Articles from the November 25, 2018 edition
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No final report 1 year after Keystone oil leak
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — It's been a year since the Keystone pipeline leaked about 407,000 gallons of oil in northeastern South Dakota, and while the issue has been mitigated, a final federal investigation report has yet to be released. The rural M...
Outgoing Michigan governor pushing for Great Lakes pipeline
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Rick Snyder hopes to use the final weeks of his tenure to lock in a deal allowing construction of a hotly debated oil pipeline tunnel beneath a channel linking two of the Great Lakes — a plan his successor opp...
AP FACT CHECK: On break, no break by Trump in twisting facts
WASHINGTON (AP) — Displaying a thin grasp of science, President Donald Trump questioned the reality of global warming because it was cold outside. Then came a federal report laying out the severe consequences of climate change and rebutting the notio...
AP Interview: Saudi royal says crown prince is here to stay
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A prominent Saudi royal said Saturday that whether or not heads of state gathered in Argentina next week for the Group of 20 summit warmly engage with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, he is someone "that they h...
Unique firefighting crew has common trait: Military service
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — After being in firefights in Afghanistan and Iraq, members of one of America's newest elite wildfire crews are tasked with fighting fires in rugged country back home. On the U.S. Bureau of Land Management's only hotshot crew f...
Betty Bumpers, widow of ex-Arkansas governor, senator, dies
Betty Bumpers, a former Arkansas first lady who advocated for childhood immunizations nationwide and pushed for limiting nuclear arms proliferation, has died. She was 93. Bumpers, long married to former Arkansas governor and four-term U.S. Sen. Dale...
Naloxone remains controversial to some, but here's why it shouldn't be
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) The overdose-reversing drug naloxone saves thousands of lives each year and is more widely available today than...
Legislators: Draft bill on marijuana set for consideration
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Utah lawmakers and others involved in forging legislation to revise a voter-approved medical marijuana law say they've settled on a new version for consideration during an anticipated December special session. The Utah M...
Iran's Rouhani calls Israel a 'cancerous tumor'
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's President Hassan Rouhani on Saturday called Israel a "cancerous tumor" established by Western countries to advance their interests in the Middle East. Iran's leaders frequently condemn Israel and predict its demise, but Rou...
Ohio logs 900 cases of hepatitis A amid multistate outbreak
SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) — Ohio has logged more than 900 cases of hepatitis A this year amid an outbreak around the state and some neighboring states. The Springfield News-Sun reports Ohio has seen a big jump in cases compared with the past few y...
Fights, escapes, harm: Migrant kids struggle in facilities
HOUSTON (AP) — In one government facility for immigrant youth, a 20-year-old woman who had lied that she was 17 sneaked a needle out of a sewing class and used it to cut herself. In another, cameras captured a boy repeatedly kicking a child in the h...
New lander will add to humans' long fascination with Mars
New lander will add to humans' long fascination with Mars CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — In our solar system family, Mars is Earth's next-of-kin, the next-door relative that has captivated humans for millennia. The attraction is sure to grow with M...
Northwestern sinks Metro State 69-65 in Denver
DENVER, Colo. – Northwestern Oklahoma State University men's basketball held off Metropolitan State Denver (0-2, 0-0 RMAC) in a 69-65 victory for the Rangers' first win of the 2018-19 season. JJ Moorer paced the Rangers (1-2, 0-0 GAC) with a g...
From battlefield to boardroom, veterans follow biz dreams
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. (AP) — Going from the battlefield to the boardroom, many West Virginian veterans have followed their entrepreneurial dreams. The U.S. Small Business Administration classifies two different types of veteran owned businesses; s...
With a smirk, official says Russia will verify moon landings
MOSCOW (AP) — The head of Russia's Roscosmos space agency has said that a proposed Russian mission to the moon will be tasked with verifying that the American moon landings were real, though he appeared to be making a joke. "We have set this o...
Geologist: Prehistoric reptile left tracks at Grand Canyon
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A geology professor from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, said he recently identified fossilized tracks from a reptile along a popular trail in Grand Canyon National Park, a newspaper reported. Professor Steve Rowland t...
Egypt unveils pharaonic tomb found in Luxor
CAIRO (AP) — Egypt says archeologists have found a pharaonic tomb in Luxor housing the mummies of a priest and his wife from the 13th century B.C. Antiquities Minister Khaled el-Anani said Saturday the tomb contains decorative sarcophagi, a t...
Study: Dolphins work together to complete tasks
MARATHON, Fla. (AP) — A year-long study conducted in the Florida Keys shows that bottlenose dolphins work together to perform and complete tasks. The research was performed by Dolphin Research Center in collaboration with a University of Western A...
Police: Man killed by officer at mall was not the shooter
HOOVER, Ala. (AP) — Protesters on Saturday marched through an Alabama shopping mall where police killed a black man they later acknowledged was not the triggerman in a Thanksgiving night shooting that wounded two people. An officer shot and killed 2...
Syria state TV: 50 injured in rebel poison gas attack
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — At least 50 civilians were being treated Saturday following a suspected poison gas attack by Syrian rebel groups on the government-held Aleppo city in the country's north, according to reports in Syrian state media. Most of t...
Natural disasters will be a priority for incoming governors
Governors have a wide range of priorities they want to tackle in the coming year, from tax reform to education. Yet it's a topic that receives less attention on the campaign trail and in their speeches that could determine their success — natural d...
Memos to Nobody: Inside the work of a neglected fed agency
WASHINGTON (AP) — Mark Robbins gets to work at 8:15 each morning and unlocks the door to his office suite. He switches on the lights and the TV news, brews a pot of coffee and pulls out the first files of the day to review. For the next eight h...
Global Catholic nuns urge reporting of sex abuse to police
ROME (AP) — The Catholic Church's global organization of nuns has denounced the "culture of silence and secrecy" surrounding sexual abuse in the church and is urging sisters who have been abused to report the crimes to police and their superiors. T...
US soldier, 2 Afghan troops killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — The U.S. military said Saturday that a service member has been killed in Afghanistan, while in a separate incident two Afghan soldiers died when their helicopter failed to land properly. The brief U.S. military statement d...
The Latest: Oklahoma St beats No. 19 LSU for 3rd place
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. (AP) — The Latest on the AdvoCare Invitational (all times local): 6:15 p.m. Cameron McGriff had 28 points, Lindy Waters added 16, and Oklahoma State defeated No. 19 LSU 90-77 in the third-place game Sunday. Oklahoma State (...