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Slain California officer Ronil Singh to be recognized with procession, honor guard viewing

Merced Police Department(NEWMAN, Calif.) — Slain California police officer Ronil Singh will be recognized with a solemn procession and honor guard visitation on Friday. Cpl. Singh, 33, a native of Fiji who dedicated his life to law enforcement, was shot dead in the line of duty early on Dec. 26. President Donald Trump — who …

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Noem family and “first-dog” settle in to the Governor’s mansion

Governor elect Kristi Noem and family have officially moved into the Governor’s residence on the shores of Capitol Lake in Pierre. Thursday was ‘move in day’ for the Noem’s, and like most people in South Dakota the first family got a little help from close friends with trucks and trailers. Among those making the adjustment …

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Swap or not, Russia seeks ‘reciprocity’ with ‘spy’ arrest: Ex-officials

ronniechua/iStock(NEW YORK) — As a Russian attorney for an American accused of espionage in Moscow is already floating the idea of a possible prisoner exchange, former intelligence officials and experts have speculated that Russia may have been after something more basic with the American’s arrest: “reciprocity.” “The Russians are saying, ‘We can play this game …

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Unemployment rate jumps to 3.9% as 312K jobs added in December

PeopleImages/iStock(WASHINGTON) — U.S. employers added 312,000 jobs to their payrolls in December, the Labor Department reported Friday morning, exceeding economists’ expectations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics said most of the job gains were in health care (50,000), food services and drinking places (41,000), construction (38,000), manufacturing (32,000) and retail trade (24,000). The unemployment rate, meanwhile, …

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Preparing for the 2019 growing season

An agronomist says this is the time of year farmers should be finalizing their agronomic decisions for the upcoming year. In this Managing for Profit, agronomist Bob Nielsen talks about how producers can be preparing for the 2019 growing season, now. AUDIO: Managing for Profit, Bob Nielsen Continue reading Preparing for the 2019 growing season …

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Lawmakers ask governor to pardon Tennessee woman sentenced to life

DanHenson1/iStock(NASHVILLE, Tenn.) — Lawmakers in Tennessee are asking the state’s governor to pardon a 30-year-old woman who was sentenced to life in prison for murder. State lawmakers, ministers and activists gathered for a press conference at the Tennessee State Capitol in Nashville on Thursday, asking Gov. Bill Haslam to pardon Cyntoia Brown, who was sentenced …

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Storm that drenched the South moving into Northeast for weekend

ABC News(NEW YORK) — There are seven states under flood or snow and ice alerts on Friday morning, including Oklahoma City and Atlanta, as a storm that brought record snowfall targets the Northeast with heavy rain over the weekend. Record snowfall was reported in Oklahoma City (4.5 inches) and Wichita Falls, Texas (2.5 inches), on …

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Officials: Boy, 11, dies from apparent allergic reaction to fish cooking at his grandmother’s NY home

Jody Pottingr(NEW YORK) — An 11-year-old boy apparently suffered a severe asthma attack and died when he inhaled the aroma of salt fish cooking in his grandmother’s New York City home after going there to wish her a happy New Year, according to his mother. “I just want whatever happened to my family not to …

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USAA under fire for denying loans to Coast Guard clients

Igor Golovniov/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images(NEW YORK) — As Lindsay Scott’s family braced for the government shutdown, she was offered financial assistance from an unlikely benefactor: her 11-year-old son tried to donate his saved allowance to his parents. Scott’s husband, who declined to be named, is an active duty Coast Guard member stationed in Maine. …

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Texas man arrested after allegedly killing three young children, shooting woman in the head

Texas City Police Department (TEXAS CITY, Texas) — Police arrested a Texas man who allegedly murdered three young children and shot a woman in the head Thursday. Junaid Mehmood, 27, allegedly killed an infant and two children — believed to be 2 years old and 5 years old — at a Texas City apartment complex …

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