Articles from the December 14, 2017 edition
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Nobody hurt in Central Texas natural gas pipeline fire
SOMERVILLE, Texas (AP) — Authorities are trying to determine what sparked a natural gas pipeline fire in Central Texas in an early-morning blaze that could be seen for several miles. The Burleson County Sheriff's Office says nobody was hurt in the f...
By WTO summit ends without substantial deals after US criticism
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — A World Trade Organization conference dampened from the start by criticism from the United States ended Wednesday without any substantial agreements. The ministerial-level meeting that wrapped up in Argentina's capital...
Tiny homes allowed on unincorporated areas of El Paso County
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — El Paso County commissioners have agreed to allow tiny homes in unincorporated areas of their county in east central Colorado. The Gazette reports the commissioners unanimously voted on Tuesday to change land use c...
Officials investigate deaths of over 40 South Dakota cattle
FEDORA, S.D. (AP) — Officials are investigating the deaths of more than 40 cattle on a farm south of Fedora. The Daily Republic reports that the Miner County Sheriff's Office says 42 heifers and 1 bull died between Nov. 1 and Nov. 7 on the farm. A...
US teen use of marijuana remains high, vaping may be factor
NEW YORK (AP) — Teen use of marijuana remains high and vaping appears to be one reason, a new U.S. survey shows. One in 10 high school seniors said they had vaped marijuana at least once in the past year. It was the first time the annual survey asked...
Texas' most populous county sues opioid manufacturers
HOUSTON (AP) — The state's most populous county has become the nation's latest governmental entity to sue prescription drug companies amid a national opioid-drug epidemic. Harris County, where Houston is located, filed its lawsuit in state d...
Expecting dad stages his own pregnancy photo shoot
PEABODY, Mass. (AP) — An expecting father in Massachusetts has shown off his paternal glow with a pregnancy photo shoot. Peabody resident Nick Roberts surprised his pregnant girlfriend with the photos at their gender reveal party in June before t...
UK surgeon admits signing initials on patients' livers
LONDON (AP) — A British surgeon has admitted assaulting two patients by burning his initials into their livers during transplant operations. Simon Bramhall pleaded guilty Wednesday to two counts of assault, in a case a prosecutor called "without l...
Flu outbreak forces closure of elementary school in Yukon
YUKON, Okla. (AP) — A flu outbreak that has sickened almost one-third of the students at an elementary school in an Oklahoma City suburb has forced the campus to close. Yukon Public Schools Superintendent Jason Simeroth says classes at Central E...
Fort Worth expands ordinance to ban smoking in bars
FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Fort Worth has become one of the last major cities in Texas to ban smoking in bars. Beginning March 12, smoking will be banned in bars and bingo parlors in the city. The City Council on Tuesday voted 8-1 to approve updates t...
Mental health care worries linger 5 years after Sandy Hook
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — Anguished mothers with mentally ill children have sought out Liza Long for help ever since she wrote an essay, "I am Adam Lanza's Mother," comparing experiences with her son to the emotionally troubled 20-year-old who c...
AP Explains: What is net neutrality and why does it matter?
NEW YORK (AP) — "Net neutrality" regulations, designed to prevent internet service providers like Verizon, AT&T, Comcast and Charter from favoring some sites and apps over others, are on the chopping block. On Thursday, the Federal Communications Com...
Justice Department confirms criminal probe in Uber case
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A recent letter from the U.S. Attorney's office confirms that the Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation connected to allegations that a former Uber executive stole self-driving car technology from a Google s...
As 'net neutrality' vote nears, some brace for a long fight
NEW YORK (AP) — As the federal government prepares to unravel sweeping net-neutrality rules that guaranteed equal access to the internet, advocates of the regulations are bracing for a long fight. The Thursday vote scheduled at the Federal C...
Microsoft updates Bing search to highlight reputable results
BOSTON (AP) — Microsoft on Wednesday rolled out new features on its Bing search engine powered by artificial intelligence, including one that summarizes the two opposing sides of contentious questions, and another that measures how many reputable s...
Men plead guilty to creating 'botnet' used to crash the web
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) — Three men pleaded guilty to creating a "botnet" known as Mirai that was used to paralyze chunks of the internet in 2016. Paras Jha, Josiah White and Dalton Norman admitted to one count of conspiracy in plea agreements f...
Cellphone company T-Mobile to launch TV service next year
NEW YORK (AP) — T-Mobile is launching a TV service next year, becoming the latest company to marry wireless and video. The service will target people who aren't interested in traditional cable and satellite TV packages. T-Mobile promises to address c...
Alexa, can I do my holiday shopping through you?
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a few weeks before Christmas and time to put my voice assistant to the test: Could I just shout out the gifts I needed to buy without having to get on a smartphone or computer? Alexa, the virtual assistant inside my Echo D...
Study: Almost 45 million tons of e-waste discarded last year
BERLIN (AP) — A new study claims 44.7 million metric tons (49.3 million tons) of TV sets, refrigerators, cellphones and other electrical good were discarded last year, with only a fifth recycled to recover the valuable raw materials inside. The U...
Greek court backs extraditing Russian bitcoin suspect to US
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece's Supreme Court has ruled in favor of extraditing a Russian cybercrime suspect to the United States to stand trial for allegedly laundering billions of dollars using the virtual currency bitcoin. Alexander Vinnik made h...
Study: Loss of water in drought caused Sierra Nevada to rise
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Loss of water from rocks during drought caused California's Sierra Nevada to rise nearly an inch (2.5 centimeters) in height from October 2011 to October 2015, according to a new NASA study made public Wednesday. The study also fou...
University of Kansas given $2 million gift from graduate
LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) — A University of Kansas graduate is giving the school $2 million to endow a scholarship in the School of Law and a research fund in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. The university announced the gift from William B...
'Mannequin Skywalker' rides Blue Origin's new crew capsule
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Blue Origin's 'Mannequin Skywalker' has rocketed almost all the way to space, just in time for the new Star Wars movie. The aerospace company led by Amazon's Jeff Bezos launched its New Shepard rocket Tuesday from West T...
Studies: Warming made Harvey's deluge 3 times more likely
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Global warming's fingerprints were all over the record rainfall from Hurricane Harvey this year, confirming what scientists suspected, according to new research. While scientists say man-made climate change didn't trigger H...
Powell high schoolers help with bighorn sheep relocation
POWELL, Wyo. (AP) — One Monday before sunrise, Wyoming Game and Fish biologist Leslie Schreiber was stationed at a small campground 5 miles off the highway on a dusty dirt road east of Lovell. A stiff breeze made the low temperatures u...
