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GOP blame-a-thon over health bill crash, but no clear path

WASHINGTON (AP) — The resounding Senate crash of the seven-year Republican drive to scrap the Obama health care law incited GOP finger-pointing Friday but left the party with wounded leaders and no evident pathway forward on an issue that won't go a...

 
 By Jill Colvin    Regional    July 28, 2017

Trump appears to advocate rough police treatment of suspects

BRENTWOOD, N.Y. (AP) — Talking tough on illegal immigration and violent crime, President Donald Trump appeared Friday to advocate rougher treatment of people in police custody, speaking dismissively of arresting officers who protect the heads of h...

 

US economy expanded at stronger 2.6 percent rate in Q2

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. economy revved up this spring after a weak start to the year, fueled by a surge in consumer spending. But the growth spurt still fell short of the optimistic goals President Donald Trump hopes to achieve through tax cuts an...

 
 By Tom Murphy    Regional    July 28, 2017

Higher prices, fewer options lurk after health bill collapse

The health care law of the land has survived for now, but it needs help — and it needs it soon. Soaring prices and fewer choices may greet customers when they return to the Affordable Care Act's insurance marketplaces this fall, in part because i...

 

FDA to target addictive levels of nicotine in cigarettes

For the first time, the federal government is proposing cutting the nicotine level in cigarettes so they aren't so addictive. U.S. Food and Drug Administration chief Scott Gottlieb on Friday directed the agency's staff to develop new regulations on...

 

US hits Iran with more sanctions in response to space launch

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States punished Iran on Friday for it launch this week of a satellite-carrying rocket into space by hitting six Iranian entities with sanctions targeting the country's ballistic missiles program. The sanctions hit six I...

 

NOT REAL NEWS: A look at what didn't happen this week

A roundup of some of the most popular, but completely untrue, headlines of the week. None of these stories are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked these out; here are the real facts: NOT REAL: Pres...

 

Russia orders cut in US diplomats in reaction to sanctions

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia's Foreign Ministry ordered a reduction in the number of U.S. diplomats in Russia on Friday and said it was closing down a U.S. recreational retreat in response to fresh sanctions against Russia. The U.S. Senate approved a new p...

 

Space capsule with 3 astronauts blasts off to orbiting lab

BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A Soyuz space capsule successfully blasted off for the International Space Station on Friday, carrying an American astronaut, a Russian cosmonaut and an Italian astronaut. NASA's Randy Bresnik, Russia's Sergei Ryazansky a...

 

Dull, Boring and Bland communities forge international bond

LONDON (AP) — Dull and Boring, meet Bland. Dull, Scotland and Boring, Oregon, two small communities united by unexciting names, have joined forces with a third: Bland Shire, Australia. Dull and Boring became sister communities in 2012, after a S...

 
 By Eileen Ng    Regional    July 28, 2017

Lawyer says client unaware she had poison that killed Korean

SHAH ALAM, Malaysia (AP) — A chemist's report that shows the banned VX nerve agent was used to kill the half brother of North Korea's leader needs further scrutiny, a lawyer for one of the two women accused of poisoning the man said Friday as he e...

 

Not much progress reported on effort to overhaul tax code

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Republican congressional leaders appear to have made little concrete progress on a plan to overhaul the tax code and lower business and personal rates. A joint statement issued Thursday offers fewer d...

 
 By Jim Suhr    Regional    July 28, 2017

Frat at Missouri sued over alleged near-fatal hazing case

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former University of Missouri student is suing a fraternity and its parent organization over an alleged hazing incident he says left him with near-fatal alcohol poisoning while the frat already was on probation for a...

 

Duterte says only empty tribal schools would be bombed

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — The Philippine president said his threat to launch airstrikes against tribal schools because they allegedly teach subversion would apply only when the buildings are empty, a clarification that still raised concern he was a...

 

EPA requests the closure of 7 well sites in Oklahoma

PAWHUSKA, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has requested oil producers stop injecting wastewater in seven well sites in northeast Oklahoma to halt saltwater contamination in the area. The EPA's request comes nearly a year a...

 

To restore our soils, feed the microbes

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Our soils are in trouble. Over the past century, we’ve abused them with plowing, tilling and too much fertilizer. W...

 

US ag secretary: Current farm visa program 'unworkable'

MEXICO CITY (AP) — U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue said Friday that he considers the United States' current farm-visa program to be "unworkable" but the issue probably will not come up in NAFTA talks that begin next month. Many U.S. farms d...

 

In cold blow to US, Japan ups tariffs on frozen beef imports

TOKYO (AP) — In unwelcome news for American farmers, Japan said Friday that it was imposing emergency tariffs of 50 percent on imports of frozen beef, mainly from the U.S. Finance Minister Taro Aso announced the move Friday, saying he was prepared t...

 

Court clears way for Arkansas abortion pill rules

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An appeals court panel cleared the way Friday for Arkansas to restrict how the abortion pill is administered in the state, saying a judge didn't estimate how many women would be burdened by a 2015 law's requirement. A t...

 

Tennessee judge rescinds sterilization for jail time program

SPARTA, Tenn. (AP) — A Tennessee judge has rescinded his program that would reduce inmates' jail time if they voluntarily underwent birth control procedures. Media outlets report that Judge Sam Benningfield of Sparta reversed his order on W...

 
 By Jimmy Golen    Regional    July 28, 2017

Faces of Concussions: Football families share lives with CTE

BOSTON (AP) — Jim Hudson's wife came home one day and found him sitting on a couch, clutching a golf ball, with tears streaming down his face. The former New York Jets defensive back, a star of the team's only Super Bowl championship, had played a l...

 
 By Jessica Berg    Regional    July 28, 2017

Editing human embryos with CRISPR is moving ahead – now's the time to work out the ethics

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The announcement by researchers in Portland, Oregon that they’ve successfully modified the genetic material of a h...

 

Firefighters rescue Ohio woman entangled by boa constrictor

SHEFFIELD LAKE, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio woman called 911 in a panic Thursday afternoon with ample reason: A 5 1/2-foot long boa constrictor she had rescued a day earlier had wrapped itself around her neck, was biting her face and wouldn't let go. "Please...

 

Former soldier sentenced in sexual abuse case in Kansas

FORT RILEY, Kan. (AP) — Prosecutors say a former Army soldier who was stationed in northeast Kansas has been sentenced to 17 years for sexual abuse. The Topeka Capital-Journal reports that 30-year-old Eugene Cleaver of Bonham, Texas, pleaded g...

 

Report: Failure to yield caused Kansas train collision

READING, Kan. (AP) — Kansas highway officials say a collision between an Amtrak train and a semitrailer pulling cattle occurred due to the driver's failure to yield to the train. A report from the Kansas Highway Patrol says the train wasn't able t...

 

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