Articles from the June 7, 2018 edition
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Arkansas won't lift dicamba ban for farmers
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas officials have denied a request by some farmers to lift the state's ban on in-crop dicamba use. The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reports that the state Plant Board rejected the farmers' request on Tuesday. Board m...
By EU to impose retaliatory tariffs on US imports from July
BRUSSELS (AP) — The European Union on Wednesday announced it will start imposing duties from July on a list of U.S. products in response to President Donald Trump's decision to slap tariffs on steel and aluminum imports from Europe. "The new d...
Top Texas court says condemned inmate not mentally disabled
HOUSTON (AP) — Texas' highest criminal court narrowly ruled Wednesday that a death row inmate is mentally capable enough to execute, despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that his intellectual capacity had been improperly assessed and agreement by h...
AP Explains: Zika and its link to microcephaly
SAO PAULO (AP) — Three years ago, Brazil experienced a major Zika outbreak that led to the revelation that the virus can cause severe birth defects in babies whose mothers were infected during pregnancy. Here's a look at what scientists know today a...
Trump signs bill to expand private care at troubled VA
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed a bill into law Wednesday that will give veterans more freedom to see doctors outside the troubled Veterans Affairs system, a major shift aimed at reducing wait times and improving care by steering m...
From shrieks in bucket to laughs, Brazil Zika baby improves
BONITO, Brazil (AP) — It's well before dawn, but Jose Wesley Campos giggles nonstop as his mother plays with his thick glasses while preparing to take the toddler to a doctor's appointment three hours away. "Sometimes, it is as if he swallowed a c...
White man pleads to enslaving mentally disabled black worker
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A white South Carolina restaurant manager has pleaded guilty to abusing and enslaving a mentally challenged black employee, according to federal prosecutors. Bobby Paul Edwards of Conway pleaded guilty Monday to one count of f...
Why pregnant women with depression often slip through the cracks
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Judy’s first pregnancy was planned, and she was looking forward to having a baby. Yet, halfway through the p...
To get around pharmacy gag rules, ask about drug costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — "Do you have prescription insurance?" It's one of the first questions consumers hear at the pharmacy counter, and many hand over their insurance cards in the hopes of getting a good price. But sometimes using insurance can actually...
Horse racing playing catch-up on jockey concussion protocol
Mike Smith knows the feeling. A headache. Maybe some dizziness. As a younger jockey he got concussions, felt better and went back to riding. "I've had several," Smith said. "It's just like you hit your head playing any sport." Smith is currently in...
Shareholders reject bid to link Google diversity to exec pay
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. (AP) — Shareholders of Google parent Alphabet Inc. on Wednesday rejected several proposals aimed at linking executive pay to diversity goals, being more open about lobbying, narrowing the gender-pay gap, and weakening the grip f...
Ex-CEO: Cambridge Analytica got 'huge target' with Trump win
LONDON (AP) — The former head of Cambridge Analytica said Wednesday that his political consulting firm got "an incredibly huge target" on its back because of its involvement in Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign. Alexander Nix said his n...
Facebook to fund original news shows from ABC, CNN, others
NEW YORK (AP) — Facebook says it will fund original news shows created by such news organizations as ABC, CNN and Mic. The move comes as Facebook plans to kill off its "trending" news section to make way for what it considers "trustworthy" and "...
The heat is back on high: May smashes US temperature records
WASHINGTON (AP) — Record heat returned to the United States with a vengeance in May. May warmed to a record average 65.4 degrees in the Lower 48 states, breaking the high of 64.7 set in 1934, according to federal weather figures released Wednesday. M...
British cyber expert accused of lying to FBI about malware
MILWAUKEE (AP) — A British cybersecurity researcher credited with stopping a worldwide computer virus last year faces new charges, including lying to the FBI, in an updated indictment Wednesday accusing him of developing malware to steal banking i...
New NASA chief vows US will always have astronauts in orbit
WASHINGTON (AP) — Major changes could be ahead for the International Space Station but there will always be an American astronaut in orbit, NASA's new boss said Wednesday. The space agency is already talking with private companies about potentially t...
Report: US high-tide flooding twice what it was 30 years ago
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — A new report finds that high-tide flooding is happening across the United States at twice the rate it was just 30 years ago and predicts records for such flooding will continue to be broken for decades as sea levels r...
Unhurried hurricanes: Study says tropical cyclones slowing
WASHINGTON (AP) — Tropical cyclones around the world are moving slightly slower over land and water, dumping more rain as they stall, just as Hurricane Harvey did last year, a new study found. This isn't about how powerful a storm's winds are, j...
EPA staff say the Trump administration is changing their mission from protecting human health and the environment to protecting industry
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The Environmental Protection Agency made news recently for excluding reporters from a “summit” meeting on chemical co...
Trio of astronauts blast off to international space station
BAIKONUR, Kazakhstan (AP) — A trio of astronauts from Russia, the United States and the European Space Agency blasted off Wednesday for a mission on the International Space Station. A Russian spacecraft carrying Serena Aunon-Chancellor of NASA, S...
Texas man bitten by severed rattlesnake head almost dies
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) — A South Texas man almost died after he was bitten by the head of a rattlesnake he'd just decapitated. The incident happened May 27 as Milo and Jennifer Sutcliffe were doing yard work at their home near Lake Corpus C...
EPA head laughs off Chick-fil-A questions; senior aide quits
WASHINGTON (AP) — Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt laughed off questions Wednesday about whether he used his office to try to help his wife get a "business opportunity" with Chick-fil-A, while a close aide abruptly resigned amid n...
Oklahoma AG settles lawsuit over Volkswagen emissions
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter says the state has reached an $8.5 million settlement with Volkswagen over allegations the German car manufacturer skirted federal emissions standards. A lawsuit filed by the state in 2016 a...
Paddlefish mysteriously die off at Oklahoma lake
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation has investigated another fish kill below a dam after an angler reported he saw dozens of dead paddlefish at a lake outside Tulsa. The Monday sighting at Fort Gibson Lake came a...
Police arrest 2 after shots fired on interstate
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — Police have arrested two men they say shot at a vehicle along a highway during a road rage incident. The Oklahoman reports that 31-year-old Dustin Meadows and 27-year-old Reese Hand were booked into the Oklahoma County jail e...
