Articles from the December 16, 2018 edition
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Italian scientist eyes plant growth at nuclear repository
CARLSBAD, N.M. (AP) — The unique geology at the United States' only underground nuclear waste repository recently drew a researcher from across the Atlantic Ocean. Scientist Maurizo Tomasi of Rome, Italy, journeyed to the Waste Isolation Pilot P...
South Dakota researcher working on fire-risk estimation tool
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — South Dakota's state fire meteorologist is part of a coalition using satellite technology to notify fire managers when fuels are abnormally dry. Darren Clabo, a research scientist and instructor at the South Dakota School o...
More than 50 head of cattle taken in Colorado
AURORA, Colo. (AP) — Colorado police are investigating the theft of more than 50 head of cattle worth about $75,000 from a ranch. Rancher Ray Wooters says the theft of his cattle occurred at night this week possibly by two people on horseback who w...
By AP FACT CHECK: Trump floats fictions about the border
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump's relationship with the truth tends to be borderline, at best, when it comes to the border. So it was this past week when he made a flurry of false or unsupported statements about immigration. He said, with n...
Ruling to strike down health law puts GOP in a quandary
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge's ruling that the Obama health law is unconstitutional has landed like a stink bomb among Republicans, who've seen the politics of health care flip as Americans increasingly value the overhaul's core parts, i...
Kentucky's hepatitis A outbreak surpasses 3,000 cases
LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky health officials say more than 3,000 cases of hepatitis A have been reported in an outbreak that has entered its second year. WKYT-TV reports Kentucky Department for Public Health statistics show 19 people have died i...
Is the FDA being Grinch-like in raising concerns about raw cookie dough?
(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) (THE CONVERSATION) For many people, the holiday ritual of baking cookies isn’t complete without also eating some of the raw dough. In m...
New prescription drug is giving hope to opioid addicts
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) — For 16 years, prescription opioids ruled Jo Pagel's life. From 2001 to 2017, she battled cancerous tumors in her breasts, lymph nodes and uterus while fighting an addiction to OxyContin. "I didn't know a thing about it," P...
Trucker saves dogs thrown from vehicle on New York highway
NEW YORK (AP) — A pair of beagle mixes are on the mend after authorities say someone threw them out of a moving vehicle on a snowy New York highway. The dogs were rescued by a passing trucker, but one was so badly mangled that a front leg had to b...
Family of migrant girl disputes official story on her death
The family of a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody is disputing an account from U.S. officials who said she had not been given food or water for days. In a statement released by lawyers, the parents of Jakelin Caal said...
Baylor ties pervade rape case that sparked uproar
DALLAS (AP) — The Texas judge who approved a plea deal allowing a former Baylor University student accused of rape to avoid jail time holds three degrees from Baylor. The criminal district attorney overseeing the case holds two. The prosecutor who a...
Ukraine Orthodox leaders approve break with Russian church
KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian Orthodox leaders on Saturday approved the creation of a unified church independent of the Moscow Patriarchate and elected a leader to head that new church — a move that could exponentially raise tensions with nei...
No injuries in southeastern Oklahoma train derailment
McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Authorities in southeastern Oklahoma so no injuries were reported following an early-morning train derailment. Officials say a Union Pacific train derailed about 6:30 a.m. Sunday in a rural area north of Kiowa, about 105 m...
$14.4 million awarded for bus rapid transit in Oklahoma City
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City officials plan to build a rapid transit bus line with a $14.4 million federal grant. The U.S. Department of Transportation funds will pay for an 8-mile bus line that will connect downtown Oklahoma City with r...
Goats cut overgrowth for Oklahoma Girl Scouts, Midwest City
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A group of Oklahoma City Girl Scouts and the government of a nearby city have handed over landscaping duties to goats. The Journal Record reports the American Institute for Goat Research at Langston University has loaned a s...
Kansas travelers will see new interpretive signs on byways
TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — Kansas travelers will see new or upgraded interpretive signs along 12 scenic or historic byways. State officials say the signs can be found at 39 locations on the byways, which are roads that highlight the beauty, history and h...
Leavenworth County Historical Society planning expansion
LEAVENWORTH, Kan. (AP) — The Leavenworth County Historical Society has launched a campaign to build and endow a research center at the Carroll Mansion Museum. The society has been preserving and promoting Leavenworth's history for nearly 65 years. T...
Talks adopt 'rulebook' to put Paris climate deal into action
KATOWICE, Poland (AP) — Almost 200 nations, including the world's top greenhouse gas producers, China and the United States, have adopted a set of rules meant to breathe life into the 2015 Paris climate accord by setting out how countries should r...
Child's death highlights communication barriers on border
Shortly before a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl died in U.S. custody, her father signed a form stating that his daughter was in good health. But it's unclear how much the man understood on the form, which was written in English and read to him in...
Residents raise money for statue of Sandy Hook victim's dog
BETHLEHEM, Conn. (AP) — A group of residents in the Connecticut town where the principal of Sandy Hook Elementary School once worked is raising money for a statue to honor the victim of the massacre. But the Bethlehem residents don't want a statue o...
New Nevada attorney general: Background check law a priority
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's new attorney general wants to find a way to implement a stalled, voter-approved gun background check law when he takes office early next year after his predecessor said the measure couldn't be enforced. Democrat Aaron F...
After fraud probe, new primary may replace GOP candidate
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Legislation quickly passed by North Carolina's lawmakers this week would prepare a path for Republicans to dump their nominee in a still-undecided U.S. House race marred with ballot fraud allegations. "I think (legislators a...
Tea thrown into harbor for anniversary of Boston Tea Party
BOSTON (AP) — Tea will once again be thrown into Boston Harbor to mark the 245th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party. Sunday is the anniversary of the protest during which colonists protesting taxation without representation threw British tea into Bo...
Next-generation of GPS satellites are headed to space
DENVER (AP) — After months of delays, the U.S. Air Force is about to launch the first of a new generation of GPS satellites, designed to be more accurate, secure and versatile. But some of their most highly touted features will not be fully a...
Giuliani: 'Over my dead body' will Mueller interview Trump
WASHINGTON (AP) — With a number of probes moving closer to the Oval Office, President Donald Trump and his attorney unleased a fresh series of attacks Sunday on the investigators, questioning their integrity while categorically ruling out the possibi...
