Steve Nedved
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Jan 12
DNA tests prompt a family reunion 52 years in the making
slavemotion/iStock(SAN DIEGO) — In September, 2017, an Ohio woman named Erin Chatterton who never knew her biological parents received a birthday gift from her daughter and husband — an AncestryDNA kit – and took the test. Last spring, halfway across the country, a San Diego woman named Lisa Webster took one as well, and the …
Jan 12
Correctional officers at supermax prisons guard the most dangerous inmates and aren’t getting paid
Andy Cross/The Denver Post via Getty Images(FLORENCE, Colo.) — When you walk into the federal “supermax” — or supermaximum security — prison just outside Florence, Colorado, there are bright artificial lights, no windows, thick concrete walls everywhere, and you are cut off from the outside world. Now, imagine having to work there 16 hours a …
Jan 12
Indiana police release body cam footage of officer accidentally shooting partner
Lafayette Police Department (LAFAYETTE, Ind.) — A police department in Indiana released shocking footage of an officer accidentally shooting his partner in the back while searching for a fugitive earlier this week. Lane Butler, who was “just days” from celebrating her third anniversary with the Lafayette Police Department, is still in the hospital in serious …
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 …