Articles from the August 2, 2017 edition
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Stocks are at records, but it's no longer the 'Trump trade'
NEW YORK (AP) — The stock market has never been higher, and President Donald Trump would like more people to pay attention. "Stock Market could hit all-time high (again) 22,000 today," Trump tweeted Tuesday about the Dow Jones industrial average, b...
Prosecutor: St. Louis officer 'executed' suspect
ST. LOUIS (AP) — A white former St. Louis police officer charged with killing a black man "executed" him after a car chase, then planted a gun in the slain drug suspect's vehicle as an excuse for opening fire, a prosecutor told a court Tuesday. B...
Texas calf born looking like KISS rocker Gene Simmons
KERRVILLE, Texas (AP) — KISS frontman Gene Simmons is udderly thrilled by a newborn calf born with strikingly similar black-and-white markings to the face paint he wears on stage. Simmons tweeted his admiration for the calf on Sunday, saying, "...
3 defendants die in desperate escape attempt at Moscow court
MOSCOW (AP) — In a desperate attempt to escape, five defendants charged with multiple murders wrested weapons from their escorts Tuesday at a Moscow courthouse, sparking a shootout with other guards in the building's corridors. Three of the a...
Trump on tricky legal ground with 'Obamacare' threat
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's threat to stop billions of dollars in government payments to insurers and force the collapse of "Obamacare" could put the government in a legal bind. Law experts say he'd be handing insurers a solid court c...
Flying ace Sully makes case against privatization
WASHINGTON (AP) — Who are you going to trust when it comes to what's best for the flying public? Members of Congress or the hero of the Miracle on the Hudson, retired Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger? Proponents of privatizing air traffic c...
Priests mistaken for bachelor party turned away by UK pub
LONDON (AP) — A British pub has apologized for turning away a group of trainee priests after mistaking them for rowdy bachelor-party revelers in costume. The Archdiocese of Cardiff said Tuesday that seven Roman Catholic seminarians went to the C...
As homicides increase, Kansas City grasps for answers, help
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City already was marching toward its worst homicide year in decades when three men were slain in separate shootings over four hours one day last month. One was gunned down on a porch, another in a vehicle. The third m...
Analysts doubt North Korea's ICBM re-entry capability
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea after decades of effort has a missile potentially capable of reaching the continental United States, but analysts say Pyongyang has yet to show the ICBM can inflict serious damage once it gets there. U.S. and S...
HIV-positive coach charged with abusing dozens of schoolboys
WALDORF, Md. (AP) — An HIV-positive former teachers' aide and track coach described as a "predator" by a Maryland prosecutor is facing more than 100 felony counts of child sex abuse, including deliberately trying to infect his alleged victims with t...
Family of bullied girl to sue school district over suicide
ROSELAND, N.J. (AP) — The family of a 12-year-old New Jersey girl who killed herself said Tuesday it will sue her school district for not stepping in to address the problem of cyberbullying. An attorney for the family of Mallory Grossman said he w...
Ex-Marine gets 44 years in prison for Texas student's death
DENTON, Texas (AP) — An ex-Marine has received a 44-year prison term after his conviction for murder in the New Year's Day 2016 shooting of a 20-year-old University of North Texas student. The Denton County jury deliberated about four hours T...
Oklahoma utility company seeks to qualify for tax credits
TULSA, Okla. (AP) — A $4.5 billion wind farm and transmission line project is awaiting Oklahoma regulators' approval to fully qualify for federal tax credits for renewable energy. The Oklahoman reports that Public Service Co. of Oklahoma and a s...
Groups to provide hay to ranchers in parched North Dakota
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota's Agriculture Department, North Dakota State University and a Michigan-based nonprofit are joining forces to help provide hay for drought-stricken ranchers in North Dakota. The department and university said T...
Midwest economy: July state-by-state glance
The Institute for Supply Management, formerly the Purchasing Management Association, began formally surveying its membership in 1931 to gauge business conditions. The Creighton Economic Forecasting Group uses the same methodology as the national...
Indiana farmer manages paralysis and agricultural duties
ROYAL CENTER, Ind. (AP) — When a vehicle crash left Evan Criswell paralyzed from the navel down, he didn't let it keep him from his lifelong dream of farming. The 26-year-old continues to contribute to his family farming operation's crop-growing a...
County in western Oklahoma loses nutrition program
CORDELL, Okla. (AP) — A western Oklahoma county has lost its federally funded nutrition program for young children and pregnant women. Administrators of the Cordell Memorial Hospital in Washita County announced Monday that it could no longer provide...
Puerto Rico betting on medical marijuana to help ease crisis
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jesus Aponte pushes a door open to reveal hundreds of aromatic, spiky green plants, a crop that Puerto Rico hopes will help it ease a grinding economic crisis by generating millions in revenue and tens of thousands of j...
Wisconsin company holds 'chip party' to microchip workers
RIVER FALLS, Wis. (AP) — A brief sting is all employees of a Wisconsin technology company said they felt Tuesday when they received a microchip implant in their hand that will allow them to open doors, log onto computers or buy breakroom snacks by si...
Apple's next big leap might be into augmented reality
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Apple's iPhone may be ready for its next big act — as a springboard into "augmented reality," a technology that projects life-like images into real-world settings viewed through a screen. If you've heard about AR at all, it'...
Creating a high-speed internet lane for emergency situations
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) During large disasters, like hurricanes, wildfires and terrorist attacks, people want emergency responders to arrive...
White House investigating email prank against top officials
WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House acknowledged Tuesday that top officials, including President Donald Trump's homeland security adviser, responded to a British-based email prankster. Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the White House is i...
Study in Washington state suggests pot use relieves stress
SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — Perhaps the Dude was onto something. Scientists at Washington State University have found evidence that regular marijuana users stay more relaxed in stressful situations. The study found that daily cannabis users were s...
Driver won't leave burning car, tells police he's a mechanic
PELHAM, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire police say they were forced to drag a driver out of his burning car after it crashed into a tree and he refused to leave, telling them he was a mechanic. Police say a witness reported the crash in Pelham on Monday n...
Kansas collects $7.6M more in taxes than expected in July
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas collected $7.6 million more in taxes than anticipated in July, which was the first month under an income tax increase enacted by legislators by overriding Republican Gov. Sam Brownback's veto. Brownback's budget director a...
