Steve Nedved
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Feb 11
Acting defense secretary says no orders to reduce forces in Afghanistan
MivPiv/iStock(WASHINGTON) — En route to Afghanistan on an unannounced trip, acting Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said on Monday he has not received orders from President Donald Trump to reduce the number of U.S. troops in Afghanistan by half, a Taliban demand made at recent peace talks with U.S. negotiators. During his first visit to Afghanistan, …
Feb 11
Parkland mom pens heartbreaking letter to slain daughter 1 year after school massacre
New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy signs “Alyssa’s Law” in Trenton, N.J., Feb. 6, 2019. (N.J. Governor’s Office)(PARKLAND, Fla.) — The mother of Alyssa Alhadeff, who was among the students killed in the Parkland, Florida, school shooting massacre, penned a heartbreaking letter to her slain daughter as the anniversary of the shooting approaches. Alyssa, a 14-year-old …
Feb 11
Berlin Film Festival offers opportunities for women, building on #MeToo momentum
Michael Tran/Getty Images(BERLIN) — As a young, female movie producer working in Hollywood in the 1980s, Gale Anne Hurd struggled for her talents to be recognized by her male peers. Although she’d already produced and co-wrote her first feature film, The Terminator, which was a blockbuster hit, some potential employers accused her of receiving credit …
Feb 11
Next round of trade talks kicks off in China
Another round of trade talks between the U.S. and China continues today in Beijing. Cabinet-level talks will begin Thursday when U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnunchin meet with China’s Vice Premier. Trade officials have until the self-imposed deadline of March 1st to come to an agreement. President Trump has said he …
Feb 11
Local Sports for Monday February 11th
It was a busy weekend of sports that involved area, local and college sports that had fans cheering all over the state. The Mitchell Kernel girls’ basketball team started things by upsetting #2 Harrisburg at the Palace 63-51 to improve to 9-6 overall. The Kernel girls will have three tough road games this week at …
Feb 11
Vice Media’s CEO Nancy Dubuc talks about worst advice she never took
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Nancy Dubuc has seen her fair share of media pitches. Dubuc worked for A&E Networks for 19 years, with the last six of those years as president and CEO, before recently becoming CEO of Vice Media in the fall of 2018. With years of experience creating award-winning programming and making …
Feb 11
An economists 2019 protein outlook
Protein supplies will likely continue to grow in 2019. In this Managing for Profit, economist Will Sawyer with CoBank talks about the slowdown in growth in some sectors and the continued growth in others and what that means for US livestock and poultry producers. AUDIO: Managing for Profit, Will Sawyer Continue reading An economists 2019 …
Feb 11
Alleged Russian agent Maria Butina in her own words: ‘Truth is my best defender’
STR/AFP/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — For the very first time, alleged Russian agent Maria Butina can be heard telling her side of the story. In a series of recorded conversations with journalist James Bamford, whose several-thousand-word defense of Butina titled “The Spy Who Wasn’t” appears in this month’s issue of The New Republic, the 30-year-old Russian gun-rights …
Feb 11
Nearly 100 children dead as world’s second-largest Ebola outbreak surpasses 800 cases
Manjurul/iStock(LONDON) — The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has claimed the lives of nearly 100 children. At least 97 children, 65 of whom were younger than 5 years old, have died from Ebola virus disease in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo since the outbreak was declared there Aug. 1, according to a …
Feb 11
Major storm targeting Midwest, Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — More than 14 inches of snow fell the last few days in Seattle, marking the snowiest February in the city’s history as powder also fell in Portland, Oregon, and throughout the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Snow and ice fell in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin, with some regions seeing 8 inches. Even Hawaii …