Articles from the September 13, 2017 edition
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Police ID victim of Kansas City, Kansas, shooting as man, 31
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — Authorities have identified a man killed in a shooting that left two others wounded near the University of Kansas Medical Center complex in Kansas City, Kansas. Police said in a news release Monday that the victim was 3...
Anti-fracking protesters hold rally at the wrong house
LONGMONT, Colo. (AP) — Anti-fracking activists wanted to protest a Colorado official for not being tough enough on the oil and gas industry, but the official says they went to the wrong house. The Longmont Times-Call reports (http...
Danica Patrick done at Stewart-Haas after '17, future unsure
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Danica Patrick, the only female driver at NASCAR's top level, is likely at the end of her driving career after a sponsorship shake-up left her without a ride at Stewart-Haas Racing. Patrick posted a statement on her Facebook p...
US judge cites tribal sovereignty in dismissing coal lawsuit
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — A U.S. district judge cited tribal sovereignty in dismissing a lawsuit aimed at shutting down a coal-fired power plant and adjacent mine near the Arizona-New Mexico border. The lawsuit by environmental groups was targeting t...
Colorado fines oil and gas company $225,000 over 2016 spill
DENVER (AP) — Colorado has fined an oil and gas company $225,000 for a pipeline leak that contaminated soil and water on a hunting ranch in the western part of the state. The Denver Post reported Monday (http://dpo.st/2wUUiYN) that the state Oil a...
US Supreme Court asked to hear West Virginia gas case
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Landowners have asked the U.S. Supreme Court to review the reversal by West Virginia's highest court concluding natural gas companies can deduct post-production costs from the royalties paid landowners for mineral rights. I...
In Persian Gulf, computer hacking now a cross-border fear
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — From suspected Iranian cyberattacks on Saudi Arabia to leaked emails causing consternation among nominally allied Arab nations, state-sponsored hacks have become an increasing worry among countries across the P...
Oil will keep flowing, but UN sanctions hit North Korea hard
TOKYO (AP) — North Korea will be feeling the pain of new United Nations sanctions targeting some of its biggest remaining foreign revenue streams. But the Security Council eased off the biggest target of all: the oil the North needs to stay alive, a...
Cyprus: new gas deposit too small to exploit, hopes for more
NICOSIA, Cyprus (AP) — A gas field discovered off Cyprus that contains "less than" 0.5 trillion cubic feet of the hydrocarbon is too small to make it commercially viable on its own, Cyprus' energy minister said Tuesday. But Yiorgos Lakkotrypis s...
Harvey's flooding blamed in major gasoline spill in Texas
Hurricane Harvey's floodwaters triggered a spill of almost a half-million gallons of gasoline from two storage tanks along the Houston Ship Channel, marking the largest spill reported to date from a storm that slammed into the heart of Texas' huge...
Zinke directs more aggressive approach to prevent wildfires
WASHINGTON (AP) — Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke on Tuesday directed all land managers and park superintendents to be more aggressive in cutting down small trees and underbrush to prevent wildfires as the smoke-choked West faces one of the worst fire...
Hurricane Irma delivers serious punch to Florida agriculture
Florida fruit growers and farmers have just barely begun to assess the damage Hurricane Irma wrought on the state's citrus, sugar cane and vegetable crops — but they expect it will be significant. With power and communications still out across m...
Report: Kansas corn production forecast down from last year
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A government report is forecasting that the Kansas farmers will harvest smaller corn and sorghum crops this fall. The National Agricultural Statistics Service said Tuesday that the state's corn production is expected to come i...
Number of organic farms increases in Iowa
CASCADE, Iowa (AP) — The number of organic farms in Iowa is growing rapidly, but they still constitute only a small percentage of farms in the state. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture show that Iowa has seen a 42 percent increase in o...
Winter wheat moving again to Gulf Coast export facilities
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — Hard red winter wheat exports are flowing again from the Plains states to the battered Gulf Coast for shipment overseas. Grain export facilities along the Gulf coast suffered little damage from Hurricane Harvey, but the r...
Small grain harvest wrapping up across North Dakota
FARGO, N.D. (AP) — The small grain harvest is wrapping up across much of North Dakota. The U.S. Department of Agriculture's weekly crop report says the spring wheat harvest is 94 percent complete. That's on pace with last year but ahead of the f...
US officials celebrate desalination plant in New Mexico
ALAMOGORDO, N.M. (AP) — Federal water managers are in New Mexico this week to celebrate the 10th anniversary of a research center dedicated to pursuing technology that can turn brackish groundwater into usable water. Officials with the Bureau of R...
New Mexico prosecutor, insurance company spar over taxes
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A standoff over millions of dollars in insurance premium taxes escalated on Tuesday between New Mexico's attorney general and the state's largest health-care insurance provider. New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas r...
Missouri paramedic replaced pain-killing drugs with water
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A former employee of two northwest Missouri ambulance service has admitted that he replaced pain-killing drugs in ambulances with sterile water. Federal prosecutors say 31-year-old Joseph Comstock pleaded guilty Tuesday to t...
Rate of Texans without health insurance falls, still tops US
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The number of people without health insurance in Texas continues to decline, but the state still has more residents without coverage than anywhere in the nation. U.S. Census Bureau data released Tuesday shows Texas' 2016 rate o...
Medical school gets $11M grant to set up biomedical center
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The University of New Mexico School of Medicine has received an $11 million federal grant to establish a new biomedical center. The National Institutes of Health funding will be provided over five years for research into b...
Study shows hormone pills don't shorten older women's lives
CHICAGO (AP) — Taking hormone pills for several years after menopause didn't shorten older women's lifespans, according to the longest follow-up yet of landmark research that transformed thinking on risks and benefits of a once popular treatment. T...
First look: Apple's luxury iPhone both copies and innovates
CUPERTINO, Calif. (AP) — As soon as you see the iPhone X up close, you'll realize that it's nothing like any of the previous models that Apple has released during the past decade. But you might notice striking similarities with some of the sleek smar...
New lawsuits, gestures to customers in Equifax data breach
NEW YORK (AP) — Equifax faces new lawsuits and is trying to make new gestures to customers in the wake of its disclosure last week that it exposed vital data like Social Security numbers of about 143 million Americans. It's already come under fire f...
US updates self-driving car guidelines as more hit the road
ANN ARBOR, Mich. (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday unveiled updated safety guidelines for self-driving cars aimed at clearing barriers for automakers and tech companies wanting to get test vehicles on the road. The new voluntary g...