Articles from the February 16, 2017 edition
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Student who secretly recorded instructor is suspended
COSTA MESA, Calif. (AP) — A California college student who secretly videotaped his instructor making anti-Trump statements was suspended and told to write a letter of apology and an essay about the incident. Orange Coast College suspended Caleb O...
By Pope Francis: Native people have rights over their lands
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis insisted Wednesday that indigenous groups must give prior consent to any economic activity affecting their ancestral lands, a view that conflicts with the Trump administration, which is pushing to build a $3.8 b...
Early-morning pipeline explosion lights up South Texas sky
REFUGIO, Texas (AP) — A natural gas pipeline ruptured early Wednesday in South Texas, causing an explosion that shook homes miles away and a fireball that lit up the night sky. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Nathan Brandley said the e...
Gene editing patent ruling sways fortune of biotech hopefuls
NEW YORK (AP) — In a highly anticipated decision that could sway the fortunes of a handful of biotechnology companies, the federal patent office has turned back a challenge to patents covering a widely used method for editing genes. The office's b...
Half-ton concrete bird snatched from perch at chicken farm
TAYLORSVILLE, N.C. (AP) — Where do you hide a 1,000-pound chicken? That's what sheriff's deputies in Alexander County, North Carolina, are trying to figure out as they search for the concrete statue that disappeared from a farm west of T...
Hawaii bill would allow medical aid in dying
HONOLULU (AP) — As a stage-four prostate cancer patient, Joe Herzog has been considering how he might die and knows he could face intractable vomiting and starvation in the final days or weeks of his life. As a retired veterinarian, Herzog b...
US report: Trend of rising health care spending back to stay
WASHINGTON (AP) — Government experts say the nation's problem with rising health care spending is back and here to stay. Wednesday's report from nonpartisan experts at Health and Human Services concludes that health care spending will claim a g...
AP FACT CHECK: Trump's iffy grasp of autism research
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has weighed in on child autism, apparently without a complete grasp of the research. Trump in the past has promoted debunked theories linking vaccines to autism, and shortly before his inauguration was c...
A look at assassination attempts involving chemicals
Kim Jong Nam, the outcast half brother of North Korea's leader, told medical workers before he died this week that he had been attacked at a Malaysian airport with a chemical spray, according to Malaysian officials. A look at notable assassinations...
Surgeons rude to patients may pose problem in OR, study says
CHICAGO (AP) — Surgeons who are rude to patients and others may pose a problem in the operating room, according to a study linking unprofessional doctor behavior with infections and other surgery complications. The researchers say their results s...
Yahoo issues another warning in fallout from hacking attacks
LONDON (AP) — Yahoo is warning users of potentially malicious activity on their accounts between 2015 and 2016, the latest development in the internet company's investigation of a mega-breach that exposed 1 billion users' data several years ago. Y...
2016 traffic deaths jump to highest level in nearly a decade
WASHINGTON (AP) — A jump in traffic fatalities last year pushed deaths on U.S. roads to their highest level in nearly a decade, erasing improvements made during the Great Recession and economic recovery, a leading safety organization said W...
Are fossil fuel companies telling investors enough about the risks of climate change?
(THE CONVERSATION) Prior to President Donald Trump taking office, there was a push to require oil and gas companies to inform their investors about the risks of climate change. As governments step up efforts to regulate carbon emissions, the...
City police commissioner gets parking ticket, and pays up
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — In Philadelphia, no one escapes the scrutiny of the parking authority — not even the city's police commissioner. Commissioner Richard Ross was attending a speaking engagement at a downtown hotel Tuesday morning when he was tic...
Pastafarian colander pic strains legality for Dutch license
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court has upheld a mayor's refusal to issue a driver's license to a man who submitted a photo of himself wearing a colander on his head. According to a court statement Wednesday, the man wanted the photo on h...
New Jersey girl donates 1,300 books to children's hospital
VOORHEES, N.J. (AP) — A 12-year-old New Jersey girl spent Valentine's Day delivering over 1,300 books donated to a children's hospital. Charlotte Olson tells the Courier-Post (http://on.cpsj.com/2lOTagL ) her original goal was to collect 1,000 c...
'Firefall' phenomenon wows visitors to Yosemite's El Capitan
YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — Mother Nature is again putting on a show at California's Yosemite National Park, where every February the setting sun draws a narrow sliver of light on a waterfall to make it glow like a cascade of molten l...
Northwestern offers workshop for faculty, staff, on achieving balance in life
Northwestern Oklahoma State University's Diversity Committee recently played host to a workshop for faculty and staff called "Achieving Life Balance as a Professional in Higher Education."...
