Steve Nedved
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Jan 10
Mother alleges sorority hazing in wrongful death lawsuit over daughter’s suicide
Jim Young/Chicago Tribune/TNS via Getty Images(EVANSTON, Ill.) — The mother of a college basketball player who committed suicide is now suing one of the school’s sororities, saying that alleged hazing contributed to her daughter’s depression. Jordan Hankins was a 19-year-old sophomore at Northwestern University when she was found dead in her dorm room in January …
Jan 10
Watch now: Dierks Bentley challenges Olympic champion Adam Rippon to a skate-off after outrageous Burning Man ON ICE promo
ABC/Image Group LADierks Bentley has a history of delivering memorable tour preview videos, and this year’s edition certainly doesn’t disappoint. He’s even enlisted Olympic figure skater Adam Rippon to join in on the madness. “I am obsessed with skating’s newest star: Dierks Bentley,” the bronze medalist and Dancing with the Stars winner tweeted,” adding a couple laugh-until-you-cry emojis. “You are such …
Jan 10
How Old Dominion helped Michael Ray land the “One That Got Away”
ABC/Randy HolmesOne of the reasons Michael Ray instantly loved his latest hit, “One That Got Away,” is because it immediately reminded him of his breakthrough #1 from 2015, “Kiss You in the Morning.” “That’s one of the songs, you just heard it, and it felt like you’ve heard it before,” he says of his latest top twenty. “It’s just …
Jan 10
Houthi rebels carry out drone attack on Yemeni military commanders
NABIL HASAN/AFP/Getty Images(BEIRUT, Lebanon) — In a bold and devastating strike against senior Yemeni leadership, Houthi rebels carried out a drone attack targeting a military parade near the southern port city of Aden Thursday morning, killing and wounding troops from the Saudi-led coalition. Houthi rebel spokesman, Brigadier Yahya Sariyah, said in a statement the aircraft …
Jan 10
Indiana Farm Bureau discusses legislative priorities
Indiana Farm Bureau’s 2019 legislative priorities include reducing extraterritorial authority, increasing rural school funding, expanding broadband deployment, and improving uniformity in property tax assessments. Indiana Farm Bureau President Randy Kron says cities and towns in Indiana should not be able to regulate outside of their jurisdiction. “We want to make sure what impact that has …
Jan 10
Lake-effect snow, Arctic air blast Midwest, Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — At least 7 inches of lake-effect snow had been reported in western New York as of early Thursday morning, with squalls coming off the Great Lakes and occasionally pushing snowfall rates to 1 to 2 inches per hour in northwest Pennsylvania and upstate New York. Additionally, wind gusts nearing 40 mph …
Jan 10
Local Sports for Thursday January 10th
The top ranked Dakota Wesleyan University women’s basketball team extended their winning streak to five games last night by rolling #12 ranked Dordt in Sioux Center Iowa 81-66. The Tiger women, 18-1 overall and 11-1 in the GPAC, relied on Rylie Osthus, Sarah Carr and Maddi Matthews throughout. Rylie Osthus and Sarah Carr both had …
Jan 10
Seed selection under the microscope
Low commodity prices continue to squeeze the bottom line of many corn and soybean farmers. With the 2019 growing season just months away, an extension crops specialist is recommending scrutinizing every cost associated with producing a crop. Liz Stahl with the University of Minnesota says one of the biggies is the cost of seed. Continue …
Jan 10
Government shutdown: Workers face their first missing paychecks Friday
wildpixel/iStock(WASHINGTON) — The ongoing government shutdown is about to turn into the longest one in U.S. history, and that’s raising questions about what will happen next. By Friday, most of about 800,000 federal workers are expected to have missed their first paycheck since the shutdown began three weeks ago. And by Saturday, the funding lapse …
Jan 10
Feminist city guides shine spotlight on women-owned businesses around the world
Rawpixel/iStock(NEW YORK) — For female travelers looking to support women-owned businesses, a new travel magazine and website has put together “feminist city guides” for 20 destinations around the world. Unearth Women has published two print issues so far, but the city guides can be found on their website. The guides cover destinations from London to …