Steve Nedved
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Jun 19
Heavy rain brings flash flooding threat for Midwest, Northeast
ABC News(NEW YORK) — Heavy rain has fallen over much of the eastern half of the country the last few days, a pattern that will continue on Wednesday. Since the weekend, 5 to 10 inches of rain has prompted widespread flooding issues over an area stretching from the Central Plains through the Ohio River Valley. …
Jun 19
Alaska teen allegedly killed friend after man online offered her $9 million
Kuzma/iStock(ANCHORAGE, Alaska) — An Alaska teenager allegedly killed her “best friend” after a man she met online offered to give her millions if she showed evidence of the murder, authorities said. Investigators said Denali Brehmer, 18, launched a plot to murder her 19-year-old friend, Cynthia Hoffman, last month after a man promised her $9 million …
Jun 19
Man ‘faked a heart attack’ before CVS robbery: Police
Malden Police Department(MALDEN, Mass.) — Police in Massachusetts said they’re still searching for a man who faked a heart attack while his accomplice tried raiding a drugstore’s cash register. Jesse Meharg, 30, and Vyacheslav Phinney, 31, fled from a CVS in Malden after the caper on Sunday, with police locating and arresting Phinney on Tuesday, …
Jun 19
Phoenix couple in viral-video arrest confront mayor: ‘It just makes me sick to my stomach’
Obtained by ABC News(PHOENIX) — A Phoenix couple at the center of a viral-video confronted the city’s mayor and police chief at a community meeting Tuesday night about why police officers who pulled guns on them and their children last month and threatened to shoot them weren’t fired. The event gave Dravon Ames, 22, and …
Jun 19
While “The Prequel” breaks records, Luke Combs teases there’s more to come
RiverHouse Artists/Columbia Nashville Luke Combs not only has the #1 country album this week with The Prequel, his EP is also the highest-ranking country record on the all-genre Billboard 200, coming in at #4. All five songs in the collection are also in the top 25 on Billboard‘s Hot Country Songs chart — a feat …
Jun 18
Grassley disagrees with Trump tariff strategy
The Senate Finance Committee Chairman says he agrees with President Trump on the trade issues with China. Senator Chuck Grassley says, “I applaud President Trump for confronting China decisively, and I urge him and President Xi to reach a deal that results in structural changes to China’s discriminatory policy and practices.” But, Grassley says he …
Jun 18
Monsanto is contacting the journalists, activists it tracked on ‘watch lists’ in 7 countries
wellesenterprises/iStock(NEW YORK) — Agriculture conglomerate Monsanto has started contacting journalists, politicians and activists it was keeping tabs on and documenting via “watch lists,” its parent company Bayer announced this week. An international group of journalists, politicians and activists whose information, including their views on pesticides, was tracked by the agribusiness giant, and placed on ‘watch …
Jun 18
Brett Eldredge sets out to conquer Europe in early 2020
ABC/Mark Levine Brett Eldredge started 2019 playing the Country to Country Festival in Europe, and had such a great time that he’s planning his own tour early next year. His eight-date run will kick off January 24 in Denmark, and wrap up a couple weeks later in London. “Playing on tour in Europe this year was …
Jun 18
FGL shows how Country Cares for Kids, bringing their entire tour lineup to St. Jude in Memphis
ALSAC/St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital/PR NewswireFlorida Georgia Line put on the biggest concert St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital has ever seen last weekend, bringing the entire lineup of their Can’t Say I Ain’t Country Tour to the hospital’s Memphis campus. Dan + Shay, Morgan Wallen, Canaan Smith, and HARDY all entertained patients and their families on Saturday prior to their …
Jun 18
Planting delays, demand questions move markets
Soybeans ended the trading session slightly higher in most months because of concerns about late planting and whether yields will fall because of it. The latest crop progress report says soybean planting was just 77 percent finished – well under the 93 percent average pace. With more rain on the way, DTN cites analysts who …
