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A major European nature protection plan stumbles at the final hurdle. 'How could we give that up?'
Read full article: A major European nature protection plan stumbles at the final hurdle. 'How could we give that up?'A major European Union plan to fight climate change and better protect nature in the 27-nation bloc has been indefinitely postponed.
‘Seasons don’t matter’: How hydroponic farmers are cultivating crops Texas normally wouldn’t see in the summer
Read full article: ‘Seasons don’t matter’: How hydroponic farmers are cultivating crops Texas normally wouldn’t see in the summerHydroponic farming is a type of farming that doesn't use soil. It's said to be more sustainable, using less soil and pesticides.
South Texas farmers face production woes amid drought, extreme temperatures
Read full article: South Texas farmers face production woes amid drought, extreme temperaturesA farmer in Fredericksburg says he’s not letting the heat, lack of rain and decreased production discourage the business his father started more than 60 years ago.
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Schrock 5 hits, homers filling in for Votto, Reds beat Mets
Read full article: Schrock 5 hits, homers filling in for Votto, Reds beat MetsRookie Max Schrock went 5 for 5 with a home run while giving All-Star Joey Votto a break, leading fellow newcomer Vladimir Gutierrez and the Cincinnati Reds over the New York Mets 7-1.
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Man, 36, accused of stealing at least $40,000 after moving in with woman, 66, authorities say
Read full article: Man, 36, accused of stealing at least $40,000 after moving in with woman, 66, authorities saySAN ANTONIO – Authorities arrested a man who they said befriended a 66-year-old woman, isolated her and used her confidential information for financial gain as her health declined. Patrick Farmer, 36, has been charged with multiple offenses relating to elder fraud in Guadalupe County, according to Selma police. Wagner said Farmer befriended the Selma woman after her husband died. Farmer took the woman to the hospital when he was unable to take care of her medically. A guardian was placed for the woman when the hospital could not find a relative to care for her.
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BCSO deputy fired after ‘inciting violence’ on Facebook, sheriff’s office confirms
Read full article: BCSO deputy fired after ‘inciting violence’ on Facebook, sheriff’s office confirmsSAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County deputy who wrote an incendiary Facebook comment has been fired, the sheriff’s office confirmed on Tuesday. The sheriff’s office proposed firing Jack Farmer after a comment he made in July. On a social media post about a person accused of stealing mail, Farmer wrote that people should “lynch mob” the suspect. Social media post allegedly made by a Bexar County sheriffs deputy calls for someone to be lynchedThe sheriff’s office determined that the Facebook comment was offensive and “incited violence" in a statement released on Tuesday. The sheriff’s office also fired Floyd Berry, who has been charged with three counts of official oppression in connection with inappropriate strip searches he is accused of conducting.