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Farm Bill Doubtful to Override California's Prop 12
JULY 7, 2023: Farmers and ranchers are slightly more optimistic that Congress will get a new farm bill passed this year. However, Successful Farming says they don't think the farm bill will get used t...
Jody Heemstra Jul 07, 2023 DonkeyHotey / CC
America's nonreligious are a growing, diverse phenomenon. They really don't like organized religion
OCTOBER 6, 2023: UNDATED (AP)- Ask Americans what their religion is, and nearly 1 in 3 say this -- none. That's according to the U.S. adults surveyed by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Aff...
Jody Heemstra Oct 06, 2023 Jamie / CC
Indiana doctor reprimanded, fined $3,000 for talking publicly about Ohio 10-year-old's abortion
MAY 26, 2023, UPDATE: INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - An Indiana board has decided to reprimand an Indianapolis doctor after finding that she violated patient privacy laws by talking publicly about providing an a...
Jody Heemstra May 26, 2023 Clyde Robinson / CC
National Wheat Organizations disappointed by approval of CP-KCS rail merger
MARCH 17, 2023: U.S. Wheat Associates (USW) and the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG) are disappointed that the Surface Transportation Board (STB) has approved the Canadian Pacific Railway'...
Jody Heemstra Mar 17, 2023
Judge rejects Zooey Zephyr bid to return to Montana House
MAY 2, 2023: HELENA, Mont. (AP) - Rep. Zooey Zephyr, the transgender Montana lawmaker who was silenced after telling Republicans they would have blood on their hands for opposing gender-affirming heal...
Jody Heemstra May 03, 2023
Meet the 14-year-old who won the Scripps National Spelling Bee with 'psammophile'
JUNE 2, 2023: OXON HILL, Md. (AP) - Dev Shah is the champion of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. The 14-year-old from Largo, Florida, had his spelling career interrupted by the pandemic, then didn't...
Jody Heemstra Jun 02, 2023
Human remains have likely been recovered from the Titan submersible wreckage, US Coast Guard says
JUNE 28, 2023, UPDATE: PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Human remains have likely been recovered from the wreckage of the submersible that imploded during an underwater voyage to view the Titanic, the U.S. Coas...
Jody Heemstra Jun 29, 2023
DEA's most corrupt agent: Parties, sex amid 'unwinnable war'
DECEMBER 1, 2022: SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) - José Irizarry accepts that he's known as the most corrupt agent in U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration history, admitting he conspired with Colom...
Jody Heemstra Dec 01, 2022 Steve Mays / CC
California sets a special election for US House seat left vacant by exit of former Speaker McCarthy
JANUARY 9, 2024: LOS ANGELES (AP) - California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday set a mid-March special election date to fill the U.S. House seat vacated by former Speaker Kevin McCarthy. In a s...
Jody Heemstra Jan 09, 2024
Animal sedative adds new suffering to opioid drug crisis, but is it driving up deaths?
JUNE 23, 2023: WASHINGTON (AP) - A powerful animal sedative in the illicit drug supply is complicating the U.S. response to the opioid crisis. It's called xylazine (pronounced ZY'-lah-zeen). It's not ...
Jody Heemstra Jun 23, 2023 Steve Snodgrass / CC