Kevin Draper

1 week ago | ourcommunitynow.com | Kevin Draper |Juliet Macur

Share At college, at temple and at the embassy where she worked, Sarah Milgrim was known for bringing people together.“Sarah was a link, a powerful, radiant link,” Rabbi Stephanie Kramer told a synagogue overflowing with mourners on Tuesday in Overland Park, Kan., just days after Ms. Milgrim was one of two Israeli Embassy workers killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington.Standing near the casket draped with an Israeli flag, as hundreds watched online, the rabbi added that Ms. Milgrim had...

1 week ago | nytimes.com | Kevin Draper |Juliet Macur

Shooting Outside D.C. Jewish Museum At the funeral for Sarah Milgrim, who was killed outside a Jewish museum in Washington last week, the Israeli embassy aide was mourned as someone who wanted to help everyone. Sarah Milgrim was known for bringing people together, at college, at temple and at the embassy where she worked. At a synagogue overflowing with mourners and with hundreds watching online, those who eulogized her on Tuesday in Overland Park, Kan.

3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Eshe Nelson |Kevin Draper

The countries' trade agreement is just a first step, U.S. officials say. But British consumers are still skeptical of American food production. Just a few days after the United States and Britain announced to much fanfare that they had agreed to lower some tariffs and create a $5 billion export opportunity for American beef, ethanol and other agricultural products in Britain, Brooke Rollins, the U.S. secretary of agriculture, touched down in London.

1 month ago | straitstimes.com | Kevin Draper |Jack Nicas

NEW YORK - Consider the soybean. A legume about 1cm in size, it is eaten from the pod as edamame or processed into tofu, soy milk and other products. But that is not why it is one of the world’s most lucrative commodities. High in fat and protein, soybeans are what much of the world’s livestock eat. And now the humble crop is at the centre of the trade war between the United States and China. The United States sells more soybeans to China, by value, than any other single product.

1 month ago | miamiherald.com | Kevin Draper |Jack Nicas |NYT Business

Consider the soybean. A legume about a centimeter in size, it is eaten from the pod as edamame or processed into tofu, soy milk and other products. But that is not why it is one of the world’s most lucrative commodities. High in fat and protein, soybeans are what much of the world’s livestock eat. And now the humble crop is at the center of the trade war between the United States and China. The United States sells more soybeans to China, by value, than any other single product.