Steve Nedved
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Jan 14
Pentagon extends southern border mission through September
Sherry Smith/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The Pentagon has extended the U.S. military’s support mission along the southwestern border through the end of September. Acting Defense Secretary Pat Shanahan also approved a request from the Department of Homeland Security that officials have said will place 116 miles of concertina wire between ports of entry along the border. “In …
Jan 14
Peel says trade impacts, direct and hidden, will grow
Trade impacts will become bigger and hidden impacts will rise if trade issues continue, according to a beef marketing specialist. Derrell Peel, with Oklahoma State University Extension, tells Brownfield Ag News, “Projections for U.S. macroeconomic growth in 2019 have been reduced as a result of the continuing trade war and even the global economy is …
Jan 14
NCGA concerned about U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA
The National Corn Growers Association views the possibility of U.S. withdrawal from NAFTA as risky and potentially very detrimental to farmers. NCGA president Lynn Chrisp of Nebraska says they’re letting the Trump Administration know how important it is for the U.S. to stay in NAFTA until the new U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement is ratified. “We understand that …
Jan 14
Marshall to chair Missouri Farmers Care
The new chairman of the Missouri Farmers Care Coalition says there remains a need to fight extremist groups that go after production agriculture, like the Humane Society of the U.S., “They continue to work at the county level, any time there’s an issue with an opportunity for new agriculture to get put in the ground, …
Jan 14
Rome mayor agrees to keep Trevi Fountain coins going to charity
fazon1/iStock(ROME) — Each day, some $3,500 in coins are thrown into Rome’s Trevi Fountain by tourists making wishes. This scene, made famous by the 1954 film “Three Coins in the Fountain,” has been a windfall for a local charity. But a leaked document suggesting Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi’s administration may want to keep those coins …
Jan 14
TSA staffing shortages hit nation’s busiest airports amid government shutdown
David Tran/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Transportation Security Administration officials are closing more security lanes amid increased callouts from officers not being paid during the government shutdown. The absence rate at TSA on Monday is 7.6 percent, up from 3.2 percent on the same day last year, according to TSA spokesperson Michael Bilello. Major airports in cities such …
Jan 14
Suspect who allegedly took 2 women hostage at UPS facility in New Jersey died on the scene: Officials
WPVI-TV(LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J.) — The suspect who allegedly took two women hostage at a UPS facility in southern New Jersey Monday morning died on the scene, according to officials. A shooting occurred outside the UPS facility in Logan Township Monday around 8:45 a.m., after authorities received reports of a man with a gun that had …
Jan 14
Chilling details emerge in Jayme Closs kidnapping
Courtesy Lindsey Smith (BARRON, Wisc.) — The suspect charged in the kidnapping of Wisconsin girl Jayme Closs and killing her parents in cold blood confessed to investigators that he targeted the 13-year-old after seeing her board her school bus and decided “he knew that was the girl he was going to take,” according to a …
Jan 14
Brantley Gilbert shows off his skills under the Friday night lights in preview of “What Happens in a Small Town” video
ABC/Image Group LABrantley Gilbert’s video for his new single, “What Happens in a Small Town” is set to premiere Thursday on CMT, but the Georgia native is giving his fans a special behind-the-scenes preview on his socials now. In the clip, we see Brantley make an impressive pass underneath the Friday night lights with a local football …
Jan 14
Canadian air traffic controllers sending support in the form of pizzas to US counterparts during government shutdown
Courtesy of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association(NEW YORK) — Canadian air traffic controllers are really leaning in to the stereotypical niceness associated with our neighbors to the north. As a show of solidarity, a number of air traffic controllers have banded together to get meals for their American counterparts amid the ongoing government shutdown. …