The USDA says corn export inspections as of the week ending November 29th remain ahead of the anticipated pace for the 2018/19 marketing year. Wheat came out at 472,665 tons, up 185,062 from the week ending November 22nd and 61,691 higher than the week ending November 30th, 2017. Almost halfway through the 2018/19 marketing year, …
Dec 03
First Soyuz rocket since October accident launches with U.S. astronaut aboard
Kirill KUDRYAVTSEV / POOL / AFP(BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan) — A Russian Soyuz rocket carrying astronauts bound for the International Space Station has taken off for the first time since a Soyuz rocket failed midair in October. American astronaut Anne McClain joined Canada’s David Saint-Jacques and Russia’s Oleg Kononenko aboard the rocket that launched from the Baikonur …
Dec 03
Hold My Hand for One Week: Darius Rucker’s Hootie & the Blowfish set 2019 tour with Barenaked Ladies
ABC/Image Group LALong before Darius Rucker was a mainstay on Country radio with nine number-one singles, he was touring with his rock band Hootie & the Blowfish. In 2019, Cracked Rear View, the 21-times-platinum debut album by Hootie & the Blowfish, will turn 25. And in honor of the occasion, Hootie is hitting the road. The band, led by …
Dec 03
One child killed, at least 45 injured when charter bus carrying youth football team crashes in Arkansas
iStock/Thinkstock(BENTON, Ark.) — A child was killed and at least 45 other passengers, most of them children, were injured when a charter bus carrying a youth football team skidded off a highway in Arkansas early Monday and overturned, authorities said. The driver, who survived the wreck, told Arkansas State Police that he lost control of …
Dec 03
Bush grandkids recall 41’s ‘incredibly goofy’ side
ABC News(NEW YORK) — While he was the serious leader of the free world, to Ashley and Marshall Bush, former President George H.W. Bush was the lovable, joke-cracking granddad who attended their school plays and even had a cameo in one of their high school musicals. In an interview Monday on ABC’s Good Morning America, …
Dec 03
Israeli authorities recommend charges of bribery, fraud for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu
Stephanie Keith/Getty Images(JERUSALEM) — Israeli Police and the Israeli Securities Authority announced the conclusion of a joint investigation into the conduct of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday, recommending indictments for both Netanyahu and his wife Sara. Investigators believe there is sufficient evidence to support the indictment of Netanyahu on counts of bribery, breach of …
Dec 03
Legal questions swirl around fate of $50 million penthouse in Trump Tower Moscow
Sergey Alimov/Contributor/ABC News (MOSCOW) — A pair of Trump associates discussed offering the penthouse apartment in Trump Tower Moscow to Russian President Vladimir Putin, a source familiar with the prospective deal told ABC News, which would have amounted to a $50 million gift to one of the United States’ key geopolitical adversaries. Felix Sater, who …
Dec 03
‘A lot of us are misunderstood’: Moms in prison visited by daughters in Girl Scouts
Rachel Scott/ABC News(JESSUP, Maryland) — Inside this Maryland’s women’s prison, you’ll find about 800 inmates — and every other Saturday morning, a dozen or so girl scouts. Girl Scout Troop 7856 is special. All of the scouts’ mothers are incarcerated at the Maryland Correctional Institution for Women in Jessup, Maryland. Twice a month, their troop …
Dec 03
Moon says Kim will get what he wants from Trump by following through on denuclearization
ABC News(BUENOS AIRES, Argentina) — U.S. President Donald Trump is ready to grant what North Korea wants as long as denuclearization goals are fulfilled, South Korean President Moon Jae-in told the media on Sunday. Moon held a brief press meeting on his way to New Zealand from the the G-20 summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina. …
Dec 03
Paradise students displaced by deadly Camp Fire head back to school
iStock/Thinkstock(OROVILLE, Calif.) — Students displaced by the Camp Fire in Paradise, California, are returning to school for the first time since the deadly fire leveled most of their town. Paradise Elementary students will be attending classes today in Oroville, about 20 miles south of Paradise, where nearly 30,000 residents were forced to relocate after the …