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Woman Accusing Kavanaugh of Sexual Misconduct Comes Forward
President Donald Trump's nomination of Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court was thrust into turmoil Sunday after the woman accusing him of high school-era sexual misconduct told her story publicly for the first time. Democrats immediately called for a delay in a key committee vote set for this later week and a Republican on the closely divided panel said he's "not comfortable" voting on the nomination without first hearing from the accuser.
Kavanaugh accuser speaks out on sexual assault claim
California professor Christine Blasey says Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, when they were high school students in suburban Maryland. Earlier this summer, Christine Blasey Ford wrote a confidential letter to a senior Democratic lawmaker alleging that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh sexually assaulted her more than three decades ago, when they were high school students in suburban Maryland.
Optimism trumps despair, division
Mayors, governors, entrepreneurs, CEOs, investors and celebrities delivered a double-edged message Friday at the close of a climate summit in San Francisco: global warming is making the planet unliveable -- but we know how to fix it. "We are using the sky as an open sewer, it's insane," former US vice president Al Gore told the conference, noting that humanity belches 110 million tons of heat-trapping pollution into the atmosphere every day.
Currents Of Disruption: Rise Of The Drones Provides Tailwind For Component Makers
Drones are quickly expanding beyond their traditional strongholds of the hobbyist and the military, with new applications creating a beneficial environment for component suppliers, say Brad Slingerlend and Denny Fish, co-portfolio managers of the US-based Janus Henderson Global Technology strategy. Commercial applications are driving growth in drones, which will create a $100 billion market by 2020, according to Goldman Sachs.
How ‘Word Cops’ Unmask Anonymous Authors
When you think of forensics, you probably think of bones in a shallow grave or fingerprints at a crime scene. And that's understandable.
Danville schools get more produce through USDA program
The five schools will receive a $77,650 grant to participate in the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Program, the News Gazette reports. The program lets kids grab a fruit or vegetable as a snack at least twice a week during the school day.
Bob Evans recalls sausage links because they may contain plastic, USDA says
Bob Evans Farms is recalling 46,734 pounds of sausage links because they may contain "extraneous materials," including hard plastic, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Thursday. The Ohio-based sausage maker identified five varieties of their products with the potential issue and are asking consumers to throw out or return the packages to their local retailer.
USDA: ND’s corn, soybean crops down in 2018
Based on September 1 conditions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture says North Dakota's soybean harvest is forecast at 236 million bushels, down 2 percent from last year. Soybean acres for harvest are pegged at 6.55 million, 7 percent below 2017.
Sonny’s roadshow: How Trump’s Ag chief sells a trade war to farmers
Breaking off from a tour of dairy operations on a farm in upstate New York, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue tramps across a muddy path to take a sample of sweet corn from an adjacent field. With a wide smile, he shucks the ear and takes a bite, then passes it around to others in the crowd before getting back to his mission: selling farmers on the merits of President Donald Trump's trade war.
Global summit rebukes Trump, cheers on work to aid climate Source: AP
Thousands of mayors, climate activists and business leaders from around the world descended Thursday on San Francisco to cheer on efforts to reduce global warming, even after U.S. President Donald J. Trump signaled his disdain for the issue. The Global Climate Action Summit, organized by California Gov. Jerry Brown, included a report that 27 major cities around the world have seen emissions decrease over a five-year period and are now at least 10 percent lower than their peak.
Lawmakers want US intelligence assessment on fake videos
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday asked for a U.S. intelligence assessment of the threat posed by technology that lets anyone make fake, but realistic, videos of real people saying things they've never said. The rising capabilities of the technology are fueling concerns it could be used to make a bogus video, for example, of an American politician accepting a bribe or of a U.S. or an adversarial foreign leader warning of an impending disaster.
Lawmakers want US intelligence assessment on fake videos Source: AP
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Thursday asked for a U.S. intelligence assessment of the threat posed by technology that lets anyone make fake, but realistic, videos of real people saying things they've never said. The rising capabilities of the technology are fueling concerns it could be used to make a bogus video, for example, of an American politician accepting a bribe or of a U.S. or an adversarial foreign leader warning of an impending disaster.
Thousands of bottles of water for Hurricane Maria victims left on hot tarmac at naval base
People fill containers with water funneled with pipes from a mountain stream in Utuado, Puerto Rico, nearly one month after Hurricane Maria struck on October 19, 2017. Shortages of food and water in areas with only 21.6 percent of grid electricity and 71.58 percent of running water restored.
Don’t play games with it’: Hurricane Florence takes aim at Southeast
People who thought they were safe from the onslaught of Hurricane Florence began boarding up and Georgia's governor declared a state of emergency Wednesday as uncertainty over the path of the monster storm spread worry along the Southeastern coast. Closing in with terrifying winds of 130 mph and potentially catastrophic rain and storm surge, Florence is expected to blow ashore Saturday morning along the North Carolina-South Carolina line, the National Hurricane Center said.
Tory hard Brexiteers launch plan for Northern Ireland
Conservative hard Brexiteers have released proposals which they believe could allow the UK to leave the EU's single market and customs union without the need for a hard border in Ireland. The European Research Group of Tory backbenchers led by Jacob Rees-Mogg believe the Government has allowed the border question to become a roadblock to achieving a Canada-style Free Trade Agreement with the EU.
Take 2 for Washington state: Carbon fee on fall ballot
Voters in Washington state will be asked this fall to do what state and federal leaders have been reluctant to: charge a direct fee on carbon pollution to fight climate change. If the ballot measure passes, it will be the first direct fee or tax charged on carbon emissions in the U.S. Experts say it will prove states can take action even if the Trump administration doesn't, and nudge other states to follow.
EPA moves closer to rolling back Obama-era rules on methane
In this March 25, 2014 file photo, a worker adjusts pipes during a hydraulic fracturing operation at a well pad near Mead, Colorado. The Trump administration is moving to roll back Obama-era rules intended to reduce leaks of climate-changing methane from oil and gas facilities.
Advancing farm bill stirs worries that Alaskans could lose food stamps benefits
Food security advocates are worried that legislation working its way through Congress could cause thousands of Alaskans, particularly in rural areas, to lose "food stamp" benefits and add an untenable layer of bureaucracy for the already-strapped state government. Congressional leaders are working to find a compromise between House and Senate farm bills before the prior version expires at the end of the month.
Cargill recalls more than 12 tons of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination
Cargill is recalling about 12 tons of ground beef for possible E. coli contamination, according to the Department of Agriculture. The ground beef products from Cargill's Fort Morgan, Colo., plant were produced Aug. 16, 2018, and shipped to warehouses in California and Colorado.