 12
Megyn Kelly, NBC come to agreement on exit after controversial tenure
John Lamparski/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Megyn Kelly’s rocky tenure at NBC is over. Kelly, a former Fox News host, joined the network in 2017 on a large deal and in three marquee roles. She hosted a daytime talk show, started a Sunday night news show and was to be featured in regular political coverage on …
Jan 11
Florida sheriff suspended over handling of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(PARKLAND, Fla.) — Florida’s new governor Ron DeSantis has suspended Broward County Sheriff Scott Israel over his department’s much-maligned response to the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting last February — which took the lives of 17 students and staff — and installed the county’s first African-American sheriff, former Coral Springs police sergeant …
Jan 11
Equipment manufacturers report uptick in 2018 machinery sales
A combine on display at the John Deere Pavilion in Moline, Illinois An equipment manufacturers group says despite the down economy, farmers are investing in more new equipment. Curt Blades with the Association of Equipment Manufacturers tells Brownfield he’s pleasantly surprised to see the equipment market remain stable and even grow in some categories. He …
Jan 11
Supply concerns pressure hog futures
At the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, cattle futures closed steady ahead of widespread direct cash business. The market is optimistic cash business will end the week strong. Feeder cattle were pressured by the day’s firm move in corn. February live cattle closed $.10 higher at $124.97 and April live cattle closed $.45 higher at $126.37. January …
Jan 11
Closing Grain and Livestock Futures: January 11, 2019
Mar. corn closed at $3.78 and 1/4, up 2 centsJan. soybeans closed at $8.99 and 1/4, up 3 and 3/4 centsJan. soybean meal closed at $310.40, down $2.20Jan. soybean oil closed at 28.17, up 23 pointsMar. wheat closed at $5.19 and 1/2, up 5 and 3/4 centsFeb. live cattle closed at $124.97, up 10 centsFeb. lean hogs closed at …
Jan 11
Tornillo, the Texas tent camp that housed thousands of migrant children, will close: HH
Joe Raedle/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — A massive tent camp in Texas that at one point housed some 2,800 migrant teenagers who had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone will close, the Trump administration announced Friday. By this weekend, the last of the children there either will have been sent to live with sponsors or transferred to another …
Jan 11
Maren, OD, FGL and more have country’s most anticipated albums of 2019, according to “Billboard”
ABC/Image Group LAWhat do Florida Georgia Line, Old Dominion and Maren Morris have in common with Madonna, Backstreet Boys, and Kanye West? Well, for one thing, they’re on Billboard’s all-genre rundown of “The 40 Most Anticipated Albums of 2019.” For some titles on the list like Cody Johnson’s Ain’t Nothin’ to It and Cassadee Pope’s Stages, you won’t have to wait very long. Cody’s major label debut, which follows …
Jan 11
Family of federal worker struggling because of the government shutdown begs Trump to meet with them
Allie McKinney(NEW YORK) — A stay-at-home mom whose family is struggling to make ends meet as the government shutdown stretches into one of the longest in U.S. history has a message for President Donald Trump: Come to Walton, Kentucky, and let’s talk. Allie McKinney, 28, is mom to 1-year-old Harper, born at just 26 weeks …
Jan 11
Fire investigators close in on cause of Thursday evening fire south of Mitchell
Fire investigators have narrowed their probe of where and how a Thursday evening fire that gutted a metal building housing Upper Midwest Garage Doors started. Mitchell Fire Marshal Shannon Sandoval says statements from the owner and the first firefighters on the scene indicate the fire started in an office in the southwest corner of the …