Articles from the June 1, 2018 edition
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Coast Guard Academy department head removed for bullying
NEW LONDON, Conn. (AP) — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has demoted the head of its business school following an investigation that found that he had bullied a subordinate. An academy spokesman tells The Day that Capt. Kevin Lopes was removed as h...
Study: Students in voucher program perform worse on math
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal study shows math scores are 10 percentage points lower for students using vouchers to attend private schools in Washington, D.C., compared with their peers who applied but weren't selected. The study from the Institute o...
Major Colorado energy driller closes natural gas system
DENVER (AP) — The largest energy driller in Colorado is closing a natural gas gathering system due to safety concerns. The Denver Post reported Thursday that Anadarko Petroleum Corp. will close the network of pipelines known as Third Creek in n...
New Mexico man sent to federal prison for pipeline protest
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A New Mexico man who took part in the Dakota Access oil pipeline protests in North Dakota has been sentenced to serve three years in federal prison. Authorities say 45-year-old Michael Giron was part of a group that put b...
By Puerto Rico grid 'teetering' despite $3.8 billion repair job
CAIN ALTO, Puerto Rico (AP) — After months of darkness and stifling heat, Noe Pagan was overjoyed when power-line workers arrived to restore electricity to his home deep in the lush green mountains of western Puerto Rico. But to his dismay, i...
Washington state blamed for holding up fossil fuel exports
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Republican lawmakers from Western states and industry executives on Thursday accused Washington state officials of unfairly blocking fossil fuel projects and dictating winners and losers among U.S. companies seeking to e...
Regulators send fuel economy proposal to White House
WASHINGTON (AP) — Regulators have sent the White House a proposal seeking to scale back Obama-era rules to combat climate change through tougher fuel-economy standards for cars and trucks. The Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway T...
Commissioners call on leader of energy nonprofit to resign
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Two members of the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission are calling on the executive director of a clean-energy nonprofit to resign, claiming she violated federal law by also heading a political action committee. The Santa F...
Fund manager Q&A: Betting on demand for natural resources
Solid economic growth in the U.S. and abroad has helped push up prices for oil, lumber, cotton and many other commodities this year. The trend is one reason why the price of U.S. crude oil has been moving higher since last summer, recently crossing...
The sage grouse isn't just a bird – it's a proxy for control of Western lands
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The Trump administration is clashing with conservation groups and others over protection for the greater sage grouse...
Japan, Vietnam agree on maritime safety cooperation
TOKYO (AP) — The leaders of Japan and Vietnam agreed Thursday to bolster cooperation in maritime safety and defense, and expressed shared concerns over China's growing activity in the South China Sea. Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang and J...
Immigrant tuition law debated in Kansas governor's race
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Republican candidate for Kansas governor who has advised President Donald Trump is attacking a state law that helps young people living in the U.S. illegally go to state colleges, appealing to his party's conservative base in a...
Texas couple won't abide by state's definition of a pickle
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A Texas couple claims in a lawsuit filed Thursday that burdensome state regulations have put them in a pickle because they're prevented from supplementing their income by selling more of their produce at farmers' markets. Jim a...
Teenage depression: If a parent doesn't get treatment for a child, is that abuse?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Hospital visits for kids in the U.S. who have contemplated or thought about suicide have risen sharply. As a child...
Ticks and mosquitoes bringing more diseases – what can we do?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Cases of vector-borne disease have more than doubled in the U.S. since 2004, the Centers for Disease Control and...
Disabled Missouri man forced to fight for amusement
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A developmentally disabled Missouri man was forced to fight another man for the "amusement" of people who ran the private care home where he lived and was left to die in a bathtub, his mother has alleged in a lawsuit. C...
Skyping the doctor? Poll shows it's not just for the young
WASHINGTON (AP) — Every morning, 92-year-old Sidney Kramer wraps a blood pressure cuff around his arm and steps on a scale, and readings of his heart health beam to a team of nurses — and to his daughter's smartphone — miles from his Maryland home....
Women take abortion pills in Northern Ireland protest
LONDON (AP) — Abortion rights campaigners swallowed what they said were abortion pills outside a Belfast court on Thursday, as pressure grows to ease Northern Ireland's strict ban on terminating pregnancies. Northern Ireland is the only part of t...
California to spend $768M on electric vehicle infrastructure
LOS ANGELES (AP) — California utilities will invest nearly $768 million to expand a network of charging stations and build other infrastructure for electric vehicles as the state moves toward a goal of 5 million zero-emission cars on the roads by 2...
New business deals bring autonomous vehicles a step closer
DETROIT (AP) — Two technology giants announced major new investments in self-driving vehicles Thursday, bringing the world a step closer to a time when autonomous cars are a part of everyday life — a reality that General Motors aims to achieve in...
In praise of doing nothing
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) In the 1950s, scholars worried that, thanks to technological innovations, Americans wouldn’t know what to do with all...
Dunes on Pluto made of tiny frozen grains of methane
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Scientists have discovered dunes on Pluto made of tiny frozen grains of methane. The pale gray and white ridges were revealed by NASA's New Horizons spacecraft during its 2015 flyby. A British-led team announced the f...
Hawaii has 5 other active volcanoes in addition to Kilauea
HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii's Kilauea volcano has captivated people around the world by shooting lava high into the sky and sending rivers of molten rock pouring down hillsides into the ocean over the past month. But Kilauea is only one of many v...
The next big discovery in astronomy? Scientists probably found it years ago – but they don't know it yet
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Earlier this year, astronomers stumbled upon a fascinating finding: Thousands of black holes likely exist near the...
Federal biologists look to boost Mexican wolf genetics
GILA NATIONAL FOREST, N.M. (AP) — On an early Monday morning, four helpless, tiny creatures that will eventually become some of nature's top predators found themselves nestled under a commercial airline seat. The Mexican wolf pups, removed from t...
