Steve Nedved
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Dec 08
13-year-old student with autism dies after being physically restrained at school
DONGSEON_KIM/iStock(EL DORADO HILLS, Calif.) — A 13-year-old boy with autism died in Northern California last week after becoming unresponsive at school while staff physically restrained him, authorities said. The boy became violent and needed to be restrained by staff at Guiding Hands School in El Dorado Hills on Nov. 28 to “prevent the injury of …
Dec 08
2nd deadliest Ebola outbreak in history spreads to major city, raising new challenges for containment
ChiccoDodiFC/iStock(NEW YORK) — The second-largest, second-deadliest Ebola outbreak in history has spread to a major city. Butembo, a bustling city of almost a million people in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, is reporting an increasing number of cases of Ebola virus disease in the country’s current epidemic. There has been a “significant increase” in …
Dec 08
5 natural disasters that devastated the US in 2018
Scott Olson/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — The nation saw multiple, unprecedented natural disasters this year, from the deadliest wildfire in California’s history to the worst hurricane to hit the East Coast since 1969. Reports from the National Centers for Environmental Information have found that climate change plays a major role in causing natural disasters to be …
Dec 08
Study: Women in ag say there has been progress but challenges remain
Women in agriculture around the world say that although there has been progress, there is still gender discrimination in the ag industry, according to a study by Corteva Agriscience. Krysta Harden, senior vice president of external affairs and chief sustainability officer, says more than 50 percent of women surveyed in the U.S. and nearly 80 …
Dec 08
Hemp can diversify operations as farmers face a down farm economy
Mark Boyer is the first Indiana farmer to grow industrial hemp in a production setting since World War II. The northwestern Indiana farmer was able to grow hemp this year through a research agreement with Purdue University. “This past growing season I was able to secure a permit to grow for-research industrial hemp on my …
Dec 08
Suspect arrested in kidnapping and killing of 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar
FOTOKITA/iStock(NEW YORK) — A suspect has been arrested in the kidnapping and killing of 13-year-old Hania Noelia Aguilar, who was snatched from her front yard in North Carolina last month, authorities announced Saturday. The FBI and the Lumberton Police Department arrested 34-year-old Michael Ray McLellan in connection with the case. He was already being held …
Dec 08
Astronaut Nick Hague is ‘ready to go’ again after failed launch to space station
NASA/Bill Ingalls/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Almost two months after NASA astronaut Nick Hague and his Russian counterpart Alexei Ovchinin survived a failed launch from Kazakhstan to the International Space Station, Hague told ABC News’ David Kerley Friday he is ready to try again. “I can tell you nothing has changed about my confidence in the …
Dec 08
Inmate steals prison van, honks goodbye to fiancee as he escapes from custody
WAPT-TV(NEW YORK) — An inmate in Mississippi managed to hop out of a prison van while handcuffed and shackled and drive away from police — all while pausing to honk at his dumbstruck fiancee looking on. Timothy Clinton Moudy, 46, from Canton, Mississippi, was still on the loose late Friday and is considered armed and …
Dec 08
Major storm to bring heavy rain to South, snow to North Carolina
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Heavy rain was already falling in the South on Saturday morning as western North Carolina prepares for the potential for as much as a foot of snow this weekend. A major storm in the southern U.S. dumped significant amounts of rain in Texas on Friday night into early Saturday morning. Areas …
Dec 08
Mother, brother of double murder suspect arrested for alleged plot to kill witnesses
South_agency/iStock(NEW YORK) — The mother and brother of a double murder suspect are now under arrest themselves after allegedly conspiring to kill witnesses to their family member’s slayings. Joseph Federico and Wendy Federico, both of Chesterfield, Virginia, were arrested on Friday after police alleged they took part in the murder-for-hire plot. The murder-for-hire plot was …