Steve Nedved
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Jan 14
TSA staffing shortages hit nation’s busiest airports amid government shutdown
David Tran/iStock(WASHINGTON) — Transportation Security Administration officials are closing more security lanes amid increased callouts from officers not being paid during the government shutdown. The absence rate at TSA on Monday is 7.6 percent, up from 3.2 percent on the same day last year, according to TSA spokesperson Michael Bilello. Major airports in cities such …
Jan 14
Suspect who allegedly took 2 women hostage at UPS facility in New Jersey died on the scene: Officials
WPVI-TV(LOGAN TOWNSHIP, N.J.) — The suspect who allegedly took two women hostage at a UPS facility in southern New Jersey Monday morning died on the scene, according to officials. A shooting occurred outside the UPS facility in Logan Township Monday around 8:45 a.m., after authorities received reports of a man with a gun that had …
Jan 14
Chilling details emerge in Jayme Closs kidnapping
Courtesy Lindsey Smith (BARRON, Wisc.) — The suspect charged in the kidnapping of Wisconsin girl Jayme Closs and killing her parents in cold blood confessed to investigators that he targeted the 13-year-old after seeing her board her school bus and decided “he knew that was the girl he was going to take,” according to a …
Jan 14
Brantley Gilbert shows off his skills under the Friday night lights in preview of “What Happens in a Small Town” video
ABC/Image Group LABrantley Gilbert’s video for his new single, “What Happens in a Small Town” is set to premiere Thursday on CMT, but the Georgia native is giving his fans a special behind-the-scenes preview on his socials now. In the clip, we see Brantley make an impressive pass underneath the Friday night lights with a local football …
Jan 14
Canadian air traffic controllers sending support in the form of pizzas to US counterparts during government shutdown
Courtesy of the Canadian Air Traffic Control Association(NEW YORK) — Canadian air traffic controllers are really leaning in to the stereotypical niceness associated with our neighbors to the north. As a show of solidarity, a number of air traffic controllers have banded together to get meals for their American counterparts amid the ongoing government shutdown. …
Jan 14
Traveler was able to get a firearm through a TSA security checkpoint and onto an international flight
TennesseePhotographer/iStock(NEW YORK) — As concerns about the possible impacts of the government shutdown on airport screening grow, a passenger got a gun through the country’s busiest airport and onto an international flight in his carry-on bag, according to the Transportation Security Administration (TSA). The passenger was traveling through the Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport earlier this …
Jan 14
Mitchell Tenpenny to make his late night debut Tuesday on “Jimmy Kimmel Live!”
ABC/Image Group LANewcomer Mitchell Tenpenny is set to make his late night television debut Tuesday on ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel Live!. Mitchell will sing his platinum-certified #1 single, “Drunk Me,” as well as its follow-up, “Alcohol You Later.” You can tune in to catch his performance starting at 11:35 p.m. ET. Meanwhile, Mitchell still has one more date left …
Jan 14
U.S. & Europe have different trade goals
U.S. and European Union officials are at odds over whether agricultural issues should be included in trade talks. The U.S. Trade Representative’s office has made it clear they want to reduce or eliminate tariffs on ag goods and secure market access in the EU. The European Union Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmström told reporters they were …
Jan 14
Cooperatives Working Together offers export assistance
Cooperatives Working Together is helping provide export assistance for another 28 cheese and whole milk powder export contracts. The industry-funded program announced sales for nearly four and a half million pounds of Cheddar, Monterey Jack, and Gouda cheeses, 454-thousand pounds of butter, and more than a million pounds of whole milk powder. CWT works through …
Jan 14
Nebraska bill addresses ‘fake meat’ labeling issue
Nebraska State Senator Carol Blood A bill to prevent food products from being labeled as “meat” if they do not come from livestock or poultry has been introduced in the Nebraska legislature. The bill was introduced by Senator Carol Blood of Bellevue, who says her goal is to promote “truth in advertising”. “We aren’t going …