Articles from the September 8, 2017 edition
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US: Venezuela sanctions aim at behavior, not regime change
WASHINGTON (AP) — New sanctions on Venezuela aren't aimed at regime change but rather to push President Nicolas Maduro's government to restore democratic standards after he started a process to rewrite his nation's constitution, a top U.S. o...
EPA says Oklahoma oil company's spill cleaned up in Houston
HOUSTON (AP) — A spokeswoman for the Environmental Protection Agency says a 2,500-gallon oil spill at an Oklahoma company's Houston-area facility has been cleaned up. EPA spokeswoman Liz Bowman said the agency had closely coordinated with the U.S. C...
Oregon town seeks solutions to wild turkeys, their droppings
PILOT ROCK, Ore. (AP) — A small Oregon city is asking the state for advice on how to handle a flock of wild turkeys that are ruining gardens and leaving droppings just about everywhere. Officials in Pilot Rock, a city of 1,500 people about 230 m...
Grant to fund planting of bee-friendly flora in Missouri
JOPLIN, Mo. (AP) — It is a bleak time to be a bee, and that's bad news for humans. The insects' population is declining in North America, the result of shrinking habitats and pesticide use, raising alarm about the future of species that play a key r...
Northwest sees increases in estimated farmland values
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Agricultural land values in Idaho, Oregon and Washington increased this year while the national average remained unchanged. Estimations from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Agricultural Statistics Service showed t...
Report: Kansas wheat crop had lower protein levels
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) — A report shows Kansas farmers harvested a winter wheat crop this year that had lower than usual protein levels. The report issued Thursday by the National Agricultural Statistics Service and Kansas Grain Inspection Service s...
Kansas State Fair getting ready to open in Hutchinson
HUTCHINSON, Kan. (AP) — The Kansas State Fair is getting ready to open in Hutchinson. The annual fair starts Friday and runs through Sept. 17 on the Kansas State Fairgrounds in Hutchinson. Events include a grape stomp Saturday to help celebrate t...
Missouri food bank receives 35K pounds of pork
COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) — More than 35,000 pounds (16 metric tons) of pork has been donated to the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri as part of a push to end hunger and increase food security. The Columbia Missourian reports that Smithfield F...
Vietnam to resume importing dried distillers grains from US
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — U.S. Sen. John Hoeven say Vietnam is resuming imports of dried distillers grains produced in the U.S., creating another market for North Dakota producers. The North Dakota Ethanol Council says ethanol plants in the state p...
Parkinson's disease: New drugs and treatments, but where are the doctors?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) For many, hearing the word “Parkinson’s” conjures an image of tremors. But Parkinson’s disease, brought about b...
Arkansas asks court not to reconsider abortion pill ruling
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Arkansas is asking a federal appeals court to not reconsider a panel's decision to clear the way for the state to restrict how the abortion pill is administered. Attorney General Leslie Rutledge asked the 8th U.S. Circuit C...
Local knitters create handmade breast prosthesis for women
ROME, Ga. (AP) — The term Knitted Knockers may sound a little silly but it's actually an international movement that's helping millions of women around the world. Barrie Turney is leading to charge in getting local knitters to create handmade b...
Governors back bipartisan Senate bid to control health costs
WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of Republican and Democratic governors became the latest voices Thursday to endorse a bipartisan Senate drive to control health insurance costs, in defiance of President Donald Trump. Trump has threatened to block federal s...
Individual health premiums rising 27 percent in Colorado
DENVER (AP) — People who buy their own health insurance will be charged an average of 27 percent more next year in Colorado. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/2eNp6U7 ) that the average increase for individual premiums approved Wednesday by s...
Why UN sanctions against North Korea's missile program failed
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The past few months have seen the coming of age of North Korea’s nuclear weapons capability. For most of the last 2...
Amazon hunting for 2nd home, cities start lining up to apply
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon, bursting out of its Seattle headquarters, is hunting for a second home. Must haves: A prime location, close to transit, with plenty of space to grow. The company said Thursday it will spend more than $5 billion to build a...
All NFL games will air online, but watching won't be easy
NEW YORK (AP) — Every NFL football game will be shown live online this season — but that doesn't mean you'll be able to watch them. New this year is the ability to watch with an Amazon Prime or a CBS All-Access subscription. Even so, the sports uni...
Why your disaster kit needs a home inventory
Imagine losing everything in a disaster like Hurricane Harvey, then having to list all of your possessions to file an insurance claim — every plate, holiday decoration and piece of clothing for starters. Without a home inventory, this would be the t...
Massive sunspots and huge solar flares mean unexpected space weather for Earth
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) If you still have your solar viewing glasses from the eclipse, now is a good time to slap them on and look up at the...
The world is facing a global sand crisis
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) When people picture sand spread across idyllic beaches and endless deserts, they understandably think of it as an...
Hurricane Irma likely to be far worse than monster Andrew
WASHINGTON (AP) — For an entire generation in South Florida, Hurricane Andrew was the monster storm that reshaped a region. Irma is likely to blow that out of the water. Bigger and with a 90-degree different path of potential destruction, Irma is f...
Survivors of Oak Island shark attacks adjust
WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — Kiersten Yow has a different relationship with the ocean these days. Though she's visited Carolina Beach and the Outer Banks the past two summers, she hasn't waded back into the water since the summer of 2015, when she lost p...
New Mexico governor looking to appeal ruling on vetoed bills
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico Gov. Susana Martinez is asking for time to appeal a ruling overturning vetoes before the bills become law. District Judge Sarah Singleton had overturned the governor's 10 vetoes last month and ruled that Martinez d...
Geophysicist: Weight of Harvey rains caused Houston to sink
HOUSTON (AP) — A California geophysicist says the sheer weight of the torrential rains brought by Harvey has caused Houston to sink by 2 centimeters. Chris Milliner, a postdoctoral fellow at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory at the California I...
Dry Jordan launches project to grow crops from seawater
AQABA, Jordan (AP) — Water-poor Jordan on Thursday launched a project using seawater to produce crops with clean energy. Jordan's King Abdullah II and Crown Prince Haakon of Norway, which contributed most of the $3.7 million cost, inaugurated the f...
