Steve Nedved
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Jan 15
Man convicted in murder of 15-year-old sentenced to 84 years in prison
Kuzma/iStock(CHICAGO) — One of the two men convicted in the 2013 murder of 15-year-old Chicago honor student Hadiya Pendleton has been sentenced to 84 years in prison. Pendleton was killed on Jan. 29, 2013, when Micheail Ward and Kenneth Williams — who were both convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated battery in August — opened …
Jan 15
World’s second-deadliest Ebola outbreak reaches 600 confirmed cases
omersukrugoksu/iStock(NEW YORK) — The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has reached 600 confirmed cases in five months, health officials said. Since the outbreak was declared in the Democratic Republic of the Congo on Aug. 1, a total of 649 people have reported symptoms of hemorrhagic fever in the country’s northeastern provinces of North Kivu …
Jan 15
Brexit: Vote to take place in parliament as Britain’s future hangs in balance
MicroStockHub/iStock(LONDON) — After two years of protracted negotiations, U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May’s Brexit deal to take Britain out of the European Union is set to go before Parliament for a vote on Tuesday. The vote was originally intended to take place in December, but as it became increasingly clear that members of parliament were …
Jan 15
How Kane Brown is living the message of “Good as You” on his Live Forever Tour
Alex Garcia Kane Brown kicked off his headlining Live Forever Tour last week with sold-out shows in Duluth, Georgia; Pensacola, Florida; and Columbus, Georgia. The “Good as You” hitmaker says he’s amped up his show, as he transitions from opening for stars like Jason Aldean and Chris Young into sitting at the top of the …
Jan 15
Trump returns for AFBF’s 100th
President Trump found a friendly audience at the 100th American Farm Bureau Convention. The president found little resistance to his desire to build a wall on the nation’s southern border. A big part of his speech to the American Farm Bureau focused on immigration issues. “I want people to come into our country,” Trump told …
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 …