Articles from the January 19, 2017 edition
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Arkansas Senate panel OKs medical pot launch delay
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas Senate committee has advanced legislation to delay the launch of the state's voter-approved medical marijuana program and a proposal to ease a restriction for doctors of eligible patients. The Senate Public H...
By After inmate's death, lawmakers pledge mental health reform
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — The family of a man whose death in a Virginia jail helped lead to a federal investigation of the facility implored lawmakers Wednesday to reform the state's mental health care system and the way inmates receive treatment. R...
Flabby heart keeps pumping with squeeze from robotic sleeve
WASHINGTON (AP) — Scientists are developing a robotic sleeve that can encase a flabby diseased heart and gently squeeze to keep it pumping. So far it's been tested only in animals, improving blood flow in pigs. But this "soft robotic" device m...
Finally, an explanation of strange African 'fairy circles'?
WASHINGTON (AP) — The forces behind the mysterious "fairy circles" that dot a desert in southern Africa do not appear to be supernatural, but they are intricate and complex. The formations are circles of land dozens of feet wide that create a stunnin...
Federal study on Dakota Access pipeline to move forward
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge said Wednesday he won't keep the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers from launching a full environmental study of the $3.8 billion Dakota Access pipeline's disputed crossing under a Missouri River reservoir in North D...
Exiting rail safety chief looks to technology to save lives
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Sarah Feinberg was on the job as the nation's chief railroad regulator for just three weeks when a packed commuter train slammed into an SUV stopped on tracks north of New York City, killing six people. The February 2015 crash h...
Raccoons recover at California zoo after cross-country ride
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Baby raccoons that inadvertently hitched a cross-country ride to Northern California are recovering at the Oakland Zoo. Animal care authorities said Tuesday that in September a man had unknowingly transported the raccoons f...
Foreclosed mall once valued at $190M is auctioned for $100
TARENTUM, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania mall that was foreclosed on after its owners failed to repay $143 million has been auctioned off for $100. Wells Fargo Bank was owed the money from a 2006 loan and submitted the winning bid for the 1.1 m...
Driver clocked at 91 mph in snowstorm wanted new car stereo
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire State Police say a driver clocked at 91 mph during a snowstorm said she was late for an appointment to have a new car stereo installed. Police say they stopped 21-year-old Anastacia Hocking, of Laconia, on I...
Video of giant alligator draws crowds to Florida preserve
LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — Video of a massive alligator caught walking through a Florida nature reserve in front of stunned onlookers has prompted crowds of people hoping to catch their own glimpse. The video taken by a visitor to the Circle B Bar R...
Missing hunter located in Alabama jail
ATHENS, Ala. (AP) — Searchers spent time looking for a missing hunter in north Alabama until officers realized he was actually in jail. Relatives of 50-year-old Randy Keith Holt of Hartselle reported the man missing Monday afternoon after he f...
Dismembered deer carcasses remain a mystery in Ohio
NEW FRANKLIN, Ohio (AP) — Police in northeast Ohio have no leads in solving a Friday the 13th mystery involving the dumping of several dismembered deer carcasses alongside a road. The Akron Beacon Journal reports (http://bit.ly/2jSTIAt ) the m...
Going bananas? Israeli zoo scrambles to find missing monkey
JERUSALEM (AP) — Israel's largest zoo is scrambling to find a monkey who swung out of a tree and escaped from the wildlife park near Tel Aviv. The "Safari," located in the adjacent city of Ramat Gan, is asking the public to help find Kuner, a 1...
