Winds are expected to slow down Wednesday, but weather conditions are still not ideal for emergency crews battling wildfires in four states that have killed six people and destroyed hundreds of square miles of land.

Cattle farmer, 79, known for crazy Kentucky-fan costumes

Ammon Bundy was brought to the federal courtroom in Portland from Las Vegas, where he is in custody awaiting trial on charges he led armed gunmen to block a federal cattle roundup near his father’s Nevada ranch in April 2014.

Wayne Hage’s son Wayne N. Hage has been ordered to pay $587,000 and remove any livestock he has on federal lands by the end of the month. Chief U.S. District Judge Gloria Navarro in Las Vegas says he also has to show by mid-April that he has complied.

Purchase complements acquisition of cattle firm S. Kidman.

A public hearing on imposing potential 100 percent import tariffs on some 90 European products -- particularly targeting agricultural products from France, Germany and Italy -- will be held February 15 in Washington, DC by the Office of the US Trade Representative (USTR).