Articles from the September 27, 2017 edition
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Column: A lot of nervous people wait for other shoe to drop
The seamy underbelly of college basketball has always existed, despite the halfhearted and mostly futile efforts by the NCAA to make sure everybody plays fair. Now that it's finally been penetrated by real lawmen, the only question is how many...
Topeka student arrested after threat against school
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — A Topeka high school student was arrested after reportedly making social media threats against the school. The student at Seaman High School was arrested Monday night. The student was taken to juvenile intake for making a c...
Texas firm awarded $19M for storing New Mexico nuclear waste
LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) — A Texas firm is being awarded a contract worth more than $19 million to continue storing radioactive waste from a federal laboratory that was initially intended to be disposed of at an underground government site in s...
New Mexico receives road money as part of settlement
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico has received almost $27 million from the U.S. Energy Department as part of a settlement reached over a radiation release that forced a nearly three-year shutdown at the federal government's only underground n...
Tribal leader irked by state deal with Dakota Access builder
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — The leader of the Standing Rock Sioux and an attorney for private North Dakota landowners believe the builder of the Dakota Access pipeline got off too lightly when it settled allegations by state regulators that it violated r...
Syngenta settles US farmer lawsuits in China corn trade case
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Swiss agribusiness giant Syngenta said Tuesday it has agreed to settle tens of thousands of U.S. lawsuits by farmers over the company's rollout of a genetically engineered corn seed variety before China approved it for imports. T...
Utah residents ask Supreme Court to hear prairie dog case
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Residents in southern Utah asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday to hear their case claiming federal safeguards for Utah prairie dogs have prevented them from doing what they want with their private property. The rules b...
US, Mexico expand pact on managing overused Colorado River
DENVER (AP) — The United States and Mexico have agreed to renew and expand a far-reaching conservation agreement that governs how they manage the overused Colorado River, which supplies water to millions of people and to farms in both nations, U...
Quality of Idaho wheat crop 'superb' this year
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Although Idaho wheat production is down 9 percent from last year and 5 percent from the five-year average, growers and industry leaders are reporting excellent overall quality. The Capital Press reports (http://bit.ly/2xK5qI5 ) I...
With his wells declining, Kansas farmer tries new approach
HOLCOMB, Kan. (AP) — On a 100-degree day in July, Dwane Roth could see his neighbors' irrigation pivots pumping water to the corn fields around him. A handful of years ago, he had the same mentality. In a climate where rain comes sparingly, he transl...
China postpones food import controls after global outcry
BEIJING (AP) — China has delayed enforcing sweeping new controls on food imports following complaints by the United States, Europe and other trading partners that they would disrupt billions of dollars in trade. Rules requiring each food shipment t...
Patient at center of Utah nurse's high-profile arrest dies
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A hospital patient who a Utah nurse said she was protecting when she refused to allow police to draw his blood has died. William Gray, a commercial truck driver and reserve police officer, died late Monday of the injuries he s...
Child abuse, neglect strain New Mexico protection program
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico's child protection system is straining to keep pace with an increase in abuse and neglect cases, despite increased public spending, according to a report from state analysts released Tuesday. The report from the n...
Feds accused of improperly detaining pregnant immigrants
HOUSTON (AP) — Immigrants' rights advocates filed a complaint Tuesday with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security over what they say is the inhumane treatment of pregnant women being held in detention, including one who had a miscarriage. The c...
Study: 'Morning-after pill' tougher to buy in Colorado
DENVER (AP) — Researchers have found the "morning-after pill" is not always as accessible as the law allows in Colorado. The Denver Post reports (http://dpo.st/2xvFKzg ) researchers from the University of Colorado medicine and pharmacy schools a...
Panel hears emotional appeals on medical aid in dying bill
BOSTON (AP) — When the time comes, Michael Martignetti isn't sure whether he'll ask his doctor for medication to end his life peacefully. But he wants that option to be there. "If one day I am terminally ill and I am facing a drawn-out, painful d...
How the anal cancer epidemic in gay and bi HIV-positive men can be prevented
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Almost 620,000 gay and bisexual men in the United States were living with HIV in 2014, and 100,000 of these men were...
US sexually transmitted disease hit another high
NEW YORK (AP) — Health officials are reporting another record increase in infections from three sexually transmitted diseases. More than 2 million new cases of chlamydia (kluh-MID'-ee-uh), gonorrhea (gah-nuh-REE'-uh) and syphilis were reported in t...
Drug companies ask Oklahoma judge to dismiss opioid lawsuit
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Drug companies have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed by Oklahoma's attorney general accusing them of fueling the state's opioid epidemic through fraudulent marketing. About a dozen pharmaceutical companies, including Purd...
Buyer beware: Long-term care costs are surging
Long-term care costs are surging again and the most expensive option — a private nursing home room — may soon top $100,000 per year. Growing labor expenses and sicker patients helped push the median cost of care that includes adult day care and ass...
Opioid epidemic causing rise in hepatitis C infections and other serious illnesses
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) Many Americans now know that, over the past decade, opioid addiction and deaths from opioid overdose in the U.S....
Need more room? Twitter testing 280-character limit
NEW YORK (AP) — Need more room to type those deep thoughts? Twitter is testing a 280-character limit for tweets, doubling the current length restriction that's been in place since the company's founding 11 years ago. The test is being made a...
Why don't big companies keep their computer systems up-to-date?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The Equifax hack, exposing 143 million people’s personal data to unknown cybercriminals starting in March but not mad...
Vacuum maker Dyson is building an electric car
DETROIT (AP) — Dyson Ltd., the British company best known for its vacuum cleaners, is working on an electric car that it says will be launched by 2020. In an email to staff Tuesday, Dyson founder and chief engineer James Dyson said he has a team o...
Twitter explains why Trump North Korea tweet wasn't removed
WASHINGTON (AP) — Twitter cited President Donald Trump's "newsworthiness" and the public interest as reasons why it declined to remove a tweet that added to the fiery rhetoric between the United States and North Korea. Trump tweeted Saturday : "...
