'[An official from the course] comes by here every so often, and he'll say: "Just want to let you know we're still interested in your property,"' Herman explained. 'And we'll tell them the same thing again.'

In a second unsealed indictment from August 2021, the Justice Department said three other alleged hackers from Russia´s Federal Security Service carried out cyber attacks on the computer networks of oil and Florida homeschooling association gas firms, nuclear power plants, and utility and power transmission companies across the world.

The Personal Care Products Council, which represents the cosmetics industry, says in 2020 it supported California legislation to phase out certain ingredients, including 13 PFAS in cosmetics, and identical legislative language in Maryland the following year.

There is definitely some sentimentality at play with the couple having built a lifetime of memories at the home having raised their two children, five grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren in the house.

Herman's brother, William Thacker, also once owned four properties in the area now claimed by the club after initially refusing to sell, suspecting that the club planned to build nine new holes there. 

The 2017 attack stunned the cybersecurity community when it was made public by researchers later that year because - unlike typical digital intrusions aimed at stealing data or holding it for ransom - it appeared aimed at causing physical damage to the facility itself by disabling its safety system.

The western Illinois location has been among the driest, receiving less than 1 inch of rain since at least mid-May, though the corn crop has been sustained on high-quality soil and largely moderate temperatures.

Other very dry locations where anxiety is running high include southeastern Illinois with 1.5 inches of rain so far this month and Nebraska, where only 1 inch has fallen since mid-May.

Other rain totals for the week were lackluster and concerning in most cases, including Minnesota at 0.65 inch, Nebraska 0.4 inch, western Iowa 0.3 inch, western Illinois 0.3 inch, southeastern Illinois 0.25 inch and Indiana between 0.4 and 0.7 inch.

The area used to be a beautiful neighborhood with plenty of green space with room for a backyard and swing set, but now the area is a massive parking lot as it fills with cars for one week every year during The Masters tournament. 

'The mystery and allure of the property is something that everyone talks about every year,' Peter Larson of Summer House Realty told 'As I walk into The National year after year, accredited homeschool programs k-12 I typically have someone visiting for the first time and it is something that they always point out and have questions about.' 

In one now-unsealed indictment from June 2021, the Justice Department accused Evgeny Viktorovich Gladkikh, a Russian Ministry of Defense research institute employee, of conspiring with others between May and September 2017 to hack the systems of a foreign refinery and install malware known as "Triton" on a safety system produced by Schneider Electric.

Augusta National Golf Club in Georgia has been buying up surrounding properties to the iconic golf course for more than 20 years, splashing out more than $200 million on more than 100 properties covering 270 acres. 

Crop Watch producers assign condition scores to their fields each week on a 1-to-5 scale, similar to the U.S. Department of Agriculture´s system where 1 is very poor, 3 is average and 5 is excellent.

Crop Watch conditions are intended as more of a visual assessment than a yield indicator.

The following are the states and counties of the 2023 Crop Watch corn and soybean fields: Kingsbury, South Dakota; Freeborn, Minnesota; Burt, Nebraska; Rice, Kansas; Audubon, Iowa; Cedar, Iowa; Warren, Illinois; Crawford, Illinois; Tippecanoe, Indiana; Fairfield, Ohio.

Corn and soybean conditions in Nebraska and southeastern Illinois fell a half-point each last week, though both crops in South Dakota and eastern Iowa featured quarter-point bumps.

North Dakota corn went down a quarter-point and beans up a quarter, and all other scores were unchanged on the week.

"We are also appreciative of the exemption for outdoor apparel severe wet conditions until 2028, as our industry is diligently working to move toward non-regrettable alternatives that will not compromise consumer safety or the quality of the product," said association President Kent Ebersole in a statement.

NAPERVILLE, Illinois, June 26 (Reuters) - After some scattered rain across the U.S.

Corn Belt over the weekend, about half of the Crop Watch producers are satisfied with recent rainfall totals. For the rest, rain showers were too light and anxiety over dryness remains.

Both the Kansas and Ohio locations are in good positions moisture-wise, tallying 1.5 and 1.3 inches last week, respectively.

However, the recent heavier rains in Kansas have slowed wheat harvest, where yields are coming in between 40% and 50% of average levels after the bone-dry growing season.