Articles from the August 25, 2017 edition
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Mexico's oil output falls below 2 million barrels per day
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico's crude oil output has fallen below 2 million barrels per day for the first time since comparable records were kept starting in 1990. State-owned oil company Petroleos Mexicanos reports on its website that average daily o...
Wheat virus causes Kansas farmers to lose $76.8M
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Last week, Hamilton County farmer Jason Ochs was already out in his sprayer, doing what he hopes others in the region are doing this time of year. He was taking care of his volunteer wheat. The Kansas wheat industry is e...
South Dakota farmers face destroyed crops from herbicide
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota farmers are reporting crops devastated by herbicide drift. The Argus Leader reports that farmers believe the herbicide to be dicamba, which is used for weed control. Three dicamba products are registered for u...
Arkansas governor proceeds with Human Services proposal
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson's administration is moving forward with a proposed state Department of Human Services technology contract despite a majority of senators voting twice against reviewing the proposal. House m...
Amazon to cut prices on Whole Foods staples like eggs, beef
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon plans to use its deep pockets to make big changes at Whole Foods, saying it will cut prices on bananas, eggs, salmon, beef and more when it completes its $13.7 billion takeover next week. Helping Whole Foods win back c...
Shopping by voice on Amazon or Google device could cost you
NEW YORK (AP) — In the name of convenience, Amazon and Walmart are pushing people to shop by just talking to a digital assistant. Shopping by voice means giving orders to the Alexa assistant on Amazon's Echo speaker and other devices, even if your h...
Ayotte: Congress should find common ground on clean energy
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) — Former New Hampshire Republican Sen. Kelly Ayotte says it's time for politicians in Washington to put aside the debate over climate change and focus on furthering efforts to expand renewable energy and other clean energy solution...
Phishing scam attacks University of Illinois computers
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) — A two-part computer "phishing" scam made to steal banking passwords attacked University of Illinois computer users and their off-campus email contacts from as far as Ohio. UI Technology Services spokesman Brian Mertz tells T...
Tanzania to use drone network to deliver critical medicines
KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Drones soon will be used in Tanzania to deliver medicines to health facilities across the East African country, continuing a trend of African governments embracing drone networks to deliver critical services. Tanzania's g...
Using science to improve the practice of interrogation
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The release of the US Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report on the CIA’s detention and interrogation program...
Three Oklahomans win big in Powerball lottery
OKLAHOMA CITY – You may not have won one of the largest grand prizes in lottery history, but Oklahoma officials say you should still check your tickets! The winning numbers to Wednesday’s Powerball were 6,7,16,23,26 and the Powerball was 4. The winni...
Peru discovers in pre-Incan site tomb of 16 Chinese migrants
LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian archeologists have discovered in a sacred pre-Incan site the bodies of 16 men from China who arrived to South America almost two centuries ago as semi-enslaved workers. The secret tomb in Lima is the biggest burial site o...
Egypt archaeologists uncover tombs dating back to Roman era
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt's Antiquities Ministry says that archaeologists have uncovered five tombs from the Roman era, dating back to more than 2,000 years. Thursday's statement says the discovery was made in a western desert area known as Beir a...
Couple who met on a bus 13 years ago now get married on one
NEW YORK (AP) — A New York City couple who met on a bus 13 years ago have now gotten married on one. Random passengers and 50 guests joined Kara Mullins and Osvaldo "O.J." Jimenez for their wedding on an M14 bus on Sunday. Jimenez told Mullins, "...
Philadelphia Eagles fan gets last laugh with obituary
PORT REPUBLIC, N.J. (AP) — A New Jersey man took a parting shot at the Philadelphia Eagles in his obituary. Jeffrey Riegel, 56, died last Friday. Before his death, the Port Republic, New Jersey, man promised friends a funny message in his o...
Cops: Man nabbed in New York had license suspended 81 times
OAKDALE, N.Y. (AP) — Authorities say police in New York have arrested a 21-year-old man who had his driver's license suspended 81 times. Suffolk County police say Dillon Garcia, of Medford, was pulled over Wednesday on the Sunrise Highway in O...
Pennsylvania couple sees image of Jesus in baby's sonogram
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) — A Pennsylvania couple says Jesus showed up in their daughter's sonogram picture, easing their concerns after two other children were born with birth defects. Alicia Zeek and Zach Smith tell WPMT-TV (http://bit.ly/2wqRJxx ) t...
Couple gives New Jersey waitress $1,200 tip on $20 food bill
WOODBRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — Some talk and laughs paid off for a waitress in New Jersey. Brianna Siegel served a couple on Tuesday evening at Bar Louie in Woodbridge. After they paid their $20 bill, they handed her an envelope and told her to open it w...
Kansas man charged with murder in death of infant son
EUREKA, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have charged a Greenwood County man with first-degree murder and child abuse after his 6-month-old son died in a Wichita hospital. The Emporia Gazette reported that 22-year-old Benny Clark of Reece was charged T...
No. 20 K-State bucks Big 12 trend with ground-based offense
MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — Kansas State coach Bill Snyder has spent most of the past three decades at the forefront of offensive innovation, going back to his pass-happy days as the offensive coordinator at Iowa. Indeed, it was his air-it-out style t...
Escaped inmates spotted at Oklahoma convenience store
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The search for two escaped inmates considered armed and dangerous moved to northeast Oklahoma on Thursday after they were spotted at a convenience store in the Tulsa suburb of Sapulpa, according to the deputy sheriff leading t...
Jury in Kansas rejects bias claim against Kobach's office
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Jurors on Thursday rejected a former employee's claim that she was fired from Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach's office in part because she didn't attend church. The jury rejected Courtney Canfield's claim in a federal l...
Court unseals documents in ex-cop's sexual assault case
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Unsealed documents in the case of a former Oklahoma City police officer convicted of rape show a secret hearing was held to determine whether personnel records that could help his appeal should be released. Oklahoma's Court of C...
US senator announces end to annual pigeon shoots
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A yearslong battle between an animal rights group and a U.S. senator from Oklahoma about shooting pigeons has ended with Sen. Jim Inhofe agreeing not to hold the event again. Inhofe's re-election campaign had hosted annual p...
Teacher pay, budget hole among topics discussed by leaders
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gov. Mary Fallin's chief budget negotiator says fiscal staffers in the Oklahoma House, Senate and governor's office are looking at a variety of revenue sources to both make up for $215 million in lost revenue and to pay for an i...