U.S. livestock: CME cattle extend gains

Klassen: Feedlot operators anticipate lower feeder cattle supplies for spring Feedlot Operators Anticipate Lower Feeder Cattle Supplies in Spring For the week ending February 22, Western Canadian feeder cattle markets traded steady to $5 higher on average …

Why Temperatures Swung 90 Degrees in Parts of U.S.

February 24, 2025 2 min read Why Temperatures Swung by 90 Degrees F in Parts of U.S. Much of the U.S. has swung from temperatures in the –30s and –40s Fahrenheit to balmy weather in the 60s and 70s F By Andrea Thompson edited by Dean Visser Ice collects …

Every Country On The U.S. Department Of State "Level 4: Do Not Travel" List

The U.S. Department of State regularly issues travel advisories to inform citizens about the risks of traveling abroad. The highest advisory level, Level 4, warns against all travel to a particular country due to extreme risks. The government has recently …

Detroit’s attempt to improve its schools was hamstrung by redlining

Brown v. Board of Education was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision, a unanimous ruling that racial segregation in America’s public schools was unconstitutional. With its declaration that “separate educational facilities are inherently unequal,” the …

The Espoma Company hires Maureen Wright as territory sales manager for south-central U.S.

Chicago’s quick mobilization of resources for new migrants reopened wounds in America’s most segregated city

I met Karla on a Sunday afternoon last summer in Chicago, as she sat beneath an underpass in the West Loop neighborhood near the migrant shelter where she stayed. She is only using her first name for safety reasons, as she and her husband are newly arrived …

G20 finance ministers, central bankers to meet amid fractious geopolitics

By Tim Cocks JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Finance ministers and central bankers from the G20 top economies gather in South Africa on Wednesday and Thursday, for a meeting marred by the absence or curtailed attendance of key members and disputes over the main …

Sudanese Activists Are Fighting US and UAE Complicity in Sudan’s Genocide

In April 2023, Sudan’s two main military factions broke out into an all-out war that has devastated much of the country in the nearly two years since. The two factions, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), had previously …

Trump’s New Map

In a prophetic speech delivered in Brussels in June 2011, then-U.S. Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates warned Washington’s European allies that if they did not start paying substantially more for their own security, NATO might one day be a thing of the past …

Who Controls the Panama Canal? – US President Trump’s High Stakes Effort to ‘Take it Back’

The Panama Canal is one of the most strategically vital waterways in the world. An engineering marvel that transformed global commerce, this maritime shortcut solidified the U.S.’ geopolitical power and drastically reduced the time needed to cross between …