Steve Nedved
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Dec 19
Managing nitrogen for the 2019 growing season
The wet weather throughout parts of the Corn Belt in 2018 caused nitrogen loss and deficiencies. In this Managing for Profit, Dekalb Asgrow technical agronomist Jim McDermott says now is a good time for farmers to evaluate their current nitrogen programs and see if any changes need to be made for the 2019 growing season. …
Dec 19
Morgan Wallen steps into the ring for WWE’s holiday “Tribute to the Troops”
ABC/Image Group LAMorgan Wallen is teaming up with World Wrestling Entertainment this holiday season to honor America’s servicemen and women. The newcomer from East Tennessee will perform on the 16th Annual WWE Tribute to the Troops Thursday at 9 p.m. ET on USA Network. Look for comedian Jon Stewart on the two-hour special, recorded earlier this month in Fort Hood, …
Dec 19
Trump to announce US will withdraw troops from Syria: Official
Mark Wilson/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — President Donald Trump will announce that the U.S. will withdraw troops from Syria, a U.S. official confirms. There is no timeline yet for the pace of the withdrawal, the official said. There are about 2,000 U.S. troops in eastern Syria advising and assisting the Kurdish led Syrian Democratic Forces in the …
Dec 19
Mitchell hunger tree edges closer to a second goal
The James Valley Community Center’s Hunger Tree is feeling the Christmas spirit. Director Jessica Pickett says the annual drive reached its goal of providing a month’s worth of meal tickets to 51 seniors earlier this month. And now a final push to double it is almost there. “All we need is $1,236 more dollars to …
Dec 19
Storm that spawned tornado in Washington state now moving toward eastern US
ABC News(NEW YORK) — A major storm is now moving out of the Northwest, but not before spinning up a tornado west of Seattle, delivering damaging winds of nearly 90 mph in Oregon and feet of snow in the Cascades. The major storm is weakening Wednesday morning as it moves into the Rockies with lots …
Dec 19
Unconscious man pulled from burning car, thrown in puddle by quick-thinking officers
Chambers County Sheriffs Office(ANAHUAC, Texas) — Authorities in Texas shared body camera footage on Tuesday that showed officers pulling an unconscious man from a burning vehicle after a crash. The Chambers County Sheriff’s Office shared the footage on its Facebook page, documenting two officers as they tossed the man into a puddle of water in …
Dec 19
NY Mom yanks carjacker out of SUV, pins him down until police arrive
WABC-TV(NEW YORK) — A single mother in New York didn’t let a would-be carjacker ruin the busy day ahead of her when he tried to drive away with her SUV on Tuesday morning. After 49-year-old Tihisha Jones of the Bronx auto-started her 2005 Honda Pilot to warm it before she took her son to school …
Dec 19
Elon Musk unveils The Boring Company’s test tunnel in California
Robyn Beck-Pool/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — It started as a joke. Two years ago, Elon Musk tweeted complaints about Los Angeles traffic, declaring that he was “going to build a tunnel boring machine and just start digging.” On Tuesday, The Boring Company unveiled its first underground tunnel, built for the future use of autonomous cars and …
Dec 19
Some women are attacked on Twitter every 30 seconds: Amnesty International
hocus-focus/iStock(NEW YORK) — A study of tweets received last year by 778 female U.S. and U.K. journalists and politicians revealed that they were attacked on Twitter approximately every 30 seconds. The “Troll Patrol” project, a joint effort by Amnesty International and Element AI, a software product company, revealed that about 7 percent of 1.1 million …
Dec 19
With nearly 15K migrant kids in custody, Trump to loosen rules for sponsorship
wingedwolf/iStock(WASHINGTON) — With the number of migrant children in U.S. custody nearing 15,000, the Trump administration said Tuesday it will rollback its requirement that everyone in a sponsor’s household undergo fingerprinting and an extensive criminal background check. The move is expected to provide much-needed relief at holding facilities like Tornillo in Texas, which has seen …