West Virginia State

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(Reuters) -The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Wednesday it has issued $2 billion of financial assistance to more than 43,000 farmers, ranchers and forest landowners who experienced past discrimination in the agency's farm lending programs.

US farm agency to provide discrimination payments to 43,000 farmers

Denver, CO

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David Heitz

A dangerous drug that is being mixed into fentanyl is causing those who inject it to develop a rash of sores that resembles a case of flesh-eating bacteria. People experiencing homelessness around Denver can sometimes be seen with these bloody, weeping wounds. I recently mentioned this phenomenon to a fentanyl user who told me about the xylazine connection.

Denver homeless people suffer sores as xylazine enters fentanyl supply

One group is seeking an emergency injunction citing the Supreme Court’s repeal of the Chevron Doctrine

Discrimination relief payments begin as some Black farmers ask courts to include heirs in program

The US crop insurance sector is grappling with significant challenges due to lower commodity prices and adverse weather conditions, according to a new report by A.M. Best. The report anticipates further declines in crop premium levels for 2024, following a modest 3 percent drop in 2023 that left premiums at $20.8 billion. Corn and soybean yields are forecast to be slightly higher than in 2023. However, futures prices for these crops, along with wheat, have decreased moderately, remaining within producer deductibles.

US Crop Insurance Faces Pressure from Drought and Price Volatility

In addition to collecting more than 8,000 used needles in the past year from Denver drug users, the Harm Reduction Action Center passed out 10,000 meth pipes and “snort kits,” according to a newsletter sent to its supporters Thursday. They also connected about 1,700 people to medical, mental health and substance abuse treatment.

Denver group hands out 10K meth pipes, ‘snort kits,’ connects 1,700 to treatment annually

The Associated Press

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — The Biden administration has doled out more than $2 billion in direct payments for Black and other minority farmers discriminated against by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, the president announced Wednesday. More than 23,000 farmers were approved for payments ranging from $10,000 to $500,000, according...

Black and other minority farmers are getting $2 billion from USDA after years of discrimination

Orange County, CA

Corcoran, CA

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CORCORAN – California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are investigating the July 28, 2024, death of an incarcerated person at California Substance Abuse Treatment Facility as a homicide.

Pimp arrested in Orange County killed by an inmate at a state prison

New York City, NY

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Cheryl E Preston

Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Steve B Howard

I've covered Muscle Cars from the 1960s and 1970s I like, Muscle Cars that had the best performance, cars that I have owned, fast cars that I have driven, and even classic VWs that I think are cool most recently.

Longest-Lasting Cars: Top 3 Most Reliable Models

North Dakota State

Bloomberg’s Michael Hirtzer reported that “record-high wheat yields in North Dakota are set to further expand American grain supplies and should help to quell inflation for foods like bagels, where prices had recently started rising again.”. “Dozens of wheat traders, millers and bakers fanned out across the state...

U.S. wheat yields up significantly over 2023

Colorado State

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Louisiana State

WASHINGTON – More than a thousand Louisiana farmers who filed discrimination claims against the U.S. Department of Agriculture will soon receive recompense. U.S. Rep. Troy Carter, D-New Orleans, said USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack and his staff announced during a Wednesday phone conference that about $77.3 million would be awarded to 1,265 Louisiana farmers, ranchers and forest landowners. The money is coming from the $2.2 billion Congress set aside in the Inflation Reduction Act for the Discrimination Financial Assistance Program.

Louisiana farmers to get $77 million over discrimination by U.S. agriculture department

July 29, 1889 — In view of the great number of swindlers moving about the country the farmers should deal with none but home dealers. Buy your farm implements and machinery from your local dealers. If you buy them from strangers they will want some instrument in writing, which, when pay day comes around you may find not to be exactly what you thought it was.

Farmers, be careful

You don’t realize how important it is to find oil in Once Human until you need to start making fuel for your vehicles. There’s nothing worse than being stranded and far away from the nearest teleportation tower. However, you can turn oil into Portable Mixed Fuel and get even further.

Once Human: Where to Farm Crude Oil

Oklahoma State

As Jess Bray pulled up to a 21-acre farm nestled in an eastern Oklahoma valley, she instantly got a warm feeling. “This is the place,” she thought. After attempting to buy two other properties before being outbid by cash buyers, Bray and her husband Jon began to wonder whether their dream of owning and operating their own farm would become a reality.

As investors pay top-dollar for land, farmers are often priced out

Grains end lower again on Tuesday seeing more fund selling pressure on the lack of news and the lack of a weather threat. Allison Thompson with The Money Farm says the change in the weather forecast which put rain into the prime areas of the Corn Belt started the selloff on Friday and its been a downhill slide since then, especially for soybeans.

AgDay Markets Now: Allison Thompson Says Funds Sell Grains With Favorable Weather and Crop Ratings

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

More dangerous substances are entering the Denver drug supply, Harm Reduction Action Center warned in a newsletter this week. “The Iron Law of Prohibition posits that as law enforcement becomes more intense, the potency of prohibited substances increases,” HRAC Executive Director Lisa Raville wrote in the newsletter. That is exactly what is happening, she said.

Dangerous substances entering Denver drug supply

Chicago, IL

Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Jersey City, NJ

Essex County, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Efrin Wade, a former correctional officer at Essex County Correctional Facility (ECCF), has admitted to accepting $14,000 in bribes to smuggle contraband, including tobacco and a cell phone, into the facility for inmates. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Correctional Officer Guilty of Smuggling Contraband: $14K in Bribes Accepted

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Drought assistance available for West Virginians with livestock

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Drought assistance available for West Virginians with livestock

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