Articles from the June 28, 2017 edition
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Supreme Court playground ruling feeds school voucher debate
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other proponents of school voucher programs are praising a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that said a Lutheran church was wrongly denied a state grant for its preschool playground. But opponents say the ruling is far...
Trump hails 'energy revolution' as exports surge
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump on Tuesday hailed an energy revolution marked by surging U.S. exports of oil and natural gas. Trump cited a series of steps the administration has taken to boost energy production and remove government r...
Cleanup continues at oil leak in rural Calhoun County
CONVIS TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) — Cleanup crews are likely to be working this week and next week at an oil leak in Calhoun County. The Department of Environmental Quality says approximately 4,000 gallons of oil and 20,000 gallons of brine water leaked f...
The Latest: Pennsylvania health company restoring network
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on a widespread cyberattack that is affecting companies and government systems (all times EDT): 6:20 p.m. A Pennsylvania health care system says it is taking steps to restore its computer network after being hit by a ransom...
With wind farm moratorium, renewable energy deal in doubt
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The future of legislation agreed upon by renewable energy interests and Duke Energy to extend the utility's requirements to use more alternative power in North Carolina is in doubt as a key senator repeats his attempts to d...
Oil, gas lease sale in Wyoming nets $2.6 million
CASPER, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming brought in about $1.3 million from an oil and gas lease sale of federal land. The Casper Star-Tribune reports (http://bit.ly/2ueu7HH ) operators bidding in the relatively small auction Thursday paid a total of $2.6 m...
US Geological Survey records small earthquakes in Oklahoma
RED ROCK, Okla. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded three small earthquakes across northern Oklahoma. No injuries or damage are reported. The largest quake was a magnitude 3.3 temblor at 1:07 a.m. Tuesday near Red Rock, about 70 miles (...
Nebraska agriculture secretary to visit China for beef
LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska's agriculture secretary is traveling to China to celebrate the arrival of the state's first beef shipment in 14 years. Greg Ibach is scheduled to visit Beijing and Shanhai June 29-30. Gov. Pete Ricketts announced the t...
EPA chief met with Dow CEO before deciding on pesticide ban
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration's top environmental official met privately with the chief executive of Dow Chemical shortly before reversing his agency's push to ban a widely used pesticide after health studies showed it can harm c...
Destructive Japanese beetles likely in North Dakota to stay
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A bug that's an enemy to flower beds, gardens, crops and even golf courses has been found again in North Dakota. An insect expert says the state likely now has an established population of the destructive Japanese beetle. W...
Livestock guardian dogs help protect poultry, herd animals
Livestock guardian dogs (sometimes called LGDs) can be lifesavers, not only for herd animals and poultry but also for farmers and ranchers trying to build a profitable business. Laura Faley owns Hidden Meadow Ranch near Mount Vernon, Washington,...
Egg executives in salmonella case must report to prison
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — A father and son whose Iowa-based egg production company caused a massive 2010 salmonella outbreak have exhausted their appeals and a federal judge has ordered them to begin serving prison sentences. The U.S. Supreme Court d...
GOP infighting stalls budget plan
WASHINGTON (AP) — The latest budget push by House GOP leaders has faltered, leaving quarrelling Republicans almost three months behind on their budget work as they head into next week's recess. Tuesday's deadlock is the result of a battle between c...
Dry conditions continue impacting South Dakota farmers
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Dry conditions across South Dakota are continuing to impact farmers and ranchers. The weekly crop report from the federal Agriculture Department says condition ratings have declined slightly for all crops, and also for r...
Inmate details 4 prison killings: 'I did it for nothing'
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Guards at the Kirkland Correctional Institution rushed to Denver Simmons' cell and made a grisly discovery: Four men from the unit for mentally ill prisoners had been beaten and strangled. Simmons, 35, and Jacob Philip, 26, both...
Ingredient in popular weed killer going on list as cancerous
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — Regulators in California took a pivotal step on Monday toward becoming the first state to require the popular weed killer Roundup to come with a label warning that it's known to cause cancer. Officials announced that starting J...
Senate GOP shelves health bill, imperils 'Obamacare' repeal
WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate GOP leaders abruptly shelved their long-sought health care overhaul Tuesday, asserting they can still salvage it but raising new doubts about whether President Donald Trump and the Republicans will ever deliver on their p...
FDA takes steps to boost generic competition, limit prices
The Food and Drug Administration said it's taking steps to boost the number of generic prescription drugs on the market in an effort to make medicines more affordable and to prevent price gouging. Copycat pills generally have been much cheaper than...
How flu changes within the human body may hint at future global trends
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Evolution is usually very slow, a process of change that takes thousands or millions of years to see. But for...
State: 111 terminally ill end lives under new California law
SAN DIEGO (AP) — California health officials reported Tuesday that 111 terminally ill people took drugs to end their lives in the first six months after a 2016 law made the option legal in the nation's most populous state. The data was part of the C...
New cyberattack wallops Europe; spreads more slowly in US
PARIS (AP) — A new and highly virulent outbreak of data-scrambling software caused disruption across the world Tuesday. Following a similar attack in May , the fresh assault paralyzed some hospitals, government offices and major multinational corpora...
Merck says new type of cholesterol drug worked in big study
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Merck & Co. said Tuesday that a new type of cholesterol drug reduced heart attacks, deaths and other complications of heart disease in a huge, late-stage study. The positive result was a welcome surprise because three previous e...
80-year-old woman attacked, mauled by rabid bobcat in garden
SUNAPEE, N.H. (AP) — An 80-year-old New Hampshire woman fought off a rabid bobcat with the help of her two dogs and her gardening sickle. Elsie Dabrowski says she was gardening Sunday at her Sunapee home when the animal attacked , biting her face, a...
Judge: Alabama inmates' mental care 'horrendously' lacking
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Alabama's psychiatric care of state inmates is so "horrendously inadequate" that it violates the U.S. Constitution's ban on cruel and unusual punishment, a federal judge ruled Tuesday as he ordered the state to overhaul c...
AP Explains: What is ransomware?
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Computers around the world were locked up and users' files held for ransom in a cyberattack Tuesday that paralyzed some hospitals, government offices and major multinational corporations. Here's a look at how malware and ransomware...
