Aubrey Gemignani/NASA via Getty Images(MOSCOW) — On Monday, a Russian Soyuz rocket with three astronauts aboard will depart for the International Space Station in one of the most high-stakes launches in years. If the rocket does not reach the ISS as planned, the station is likely to be left temporarily abandoned by the end of …
Dec 02
NYPD finds couple who lost diamond ring in sidewalk grate
iStock/Getty(NEW YORK) — The international manhunt for a couple that got engaged in New York City — only to lose their diamond ring moments after the proposal when it fell down a sidewalk grate in Times Square — has come to an end. The New York Police Department announced on Saturday that it had found …
Dec 02
Farmers cautiously optimistic about US/China talks
The president of the American Soybean Association says a resolution to the trade war with China would a great Christmas present for America’s farmers. Iowa farmer John Heisdorffer says this trade war has been costly. “This bean market has been floored out and doesn’t want to move up,” he says. He tells Brownfield the negotiations …
Dec 02
Schedule for George H.W. Bush’s funeral includes trip to Capitol, burial in Texas
Cynthia Johnson/Liaison(WASHINGTON) — The official schedule for ceremonies honoring the late George H.W. Bush was released on Saturday. The four-day tribute includes lying in state at the U.S. Capitol for parts of three days, a funeral at the Washington National Cathedral and eventual burial at the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum. The ceremonies will …
Dec 02
President Trump hits pause on tariff war with China
iStock(BUENOS AIRES) — President Trump is hitting pause in the escalating trade war with China after a meeting with President Xi Jinping. Just a day after Trump threatened to bludgeon China by doubling U.S. tariffs on $200 billion worth of goods, the White House said a planned increase from 10 percent to 25 percent on …
Dec 02
Dozens injured as 22 tornadoes reported in central Illinois
iStock(LINCOLN, Ill.) — A rash of tornadoes broke out Saturday afternoon and evening across central Illinois, injuring at least 30 people and turning homes into piles of splintered wood. There were 22 tornadoes reported to the National Weather Service on Saturday, all in central Illinois. The offices in Lincoln, Illinois, and St. Louis, Missouri, will …
Dec 02
Winter Storm Warning issued December 02 at 3:13AM MST until December 02 at 5:00AM MST by NWS
…WINTER STORM WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 AM CST EARLY THIS MORNING… * WHAT…Snow. Additional snow accumulations less than an inch. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE…Portions of south central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN…Until 6 AM CST early this morning.
Dec 01
US/China take first steps to ease trade tensions
The US and China have reportedly declared a cease-fire to their tit-for-tat trade war. According to a statement from the White House, President Trump will delay plans to increase tariffs on $200 billion of Chinese goods that were set to go into place January 1, 2019. In response to the President agreeing to not increase tariffs, …
Dec 01
She said ‘yes,’ he dropped her ring: NYPD looking for couple who lost engagement ring in subway grate
iStock/Getty(NEW YORK) — She said yes! Then, she probably screamed “noooo!” — as her engagement ring slipped out of his fingers and through one of New York City’s subway grates. Now, the New York Police Department is looking for the couple who dropped the ring through the grate. “Help us find the couple [whose] marriage …
Dec 01
Winter Storm Warning issued December 01 at 6:51PM MST until December 02 at 5:00PM MST by NWS
…WINTER STORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 6 PM CST SUNDAY… * WHAT…Snow. Additional snow accumulations of 3 to 7 inches. Winds gusting as high as 35 mph. * WHERE…Portions of south central and southeast South Dakota. * WHEN…Until 6 PM CST Sunday. * ADDITIONAL DETAILS…Travel could be very difficult. Patchy